Kazuya Kamenashi
Kazuya Kamenashi was born in Edogawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan on February 23rd, 1986 and is the Pop Singer. At the age of 38, Kazuya Kamenashi biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Kazuya Kamenashi (born February 23, 1986) is a Japanese idol, singer–songwriter, actor, television personality, producer, radio host, and occasional model.
Born and raised in Edogawa, Tokyo, he joined the Japanese talent agency, Johnny & Associates, at the age of 12. He was drafted as a member and co-lead vocalist of the popular J-pop group KAT-TUN in 2001.
He is also one half of the temporary group, Shuji to Akira, whose only single "Seishun Amigo" became the best-selling single of 2005 in Japan.
Individually, he is a popular actor who has played the lead role in several television dramas.
Early life
Born in Edogawa, Tokyo on February 23, 1986, Kamenashi is the third child of his parents. He has two older brothers, Yūichirō and Kōji, and one younger brother, Yūya. He also has two sisters-in-law and a niece from his second brother's marriage and a nephew from his first brother's marriage. His given name comes from a character from the manga, Touch, written by a Japanese manga artist, Mitsuru Adachi. Coincidentally, bandmate Tatsuya Ueda was also named after the twin brother of Kamenashi's namesake.
An avid baseball fan and player like the character he was named after, Kamenashi once represented his country in the junior world league as shortstop though he had to give up the sport professionally due to lack of spare time after he was accepted into Johnny's Entertainment despite having the support of Johnny Kitagawa, the agency's president, to pursue both careers.
Acting career
Kamenashi appeared as the leading actor in a live-action recreation of a wine-themed manga, Kami no Shizuku. In the winter edition of the Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix Awards in March 2009, voters awarded him, his co-stars (Riisa Naka and Seiichi Tanabe) and the drama a near clean sweep. Mr. Donnell made a guest appearance as a doctor on the third episode of TBS drama series Mr.. Brain, opposite his talent company's Takuya Kimura. On July 11, 2009, Kamenashi made his film debut reprising his role as Ryagiri, who now works as a trainee instructor in Gokusen The Movie. In its first weekend, the movie debuted at the top of the box office and remained in the top ten for six weeks in a row. It later ranked at number 16 on Japan's 2009 yearly box office results, raking in US$33,963,369 at the end of its tenure.
He appeared in the leading role of Kyohei Takano in a live-action version of popular manga, Yamato Nadeshiko Henge, which aired on NTV in 2010. In March 2010, it was named Best Drama by voters of the 13th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix Awards, whereas Kamenashi and his co-star, Aya Omasa, were named Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress respectively, respectively.
He played Bem from the anime Y'kai Ningen Bem's adaptation in 2011. This year, he received the Best Actor award from Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix and Television Drama Academy Awards. Following the success of the film, Ykai Ningen Bem was made into film in 2012. The film had gross sales of US$12,628,578 at the end of its run.
In 2013, Kamenashi appeared in the film It's Me, It's Me. In April, Kamenashi received the My Movie Audience Award at the 15th Udine Far East Film Festival in Italy, and it was premiered.
Kamenashi appeared in "The Mysterious Thief Yamaneko Series," a Manabu Kaminaga novel "Kaito Tantei Yamaneko Series" in 2016.
He appeared in Boku unmei no hito desu in 2017 alongside his co-star from Nobuta wo produce, Tomohisa Yamashita. Kamenashi appeared in a popular japanese shojo manga PJK, as well as Lily Franky as supporting actor in another independent film A Beautiful Star ().
He was back in filming in 2018 as the lead of Final Cut, as seen in Film Review Tegami (Fuji TV). (Fuji TV) He appeared in television film Tegami: Keigo Higashino ( ) based on Keigo Higashino's most popular book Tegami.
In 2019, he was co-starring Fumi Nikaido in a re-make of a masterpiece Strawberry Night Saga (Fuji TV).