YUYA ENDO

is a Japanese actor and singer. He is known most notably for his role as Ryoma Echizen in The Prince of Tennis Musicals. He is also part of a young men's stage acting troupe, D-Boys, which perform in various skit-like performances.

Contents

Profile

Career

Personal life

Selected Filmography

Official DVDs

Stage

Musicals

References

External links

See also

Profile

'Name:' Yuya Endo

'Japanese Name:' 遠藤 雄弥

'Romanization:' Endo Yuya

'Alternate Romanization:' Endou Yuuya

'Date of Birth:' March 20th, 1987

'Blood Type:' B

'Height:' 171 cm

'Weight:' 53 kg

'Hobbies:' Playing basketball, collecting sneakers and watching pro wrestling

'Favorite artist:' Eminem

Career

Endo's first major onscreen debut was for the 2000 film, ''Juvenile''. He also was apart of the Watanabe net drama, ''Hice Cool'' (2005), appearing alongside fellow D-Boy members, Yanagi Kotarou, Shirota Yuu, and Adachi Osamu.
On November 16, 2005, Endo released an Idol DVD called ''Ao no Kiseki''.
Endo also appeared, as a member of The Tigers, in the TV drama, ''The Hit Parade''Hit Parade Official Site [1], which aired May 26, 2006 on Fuji TV and co-starred fellow D-Boys members Masato Wada, Yuu Shirota, Masaki Kaji, Hirofumi Araki, Suzuki Hiroki and Seto Kouji.
In September, 2006, he, along with fellow D-Boy member, Yuu Shirota, appeared in the music video for RAG FAIR's "Kimi no Tame ni Boku ga Tate ni Naro", playing a DJ in love with his co-host.
As a member of the D-Boys, Endo also keeps a blog, which he updates occasionally.
Being a part of the D-Boys provides Endo with a lot of opportunities. Among them was to perform with the group of boys and expand his experience as a performer.
The D-Boys so far have released two Photobooks. The first photobook released on April 27, 2005 was self-titled ''D-Boys'', while the second, released on March 15th, 2006 was called ''Start'', both which contain many photos of Endo.
The D-boys have also starred in their own drama documentary variety series called, ''DD-Boys''DD-Boys Official Site [2] in which Endo has appeared in every episodes as himself because the skits revolve around Endo playing himself with fellow D-Boys member, Yanagi Kotaroh also playing himself, as they try to live in the D-house while the other D-Boys drop by. The show was 23 episodes long and ran from April 10 to September 25, 2006.
In June 2007, the D-Boys will also be starring in their very own musical together called, ''D-BOYS STAGE''D-BOYS STAGE Official Website [3], which will run from June 3rd to June 10th at the Space Zero theater in Tokyo. Endo will be appearing in the musical as a regular performer for the run of the musical.
===As Ryoma Echizen in The Prince of Tennis Musicals===
Endo was brought into the The Prince of Tennis Musicals as a replacement for actor Kotaroh Yanagi, who had been injured in a car accident. He would be playing the main protagonist of the show, Ryoma Echizen, until Yanagi was able to recover. He also shared the role of Ryoma with Yanagi in two shows, which included ''Tenimyu in Winter: Side Fudomine ~Special Match~'' and ''Dream Live 2nd''. On June 13, 2004, Endo made his debut as Ryoma Echizen during the ''Dream Live 1st'' concert. During his run in the musicals, he was able to work with fellow D-Boys members, Kotaroh Yanagi, Yuu Shirota, Masaki Kaji, Hiroki Suzuki, Osamu Adachi, Hirofumi Araki, and Masato Wada.
He performed, as Ryoma, in the following shows:

★ Dream Live 1st: First Live concert

★ More Than Limit: St. Rudolph Gakuin

★ Tenimyu in Winter: Side Fudomine ~Special Match~

★ Tenimyu in Winter: Side Yamabuki - Featuring St Rudolph

★ Dream Live 2nd: Second Live concert
On May 4, 2005, after the final performance for the ''Dream Live 2nd'' concert, he graduated from his role as Ryoma.

Personal life

Endo keeps a blog on his D-Boys webpage, which he updates occasionally.

Selected Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
1998	''Yasha''	Young Sei, Young Rei (twin boys)	TV drama
1998	''Minimoni de Bremen no Ongaku-tai''	Kenji	TV drama
2000	''Juvenile''	Yusuke Sakamoto
2004	''L' Amant''	N/A
2005	''Hice Cool''	Nobu	Web Drama
2005	''Gakkou no Kaidan''	N/A	Web Drama
2005	''Ichiritoru no Namida (One Liter of Tears)''	Takeda Makoto	TV drama
2005	''Rocket Boys''Rocket Boy Official Site [4]	Kajishin	TV drama Lead Role
2006	''Drift''Drift Movie Official Website [5]	N/A
2006	''The Hit Parade''	Kenji Sawada of The Tigers	TV drama
2006	''CX Medaka''	N/A	TV drama
2006	''Nodame Cantabile''Nodame Cantabile TV Drama Official Website [6]	Ookouchi Mamoru	TV drama

Official DVDs

Year	DVD	DVD Cover	Release Date	JPN certification
2005	''Ao no Kiseki'' (Blue Miracle)		November 16, 2005

Stage

★ March 21st to April 1st, 2007 in the ''Out of Order'' Live Entertainment Show

Musicals

★ June 13th, 2004 to May 4th, 2005 as Ryoma Echizen in the ''The Prince of Tennis Musicals''

★ June 3rd to June 10th, 2007 as a regular performer in the ''D-BOYS STAGE'' Musical

References

★ Wikipedia Japanese article on 遠藤雄弥

★ Wikipedia Japanese article on D-Boys

External links

★ Endo's Official Blog

★ Endo's Official Website and Profile

★ Endo's Past Blog Archive

★ Endo's Past Blog Archive with Introduction

★ D-Boys Official Website

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See also

★ D-Boys

★ Tenimyu

★ Juvenile

★ The Prince of Tennis

★ Ryoma Echizen