Yuuri Chinen
Encyclopedia
, is a Japanese actor, talent
and singer as well as member of Hey! Say! JUMP
. He is under the management of Johnny & Associates
. He was born in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture
and lives in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area. Also known as "the little giant", he often expresses his admiration towards Arashi
leader, Satoshi Ohno
.
sold December 5, 2005).He is currently studying at Horikoshi High School
.
as a trainee. Daiki Arioka
, who would later debut as a member of the same group, was also there during that time.
On April 3 of that same year, he began activities with Hey! Say! 7 starting with a public performance at a KAT-TUN
concert.
On September 21, 2007, he began performing as a member of Hey! Say! JUMP
.
He was 2008 in the drama, One-Pound Gospel
, as Yoshihiko in Episode 3, with Hey! Say! JUMP
member Ryosuke Yamada
and their senior, Kazuya Kamenashi
(KAT-TUN
).
At the same year, he played in the drama Sensei wa erai! as Umeno Wataru, along with other Hey! Say! JUMP
members: Yuto Nakajima
, Ryosuke Yamada
and Daiki Arioka
.
In October 2008, he was in the drama called Scrap Teacher: Kyoushi Saisei
as Yoshida Eitaro, along with other Hey! Say! JUMP members that played with him in Sensei wa erai!.
As supporter for the Japanese Volleyball
Team for the FIVB World Grand Prix 2009
, he performed in June 2009 with Ryosuke Yamada
and Nakayama Yuma w/ B.I.Shadow
which composes of Kento Nakajima, Kikuchi Fuma, Hokuto Matsumura and Yugo Kochi as members of the temporary group NYC Boys
. The "C" of NYC boys comes from the initials of his family name "Chinen".
On March 2, 2010, an press release made by Johnny and Associates revealed that Chinen and Yamada would become members of a second Johnny's unit, NYC. They are currently working as a member of both Hey! Say! JUMP and NYC, which is a rarity in their talent agency. Ryo Nishikido
(and formerly Uchi Hiroki) is the only such case of a Johnny's talent officially debuting in two groups (Kanjani8 and NEWS), and should NYC become an officially debuted Johnny's unit, Yamada and Chinen would join him in this unusual situation.
For Hey! Say! 7 or Hey! Say! JUMP-related appearances, see Hey! Say! JUMP
.
Tarento
is a Japanese rendering of the English word "talent" and is used as a catch-all term for mass media personalities who regularly appear on television. Detractors of the phenomenon have referred to it in an English sense as "famous just for being famous" because many that fall into this career line...
and singer as well as member of Hey! Say! JUMP
Hey! Say! JUMP
Hey! Say! JUMP is a ten-member Japanese boy band under the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates. The name Hey! Say! refers to the fact that all the members were born in the Heisei period and JUMP is an acronym for Johnny's Ultra Music Power...
. He is under the management of Johnny & Associates
Johnny & Associates
is a talent agency formed by Johnny Kitagawa in 1962. Johnny & Associates trains and promotes groups of male idols, collectively known as , in Japan.-1962–1989:...
. He was born in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture
Shizuoka Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Shizuoka.- History :Shizuoka prefecture was formed from the former Tōtōmi, Suruga and Izu provinces.The area was the home of the first Tokugawa Shogun...
and lives in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area. Also known as "the little giant", he often expresses his admiration towards Arashi
Arashi
is a Japanese boy band formed under the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates, which announced the formation of the group on November 3, 1999 in Honolulu, Hawaii...
leader, Satoshi Ohno
Satoshi Ohno
is a Japanese idol, singer, actor, artist, and radio host. He is the lead vocalist and leader of Japanese boy band Arashi, hence his nickname ....
.
Life
His name comes from Yuri Osawa, an announcer, whose name his mother liked, but is written with different characters; the yu is a character often used in girl’s names (侑 yū) and the ri is taken from a surname his mother thought common among Chinese gold medalist gymnasts (李 lǐ) (from an interview piece in Sports HochiSports Hochi
, previously known as literally widely informing newspaper, is a Japanese language daily sports newspaper. As of 2002, it has a circulation of a million.It is an affiliate newspaper of Yomiuri Shimbun.-External links:*...
sold December 5, 2005).He is currently studying at Horikoshi High School
Horikoshi High School
is a Japanese private high school founded in 1923. The school is famous for being attended by many Japanese celebrities. It offers them lenient attendance requirements.- Notable students :* Yumi Adachi* Risa Ai* Jin Akanishi * Yū Aoi...
.
Career
On June 2, 2003, Yuri entered Johnny & AssociatesJohnny & Associates
is a talent agency formed by Johnny Kitagawa in 1962. Johnny & Associates trains and promotes groups of male idols, collectively known as , in Japan.-1962–1989:...
as a trainee. Daiki Arioka
Daiki Arioka
is a Japanese actor, tarento and singer as well as member of Hey! Say! JUMP. He is under the management of Johnny & Associates. He was born in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture.- Career:...
, who would later debut as a member of the same group, was also there during that time.
On April 3 of that same year, he began activities with Hey! Say! 7 starting with a public performance at a KAT-TUN
KAT-TUN
KAT-TUN is a Japanese boy band formed by Johnny & Associates in 2001. The group's name is an acronym based on the first letter of each member's family name until the departure of Jin Akanishi in 2010. As of 2010, KAT-TUN stands for Kazuya KAmenashi, Junnosuke Taguchi, Koki Tanaka, Tatsuya Ueda,...
concert.
On September 21, 2007, he began performing as a member of Hey! Say! JUMP
Hey! Say! JUMP
Hey! Say! JUMP is a ten-member Japanese boy band under the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates. The name Hey! Say! refers to the fact that all the members were born in the Heisei period and JUMP is an acronym for Johnny's Ultra Music Power...
.
He was 2008 in the drama, One-Pound Gospel
One-Pound Gospel
is a manga series created by Rumiko Takahashi, author of Maison Ikkoku, Ranma ½, and InuYasha. The series was serialized periodically in Weekly Young Sunday from issue 9 in 1987 to issue 3/4 in 2007. Released in North America by Viz Media, it is a fusion of the sports and romantic comedy genres...
, as Yoshihiko in Episode 3, with Hey! Say! JUMP
Hey! Say! JUMP
Hey! Say! JUMP is a ten-member Japanese boy band under the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates. The name Hey! Say! refers to the fact that all the members were born in the Heisei period and JUMP is an acronym for Johnny's Ultra Music Power...
member Ryosuke Yamada
Ryosuke Yamada
is a Japanese tarento, actor, singer, dancer, and a member of Hey! Say! JUMP. He is under the management of Johnny & Associates and currently resides in Kanagawa Prefecture.-Career:...
and their senior, Kazuya Kamenashi
Kazuya Kamenashi
, often called Kame, 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 and was drafted as a member and co-lead vocalist of...
(KAT-TUN
KAT-TUN
KAT-TUN is a Japanese boy band formed by Johnny & Associates in 2001. The group's name is an acronym based on the first letter of each member's family name until the departure of Jin Akanishi in 2010. As of 2010, KAT-TUN stands for Kazuya KAmenashi, Junnosuke Taguchi, Koki Tanaka, Tatsuya Ueda,...
).
At the same year, he played in the drama Sensei wa erai! as Umeno Wataru, along with other Hey! Say! JUMP
Hey! Say! JUMP
Hey! Say! JUMP is a ten-member Japanese boy band under the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates. The name Hey! Say! refers to the fact that all the members were born in the Heisei period and JUMP is an acronym for Johnny's Ultra Music Power...
members: Yuto Nakajima
Yuto Nakajima
is a Japanese actor and dancer, as well as a singer from the group Hey! Say! JUMP .-2004: Joined Johnny's Entertainment :Nakajima joined Johnny's Jr. on March 28, 2004, in his 5th year of elementary school...
, Ryosuke Yamada
Ryosuke Yamada
is a Japanese tarento, actor, singer, dancer, and a member of Hey! Say! JUMP. He is under the management of Johnny & Associates and currently resides in Kanagawa Prefecture.-Career:...
and Daiki Arioka
Daiki Arioka
is a Japanese actor, tarento and singer as well as member of Hey! Say! JUMP. He is under the management of Johnny & Associates. He was born in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture.- Career:...
.
In October 2008, he was in the drama called Scrap Teacher: Kyoushi Saisei
Scrap Teacher
is Japanese school comedy drama series aired on NTV at 21:00-21:54 every Saturday from October 11 to December 6, 2008. It consisted of nine episodes. Its viewership ratings was 11.4% . Its theme song was "Mayonaka no Shadow Boy" by Hey! Say! JUMP.-Synopsis:...
as Yoshida Eitaro, along with other Hey! Say! JUMP members that played with him in Sensei wa erai!.
As supporter for the Japanese Volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
Team for the FIVB World Grand Prix 2009
FIVB World Grand Prix 2009
The FIVB World Grand Prix 2009 is a women's volleyball tournament that was played by 12 countries from July 31 to August 23, 2009. The finals was held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan...
, he performed in June 2009 with Ryosuke Yamada
Ryosuke Yamada
is a Japanese tarento, actor, singer, dancer, and a member of Hey! Say! JUMP. He is under the management of Johnny & Associates and currently resides in Kanagawa Prefecture.-Career:...
and Nakayama Yuma w/ B.I.Shadow
Nakayama Yūma w/ B.I.Shadow
is a J-pop group under Johnny & Associates, made up of five members. They are the second Johnny's group after Tackey & Tsubasa to have a name directly in the group name, and are also the second group after NEWS to have both Johnny's Jr. and Kansai Jr. members together in one group.-Yuma...
which composes of Kento Nakajima, Kikuchi Fuma, Hokuto Matsumura and Yugo Kochi as members of the temporary group NYC Boys
NYC Boys
NYC is a Japanese boy band formed by Ryosuke Yamada and Yuri Chinen of Hey! Say! JUMP and Johnny's Jr. Yuma Nakayama in 2010. Before that, seven-members unit NYC Boys was formed on June 7, 2009, to promote the FIVB World Grand Prix 2009, an event that began on July 31 and ended on August 23, 2009...
. The "C" of NYC boys comes from the initials of his family name "Chinen".
On March 2, 2010, an press release made by Johnny and Associates revealed that Chinen and Yamada would become members of a second Johnny's unit, NYC. They are currently working as a member of both Hey! Say! JUMP and NYC, which is a rarity in their talent agency. Ryo Nishikido
Ryo Nishikido
is a Japanese actor and singer. He is a member of the Johnny & Associates boy band Kanjani Eight and was a member of boy band NEWS.- Biography :Ryo Nishikido was born in Hyogo on November 3, 1984 and raised in Osaka. He made his major debut in 2004 as an actor and a singer. Nishkido belongs to two...
(and formerly Uchi Hiroki) is the only such case of a Johnny's talent officially debuting in two groups (Kanjani8 and NEWS), and should NYC become an officially debuted Johnny's unit, Yamada and Chinen would join him in this unusual situation.
Appearances
- Merengue no Kimochi (with Ryosuke Yamada, NTV, October 11, 2008)
- Vainilla (with Ryosuke Yamada, August 15, 2009)
- VS Arashi (with Ryosuke Yamada, Fuji TV, August 15, 2009)
- Dasshutsu Game Dero! (with Ryosuke Yamada, December 8, 2010)
For Hey! Say! 7 or Hey! Say! JUMP-related appearances, see Hey! Say! JUMP
Hey! Say! JUMP
Hey! Say! JUMP is a ten-member Japanese boy band under the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates. The name Hey! Say! refers to the fact that all the members were born in the Heisei period and JUMP is an acronym for Johnny's Ultra Music Power...
.
TV dramas
- Yukan ClubYūkan Clubis a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Yukari Ichijo. It is serialized in Shueisha's Bessatsu Margaret. Yūkan Club received the 1986 Kodansha Manga Award for the shōjo category. The manga was adapted into an original video animation by Madhouse Studios...
(NTVNippon Televisionis a television network based in the Shiodome area of Minato, Tokyo, Japan and is controlled by the Yomiuri Shimbun publishing company. Broadcasting terrestrially across Japan, the network is commonly known as , contracted to , and abbreviated as "NTV" or "AX".-Offices:*The Headquarters : 6-1,...
, 2007) as Ryota (Episode 2) - 1 Pound no Fukuin (NTV, 2008) as Yoshihiko (Episode 3)
- Sensei wa Erai! (NTV, 2008) as Umeno Wataru
- Scrap Teacher: Kyoushi SaiseiScrap Teacheris Japanese school comedy drama series aired on NTV at 21:00-21:54 every Saturday from October 11 to December 6, 2008. It consisted of nine episodes. Its viewership ratings was 11.4% . Its theme song was "Mayonaka no Shadow Boy" by Hey! Say! JUMP.-Synopsis:...
(NTV, 2008) as Yoshida Eitaro - Saikō no Jinsei no Owarikata: Ending Planner (TBS, 2012) as Hayato Ihara
Variety shows
- Shōnen Club
- Hyakushiki
- School Kakumei! (April 2009 – present , NTVNippon Televisionis a television network based in the Shiodome area of Minato, Tokyo, Japan and is controlled by the Yomiuri Shimbun publishing company. Broadcasting terrestrially across Japan, the network is commonly known as , contracted to , and abbreviated as "NTV" or "AX".-Offices:*The Headquarters : 6-1,...
) - Yan Yan JUMP
Movies
- Nanako to Nanao (NHKNHKNHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....
, 2004) as Nanao - Nin x Nin: The Ninja Star Hattori (TohoTohois a Japanese film, theater production, and distribution company. It is headquartered in Yūrakuchō, Chiyoda, Tokyo, and is one of the core companies of the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group...
, August 28, 2004) as Kenichi Mitsuba - Sword of the StrangerSword of the Strangeris a 2007 Japanese anime feature film directed by Masahiro Andō and produced by Bones. The film follows Kotaro, a young boy who is hunted by the Ming from China for mysterious reasons. Among the Ming is a fearsome Western fighter named Luo-Lang, whose only desire is to find a worthy opponent...
(opened September 29, 2007) as Kotaro (voice) - The Smurfs (September 9, 2011) as Brainy (voice)
Concerts
- Johnny's Jr. Hey Say 07 in Yokohama Arena (September 23, 24, 2007)
- Hey! Say! Jump Tokyo Dome Debut Concert (December 22, 2007)
- Summary (Summer 2008)
- Hey! Say! Jump-ing Tour (08-09)
- Hey! Say! Jump Tengoku Concert (summer 2009)
- Hey! Say! Jump Winter Tour (09-10)
- Hey! Say! Jump 2010 Ten Jump Concert (April and May 2010)
- Summary (Summer 2010)
- Summary 2011
Solos
- On The Wind
- Kawaii Kimi no Koto da Mono
- Ookiku nare boku
- Love Parade (originally ArashiArashiis a Japanese boy band formed under the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates, which announced the formation of the group on November 3, 1999 in Honolulu, Hawaii...
's song)
Duets
- "Wish" with Akasaka Akira (Hikaru GenjiHikaru Genjiis the protagonist of Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji. In the story, he is described as the most handsome man in the world and he attracts all women. Genji is the second son of Emperor Kiritsubo , but he is delegated to civilian life for political reasons and begins a career as an imperial...
) in Playzone 2007 - "Stars In Heaven" with Ryosuke YamadaRyosuke Yamadais a Japanese tarento, actor, singer, dancer, and a member of Hey! Say! JUMP. He is under the management of Johnny & Associates and currently resides in Kanagawa Prefecture.-Career:...
(the song is also known as "Future Earth" or "Mirai no Chikyu ni Mukatte") - "You & You" with Yuto NakajimaYuto Nakajimais a Japanese actor and dancer, as well as a singer from the group Hey! Say! JUMP .-2004: Joined Johnny's Entertainment :Nakajima joined Johnny's Jr. on March 28, 2004, in his 5th year of elementary school...
Songs Written
- "Smile Song" - with Ryutaro MorimotoRyutaro Morimotois a Japanese singer as member of Hey! Say! JUMP. He is under the management of Johnny & Associates. He is the youngest boy in the group.-Career:On August 12, 2004, when he was 9 years old, Morimoto appeared on the variety show Ya-ya-yah, where his audition for Johnny and Associates was aired along...
playing the tambourine and Hey! Say! JUMPHey! Say! JUMPHey! Say! JUMP is a ten-member Japanese boy band under the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates. The name Hey! Say! refers to the fact that all the members were born in the Heisei period and JUMP is an acronym for Johnny's Ultra Music Power...
singing - "Ookiku nare boku"