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Juri Tanaka (田中樹, Tanaka Juri, born June 15, 1995), is a Japanese idol, television presenter, rapper, actor, and talento. He is a member of the boy group SixTONES under Starto Entertainment, formerly known as Johnny & Associates.

Background

Juri Tanaka was born on June 15, 1995, in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. He is the second youngest of five siblings. His older brother is Koki Tanaka, former member of KAT-TUN also under Johnny & Associates.

Career

In 2007, Tanaka acted in Tanaka Express No. 3 as the younger version of the main character Ichiro Tanaka (played by Koki Tanaka).

Tanaka joined Johnny & Associates on April 20, 2008, after his mother submitted an application and after passing an audition and dancing as a backup dancer at a Hey! Say! JUMP concert, he was placed in the Junior's branch of the company that manages talent that has not debuted. In 2012, he costarred in Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou with future SixTones groupmates Yugo Kochi, Jesse, Shintaro Morimoto, Hokuto Matsumura, and Taiga Kyomoto. Along with SixTones, Tanaka has starred in other musical stage shows such as Shounentachi between 2015 and 2017 with fellow Johnny's Jr. group Snow Man. In 2016, Tanaka starred in his first role as Hideo Matsunaga in Vanilla Boy: Tomorrow Is Another Day with Matsumura and Jesse.

Tanaka debuted with SixTones in 2020. In 2023, Tanaka played Naoya Katayama in the television drama Tanshin Hanabi airing on TV Asahi. In 2024, Tanaka played Ui Saito in the television and movie series Acma: Game, based on a manga series of the same name. In the same year, Tanaka co-hosted his first broadcast television series with labelmate Shori Sato in Abekobe Danshi no Matsu Heya de where Sato and Tanaka, with the assistance of two other host, showcase how their personalities are "complete opposites" and also attempt to work together to find ways to interview their guests in a comfortable setting.

Filmography

Television Dramas

Film

Television

References

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11. ^ "オシドラサタデー『単身花日』｜テレビ朝日". www.tv-asahi.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-11-28.
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14. Corporation, 株式会社テレビ東京-TV TOKYO. キャスト｜うきわ ―友達以上、不倫未満―｜主演 門脇麦｜テレビ東京 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-11-28 – via www.tv-tokyo.co.jp.
15. "劇場版「私立バカレア高校」公式サイト　ジャニーズJr.×AKB48 奇跡の競演で話題沸騰の学園ドラマが遂に映画化！". web.archive.org. 2012-09-30. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
16. 日本テレビ放送網株式会社. "金曜ロードSHOW！特別ドラマ企画 仮面ティーチャー". 日本テレビ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-11-28.
17. Ninja Drones?, IMDB, 2019-03-29, retrieved 2024-11-22
18. "『劇場版 ACMA:GAME 最後の鍵』". acmagame-movie.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-11-28.
19. ステージナタリー編集部 (June 6, 2024). "京本大我が「芳雄のミュー」ゲスト出演、憧れの井上芳雄を「この機会に沢山深掘り出来たら」（コメントあり）". ステージナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-11-23.

External links

• SixTones official site

• Living people
• 1995 births
• 21st-century Japanese male actors
• 21st-century Japanese male singers
• Starto Entertainment