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Kenji Urai (浦井 健治, Urai Kenji, born 6 August 1981) is a Japanese actor and singer.

Career

Urai debuted as an actor in 2000 in Kamen Rider Kuuga television series. In 2001 he played Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask in Sailor Moon Musicals and started his career in theatre. In 2004 he portrayed Rudolf in Elisabeth and reprised the role multiple times until 2010. He is also known for portraying Matsukoma in Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store television drama and Light Yagami in Death Note: The Musical.

In 2006, his performance in Flowers for Algernon and My Fair Lady earned Kikuta Kazuo Theatrical Award and in 2009, he received Kinokuniya Theatrical Award for his performance as Henry VI in Henry VI series at New National Theatre, Tokyo. In 2015, he received Yomiuri Theatrical Award for his performance in Flowers for Algernon and Constellations. He also earned The Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists in Drama department in 2017 for his range of performances in previous year.

On 1 June 2008, he transferred to Candid from Office Palette.

In 2013, he formed StarS, a musical unit with Yoshio Inoue and Ikusaburo Yamazaki and is active as a singer as well. He released his third solo album Various on 15 March 2023.

Performance credits

Theatre

Television

Voice acting

Radio

• Urai Kenji's Dressing Room - Nippon Broadcasting System (AM 1242 kHz／FM 93.0 MHz) since 8 April 2018

Discography

Solo albums

Cast recordings

• Elisabeth - Highlight Live Recordings (Seiyo Uchino ver.) (2004) as Rudolf
• Cinderella Story - Live Recording (2005) as Prince Charles
• Flowers for Algernon - Premiere CD (2006) as Charlie Gordon
• Dance of the Vampires - Highlight Live Recordings (2006) as Alfred
• WILDe・BEAUTY (2009) as Oscar Wilde
• Roméo et Juliette - Highlight Live Recordings (Yuu Shirota ver.) (2011) as Benvolio
• Roméo et Juliette - Highlight Live Recordings (Ikusaburo Yamazaki ver.) (2011) as Benvolio
• Flowers for Algernon (2014) as Charlie Gordon
• Death Note: The Musical - Highlight Live Recordings (Kenji Urai ver.) (2015) as Light Yagami
• The Man Who Laughs - Eternal Love - Highlight Live Recordings (2019) as Gwynplaine

Videos

VHS

• Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon - The Birth! The Princess of Darkness Black Lady
• Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon - The Birth! The Princess of Darkness Black Lady (Revised Edition) - The Enigma of Planet Nemesis
• Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon 10th Anniversary Festival - Sanctuary of Love
• Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon - Mugen Academy - Mistress Labyrinth
• Would You Like Your Bento Heated Up?

DVD

• WILDe・BEAUTY
• Takarazuka Boys
• Rose and Samurai
• Cymbeline
• Goemon Rock 3: Zipang Punk
• Sherlock Holmes: Secret of the Anderson Family
• Crest of the Royal Family Ra version
• Crest of the Royal Family Hapi version
• Shakespeare in 12th Year of Tenpou Era
• Kenji Urai 20th Anniversary Concert ~Piece~ at Tokyo International Forum 2021.4.20

References

1. Parco Stage
2. Parco Stage
3. Asahi Commentary
4. Life's the star in new 'Constellations' | The Japan Times
5. "Kenji Urai, Hayato Kakizawa Star in Death Note Musical | Anime News". Archived from the original on 2015-05-03. Retrieved 2014-12-01.
6. Crest of the Royal Family Gets Musical Adaptation | Anime News
7. Toho Stage
8. IHI Stage Around Tokyo
9. Toho Stage
10. Setagaya Theatre
11. Toho Stage
12. Horipro Stage
13. "Horipro Stage". Archived from the original on 2022-06-15. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
14. Toho Stage
15. New National Theatre, Tokyo
16. Horipro Stage
17. Official Site
18. Toho Stage
19. WOWOW

External links

• Kenji Urai at IMDb
• 浦井健治 公式プロフィール(in Japanese)
• 浦井健治公式ファンクラブページ(in Japanese)

• Male actors from Tokyo
• 21st-century Japanese male actors
• Japanese male stage actors
• Japanese male voice actors
• Living people
• 1981 births
• 21st-century Japanese singers
• 21st-century Japanese male singers