Shigeaki Kato

Shigeaki Kato (加藤 シゲアキ, Katō Shigeaki, born July 11, 1987) is a member of the J-pop group NEWS, from Johnny's Entertainment, Inc.^[1]

Shigeaki Kato 加藤 シゲアキ
Birth name	Shigeaki Kato
Born	(1987-07-11) July 11, 1987 (age 36)
Origin	Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
Genres	J-pop
Occupation(s)	Singer actor writer
Instrument(s)	Vocals guitar
Years active	1999–present
Labels	Johnny's Entertainment

Early life and career

Kato was born in Hiroshima, Japan, but he grew up in Osaka and Yokohama-shi.^[1][2] He joined Johnny's Entertainment on April 17, 1999 when he was 11 years-old.^{[citation needed]} As a junior he was a member of the organizations Best Beat Boys (B.B.B.), Boys Be Ambitious (B.B.A.), Best Beat Dancing (B.B.D.), Beautiful American Dreams (B.A.D.), J-support and K.K.Kity. He later debuted as a member of NEWS in 2003. Along with other NEWS members, he plays the guitar, composing some of NEWS' songs, including his own solo "Kakao" in 2002, which he composed the lyrics to.

On 2010, he graduated from the College of Law, Aoyama Gakuin University.^[3]

On January 28, 2012, he released his first novel, Pink to Gray and has released a novel a year since.^[4]

Private life

On March 3, 2024, Shigeaki announced through his groups' official website that he is getting married.^[5] The date of the ceremony has not been disclosed.

Works

Dramas

Year	Title	Role	Network	Note
1999	Kowai Nichiyoubi		NTV	Episode 5: Tomodachi no J-kun
2000	Space Angel 2001 Nen Uchu no Tabi	Masaru	NTV
	Kowai Nichiyoubi: 2000		NTV	Episode 16: Tsuri sagaru
	Shijo Saiaku no Deto	Ikeda Shingoto	NTV	The 1st dates: Shijo saiaku no hatsu deto!?
2001	Shounen wa Tori ni Natta		TBS
	3-nen B-gumi Kinpachi sensei	Hasegawa Ken	TBS	Season 6
2004	Home Drama!^[6]	Inaba	TBS	Story 9
	3-nen B-gumi Kinpachi sensei	Hasegawa Ken	TBS	Season 7: episode 11
2005	Gekidan Engimono^[7]	Kojima	Fuji TV	Episode 13: Ie ga Tooi
2006	Busu no Hitomi ni Koishiteru^[8]	Shimizu Kota	Fuji TV
	Gekidan Engimono^[7]	Ueno	Fuji TV	Episode 20: Car Radio ga Owareba
	Kakure Karakuri^[9]	Abe Tomonari	TBS
2007	Papa to Musume no Nanokakan^[10]	Osugi Kenta	TBS
	Sugata Sanshiro^[11]	Sugata Sanshiro	TV Tokyo
2008	Hokaben^[12]	Katase Riichiro	NTV
2009	Chichi yo, Anata wa Erakatta ~1969 Nen no Oyaji to Boku^[13]	Onodera Masaru	TBS
	0 Goushitsu no Kyaku^[14]	Yazaki	Fuji TV	Story 3: Kampeki na Otoko
2010	Troubleman^[15]	Tokuda Kazuo	TV Tokyo
2011	Shin Jidan Koshonin Ura File	Hashima Ippei	TBS
	Hanawake no Yon Shimai	Shozaburo Mashiko	TBS
	3-nen B-gumi Kinpachi sensei Final SP	Hasegawa Ken	TBS
2012	Hana no Zubora Meshi	Osoi	TBS/MBS
	Blackboard ~Jidai to Tatakatta Kyōshi tachi~!	Kumatani Shota	TBS	Third Night: Yume
	Shin Jidan Koshonin Ura File 2	Hashima Ippei	TBS
2014	Shitsuren Chocolatier	Hiroaki Sekiya	Fuji TV
	Shin Jidan Koshonin Ura File 3	Hashima Ippei	TBS
	Shin Jidan Koshonin Ura File 4	Hashima Ippei	TBS
2015	Taishi Kakka no Ryourinin	Satoru Eguchi	Fuji TV
2016	Kasa wo Motanai Aritachi wa	Keisuke Murata	Fuji TV
	Momoku no Yoshinori Sensei ~Hikari wo Ushinatte Kokoro ga Mieta~	Yoshinori Arai	NTV
	Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo	Kazutaka Yano	NTV
2017	Kirawareru Yuuki	Toshio Aoyama	NTV
2018	Zero: Ikkaku Senkin Game ^[16]	Ukai Zero	NTV
	Inugamike no Ichizoku^[17]	Kindaichi Kousuke	FujiTV
2019	Yotsuba Ginkou Harashima Hiromi ga Monomousu ~Kono Hito ni Kakero~^[18]	Kazuhiro Yamane	TV Tokyo
	Akuma no Temari Uta	Kindaichi Kousuke	FujiTV
2020	Yoru ga Dorehodo Kurakutemo	Wataru Inami	WOWOW
2021	Rokujoma no Piano Man	Kenji Murasawa	NHK
	Nigatsu no Shosha	Jun Haitani	NTV

TV Show

Year	Title	Network	Note
2003–2007	Ya-ya-yah	TV Tokyo
2009–2010	Soukon	NTV
2011	Ariyoshi Japon	TBS	Irregular panelist
	Bakushōmondai no taihen yoku dekimashita!	TV Tokyo	Panelist
2012–2015	Mirai Theater^[19]	NTV	co-hosted with Keiichiro Koyama and Shinichi Hatori
2015–present	NEWS na Futari^[20]	TBS	co-hosts with Keiichiro Koyama
2015–present	Typewriters ~Monokaki no Sekai~	Fuji TV	co-hosts with Naoki Matayoshi
2015–2019	Hakunetsu Live Bibitto^[21]	TBS	Friday regular panelist
2015–2016	Hen Labo^[22]	NTV
2016–2019	Shounen Club Premium	NHK BS Premium
2017-2018	Inochi no Uta	NHK	main MC

Radio

• Shiget Together (2005–2008, Sundays weekly from 11:00 pm~11:30 pm, FM-FUJI)
• SoraShige Book (2011-, Sundays weekly from 11:00 pm~11:30 pm, FM Yokohama)

Music

Year	Title	Details
2005	Survival	Featured in DVD Nippon East to West Spring Concert
2007	Alibi (アリバイ)	Duet with NEWS member, Keiichiro Koyama. Featured in album pacific
2007	Chirarizumu (チラリズム)	Duet with NEWS member, Keiichiro Koyama. Featured in DVD Never Ending Wonderful Story
2007	Kakao (カカオ)	Featured in DVD Never Ending Wonderful Story
2008	HAPPY MUSIC	Featured in DVD NEWS Concert Tour Pacific 2007 2008 – The First Tokyo Dome Concert
2008	Murarisuto (ムラリスト)	Duet with NEWS member, Keiichiro Koyama. Featured in album color
2009	Shalala Tambourine (シャララ タンバリン)	Featured in DVD NEWS Live Diamond
2010	Iitai Dake (言いたいだけ)	Duet with NEWS member, Keiichiro Koyama. Featured in DVD NEWS Dome Party 2010 Live! Live! Live! DVD!
2012	Vampire wa Kakukatariki (ヴァンパイアはかく語りき)	Featured in single Chankapana
2013	Dreamcatcher	Featured in album NEWS
2015	ESCORT	Featured in album White
2016	Hoshi no Oujisama (星の王子さま)	Featured in album QUARTETTO
2017	Ayame (あやめ)	Featured in album NEVERLAND
2018	Hyouon (氷温)	Featured in album EPCOTIA
2019	Sekai (世界)	Featured in album WORLDISTA
2020	Narrative	Featured in album STORY
2022	Agitato	Featured in album Ongaku

Stage plays

Year	Title	Role	Performance Term
2008	Konnan Yatte Mimashita		Tokyo Globe Theater: July 14 – 30 Osaka Theater Drama City: August 2 – 8
2009	SEMINAR^[23]	Lauren	Tokyo Globe Theater: May 17 – June 3 Osaka Theater Drama City: June 9 – 14
2011	6 gatsu no Bitter Orange	Tatsuya Fukano	Tokyo Globe Theater: June 3 – 26 Morinomiya Piloti Hall Osaka: July 1 – 6
2014	Naka no Hito	Koichi Sakazaki	Tokyo Globe Theater: April 25 – May 11 Osaka Theater Drama City: May 16 – 18
2017	Green Mile	Paul Edgecomb	Tokyo Globe Theater: September 30 – October 22 Kyoto Theater: November 4 – 8
2021	Modern Boys	Kanade Yahagi	New National Theatre, Tokyo: April 3–16

Films

• Pink and Gray (2016) (cameo appearance)^[24]

Novels

• Pink and Gray (Kadokawa Shoten, 2012)^[25]
• Senko Scramble (Kadokawa Shoten, 2013)^[26]
• Burn (Kadokawa Shoten, 2014)^[27]
• Kasa wo Motanai Aritachi wa (Kadokawa Shoten, 2015)^[28]
• tuberose de matteru【AGE22】(Fusou sha『shu-kan SPA!』, 2016)
• tuberose de matteru【AGE32】(Fusou sha, 2017)^[29]
• Alternate (Shinchosha, 2020)^[30]

Short story

• Daiji na mono (Kadokawa Shoten,『shousetsu Yasei jidai』January 2016)
• Oresama no iutoori (Kadokawa Shoten,『shousetsu Yasei jidai』August 2016)

Essay

• Cuba no reimei (Asahi shinbun sha『shousetu Tripper』spring edition 2016)

Serialization

• Wagahai wa Shige de aru (Johnny's web, 2005 – 2008)
• Aoi hitorigoto (SHuei sha『Myojo』July 2006 – June 2011)
• photo shigenic (wani books『Wink Up』December 2007 – March 2016)
• Girl Friends (Shuei sha『Myojo』May 2012 – )
• Shigeaki no cloud (Johnny's web, November 2015 – )
• dekiru koto nara steed de (Asahi shinbun sha『shousetu TRIPPER』Winter edition 2016 – )

Productions

• Kasa wo Motanai Aritachi wa (2016) as Original work^[31]
• Pink and Gray (2016) as Original work^[32]

References

1. "profile". Johnny's Entertainment. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
2. "インタビュー加藤シゲアキ『走り出したもう1人の自分』". 日経エンタテインメント! (2016–2). 日経BP社: 71. 和書.
3. "NEWS 加藤、円楽、高橋克典らＯＢも感激 青学大箱根駅伝４連覇" (in Japanese). 神戸新聞 デイリースポーツプレスセンター. January 4, 2018. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
4. "又吉に次ぐ「芥川賞」候補？NEWS・加藤シゲアキがジャニーズ初の小説家になったワケ" (in Japanese). December 8, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
5. Inc1, Natasha. "NEWS！加藤シゲアキが結婚を報告". 音楽ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved March 6, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
6. ホームドラマ! Official Site, (Japanese) Home Drama! Official Site
7. 劇団演技者 Official Site, (Japanese) Gekidan Engimono
8. ブスの瞳に恋してる jdorama.com, Busu no Hitomi ni Koishiteru Jdorama site
9. カクレカラクリ Official Site, (Japanese) Kakure Karakuri Official Site
10. パパとムスメの7日間 Official Site, (Japanese) Papa to Musume no Nanokakan Official Site
11. 姿三四郎 Official Site, (Japanese) Sugata Sanshiro Official Site
12. ホカベン Official Site, (Japanese) Hokaben Official Site
13. 父よ、あなたはえらかった Official Site, (Japanese) Chichi yo, Anata wa Erakatta Official Site
14. 0号室の客 Official Site, (Japanese) 0 Goushitsu no Kyaku Official Site
15. News member Kato Shigeaki, follows Yamapi in getting a lead role for a weekly drama February 14, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, (Japanese)
16. "ゼロ 一獲千金ゲーム Official Site". 日本テレビ (in Japanese). Retrieved July 24, 2018.
17. "犬神家の一族". フジテレビ (in Japanese). Retrieved February 5, 2019.
18. "ドラマBiz よつば銀行 原島浩美がモノ申す！～この女に賭けろ～｜主演：真木よう子｜テレビ東京". テレビ東京 (in Japanese). Retrieved February 5, 2019.
19. 未来シアター Official Site, (Japanese) Mirai Theater Official Site
20. News な2人|TBSテレビ, (Japanese) News な2人 Official Site
21. 白熱ライブ ビビット Official Site, (Japanese) Hakunetsu Live Bibitto Official Site
22. 変ラボ公式, (Japanese) 変ラボ Official Site
23. Shigeaki Kato gets sexual in Seminar
24. 加藤シゲアキ、『ピンクとグレー』カメオ出演！「本当にふらーっと現場にいった」
25. Kadokawa Shoten. "Pink and Gray" (in Japanese).
26. Kadokawa Shoten. "Senko Scramble" (in Japanese).
27. Kadokawa Shoten. "Burn" (in Japanese).
28. Kadokawa Shoten. "Kasa wo Motanai Aritachi wa" (in Japanese).
29. Fusou sha. tuberose de matteru (in Japanese).
30. "加藤シゲアキ『オルタネート』新潮社公式サイト". 加藤シゲアキ『オルタネート』新潮社公式サイト. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
31. 傘をもたない蟻たちは – フジテレビ, (Japanese) 傘をもたない蟻たちは – Fuji TV
32. 映画『ピンクとグレー』公式サイト, (Japanese) 映画『ピンクとグレー』 Official Site

External links

• Johnny & Associates site