Sho Sakurai

Sho Sakurai (櫻井 翔, Sakurai Shō) (born January 25, 1982) is a Japanese singer, songwriter, rapper, actor, news anchor, host and former radio host. He is a member of the boy band Arashi.

Sho Sakurai 櫻井 翔
Sakurai in November 2019
Background information
Born	(1982-01-25) January 25, 1982 (age 42)
Origin	Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Genres	J-pop hip hop
Occupation(s)	Singer songwriter rapper actor News presenter host
Instrument(s)	Vocals piano
Years active	1995–present
Labels	Johnny & Associates J Storm
Member of	Arashi

Sakurai began his career in the entertainment industry when he joined the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates in 1995 at the age of 13. About seven years after his debut as a singer with Arashi in 1999, he became a newscaster in 2006, appearing in the news program News Zero every Monday. In 2008, he was appointed the official newscaster for the news coverage of the Olympic Games in Beijing on NTV.^[1] For his work as an actor, singer and newscaster, Sakurai became one of the recipients of GQ Japan's Men of the Year award in 2009.^[2][3] His father is Shun Sakurai, former vice-minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.^[4]

Early life

Sakurai was born in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, and grew up in Minato, Tokyo, the oldest of three children.^[5] His father, Shun Sakurai (桜井 俊), is a former government official who served as Vice Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications,^[6][7] and Vice President of Dentsu Group.^[8][9] Sakurai has a younger sister, Mai (舞) (b. 1986), who is a journalist for Nippon TV, and a younger brother, Shu (修) (b. 1994).^{[10][unreliable source?]}

Sakurai attended Keio Yochisha Elementary School, an affiliated elementary school of Keio University.^[5] From age three to ten, he did many extracurricular activities, including kendo, swimming, football, oil painting, calligraphy, and scouting.^[11] He began music lessons in early childhood, starting with the electric organ at age three and switching to piano in fourth grade.^[12] From fourth grade to sixth grade, he played trombone for his school's brass band.^[12] He also played trumpet and attended cram school.^[12][13] He joined a local football club after developing a strong interest in football during the J.League boom in 1993. He wanted to play for a professional team and at one point considered studying abroad in Brazil to become a professional footballer.^[14] He played football until his second year of junior high school.^[15]

Despite already having an established career with Arashi by the time he graduated from high school, Sakurai went on to attend Keio University, graduating with a Bachelor of Economics degree in March 2004.^[16] In fact, he was a pioneer among all Johnny's, being the first to graduate from University, inspiring others to pursue higher education.^[17][18][19]

Career

In 1995, when Sakurai was thirteen years old, he sent an application to the talent agency, Johnny & Associates, and started activities as a Johnny's Jr.^[11]

Music career

For music-related releases and activities as a member of Arashi, see Arashi.

Sakurai is the designated rapper of Arashi and, although he had written rap lyrics (known to fans as Sakurap) for some of the group's earlier releases under the pen name "Show", his first major contribution was for the A-side song "Kotoba Yori Taisetsu na Mono". While not the first artist from Johnny's to take on rapping, his breakthrough made it easier for his juniors to rap as well, despite being idols.^[20] According to Taichi Kokubun of Tokio, ex-KAT-TUN member Koki Tanaka (田中 聖, Tanaka Kōki) began to rap because of him.^[21]

He became the first member in Arashi to hold a solo concert called The Show in 2006.^[22] Sakurai was also a part of a special group with his Kisarazu Cat's Eye World Series co-stars that same year. Specially formed to promote the movie, they released the movie's theme song "Seaside Bye-Bye" (シーサイドばいばい, "Shisaido Baibai") as a single on October 25, 2006.^[23][24]

Sakurai co-wrote the lyrics of six songs on the August 2010 Arashi album Boku no Miteiru Fūkei. These songs are "Movin' On," "Mada Ue o", "Taboo" (Sho Sakurai solo), "Let Me Down," "Sora Takaku", and "Summer Splash!".^[25]

In February 2022, KAT-TUN announced the release of their digital single "Crystal Moment", as the theme song for NTV's coverage of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, the rap lyrics were written by Sakurai.^[26] One year later, Sakurai was announced by KAT-TUN'S Ueda as a co-writer for two songs he would be singing in his solo concert in January 2024.^[27]

Acting career

Drama

Unlike the other members, who made their major acting debut on stage, Sakurai made his debut on television in Arashi's volleyball-centered short drama V no Arashi (Vの嵐) in 1999. With bandmate Kazunari Ninomiya, he co-starred in the manga-based comedy drama Yamada Tarō Monogatari in 2007.^[28] Sakurai had a small guest appearance on the final episode of the drama My Girl in 2009, which was bandmate Masaki Aiba's first starring role in a serial drama.^[29] That year, he also had a brief appearance on bandmate Satoshi Ohno's comedy drama series Uta no oniisan, as himself.^[30] On January 9, 2010, Sakurai co-starred with the other members of Arashi in the human suspense drama special Saigo no Yakusoku.

In 2001, he took part in his first drama series called Tengoku ni Ichiban Chikai Otoko 2 (天国に一番近い男 – 教師編, The Man Closest to Heaven 2) with Masahiro Matsuoka as his teacher. His role as a student with two conflicting characters won him Best Newcomer in the 5th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix Awards.^[31][32]

In 2003, Sakurai was given his first lead role in the drama Yoiko no Mikata (よい子の味方, Ally of Good Children). He portrayed Taiyō Suzuki (鈴木太陽, Suzuki Taiyō), a man who strives to prove himself capable of being a nursery school teacher. After Yoiko no Mikata, Sakurai took up many drama specials and mini-dramas until 2005. He even acted in a NHK late-night drama series called Tokio, in which each episode lasted for fifteen minutes each.

Although there was no release of dramas, movies or stageplays from Sakurai in 2008 due to his involvement with the Olympic Games in Beijing and Arashi's concert tours, 2009 saw his first lead role in a drama series since Yoiko no Mikata in 2003.

In 2009, in the drama The Quiz Show 2 with You Yokoyama, he portrayed an amnesic host of a live TV quiz program.^[33] He portrayed Yukio Tomizawa (富澤友紀夫, Tomizawa Yukio), a 28-year-old life insurance salesman who is caught up in a building hijack.^[34][35] Sakurai appeared in the docudrama special Kobe Shimbun no Nanokakan (神戸新聞の７日間, 7 Days of the Kobe Newspaper) on January 16, 2010. He portrayed Tomohiko Mitsuyama (三津山朋彦, Mitsuyama Tomohiko), a real photo reporter who worked for the Kobe Shimbun and helped keep the newspaper running without interruption despite the damage inflicted from the Kobe earthquake.^[36]

On January 17, 2010, TBS aired the first episode of Sakurai and Maki Horikita's comedy drama Tokujo Kabachi!! (特上カバチ!!, lit. Extraordinary Quibbling).^[37]

On August 18, 2011, it was announced that Sakurai would be starring in a Fuji TV drama in the Fall season. The drama Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de (謎解きはディナーのあとで, lit. Mystery Solving After Dinner) is based on a bestselling novel published in 2010 by author Higashigawa Tokuya. Sakurai co-starred with actress Keiko Kitagawa. The drama aired starting in October. On January 26, 2012, it was announced that Fuji TV would produce a drama special for Nazotoki... to be aired on March 27.^[38] Sakurai played the lead role of Kageyama again, while Kitagawa reprised her role of Reiko Hosho. The drama special was filmed at Okinawa. A second special^[39] and a movie^[40] were released in August 2013

On January 25, 2012, TBS announced a three-night drama special Blackboard – Teachers Waging The Battles of Their Times, which aired in early April. Sakurai starred on the first night as a junior high school teacher who lost his right arm by war and struggled the change of moral after the war. His co-star was Yuko Oshima of AKB48.

In January 2023, Sakurai appears in his 5th drama with NTV, after Yoiko no Mikata (2003), The Quiz Show 2 (2009), Saki ni Umareta Dake no Boku (2017) and Nemesis (2021). Dai byōin senkyo is about a hospital suddenly occupied by an armed group wearing demon masks. Sakurai plays a detective, currently on leave of absence, who confronts the criminals, in the action-packed suspense drama.^{[41][42][43][44]}

Film

In 2002, Sakurai made his motion picture debut in Arashi's first movie together, Pikanchi Life Is Hard Dakedo Happy (ピカ☆ンチ Life is HardだけどHappy, Pikanchi Life is Hard But Happy). He portrayed Chu, a yankee who dropped out of high school after an incident involving his teacher and the girl he had a crush on. In 2004, he reprised his role for the sequel of Pikanchi Life Is Hard Dakedo Happy, Pikanchi Life Is Hard Dakara Happy (ピカ☆☆ンチ Life is HardだからHappy, Pikanchi Life is Hard Therefore Happy). In 2007, all the members of Arashi co-starred in their third movie together, Kiiroi Namida (黄色い涙, Yellow Tears), with Sakurai playing the role of an aspiring writer. In 2014, in a third installment of the Pikanchi movies, called Pikanchi Life Is Hard Tabun Happy (ピカ☆ンチ Life is HardたぶんHappy, Pikanchi Life is Hard Maybe Happy), Sakurai reprises his role, now as an adult Chu, who has settled down and started a family.^[45]

In 2002, in the drama Kisarazu Cat's Eye, he took on the role of Bambi, a college student who becomes part of a burglar ring at the beckoning of his cancer-stricken friend Bussan (played by Junichi Okada) to make his final days worthwhile. The drama would eventually span into two movie sequels entitled Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series and Kisarazu Cat's Eye: World Series in 2003 and 2006 respectively.^[46]

While training for a rowing competition with the rest of Arashi on their variety show Mago Mago Arashi in 2005, Sakurai filmed his first starring movie role in the manga-based live-action film Honey and Clover.^[47] He portrayed the mellow Yūta Takemoto (竹本 祐太, Takemoto Yūta).

By the end of 2007, it was announced that he would star as Gan-chan in the Takashi Miike movie Yatterman, which was not released in theaters until the beginning of 2009.^[48]

It was announced on June 8, 2010, that Sakurai would co-star with Aoi Miyazaki in the novel-based movie Kamisama no Karute (神様のカルテ, God's Medical Records), released in theaters in 2011.^[49][50] It would be the first time Sakurai portrayed a doctor.^[51] A sequel for the movie, Kamisama no Karute 2 (神様のカルテ2, God's Medical Records 2) hit theaters in 2014. In the first movie, Dr. Ichito Kurihara (Sakurai) was struggling with work life in a countryside hospital on the alert 365 days a year. In the sequel, his struggles between family life and work life are accentuated when Ichito's friend from college, also a physician, Tatsuya Shindo (portrayed by Tatsuya Fujiwara), comes to Ichito's hospital from Tokyo.^[52]

On June 4, 2012, the movie version of the popular drama Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de (謎解きはディナーのあとで, lit. Mystery Solving After Dinner) was announced. Sakurai once again portrayed the sharp-tongued mysteries-solving butler Kageyama, co-starring with Kitagawa Keiko. The plot of the movie is a murder case that happens on a luxurious cruise ship. Besides set filming, the production team also filmed overseas in Singapore where they boarded the luxurious cruise ship SuperStar Virgo for onsite filming. The movie completed filming by end of July 2012 and is scheduled for release on August 3, 2013, in Japan. The International Gala Premiere was held in Singapore on July 27, 2013, at Marina Bay Sands, where about 2,000 fans from Singapore, Thailand and other countries in the region were treated to face-to-face interactions with the main cast of Sakurai and his fellow cast members, Keiko Kitagawa and Shinai Kippei. Director Masato Hijikata also graced the occasion. Selected fans got to watch the movie premiere with the cast and director in the Sands Theatre, and were treated to a 20-minute Q&A session with the actors and director after the movie screening. The Singapore premiere of the movie was scheduled for August 22, 2013, with a special Fans' Screening by Golden Village cinemas on August 14, 2013.

Other ventures

Radio

From October 5, 2002, to March 30, 2008, Sakurai hosted his own radio show called Sho Beat on FM Fuji.^[53]

Commercials

(櫻井翔#CM)

• Able Inc. (ja) real estate company (2008–2011)
• Aflac Japan (2011–2023)
• Ajinomoto Frozen Foods (2011)
• Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.
  • Asahi Soft Drinks "Mitsuya Cider" (2009–2010, 2020–2023) In 2020, with Arashi as a group, including a video of himself with audio from Satoshi Ohno.^[54] In 2021–2023, together with fellow Arashi member Masaki Aiba,^[55] and including Hey! Say! JUMP member Ryosuke Yamada,^[56] Snow Man members Ryohei Abe and Ren Meguro ^[57] and Johnny's Jr. group Bishounen^[58] in a series of commercials for Spring and Summer.
  • Asahi Breweries "New Clear Asahi" beer (2019)
• Benesse Corporation Shinkenzemi Junior High School Seminar (ja) (2011–2013)
• Japanese Cabinet Office 2005 Low-carbon economy (2008)
• House Foods Vermont Curry (2023)^[59][60][61]
• House Wellness Foods Co., Ltd. (ハウスウェルネスフーズ)(ja) "C1000" (beverage) (2006–2007)
• Japan Airlines (2021–2023) With fellow Arashi member Jun Matsumoto^[62]
• Japan Post Co., Ltd. New Year's postcard campaign (2008–2009), also with Arashi (2019)
• JINS Co., Ltd. (ja) chain stores and shopping centers (2012–2014)
• Johnan Academic Preparatory Institute (城南予備校)(ja) (2005)
• JustSystems Smile Seminar (2021–)^[63]
• Kao Corporation
  • "Essential" hair product (ja) (2014–2016, 2019–)
  • "MegRhythm" heat patches and eye masks (2016–2023)
• Lawson Inc. (2014–2015)
• Menicon Lactive contact lenses (2022–2023)^[64]
• Mitsui Fudosan real estate (2018–2023)
• Morinaga & Company
  • Morinaga Confectionaries and Health Foods Industry
    • "in" (formerly Weider's in) jelly drink (2015–2023)
    • Morinaga Cocoa (2017–2023)
  • Morinaga Milk Industry "pino" brand ice cream (2010–2016)
• Otsuka Pharmaceutical "Oronamin C" drink (2011–2015)
• Shiseido's "Uno" brand "W Design Fiber" hair product x Kisarazu Cat's Eye collaboration (2006)
• Taisho Pharmaceutical "Claritin EX" (2020–2023)^[65][66][67]
• Toyota Financial Services Financing Plan (ja) (2007)

Variety TV Show

Sakurai hosts, starting in January 2021, a new variety program, substituting Arashi's signature program Arashi ni Shiyagare, ended in December 2020.^[68]

• TBS Ima, ko no kao ga sugoi ! (今、この顔がスゴい!) – MC (4/11/2013 – March 20, 2014)
• TBS Sakurai Ariyoshi The Dangerous Night (櫻井有吉アブナイ夜会) – Sakurai Ariyoshi The Night (櫻井・有吉 THE夜会) – MC (4/17/2014–present)^[69]
• NTV 1 oku 3000 man nin no shō channeru (1億3000万人のSHOWチャンネル) – MC (January, 2021 – March 2023)^[70][71][72]

Newscasts, documentary and informative series

In 2006, he became a newscaster for the NTV news program News Zero with newscaster Nobutaka Murao (村尾 信尚, Nobutaka Murao) and actress Mao Kobayashi. He continues co-hosting Monday's edition, now with main newscaster Yumiko Udo

On June 7, 2009, Sakurai was one of the main newscasters for a special program titled Touch! Eco 2009, which focused on environmental issues.^[73]

In 2007, he was chosen to help host Zero x Senkyo 2007 (Zero×選挙2007, Zero x Election 2007), a special program which focused the 2007 House of Councillors elections. Sakurai became the first pop idol to host such a program.^[74] On August 30, 2009, he was appointed the official caster for the second part of Zero x Senkyo 2009 (Zero×選挙2009, Zero x Election 2009), which covered Japan's 2009 general elections.^[75] On July 11, 2010, he took on the role of a navigator for the second half of Zero x Senkyo 2010 (Zero×選挙2010, Zero x Election 2010), which focused on the 2010 House of Councillors elections.^[76] He has continued to co-host the special program until the 2022 elections.^{[77][78][79][80]}

In July 2010, Sakurai traveled to Romania, Germany, and Russia to do a special report on world poverty for NTV's 24-Hour Television, which was broadcast on August 29, 2010. He interviewed former Soviet Union General Secretary and Nobel Peace Prize winner Mikhail Gorbachev about nuclear disarmament and poverty.^[81]

Sakurai was chosen by Nippon Television Network (NTV) of Japan as the main MC of their royal wedding special, "British Royal Family Prince William and Princess Kate". The special was aired on April 29, 2011, featuring video footage from the British Broadcasting Channel that covered the joyous occasion for the British royal family.

Sakurai appeared in 復興テレビ_みんなのチカラ3.11 (Fukko TV: Minna no Chikara 3.11) aired on NTV on March 11, 2012, a special program to remember the one-year anniversary of the 9.0 magnitude earthquake that hit North-eastern Japan in 2011, reporting from Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima, as part of the news reporting section shared by News Zero, News Every and Shinsō hōdō bankisha!.^[82]

On August 4, 2015, Sakurai and Akira Ikegami hosted the first episode of an NTV series called Sakurai Shō & Ikegami Akira Kyōkasho de manabenai (櫻井翔&池上彰 教科書で学べない, Sho Sakurai & Akira Ikegami Can't Learn with Textbooks) (ja). This first installment dealt with a look at the war 70 years after Japan's surrender, and the Japanese peoples understanding of it.^[83] A second episode aired on March 1, 2016. This one dealt with a historical look of the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake 5 years after, primarily, and other disasters around the world such as eruptions, landslides, floods and typhoons, and how to deal with them and prepare in order to save lives.^[84] A new episode aired two years later, February 6, 2018. On this one, Sakurai and Ikegami talked about "Unexpected Japan", dealing with politics and its relationship to the Olympic Games, North Korea and the imperial family.^[85][86] A fourth installment of the series aired on May 4, 2020, where they talked about the "ultra difficult problems" facing Japan, like the coronavirus and all that happened around the pandemic, such as the closing of schools, delays in services and postponement of big events, like the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.^[87][88] On May 31, 2021, a 5th installment of the program aired. With the theme "clear and present danger", Ikegami and Sakurai, together with guests, talked about the ongoing investigation on coronavirus, its sequelae and the fight against it and new viruses. It also included a talk about new AI technology and the risk of it being misused and abused, like in drones, which could be used as weapons, and the so-called "Deepfake", in which false images are used to replace someone else in order to commit crimes, like fraud.^[89][90][91]

On March 17, 2019, Sakurai and NHK announcer Mayuko Wakuda hosted the first episode of the 4-part documentary "NHK Special 'Space Spectacle'", about the latest achievements in space exploration. The pair hosted all the series, which included topics like the Hayabusa2 mission, the search for Extraterrestrial life, black holes, and the mysteries of the origin of life on Earth and it's possible start in outer space, with the last episode airing September 8, 2019.^{[92][93][94][95]}

On December 10, 2022, an NHK documentary called Design Museum Japan, hosted by Sakurai, takes a look at "design treasures" from regions all over Japan.^[96][97][98] Sakurai hosted again the special in December 2023.^[99]

Sporting event coverage

In 2007, he was chosen as the main caster for Fuji TV's broadcast of the 2007 Volleyball World Cup, marking it the first time in eight years that he has been involved with the Volleyball World Cup.^[100] In 2008, Sakurai was a newscaster for the 2008 FIVB Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament and the main newscaster for the news coverage of the Olympic Games in Beijing on NTV.^{[1][101][102]}

Sakurai was the special newscaster for the 2010 Winter Olympics news coverage on NTV with Shizuka Arakawa as the main newscaster.^[103] On May 13, 2012, NTV announced the appointment of Sakurai as the main caster for their coverage of the 2012 London Summer Olympics, from July 27 to August 12, 2012. It is Sakurai's third consecutive Olympic main caster appointment for NTV after 2008 Beijing and 2010 Vancouver. He was chosen, alongside his Arashi co-member Masaki Aiba, to host the NHK special program coverage for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, celebrated from July 23, 2021.^[104]

He has been covering rugby events, for both the local teams and for the Rugby World Cup and the Japan National Team, "Brave Blossoms".^[105] The NTV programs in which he appeared covering rugby, including the sports section in News Zero, has had the song Brave, for which he wrote the rap, as background music. "I wrote it while thinking about all the players who will be fighting hard, like when they're in a scrum", he said about it.^[106] He appeared in the "100 days to go" event before the start of the Rugby World Cup 2019.^[107] Sakurai was named host of the NTV program "One Rugby", a monthly special (September 6, 2019 – March 24, 2022; May 21, 2022, July 4, 2022) that analyzed the matches for both the local games and for the World Cup.^{[108][109][110]} Sakurai was appointed "Japan Rugby Ambassador 2023" for the Japan Rugby team for the France Rugby World Cup.^[111] The new position was established by the Japan Rugby Football Union to raise awareness of the Japan Rugby National Team and build momentum for the Rugby World Cup 2023 in France.^[112]

Music Event

• Nippon TV Best Artist (日テレ系音楽の祭典 ベストアーティスト) Main Host (2009–2023)^{[113][114][115][116][117][118][119][120][121]}
• Nippon TV Music Festival – The Power of Music (日テレ系音楽の祭典 音楽のちから2012) Main Host (2012)
• Nippon TV The Music Day Main Host (2013–2023)^{[122][123][124][125][126]}
• NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen White team host (solo, 2018, 2019; as part of Arashi, 2010 – 2014), special navigator (2022)^[127]

Telethon

Sakurai appears as main personality in NTV's 24-Hr TV for 6th time, 5 with Arashi (2004, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2019) (24時間テレビ)^[128] and 1 by himself (2017)^[129]

Personal exhibition

"Sho Sakurai: Words for the Future", is Sakurai's first exhibition centered in his words, both as part of Arashi and as an individual, thought of since 2018, to convey his feelings and words expressed in different ways, like in the reinterpretation of his "Sakurap" and words shared in various media (like narrated excepts from the 2019 Newsweek Japan special feature "Sho Sakurai and the Memory of War"). It will be held from April 14 to May 5, 2023, at the Roppongi Museum in Tokyo.^{[130][131][132][133]} A revised edition of the exhibition, called "Playful", will start in Play! Museum, in Tachikawa, Tokyo, and tour the country, starting on January 18, 2024, until April 14, 2024.^[134][135]

Personal life

On September 28, 2021, Sakurai announced his marriage through a letter he released in their fan club website.^[136] Sakurai announced the birth of their first child on February 15, 2023, through official site. Date of birth and child's gender were not revealed.^[137][138]

Contributions

Rap lyrics

A-side songs Year Title 2003 "Kotoba Yori Taisetsu na Mono" 2004 "Pikanchi Double" 2005 "Sakura Sake" 2006 "Kitto Daijōbu" 2007 "We Can Make It!" 2008 "Step and Go" 2008 "Kaze no Mukō e" 2009 "Believe" 2012 "Face Down" 2016 "Daylight" 2019 "Brave" 2019 "Turning Up" 2019 "A-ra-shi: Reborn"^[139] 2020 "Party Starters"

B-side songs Year Title 2003 "Kimi ga Iinda" 2004 "Gori Muchu" 2005 "Futari no Kinenbi" 2006 "Na! Na! Na!" 2007 "Itsumademo" 2007 "Di-Li-Li" 2007 "Future" 2007 "Still..." 2009 "Tokei Jikake no Umbrella" 2010 "Spiral" 2011 "Boom Boom"^[140] 2011 "Utakata"^[141] 2012 "Futari no Katachi"^[142] 2014 "Sync" 2017 "Unknown"

Album songs Year Title Tracks 2002 Here We Go! "Theme of Arashi" "All or Nothing Ver.1.02" 2003 How's It Going? "Crazy Ground No Ōsama" "Lucky Man" "Paretto" "Te Agero" 2004 Iza, Now! "The Bubble" "Eyes with Delight" "Right Back to You" 2004 5x5 The Best Selection of 2002–2004 "La Tormenta 2004" 2005 One "Overture" "Natsu no Namae" "Subarashiki Sekai" "Yes? No?" 2006 Arashic "Runaway Train" "Raise Your Hands" "Cool & Soul" "Secret Eyes" 2007 Time "Wave" "Firefly" "Taiyō no Sekai" "Rock You" "Cry For You" "Kaze" "Life" "Can't Let You Go" 2008 Dream "A" Live "Move You Body" "Niji no Kanata e" "Flashback" "My Answer" "Once Again" "Hip Hop Boogie" 2009 All the Best! 1999–2009 "Re(mark)able" "5x10" 2010 Boku no Miteiru Fūkei "Movin' On" "Mada Ue o" "Taboo" "Let Me Down" "Sora Takaku" "Summer Splash!" 2011 Beautiful World "Rock this" "Mada Minu Sekai e" "Hung up on" "Joy" "Kono Mama Motto" 2012 Ura Ara Mania "Sketch" "Green" 2012 Popcorn "Welcome to our party" "Tabi wa Tsuzuku yo" "Fly on Friday" "Cosmos" "Up to you" 2013 Love "Ai o Utaō" "P･A･R･A･D･O･X" "sugar and salt" "Starlight kiss" 2014 The Digitalian "Tell me why" "Asterisk" "Hey Yeah!" "Take Off !!!!!" 2015 Japonism "Kokoro no Sora" "Kimi e no Omoi" "Rolling days" "In the Room" 2016 Are You Happy? "Sunshine" "To my homies" "Two to Tango" 2017 Untitled "Mikan" "Hōyō" "Hikari" "Come Back" 2019 5x20 All the Best!! 1999–2019 "5x20" 2020 Reborn Vol.1 "A Day in Our Life: Reborn" 2020 This Is Arashi "Itsuka Byōshin no Au Koro" "Do You...?"

Other

• ギリスト！ (Tatsuya Ueda's EP) LCDA-0084 (release on February 7, 2024) (digital and streaming)^{[143][144][145]}

1. ギリスト！ (Girist) (co-written with Ueda)
2. 光射す方へ (Hikari sasu kata e) (co-written with Ueda)

Filmography

Television

Drama

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Nekketsu Ren'ai-dō	Akira Takeuchi	Episode: "Ohitsujiza no AB-gata BOY"^[146]
	V no Arashi	Sho Sakurai	Lead role with Arashi members
2000	Otōsan	Akira Ohmura	TV special
2001	Tengoku ni Ichiban Chikai Otoko 2	Ayumi Tōdō
2002	Shōnen Taiya "Aoki-san Uchi no Oku-san"	Sho	Mini-drama, with fellow Arashi members Satoshi Ohno and Masaki Aiba^[147]
	Kisarazu Cat's Eye	Futoshi Nakagomi (Bambi)
2003	Yoiko no Mikata	Taiyō Suzuki	Lead role
	Ikebukuro West Gate Park Special	Bambi	Cameo appearance
	Gekidan Engimono	Yōhei Yamada	Lead role, Mini-drama, Haetori Kami"
2004	Nurseman Special	Masaya Iwata	TV special
	Gekidan Engimono	Kantaku	Lead role, mini-drama, "Natsume no Mōsō"
	Tokio	Tokio Miyamoto
2005	Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru Special	Masaya Yoshimori	Lead role, TV special
	Gekidan Engimono	Jun Kawase	Lead role, mini-drama, "Ishikawa-ken Gosan-shi"
2007	Yonimo Kimyōna Monogatari	Ota Masakazu	Lead role, mini-drama, "Sainō-dama"
	Yamada Tarō Monogatari	Takuya Mimura	Lead role with Kazunari Ninomiya
2009	Uta no Onii-san	Himself	Episode 6 guest appearance
	The Quiz Show 2	Satoru Kamiyama	Lead role
	My Girl	Sato	Episode 10 guest appearance
2010	Saigo no Yakusoku	Yukio Tomizawa	Lead role with Arashi members, TV special
	Kobe Shimbun no Nanokakan	Tomohiko Mitsuyama	Lead role, docudrama special
	Tokujo Kabachi!!	Katsuhiro Tamura	Lead role
2011	Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de	Kageyama	Lead role
2012	Mou Yuukai Nante Shinai		Cameo appearance
	Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de		Lead role, TV special
	Blackboard, Teachers Who Fought Against Era	Shirahama	Lead role (first night), 3-nights TV special
	Papadol!	Himself	Episode 1 guest appearance
2013	Kazoku Game	Kouya Yoshimoto	Lead role
	Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de: Senjō Tantei Kageyama	Kageyama	Lead role, TV special
	Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de: Kazamatsuri Keibu no Jikenbo		Special appearance, TV special
2015	Taishi Kakka no Ryourinin	Ko Osawa	Lead role, TV special
2016	Sekai Ichi Muzukashii Koi	Himself	Episode 10 guest appearance
2017	Kimi ni Sasageru Emblem	Kazuya Takajo	Lead role, TV special
	Saki ni Umareta Dake no Boku	Ryosuke Narumi	Lead role
2019	No Side Manager	Akagi Kazuki	Episode 10 guest appearance^[148]
2021	Nemesis	Naoki Kazama	Lead role with Suzu Hirose^[149]
2023	Captured Hospital	Saburo Musashi	Lead role^[41]^[42]^[43]^[44]
2024	Captured New Airport	Saburo Musashi	Lead role^[150]

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Pikanchi Life is Hard Dakedo Happy	Tadashi Kamogawa (Chu)	Lead role with Arashi members
2003	Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series	Futoshi Nakagomi (Bambi)
2004	Pikanchi Life is Hard Dakara Happy	Tadashi Kamogawa (Chu)	Lead role with Arashi members
2006	Honey and Clover	Yūta Takemoto	Lead role
	Kisarazu Cat's Eye: World Series	Futoshi Nakagomi (Bambi)
2007	Kiiroi Namida	Ryūsan Mukai	Lead role with Arashi members
2009	Yatterman	Gan-chan	Lead role
2011	In His Chart	Ichito Kurihara	Lead role with Aoi Miyazaki
2013	The After-Dinner Mysteries	Kageyama	Lead role with Keiko Kitagawa
2014	In His Chart 2	Ichito Kurihara	Lead role with Aoi Miyazaki
	Pikanchi Life is Hard Tabun Happy	Tadashi Kamogawa (Chu)	Lead role with Arashi members
2018	Laplace's Witch	Shūsuke Aoe	Lead role
2023	Nemesis: The Movie	Naoki Kazama	Lead role with Suzu Hirose^[151]

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Kyo to Kyo
1998	Kyo to Kyo	Tokyo Hamamatsuchō
2004	West Side Story	Tony	Lead role
2006	The Beautiful Game	John Kelly

Awards and nominations

Year	Organization	Award	Work	Result
2002	5th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix	Best Newcomer	Tengoku ni Ichiban Chikai Otoko 2	Won^[32]
2009	61st Television Drama Academy Awards	Best Actor	The Quiz Show 2	Nominated^[152]
	GQ Japan Men of the Year 2009 Awards	GQ Man of the Year 2009^[fn 1]		Won^[2]^[3]
2010	64th Television Drama Academy Awards	Best Actor	Tokujo Kabachi!!	Nominated^[154]
2012	21st Annual TV Life Awards	Best Actor	Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato De	Won^[155]
	71st Television Drama Academy Awards	Best Actor		Nominated^[156]
2013	17th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Spring)	Best Actor	Kazoku Game	Won
	77th Television Drama Academy Awards	Best Actor		Won
2014	23rd Annual TV Life Awards	Best Actor		Won^[157]

Footnotes

1. Sakurai was one of the five honorees for GQ Men of the Year 2009.^[3][153]

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External links

• J Storm Profile
• Sho Sakurai | Johnny's Net Profile
• Sho Sakurai at IMDb
• Sho Sakurai at Anime News Network's encyclopedia