D-Boys

D-Boys (stylized as D-BOYS) is a Japanese acting troupe affiliated with Watanabe Entertainment. The D in the group's name stands for "Drama" (acting work), "Dream", "Debut", "Discovery" and "Development" (growth and advancement).

Although the D-Boys are promoted as a group and members occasionally work together on the same projects, each actor develops his career independently from his fellow members in their own television, cinema and theatre projects. New D-Boys members are regularly selected through public audition events with interactive participation of fan club members.

Members

D2 members

In 2009, D2 was formed as D-Boys' younger brother group. In October 2013, D2 joined D-Boys to become its sub-group.

Current members

• Yukito Nishii
• Ryo Mitsuya
• Syo Jinnai
• Atsushi Arai
• Ryosuke Ikeoka
• Yuki Yamada
• Takahisa Maeyama
• Shotaro Okubo
• Jun Shison

Former members

• Toru Kamitsuru
• Kenki Yamaguchi
• Yoichiro Omi
• Shintaro Akutsu
• Shion Tsuchiya
• Takuya Negishi
• Atsushi Shiramata

Group projects

In addition to their individual careers, the D-Boys are also involved in collective projects, as part of the group promotion work.

DD-Boys

DD-Boys was a drama-documentary variety series, featuring the D-Boys members as themselves. Each episode had a short staged section following the plot of the members living in the fictional D-House and seeking ways to raise money for rent, followed by a documentary section showing the members undertaking tasks or challenges to raise that money. Some tasks were inspired by the actor's own personality -e.g., a member who was known to enjoy singing or dancing would have a task related to that hobby, etc. The show was 23 episodes long and aired from 10 April 2006 to 25 September 2006 on TV Asahi.

Stage works

Series	Title		Year / date	Stage Info	Cast
D-Live	1st D-Live		2004	Live entertainment show	All members
	2nd D-Live		2004	Live entertainment show	All members
	3rd D-Live		March 2005	Live entertainment show	All members
	4th D-Live		May 2006	Live entertainment show	All members
Out of Order	Out of Order		March 2007	Live entertainment show	Regular Performers: Yuya Endo Masaki Kaji Kouhei Kumai Guest performances by all other members
D-Boys Stage	Vol 1. Kanba Onrei		June 2007	Musical	All members with guest performers: Yu Shirota Masato Wada Shunji Igarashi Hiroki Suzuki Hirofumi Araki
	Vol 2. The Last Game		June 2008	Musical	All members plus guest cast A: Endo Yuya Yuichi Nakamura Kouhei Kumai	All members plus guest aast B: Shunji Igarashi Koji Seto Masahiro Usui
	Vol 3.	Karasu 04	April 2009	Musical	Cast A	Hiroki Suzuki Shunji Igarashi Masaki Kaji Kotaro Yanagi Tomo Yanagishita Osamu Adachi Masaya Nakamura Ryuki Takahashi Taito Hashimoto Yusuke Yamada
		Karasu 10	October 2009	Musical	Cast B	Endo Yuya Hirofumi Araki Shingo Nakagawa Masato Wada Yuichi Nakamura Koji Seto Masashi Mikami Masahiro Usui Tetsuya Makita Kenki Yamaguchi (D2 member) Toru Kamitsuru (D2 member) Ryo Mitsuya (D2 member) Syo Jinnai (D2 member)
	Vol 4.	Now Loading	April 28, 2010	Musical	Cast A	Endo Yuya Shunji Igarashi Masato Wada Yusuke Yamada
		The Last Game	August 26, 2010	Musical	Cast B	Koji Seto Yuichi Nakamura Kotaro Yanagi Osamu Adachi Shingo Nakagawa Tetsuya Makita Ryuki Takahashi Masashi Mikami Masahiro Usui
		America	November 3, 2010	Musical	Cast C	Hiroki Suzuki Hirofumi Araki Masaki Kaji Tomo Yanagishita

Fan club events

The D-Boys hold special events where fan club members have the opportunity to meet the actors in person and interact with them in camp activities and games such as cook-offs, tug-of-war, etc., in which the members are split into teams, leading groups of fans to compete with each other.

• Official Fan club Day Camp Bus Tour (November 13, 2005)
• Official Fan club Limited Bus Tour (August 25 to August 27, 2006)
• Official Fan club 3rd Anniversary Bus Tour (September 6 to 8, 2007)

Live tours

During the summer of 2009, 19 D-Boys members, including Yu Shirota participated in performances for fans at Akiba Plaza called "Kotoshi no Natsu wa Mainichi Dokoka de D-Boys Uki-uki Yatta Hohohoy" or for short, Natsu Doko. There were 49 performances in total of dances, songs and skits. New D-Boys member, Yusuke Yamada, was introduced to fans during these performances. Three CD+DVD sets featuring different recorded audio theater by separate groups of D-Boys members and footage of Natsu Doko were released on December 16, 2009.

Due to the success and demand of Natsu Doko, a live tour called Fuyu Doko 2009 was held in the winter of 2009 with 19 D-Boys members and Yu Shirota visiting major cities in Japan to promote the Natsu Doko 2009 CD+DVD release. It was the first live tour around the nation for the group.

Radio

• Marvelous Radio Vibration (May 5, 2005 - April 1, 2006) - weekly radio show hosted by Yu Shirota, Kotaro Yanagi and Yukki.
• D-Radio Boys (October 2007/present) - weekly radio show hosted by Masato Wada and Shunji Igarashi, featuring guest D-Boys members.

Other

• 43rd Secret New Years' Performance Tournament "Young Man Colosseum" (January 1, 2006) - television guest appearance, performed by Masaki Kaji and Hiroki Suzuki.
• 44th Secret New Years' Performance Tournament "Chinese Lion Dance" (January 1, 2007) - television guest appearance, performed by Yuya Endo, Masaki Kaji, Hiroki Suzuki, Masato Wada and Yuma Minakawa.
• 45th Secret New Years' Performance Tournament "Ikemen Jumpers" (January 1, 2008) - television guest appearance, performed by Masaki Kaji, Kouhei Kumai, Koji Seto, and Shingo Nakagawa.
• 45th Secret New Years' Performance Tournament "Kakushi Gei Dancing Ikemen" (Fuji TV - January 1, 2009) - television guest appearance, performed by Tomo Yanagishita, Endo Yuya, Masaki Kaji, Makita Tetsuya, Taito Hashimoto, and Ryuki Takahashi.

Media

D-Boys members have released merchandise in the form of photobooks, DVDs and CDs individually, or in relation to a work project (e.g. character image CDs/photobooks). As a group, they have released a calendar featuring all D-Boys members and the following items:

Official photobooks

Year	Title	Description	Publisher	Release date	ISBN
2005	D-Boys	D-Boys First Photobook	Tokyo News Agency	April 27, 2005	Template:ISBN
2006	Start!	D-Boys 2nd Photobook	Gakken Co., Ltd.	March 15, 2006	Template:ISBN
2008	Dash	D-Boys Third Photobook	Kadokawa Marketing Co., Ltd.	December 2008	Template:ISBN
2010	Darling	D-Boys Fourth Photobook	Shufu-to-Seikatsu Sha, Ltd.	March 2010	Template:ISBN

DVD series

Series	Title	DVD info	Members	Release date
D-Boys Boy Friend Series	No Fiction	Volume 1	Shunji Igarashi	June 24, 2009
	Self-Discovery	Volume 2	Yuichi Nakamura	August 21, 2009
	Peacemaker	Volume 3	Hiroki Suzuki	September 18, 2009
	Sugao	Volume 4	Hirofumi Araki	October 23, 2009
	Tomorrow	Volume 5	Tomo Yanagishita	November 26, 2009
	Yu Channel	Volume 6	Yu Shirota	December 23, 2009
	7 Heroes	Volume 7	Yuichi Nakamura Shunji Igarashi Koji Seto Hiroki Suzuki Hirofumi Araki Masahiro Usui Masashi Mikami	February 24, 2010
	Super Rookie	Volume 8	Ryuki Takahashi	March 25, 2010
	Tight Rizm	Volume 9	Taito Hashimoto	April 21, 2010
	Set Out	Volume 10	Koji Seto	May 26, 2010
Natsu Doko 2009	Natsu Doko 2009 Kaze - Team Wind version	DVD for D-Boys Natsu Doko 2009	All members with Yu Shirota	December 16, 2009
	Natsu Doko 2009 Yama - Team Mountain version	DVD for D-Boys Natsu Doko 2009	All members with Yu Shirota	December 16, 2009
	Natsu Doko 2009 Kawa - Team River version	DVD for D-Boys Natsu Doko 2009	All members with Yu Shirota	December 16, 2009
Haru Doko 2010	Haru Doko 2010: Momo	DVD for D-Boys Haru Doko 2010	Momo members	July 14, 2010
	Haru Doko 2010: Sakura	DVD for D-Boys Haru Doko 2010	Sakura members	July 14, 2010

Discography

The D-Boys have released on December 16, 2009, three CD+DVD sets featuring different recorded audio theater by separate groups of D-Boys members on CD and footage of Natsu Doko on DVD. Natsu Doko 2009 debuted on the Oricon Charts in 11th.

Year	Title	CD info	Members	Chart debut	Track listings
2009	Natsu Doko 2009 Kaze - Team Wind version	Audio Theater album by D-Boys	Team Wind members Tomo Yanagishita Endo Yuya Masato Wada Hiroki Suzuki Masaya Nakamura	11	D-Boys CD and DVD Natsu no Kakehashi
	Natsu Doko 2009 Yama - Team Mountain version	Audio Theater album by D-Boys	Team Mountain members Shunji Igarashi Kotaro Yanagi Osamu Adachi Masashi Mikami Yusuke Yamada	11	D-Boys CD and DVD Natsu no Kakehashi
	Natsu Doko 2009 Kawa - Team River version	Audio Theater album by D-Boys	Team River members Yuichi Nakamura Hirofumi Araki Masaki Kaji Tetsuya Makita Masahiro Usui	11	D-Boys CD and DVD Natsu no Kakehashi

External links

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