Hiroki Aiba

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Hiroki Aiba (相葉弘樹)
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Aiba, in a promotional image for Tenimyu
Born October 1, 1987 (1987-10-01) (age 20)
Chiba, Japan]]
Occupation Actor, Singer
Website
Aiba's Official Blog Aiba's Official Site

Hiroki Aiba (相葉弘樹 Aiba Hiroki?) is a Japanese actor, dancer and singer. He is known most notable for his role as Shusuke Fuji in The Prince of Tennis musical series, Tenimyu, and the film adaptation. He was also part of a young men's 3-member streetdancing group called BRIGHTS, which was disbanded in 2004.

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[edit] Profile

Name: 相葉弘樹
Romanized: Hiroki Aiba
Nicknames: Aibacchi, Aiba-chan
Birthday : October 1, 1987
Age: 20
Blood Type: O
Birth Place : Chiba
Height: 178 cm (5'10")
Shoe Size: 27 cm
Hobbies: Basketball, snow boarding, skiing
Special talent/abilities: Dancing
Favorite food : Monjyayaki
Favorite artists: FLAME, w-inds., EXILE, aiko, 19
Likes : Monjyayaki, yakiniku, sushi, candy/sweets
Dislikes : spiders , cockroaches, fungi, and eggplants

[edit] Career

[edit] With BRIGHTS

Aiba was a former member of the disbanded three-men streetdancing group called BRIGHTS. The other two members included Atsushi Koga and TAKUYA, who would also happened to later play Akutagawa Jirou in Tenimyu with Aiba. The group had to break up because Aiba had to join AVEX (the agency he's currently with) after he won in the JUNON BOY contest. There were originally 4 people in the group, but one dropped out, so that left Aiba, TAKUYA, and Atsushi, in BRIGHTS. At that time, Aiba was still an amateur at dancing and he's stated in past blog entries that he owes a lot to TAKUYA, who was already an experienced dancer by then, for teaching him various things.

BRIGHTS performed in Yoyogi Park (代々木公園) from August 2003 to April 2004.

[edit] As Shusuke Fuji in The Prince of Tennis Musicals

In 2005, Aiba won the role of Shusuke Fuji, the prodigy of Seigaku Middle School's tennis club. He became the third actor to play Fuji in the The Prince of Tennis musicals, Tenimyu, as a member of the second generation Seigaku cast. He made his debut as Fuji on January 8th, 2005 in the Side Yamabuki (In Winter 2004-2005) performance in Osaka. That same year, his role as Fuji was carried into the live adaptation film of the manga.

On March 29th, 2006, in the Dream Live 3rd live concert, Aiba did not graduate alongside with the rest of his fellow 2nd generation Seigaku castmates; instead, he decided to continue performing in the musicals and acted as a guide for the new 3rd generation Seigaku cast members. After Absolute King Rikkaidai feat. Rokkaku ~ Second Service, Aiba graduated along with the third generation Seigaku castmates. He has been the only actor to play Fuji the longest. Since his graduation, the role of Fuji is currently being played by Yuuta Furukawa.

Aiba released a Best Actor's album in 2006, for his role in the musicals as Fuji, called The Prince of Tennis Musicals Best Actor's Series 003 - Hiroki Aiba as Shusuke Fuji.

[edit] As Shusuke Fuji in The Prince of Tennis Live-Action Film

Aiba was able to carry on his role from the musicals to the live-adaptation film of the manga series of The Prince of Tennis. He, along with most of the principle cast members for the Seigaku Regulars of the musical, were able to reprise their roles in the movie. The only major casting change was the casting of Kanata Hongo as Ryoma Echizen, the main protagonist.

The Prince of Tennis was released on May 13th, 2006 and opened on the tenth spot in the Japanese Box Office.

[edit] Personal life

Aiba keeps a personal blog, which he updates occasionally.

[edit] Filmography

Year Title Role Other notes
2004 Occult Tantei-dan Shiningyou no Hakaba Hara Takashi
2006 Ie Kaidan (家怪談) Volume 3 of the Kaidan series
The Prince of Tennis Shusuke Fuji
2007 Sukitomo Yoshiki Saitou
Delicious Gakuin Takasugi Rin TV drama
2008 Tadashii Ouji no Tsukurikata Hata Shurinosuke TV drama

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Aiba has currently released one album.

Album Stats

Album was released for The Prince of Tennis musical in Japan (JPN), only. The album also includes KENN (as Yuuta Fuji), performing two duets with Aiba.

Year Cover Info Chart positions
JPN
2006 Musical Tennis no Oujisama (The Prince of Tennis)
The Best Actor's Series 003
Hiroki Aiba as Syuusuke Fuji
 N/A

Track Listings

Track Listings for the Album:

  1. "Tsubasa no Kizuna" (with KENN as Yuuta Fuji)
  2. "Shootin' Your Smile"
  3. "Yume no Kidou"
  4. "Instrumental ~ Fuji vs Ryoma"
  5. "Yume wo Tsunage - Syuusuke Solo Edition"
  6. "HAND IN HAND"
  7. "Instrumental ~ Fuji vs Akutagawa Jirou DL3. KIRA★KIRA ver."
  8. "Instrumental ~ Fuji vs Mizuki"
  9. "Run Run Run - Brother's Edition" (with KENN as Yuuta Fuji)
  10. "Aiba Hiroki & KENN Message for you"

[edit] Stage

[edit] Musicals

TENIMYU: THE PRINCE OF TENNIS MUSICAL SERIES

  • The Prince of Tennis Musical: Side Yamabuki feat. St. Rudolph - Shusuke Fuji (In Winter of 2004-2005)
  • The Prince of Tennis Musical: Dream Live 2nd - Shusuke Fuji (2005)
  • The Prince of Tennis Musical: The Imperial Match Hyotei Gakuen - Shusuke Fuji (2005)
  • The Prince of Tennis Musical: The Imperial Match Hyotei Gakuen in Winter - Shusuke Fuji (In Winter of 2005-2006)
  • The Prince of Tennis Musical: Dream Live 3rd - Shusuke Fuji (2006)
  • The Prince of Tennis Musical: Advancement Match Rokkaku feat. Hyotei Gakuen - Shusuke Fuji (2006)
  • The Prince of Tennis Musical: Absolute King Rikkai feat. Rokkaku ~ First Service - Shusuke Fuji (In Winter of 2006-2007)
  • The Prince of Tennis Musical: Dream Live 4th - Shusuke Fuji (2007)
  • The Prince of Tennis Musical: Dream Live 4th ~extra~ - Shusuke Fuji (2007)
  • The Prince of Tennis Musical: Absolute King Rikkai feat. Rokkaku ~ Second Service - Shusuke Fuji (2007)

[edit] Plays

  • July 11th to 19th, 2006 - Switch wo Osutoki ~Kimi-tachi wa Naze Ikiteirunda?~
  • October 6th to 14th, 2007 - Pippin

[edit] Awards

The 16th JUNON SUPER BOY Judge's Special Award (3rd Place)

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