| Hiroki Aiba | |
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| Born | October 1, 1987 Funabashi, Chiba, Japan |
| Occupation | Actor, Singer |
| Website | |
| Aiba's Official Site | |
Hiroki Aiba (相葉 弘樹 Aiba Hiroki) is a Japanese actor, dancer and singer. He is best known for his role as Shusuke Fuji in The Prince of Tennis musical series, Tenimyu, and the live film adaptation. He was also part of a young men's 3-member streetdancing group called Brights, which was disbanded in 2004. His current most known role was the part of Ryūnosuke Ikenami/ShinkenBlue in the 33rd Super Sentai series, Samurai Sentai Shinkenger.
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Aiba was born on Thursday, October 1, 1987. He is taking an interest in acting and modeling.
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.
In 2005, Aiba won the role of Shusuke Fuji, the prodigy of Seigaku Middle School's tennis club, in the The Prince of Tennis musicals, Tenimyu. From 2005 to 2006, he became the third actor to play Fuji as a member of the second generation Seigaku cast. He made his debut as Fuji on January 8, 2005 in the Side Yamabuki performance in Osaka. That same year, his role as Fuji was carried into the live adaptation film of the manga.
On March 29, 2006, in the Dream Live 3rd live concert, Aiba did not graduate alongside with the rest of his fellow second generation Seigaku cast; instead, he decided to continue performing in the musicals and acted as a guide for the new third generation Seigaku cast members from 2006 to 2007. After the Absolute King Rikkaidai feat. Rokkaku ~ Second Service musical, Aiba graduated along with the majority of third Seigaku cast. He has been the longest serving actor to play Fuji, as well as the longest serving actor in Tenimyu. Since his graduation, the role of Fuji was played by Yūta Furukawa.
On the Tenimyu website, it was announced that both the fourth and fifth Seigaku casts would take turns performing the next two musicals; Aiba made a brief return to reprise his role as Fuji with the fifth Seigaku cast in the Imperial Presence Hyotei Gakuen musical as there was no time to find an actor to play Fuji. After that show, actor Hashimoto Taito carried on as the fifth cast's Fuji.
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 Syusuke Fuji.
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 principal 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 13, 2006 and opened on the tenth spot in the Japanese Box Office.
After his work in Tenimyu, Aiba still continues to work as a stage actor, as well as act in several TV dramas. In 2007, he played the title role in the musical Pippin, sharing the role with his Tenimyu predecessor, J-pop singer Kimeru. Since 2008, he is also one of the star actors in the TV drama Tadashii Ouji no Tsukurikata (How to Create the Ideal Prince) along with former Tenimyu cast member Kotaro Yanagi, who plays the lead role.
In 2009, Aiba's next well known role was when he played Ryūnosuke Ikenami/ShinkenBlue in the Samurai Sentai Shinkenger Super Sentai series. The series ran until February 7, 2010.
| Year | Film/television | Role | Other notes |
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| 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 | |
| Takumi-kun: Soshite Harukaze ni sasayaite | Sachi Inoue | Movie | |
| 2008 | Cafe Daikanyama: Sweet Boys | Hibiki Shibata | Movie |
| Tadashii Ouji no Tsukurikata | Hata Shurinosuke | TV drama | |
| Cafe Daikanyama II | Hibiki Shibata | Movie | |
| Bokura no Houteishiki | ??? | Movie | |
| 2009 | Cafe Daikanyama III: Sorezore no Ashita | Hibiki Shibata | Movie |
| Samurai Sentai Shinkenger | Ryūnosuke Ikenami/ShinkenBlue | 33rd Super Sentai series | |
| Kamen Rider Decade | Ryūnosuke Ikenami/ShinkenBlue | Episode 24 and 25 |
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 | Info | Chart positions |
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| JPN | ||
| 2006 | Musical Tennis no Oujisama (The Prince of Tennis) The Best Actor's Series 003 Hiroki Aiba as Syusuke Fuji
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Track Listings
Track Listings for the Album:
| Year | DVD | Release Date | JPN certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Metamorphosis | 2007 | - |
Tenimyu: The Prince of Tennis Musical Series (as Shusuke Fuji)
The 16th Junon Boy Judge's Special Award (3rd Place)