| Hiroki Suzuki (鈴木 裕樹) | |
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| Born | October 3, 1983 Iwate Prefecture, Japan |
| Occupation | Actor, Singer |
| Website | |
| Suzuki's Official Blog | |
Hiroki Suzuki (鈴木 裕樹 Suzuki Hiroki, born October 3, 1983) is a Japanese actor and singer from Kitakami city, Iwate Prefecture. He is known most notably for his roles as Shuichiro Oishi in The Prince of Tennis (musical series, Tenimyu, live film adaptation), and as Jyan Kandou (GekiRed) in the tokusatsu television series, Juken Sentai Gekiranger. He is also part of a young men's stage acting troupe, D-BOYS, which perform in various skit-like performances.
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He has appeared in a various number of TV shows.
On January 1, 2006, Suzuki, with fellow D-Boys member Masaki Kaji, appeared on the broadcast of Secret New Years' Performance Tournament "Young Man Colosseum", where both boys were able to display their acrobatic abilities. In 2007, Suzuki will again appear on the New Year's Day 44th broadcast of Secret New Years' Performance Tournament's "Chinese Lion Dance" segment, with Masaki Kaji and fellow D-BOYS members Yuya Endo, Masato Wada and Yuuma Minakawa.
Next, he would appear as a member of The Tigers, in the TV drama, The Hit Parade,[1] which aired May 26, 2006 on Fuji TV and co-starred fellow D-Boys members Masato Wada, Yuu Shirota, Masaki Kaji, Hirofumi Araki, Yuya Endo, and Kōji Seto.
In October 2004, Suzuki joined the Watanabe Entertainment group named the D-BOYS.
As a member of the D-BOYS, Suzuki also keeps a blog, which he updates occasionally.
Being a part of the D-BOYS provided Suzuki with a lot of opportunities. Among them was to perform with the group of boys and expand his experience as a performer. On August 6, 2005, Suzuki, along with fellow D-BOYS member, Masaki Kaji, appeared on the radio program, Marvelous Radio Vibration that was hosted by fellow D-BOYS members Yuu Shirota and Kotaro Yanagi.
The D-BOYS so far have released two Photobooks. The first photobook released on April 27, 2005, was self-titled D-Boys, while the second, released on March 15, 2006, was called Start, both which contain many photos of Suzuki.
The D-BOYS have also starred in their own drama documentary variety series called, DD-Boys[2] in which Suzuki's appeared in various episodes as himself. The show was 24 episodes long and ran from April 10 to September 25, 2006.
In June 2007, the D-BOYS starred in their very own musical together called, D-BOYS STAGE,[3] which ran from June 3 to June 10 at the Space Zero theater in Tokyo. Suzuki appeared in the musical as a guest performer, making select appearances on June 6 and June 9.
Suzuki won the role of Shuichiro Oishi, the motherly vice-captain regular of Seigaku Middle School's tennis club, in The Prince of Tennis musicals, Tenimyu. From 2005 to 2006, he became the second actor to play Oishi as part of the second generation Seigaku cast. He made his first debut as Oishi on January 8, 2005 in the Side Yamabuki performance in Osaka. That same year, his role as Oishi was carried into the live adaptation film of the manga. During his run in the musicals, he was able to work with fellow D-BOYS members Yuya Endo, Kotaro Yanagi, Masaki Kaji, Osamu Adachi, Hirofumi Araki, Masato Wada, and former member Yuu Shirota.
On March 29, 2006, in the Dream Live 3rd concert, Suzuki, along with the majority of the Seigaku cast, graduated from their roles. Since his graduation, the role of Oishi has been played by Yukihiro Takiguchi, Yuya Toyoda and Yuki Tsujimoto, and currently by actor Jin Hiramaki.
Suzuki 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, 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 and marked Suzuki's first appearance in the film industry.
Suzuki's next movie, the June Bride (Jyun Bride)[4] opened on May 27, 2006. He played one of the supporting characters, costarring with fellow D-Boys members Yuu Shirota and Hirofumi Araki. The movie's based on the original manga Jyun Bride, by Yoshida Satoshi.
From June 2 to June 4, 2006, Suzuki starred in the play, Limit~ What's Your Story?~ (limit〜あなたの物語は何ですか?〜 Limit~ anata no monogatari wa nan desu ka?~), as one of the main characters, appearing alongside with fellow D-Boys Araki Hirofumi and Yuichi Nakamura.
On February 18, 2007, Suzuki starred as Jyan Kandou aka GekiRed, a Gekiranger who was brought up by tigers and befriended by pandas so that his senses have become sharply enhanced to feel with his body, rather than the brain in the Super Sentai series called Juken Sentai Gekiranger (adapted as Power Rangers: Jungle Fury in America), which premiered on TV Asahi. The show also costars Suzuki's fellow D-Boys member, Hirofumi Araki, as Jan's rival, Rio, the "Black Lion".
It was announced then that Suzuki, along with Hirofumi Araki and Kōji Seto would be getting solo photobooks and DVDs called the "Prince Series." Suzuki's solo photobook would be released on April 19, 2007 while his solo idol DVD would be released on May 16, 2007. The three of them will be following Yuu Shirota, Yuya Endo, Kotaro Yanagi and Shunji Igarashi as the only D-Boys that have released an idol DVD while following Kotaro Yanagi, Shunji Igarashi and later, Yuu Shirota, as the only D-Boys to have released a solo photobook.
Suzuki keeps a blog on his D-Boys webpage, which he updates occasionally. In his blog entries he likes to call himself "Snufkin" after one of his favorite animated characters. He is very close friends with fellow D-Boys members Masaki Kaji, Masato Wada, Osamu Adachi, Kōji Seto, and Hirofumi Araki. He often regards Kaji as his younger brother and Wada as his older brother.
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
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| 2006 | The Prince of Tennis | Shuichiro Oishi | |
| The June Bride | |||
| DD-BOYS | Various Characters | (TV series) - Appears in Episodes 2, 4, 6, 10-11, 17-19, 22, 23 | |
| The Hit Parade | Member of The Tigers | TV drama | |
| Silent[5] | |||
| Shinrei Shashin Kitan (心霊写真奇譚) | Kojima | Appears in Omoide no Polaroid, story #3 | |
| Regatta | TV drama - Appears in Episode 3 | ||
| 2007 | Cupid no Itazura | Kurogi Uke | TV drama |
| Juken Sentai Gekiranger | Jyan Kandou/GekiRed | (TV series) Tokusatsu | |
| 2008 | Team Batista no Eiko | Toshiki Sakai | TV drama |
| 2009 | Karei Naru Spy | Boy in Swimming Club | TV drama - Appears in episode 4 |
| 2011 | Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger | Jyan Kandou | (TV series) Tokusatsu - Guest appearance in episode 7 |
TENIMYU: THE PRINCE OF TENNIS MUSICAL SERIES (as Shuichiro Oishi)
| Year | DVD | DVD Cover | Release Date | JPN certification |
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| 2007 | Prince Series D-BOYS Collection - Hiroki Suzuki | May 16, 2007 |