Kenji Urai

Kenji Urai (浦井健治 Urai Kenji born 6 August 1981) is a Japanese TV, stage and voice actor.

Career

Urai made a debut as an actor in 2000. In 2006, his performance in Flowers for Algernon and My Fair Lady earned Kikuta Kazuo Theatrical Award and in 2009, he received Kinokuniya Theatrical Award for his performance as Henry VI in Henry VI, Part 1. he was also awarded in 2010. In 2013, he formed StarS, a musical unit with Yoshio Inoue and Ikusaburō Yamazaki and is active as a singer also.

On 1 June 2008, he transferred to Candid from Office Palette.

Roles

TV Dramas

2001

• Kamen Rider Kuuga (N Daguva Zeba)

2014

• Aoi Hono (Kentarō Yano)

Stage

2001

• Sailor Moon musicals (Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask)

2004

• Elisabeth (Rudolph)
• My Fair Lady (Freddy Eynsford-Hill)

2006

• Flowers for Algernon (Charlie Gordon)
• Dance of the Vampires (Alfred)

2007

• Titanic
• Wait Until Dark (Roat)
• Kiss of the Spider Woman

2008

• Rudolph (Pupeteer)

2009

• Carousel (Billy)
• Cyrano de Bergerac (Christian)

2010

• Takarazuka Boys (Kinzo Uehara)

2011

• Henry VI, Part 1,Henry VI, Part 2, and Henry VI, Part 3 (Henry VI in Part 1)
• Bedge Pardon
• Roméo et Juliette (Benvolio)

2012

• CHESS in Concert (The Arbiter)
• Cymbeline (Guiderius)
• Richard III (Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond)

2013

• A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Darnay)^[1]

2014

• The Big Fellah (Michael)
• Constellations (Roland)^[2]

2015

• Death Note: The Musical (Light Yagami)^[3]

In 2015, he will appear in "Bombay Dreams" and "Troilus and Cressida".

Voice acting

2001

• Kamen Rider Kuuga Special Chapter (N Daguva Zeba)

2014

• Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Morstan)

References

External links

• Kenji Urai on IMDb
• 浦井健治 公式プロフィール(in Japanese)
• 浦井健治公式ファンクラブページ(in Japanese)