Shigeaki Kato

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Shigeaki Kato
加藤 シゲアキ
Birth nameShigeaki Kato
Born (1987-07-11) July 11, 1987 (age 36)
OriginHiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan
GenresJ-pop
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • actor
  • writer
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Years active1999–present
LabelsJohnny's Entertainment

Shigeaki Kato (加藤 シゲアキ, Katō Shigeaki, born July 11, 1987) is a member of the J-pop group NEWS, from Johnny's Entertainment, Inc.[1]

Early life and career[edit]

Kato was born in Hiroshima, Japan, but he grew up in Osaka and Yokohama-shi.[1][2] He joined Johnny's Entertainment on April 17, 1999 when he was 11 years-old.[citation needed] As a junior he was a member of the organizations Best Beat Boys (B.B.B.), Boys Be Ambitious (B.B.A.), Best Beat Dancing (B.B.D.), Beautiful American Dreams (B.A.D.), J-support and K.K.Kity. He later debuted as a member of NEWS in 2003. Along with other NEWS members, he plays the guitar, composing some of NEWS' songs, including his own solo "Kakao" in 2002, which he composed the lyrics to.

On 2010, he graduated from the College of Law, Aoyama Gakuin University.[3]

On January 28, 2012, he released his first novel, Pink to Gray and has released a novel a year since.[4]

Private life[edit]

On March 3, 2024, Shigeaki announced through his groups' official website that he is getting married.[5] The date of the ceremony has not been disclosed.

Works[edit]

Dramas[edit]

Year Title Role Network Note
1999 Kowai Nichiyoubi NTV Episode 5: Tomodachi no J-kun
2000 Space Angel 2001 Nen Uchu no Tabi Masaru NTV
Kowai Nichiyoubi: 2000 NTV Episode 16: Tsuri sagaru
Shijo Saiaku no Deto Ikeda Shingoto NTV The 1st dates: Shijo saiaku no hatsu deto!?
2001 Shounen wa Tori ni Natta TBS
3-nen B-gumi Kinpachi sensei Hasegawa Ken TBS Season 6
2004 Home Drama![6] Inaba TBS Story 9
3-nen B-gumi Kinpachi sensei Hasegawa Ken TBS Season 7: episode 11
2005 Gekidan Engimono[7] Kojima Fuji TV Episode 13: Ie ga Tooi
2006 Busu no Hitomi ni Koishiteru[8] Shimizu Kota Fuji TV
Gekidan Engimono[7] Ueno Fuji TV Episode 20: Car Radio ga Owareba
Kakure Karakuri[9] Abe Tomonari TBS
2007 Papa to Musume no Nanokakan[10] Osugi Kenta TBS
Sugata Sanshiro[11] Sugata Sanshiro TV Tokyo
2008 Hokaben[12] Katase Riichiro NTV
2009 Chichi yo, Anata wa Erakatta ~1969 Nen no Oyaji to Boku[13] Onodera Masaru TBS
0 Goushitsu no Kyaku[14] Yazaki Fuji TV Story 3: Kampeki na Otoko
2010 Troubleman[15] Tokuda Kazuo TV Tokyo
2011 Shin Jidan Koshonin Ura File Hashima Ippei TBS
Hanawake no Yon Shimai Shozaburo Mashiko TBS
3-nen B-gumi Kinpachi sensei Final SP Hasegawa Ken TBS
2012 Hana no Zubora Meshi Osoi TBS/MBS
Blackboard ~Jidai to Tatakatta Kyōshi tachi~! Kumatani Shota TBS Third Night: Yume
Shin Jidan Koshonin Ura File 2 Hashima Ippei TBS
2014 Shitsuren Chocolatier Hiroaki Sekiya Fuji TV
Shin Jidan Koshonin Ura File 3 Hashima Ippei TBS
Shin Jidan Koshonin Ura File 4 Hashima Ippei TBS
2015 Taishi Kakka no Ryourinin Satoru Eguchi Fuji TV
2016 Kasa wo Motanai Aritachi wa Keisuke Murata Fuji TV
Momoku no Yoshinori Sensei ~Hikari wo Ushinatte Kokoro ga Mieta~ Yoshinori Arai NTV
Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo Kazutaka Yano NTV
2017 Kirawareru Yuuki Toshio Aoyama NTV
2018 Zero: Ikkaku Senkin Game [16] Ukai Zero NTV
Inugamike no Ichizoku[17] Kindaichi Kousuke FujiTV
2019 Yotsuba Ginkou Harashima Hiromi ga Monomousu ~Kono Hito ni Kakero~[18] Kazuhiro Yamane TV Tokyo
Akuma no Temari Uta Kindaichi Kousuke FujiTV
2020 Yoru ga Dorehodo Kurakutemo Wataru Inami WOWOW
2021 Rokujoma no Piano Man Kenji Murasawa NHK
Nigatsu no Shosha Jun Haitani NTV

TV Show[edit]

Year Title Network Note
2003–2007 Ya-ya-yah TV Tokyo
2009–2010 Soukon NTV
2011 Ariyoshi Japon TBS Irregular panelist
Bakushōmondai no taihen yoku dekimashita! TV Tokyo Panelist
2012–2015 Mirai Theater[19] NTV co-hosted with Keiichiro Koyama and Shinichi Hatori
2015–present NEWS na Futari[20] TBS co-hosts with Keiichiro Koyama
2015–present Typewriters ~Monokaki no Sekai~ Fuji TV co-hosts with Naoki Matayoshi
2015–2019 Hakunetsu Live Bibitto[21] TBS Friday regular panelist
2015–2016 Hen Labo[22] NTV
2016–2019 Shounen Club Premium NHK BS Premium
2017-2018 Inochi no Uta NHK main MC

Radio[edit]

  • Shiget Together (2005–2008, Sundays weekly from 11:00 pm~11:30 pm, FM-FUJI)
  • SoraShige Book (2011-, Sundays weekly from 11:00 pm~11:30 pm, FM Yokohama)

Music[edit]

Year Title Details
2005 Survival Featured in DVD Nippon East to West Spring Concert
2007 Alibi (アリバイ) Duet with NEWS member, Keiichiro Koyama. Featured in album pacific
2007 Chirarizumu (チラリズム) Duet with NEWS member, Keiichiro Koyama. Featured in DVD Never Ending Wonderful Story
2007 Kakao (カカオ) Featured in DVD Never Ending Wonderful Story
2008 HAPPY MUSIC Featured in DVD NEWS Concert Tour Pacific 2007 2008 – The First Tokyo Dome Concert
2008 Murarisuto (ムラリスト) Duet with NEWS member, Keiichiro Koyama. Featured in album color
2009 Shalala Tambourine (シャララ タンバリン) Featured in DVD NEWS Live Diamond
2010 Iitai Dake (言いたいだけ) Duet with NEWS member, Keiichiro Koyama. Featured in DVD NEWS Dome Party 2010 Live! Live! Live! DVD!
2012 Vampire wa Kakukatariki (ヴァンパイアはかく語りき) Featured in single Chankapana
2013 Dreamcatcher Featured in album NEWS
2015 ESCORT Featured in album White
2016 Hoshi no Oujisama (星の王子さま) Featured in album QUARTETTO
2017 Ayame (あやめ) Featured in album NEVERLAND
2018 Hyouon (氷温) Featured in album EPCOTIA
2019 Sekai (世界) Featured in album WORLDISTA
2020 Narrative Featured in album STORY
2022 Agitato Featured in album Ongaku

Stage plays[edit]

Year Title Role Performance Term
2008 Konnan Yatte Mimashita
  • Tokyo Globe Theater: July 14 – 30
  • Osaka Theater Drama City: August 2 – 8
2009 SEMINAR[23] Lauren
  • Tokyo Globe Theater: May 17 – June 3
  • Osaka Theater Drama City: June 9 – 14
2011 6 gatsu no Bitter Orange Tatsuya Fukano
  • Tokyo Globe Theater: June 3 – 26
  • Morinomiya Piloti Hall Osaka: July 1 – 6
2014 Naka no Hito Koichi Sakazaki
  • Tokyo Globe Theater: April 25 – May 11
  • Osaka Theater Drama City: May 16 – 18
2017 Green Mile Paul Edgecomb
  • Tokyo Globe Theater: September 30 – October 22
  • Kyoto Theater: November 4 – 8
2021 Modern Boys Kanade Yahagi
  • New National Theatre, Tokyo: April 3–16

Films[edit]

  • Pink and Gray (2016) (cameo appearance)[24]

Novels[edit]

  • Pink and Gray (Kadokawa Shoten, 2012)[25]
  • Senko Scramble (Kadokawa Shoten, 2013)[26]
  • Burn (Kadokawa Shoten, 2014)[27]
  • Kasa wo Motanai Aritachi wa (Kadokawa Shoten, 2015)[28]
  • tuberose de matteru【AGE22】(Fusou sha『shu-kan SPA!』, 2016)
  • tuberose de matteru【AGE32】(Fusou sha, 2017)[29]
  • Alternate (Shinchosha, 2020)[30]

Short story[edit]

  • Daiji na mono (Kadokawa Shoten,『shousetsu Yasei jidai』January 2016)
  • Oresama no iutoori (Kadokawa Shoten,『shousetsu Yasei jidai』August 2016)

Essay[edit]

  • Cuba no reimei (Asahi shinbun sha『shousetu Tripper』spring edition 2016)

Serialization[edit]

  • Wagahai wa Shige de aru (Johnny's web, 2005 – 2008)
  • Aoi hitorigoto (SHuei sha『Myojo』July 2006 – June 2011)
  • photo shigenic (wani books『Wink Up』December 2007 – March 2016)
  • Girl Friends (Shuei sha『Myojo』May 2012 – )
  • Shigeaki no cloud (Johnny's web, November 2015 – )
  • dekiru koto nara steed de (Asahi shinbun sha『shousetu TRIPPER』Winter edition 2016 – )

Productions[edit]

  • Kasa wo Motanai Aritachi wa (2016) as Original work[31]
  • Pink and Gray (2016) as Original work[32]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "profile". Johnny's Entertainment. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  2. ^ "インタビュー加藤シゲアキ『走り出したもう1人の自分』". 日経エンタテインメント! (2016–2). 日経BP社: 71. 和書.
  3. ^ "NEWS 加藤、円楽、高橋克典らＯＢも感激 青学大箱根駅伝４連覇" (in Japanese). 神戸新聞 デイリースポーツプレスセンター. January 4, 2018. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  4. ^ "又吉に次ぐ「芥川賞」候補？NEWS・加藤シゲアキがジャニーズ初の小説家になったワケ" (in Japanese). December 8, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  5. ^ Inc1, Natasha. "NEWS！加藤シゲアキが結婚を報告". 音楽ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved March 6, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ ホームドラマ! Official Site, (Japanese) Home Drama! Official Site
  7. ^ a b 劇団演技者 Official Site, (Japanese) Gekidan Engimono
  8. ^ ブスの瞳に恋してる jdorama.com, Busu no Hitomi ni Koishiteru Jdorama site
  9. ^ カクレカラクリ Official Site, (Japanese) Kakure Karakuri Official Site
  10. ^ パパとムスメの7日間 Official Site, (Japanese) Papa to Musume no Nanokakan Official Site
  11. ^ 姿三四郎 Official Site, (Japanese) Sugata Sanshiro Official Site
  12. ^ ホカベン Official Site, (Japanese) Hokaben Official Site
  13. ^ 父よ、あなたはえらかった Official Site, (Japanese) Chichi yo, Anata wa Erakatta Official Site
  14. ^ 0号室の客 Official Site, (Japanese) 0 Goushitsu no Kyaku Official Site
  15. ^ News member Kato Shigeaki, follows Yamapi in getting a lead role for a weekly drama Archived February 14, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, (Japanese)
  16. ^ "ゼロ 一獲千金ゲーム Official Site". 日本テレビ (in Japanese). Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  17. ^ "犬神家の一族". フジテレビ (in Japanese). Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  18. ^ "ドラマBiz よつば銀行 原島浩美がモノ申す！～この女に賭けろ～｜主演：真木よう子｜テレビ東京". テレビ東京 (in Japanese). Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  19. ^ 未来シアター Official Site, (Japanese) Mirai Theater Official Site
  20. ^ News な2人|TBSテレビ, (Japanese) News な2人 Official Site
  21. ^ 白熱ライブ ビビット Official Site, (Japanese) Hakunetsu Live Bibitto Official Site
  22. ^ 変ラボ公式, (Japanese) 変ラボ Official Site
  23. ^ Shigeaki Kato gets sexual in Seminar
  24. ^ 加藤シゲアキ、『ピンクとグレー』カメオ出演！「本当にふらーっと現場にいった」
  25. ^ Kadokawa Shoten. "Pink and Gray" (in Japanese).
  26. ^ Kadokawa Shoten. "Senko Scramble" (in Japanese).
  27. ^ Kadokawa Shoten. "Burn" (in Japanese).
  28. ^ Kadokawa Shoten. "Kasa wo Motanai Aritachi wa" (in Japanese).
  29. ^ Fusou sha. tuberose de matteru (in Japanese).
  30. ^ "加藤シゲアキ『オルタネート』新潮社公式サイト". 加藤シゲアキ『オルタネート』新潮社公式サイト. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  31. ^ 傘をもたない蟻たちは – フジテレビ, (Japanese) 傘をもたない蟻たちは – Fuji TV
  32. ^ 映画『ピンクとグレー』公式サイト, (Japanese) 映画『ピンクとグレー』 Official Site

External links[edit]

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