Hiroki Aiba

Infobox Celebrity
name =Hiroki Aiba (相葉弘樹)
ja_name =相葉弘樹
ja_name_trans=Aiba Hiroki

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birth_place =Funabashi, Chiba, Japan
occupation =Actor, Singer
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website = [http://act-p.jp/hiroki/ Aiba's Official Blog] [http://www.aibahiroki.net/ Aiba's Official Site]
footnotes = nihongo|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 live film adaptation. He was also part of a young men's 3-member streetdancing group called "BRIGHTS", which was disbanded in 2004.

Profile

Name: 相葉弘樹
Romanized: Hiroki Aiba
Nicknames: Aibacchi, Aiba-chan
Birthday : October 1, 1987
Age: 21
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

Career

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.

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, 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 8th, 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 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 from 2006 to 2007. After "Absolute King Rikkaidai feat. Rokkaku ~ Second Service", Aiba graduated along with the third generation Seigaku castmates. He has been the longest serving actor to play Fuji. Since his graduation, the role of Fuji is currently being played by Yuuta Furukawa.

On the Tenimyu website, it has been announced that Aiba will make a brief return to Tenimyu to reprise his role as Fuji with the 5th generation Seigaku cast. He will appear in the "Imperial Presence Hyoutei Gakuen" musical.

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".

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.

Personal life

Aiba keeps a personal [http://aibahiroki.alc.co.jp/ blog] , which he never updates.

Filmography

Stage

Musicals

TENIMYU: THE PRINCE OF TENNIS MUSICAL SERIES (as Shusuke Fuji)
* "The Prince of Tennis Musical": Side Yamabuki feat. St. Rudolph (In Winter of 2004-2005)
* "The Prince of Tennis Musical": Dream Live 2nd (2005)
* "The Prince of Tennis Musical": The Imperial Match Hyotei Gakuen (2005)
* "The Prince of Tennis Musical": The Imperial Match Hyotei Gakuen in Winter (In Winter of 2005-2006)
* "The Prince of Tennis Musical": Dream Live 3rd (2006)
* "The Prince of Tennis Musical": Advancement Match Rokkaku feat. Hyotei Gakuen (2006)
* "The Prince of Tennis Musical": Absolute King Rikkai feat. Rokkaku ~ First Service (In Winter of 2006-2007)
* "The Prince of Tennis Musical": Dream Live 4th (2007)
* "The Prince of Tennis Musical": Dream Live 4th ~extra~ (2007)
* "The Prince of Tennis Musical": Absolute King Rikkai feat. Rokkaku ~ Second Service (2007)
* "The Prince of Tennis Musical": Imperial Presence Hyoutei Gakuen (2008)

Plays

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

Awards

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

References

* [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9B%B8%E8%91%89%E5%BC%98%E6%A8%B9 Wikipedia Japanese article on 相葉弘樹]

External links

* [http://aibahiroki.alc.co.jp/ Aiba's Official Blog]
* [http://www.avexnet.or.jp/talent/aiba/index.html Aiba's Official Profile]
* [http://www.tenipuri-movie.jp/ The Prince of Tennis Movie Official Site]
* [http://www.mmv.co.jp/products/flyer/tennis_musical/ Tenimyu Official site]
* [http://www.digital-hollywood.com/switch/ Switch Official Site]
* [http://www.50mb.com/~active/brights/ BRIGHTS Official Site]
* [http://www.pal-ep.com/kaiki/hakaba.html Occult Tantei-dan Official Site]
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* [http://spysee.jp/report_print/index/%E7%9B%B8%E8%91%89%E5%BC%98%E6%A8%B9 Spysee.jp profile] ja

See also

* Tenimyu
* The Prince of Tennis Movie
* The Prince of Tennis
* Syusuke Fuji