, formerly known as Daigo Stardust, is a Japanese singer-songwriter, actor,
talent, and
voice actor
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. He debuted in 2003 as Daigo Stardust under
Victor Entertainment
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. In 2007, he formed the rock band Breakerz. With the solo debut of Akihide, Daigo continued his solo project in 2013, but dropped the pseudonym surname "Stardust".
His best known acting role was as Yukichi Oishi in ''
Love Shuffle''.
Personal life
1978–2001: Early Life
Daigo was born April 8, 1978, in
Nakano, Tokyo. He lived in
Ichikawa, Chiba
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from age 3 to the summer of third grade. He moved back to Tokyo after his grandfather,
Noboru Takeshita
was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1987 to 1989 during the bubble economy.
Takeshita led the largest faction at the time in the Liberal Democratic Party, which he inherited from Kakuei Tanaka, from the 1980s ...
became the
Prime minister of Japan
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. He attended
Tamagawa Gakuen. He attended
Tamagawa University Department of Arts, but dropped out. He developed a love of music at a young age when he listened to the Japanese rock band
Boøwy
Boøwy ( ; stylized as BOØWY) was a Japanese rock band formed in Takasaki, Gunma in 1981. The classic lineup of vocalist Kyosuke Himuro, guitarist Tomoyasu Hotei, bassist Tsunematsu Matsui, and drummer Makoto Takahashi reached legendary sta ...
and tried to learn the classical guitar, which he immediately quit to self study the electric guitar instead. He was also a fan of
B'z, a major group under Daigo's current label. He formed a cover band for them in high school. He began voice training during his third year in high school, and formed the band
JZEIL, and performed at his high school festival before graduating. At that time, various visual bands were active, and blond hair, flashy makeup, and sexy costumes were trademarks. JZEIL grew in popularity and was expected to make a professional debut, but that did not occur and the band was dissolved on September 25, 2001.
2001–2007: DAIGO☆STARDUST
After the band disbanded, he started his activity as a solo singer with the name "DAIGO with The space toys" At age 25, with the help of photographer Katou Masonori, he made his debut as DAIGO☆STARDUST on July 21, 2003, deriving the name from
David Bowie
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's
Ziggy Stardust persona.
Family
His maternal grandfather was
Noboru Takeshita
was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1987 to 1989 during the bubble economy.
Takeshita led the largest faction at the time in the Liberal Democratic Party, which he inherited from Kakuei Tanaka, from the 1980s ...
, the former prime minister of Japan, and his older sister is Eiko Naitō, a
manga artist who is best known as
Eiki Eiki
is a Japanese manga artist who has been creating manga since 1998. Most of her manga are written under the yaoi and yuri genre.
Biography
She is the grandchild of former Prime minister of Japan Noboru Takeshita and the older sister of rock si ...
.
He married
Keiko Kitagawa
is a Japanese actress and former model. She was an exclusive model for the Japanese '' Seventeen'' magazine from late 2003 to mid-2006, and quit modeling when she left the magazine. Her first acting role was Sailor Mars in the Sailor Moon live ac ...
, who played
Sailor Mars
, better known as , is a fictional character in the ''Sailor Moon'' manga series written and illustrated by Naoko Takeuchi. In the series, Rei is her sailor form's alternative human identity as part of the Sailor Soldiers, female supernatural fi ...
in the live-action series ''
Sailor Moon'', on January 11, 2016.
Filmography
Film
*''Kimi ga Odoru, Natsu'' (September 2010) as Tomoya Ishiguro
*''
Ultraman Saga
is a 2012 Japanese tokusatsu, superhero and kaiju film in the Ultra Series to commemorate the franchise's 45th anniversary. It serves as a sequel to '' Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial''. The catchphrase for the movie is . The film feature ...
'' (March 2012) as Taiga Nozomu/Ultraman Zero
*''Stand Up! Vanguard'' (September 2012) as Himself
*''Cardfight!! Vanguard: The Three Games'' (August 2014) as Himself
*''The Lies She Loved'' (2017) as Kimura
*''
Nisekoi'' (2018) as Claude
*''Fortuna's Eye'' (2019) as Kazuyuki Utsui
*''
Love Stage!!'' (2020) as Shōgo Sena (reprising his role from the anime)
Drama
* ''
Love Shuffle'' as Yukichi Oishi
* ''
Stand Up!!'' as Shin
* ''
Higanbana - Keishicho Sosa Nana ka'' as Kento Kikuchi
* ''
Eigyo Bucho Kira Natsuko'' as Yoshio Kawahara
Anime
*''
Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser'' (April 2009) as Kōsuke Mizutani
*''
Cardfight!! Vanguard
is a Japanese multimedia franchise jointly created by Akira Itō, Satoshi Nakamura, Mitsuhisa Tamura, and Bushiroad president Takaaki Kidani. It currently consists of multiple anime television series, an official tradi ...
'' (August 2012) as Himself
*''
Love Stage!!'' (July 2014) as Shōgo Sena
*''
Cardfight!! Vanguard G: GIRS Crisis'' (December 2015) as Himself
*''
Lu Over The Wall
is a 2017 Japanese animated fantasy film produced by Science Saru and released by Toho about the eponymous ningyo. It was directed by Masaaki Yuasa, and written by Yuasa and Reiko Yoshida. The music was composed by Takatsugu Muramatsu. It is ...
'' (May 2017) as Esojima
*''
D4DJ First Mix'' (October 2020) as Kū Mitsuhashi
*''
Anpanman: Dororin and the Transforming Carnival'' (June 2022) as Demon King Makkuro
Dubbing
*''
Wanted'' (2008) as Wesley Gibson
*''
Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure
''Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure'' is a 2015 British computer-animated fantasy adventure comedy film and the ninth feature-length special of the British television series, ''Thomas & Friends''. The film is produced by HIT E ...
'' (April 2016) as Ryan
*''
Mission: Impossible – Fallout'' (2019) as August Walker
Discography
Singles (In BREAKERZ)
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SUMMER PARTY / LAST EMOTION (2008.07.09) No. 10
# (2008.09.24) No. 6
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Angelic Smile / WINTER PARTY (2008.11.05) No. 9
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GRAND FINALE
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People with the name
* Grand (surname)
* Grand L. Bush (born 1955), American actor
* Grand Mixer DXT, American turntablist
* Grand Puba (born 1966), American rapper
Places
* Grand, Oklahoma
* Grand, Vosges, village and co ...
(2009.18.02) No. 6
# (2009.08.04) No. 2
# (2009.07.15) No. 6
# (2009.11.04) No. 5
# (2010.07.14) No. 5
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BUNNY LOVE / REAL LOVE 2010 (2010.11.03) No. 4
# (2011.04.27) No. 5
# (2011.07.13) No. 8
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Miss Mystery in
Case Closed or Detective Conan (2012.01.25) No. 5
# (2012.06.13) No. 5
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RUSTY HEARTS
''Rusty Hearts'' was a free-to-play MMORPG video game developed by Stairway Games and published by Windysoft in Korea, Perfect World Entertainment in North America, Sega in Japan and Xunlei Games in China.
Gameplay
There are nine playable charac ...
(2013.01.16) No. 6
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WE GO in Case Closed or Detective Conan (2015.05.20) No. 9
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YAIBA
''Yaiba'' (stylized as ''Y∀IBA'') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It was serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from September 1988 to December 1993, with its c ...
in
Cardfight!! Vanguard G: GIRS Crisis
As DAIGO☆STARDUST
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MARIA
Maria may refer to:
People
* Mary, mother of Jesus
* Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages
Place names Extraterrestrial
* 170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877
* Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, ...
(2003.07.21)
# (2003.10.22)
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ROCK THE PLANET (2004.04.21)
# (2004.07.21)
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SCAPEGOAT (2005.06.22)
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SUPERJOY (2005.09.22)
As Daigo
# (2013.07.31)
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# Deing (2018.12.05)
Albums (In BREAKERZ)
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BREAKERZ (2007.07.25) did not chart
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CRASH & BUILD (2007.12.05) No. 300
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BIG BANG!
''Big Bang!'' is the second album by English alternative rock group Fuzzbox, released in 1989. It includes four singles which reached the UK Singles Chart: "International Rescue" (No. 11), "Pink Sunshine" (No. 14), "Self!" (featuring a guitar s ...
(2008.11.26) No. 8
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FIGHTERZ (2009.12.02) No. 7
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GO (2011.09.21) No. 3
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0 -ZERO- (2015.07.29) No. 13
Mini Albums (In BREAKERZ)
# (2008.04.02) No. 123
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B.R.Z ACOUSTIC (2010.04.08) No. 9
As DAIGO☆STARDUST
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The space toy
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(2003.11.21)
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HELLO CRAZY GENTLEMAN (2005.11.23)
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DAIGO☆STARDUST BEST (2009.02.25)
References
External links
Daigo official website Daigo official blogDaigo Stardust official websiteBreakerz official website
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1978 births
Japanese male singer-songwriters
Japanese singer-songwriters
Japanese male actors
Japanese television personalities
Living people
Singers from Tokyo
Being Inc. artists
Victor Entertainment artists
21st-century Japanese singers
21st-century Japanese male singers