, known professionally as , is a Japanese rock singer and actor. He was born in

Tanashi, Tokyo was a Cities of Japan, city located in the western portion of Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. Etymology Tanashi means the land without rice. Because of the area's elevation relative to the Tamagawa River, traditional irrigation and rice farmi ...

, Japan. He is the vocalist for the Japanese rock band Red Warriors. He has acted in the Hollywood films ''

Tokyo Pop is a 1988 musical romantic comedy film directed by Fran Rubel Kuzui, who co-wrote the screenplay with Lynn Grossman. The film follows a young American singer (Carrie Hamilton) who travels to Tokyo and meets a local rock musician ( Yutaka Tado ...

'' and '' Lost in Translation'' and is often seen on television variety shows.

Movies

He appeared in the following movies: * ''

'' (1988) in role of Hiro as partner of

Carrie Hamilton Carrie Louise Hamilton (December 5, 1963 – January 20, 2002) was an American actress, playwright and singer. Hamilton was a daughter of comedian Carol Burnett and producer Joe Hamilton. She was the elder sister of actress Jody Hamilton an ...

(Wendy) * ''

Toy Story ''Toy Story'' is a 1995 American animated adventure comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It is the first installment in the Toy Story (franchise), ''Toy Story'' franchise and the Firsts in animation, firs ...

'' (1995) singing the Japanese version of "

You've Got a Friend in Me "You've Got a Friend in Me" is a song by Randy Newman. Used as the main theme music, theme song for the 1995 Pixar, Disney/Pixar animated film ''Toy Story'', it has since become a major musical component for its sequels, ''Toy Story 2'' (1999), ...

", "Strange Things" and "I Will Go Sailing No More" * ''Non-Stop''/''

Dangan Runner is a 1996 Japanese comedy film directed by Sabu about a salaryman, a drug addict and a yakuza member go on a breathless three man chase through the streets of Tokyo, each for their own different reason and fighting own demons. Plot Beginning ...

'' (1996) * '' Lost in Translation'' (2003) * '' Kamen Rider × Super Sentai: Ultra Super Hero Taisen'' (2017), Shocker Leader III

Theatre

* ''

Miss Saigon ''Miss Saigon'' is a sung-through musical theatre, stage musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby Jr. It is based on Giacomo Puccini's 1904 opera ''Madama Butterfly'', and similarly tells th ...

'' (2016), The Engineer

References

External links

Diamond Yukai at Gree

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yukai, Diamond 1962 births Living people Japanese male rock singers Japanese male actors Singers from Tokyo People from Nishitōkyō, Tokyo