is a Japanese singer, actor, and member of

Hey! Say! JUMP Hey! Say! JUMP (HSJ or JUMP) is an nine-member Japanese boy band under the Japanese talent agency Smile-Up (formerly known as Johnny & Associates). The group is split into two sub-groups: Hey! Say! BEST and Hey! Say! 7. In Japan they sold more ...

. He is under the management of

Johnny & Associates was a Japanese talent agency formed by Johnny Kitagawa in 1962, which managed groups of male idols known as The company had a significant impact on pop culture with male idols and boy bands in Japan since the 1980s. Until 2019, the company w ...

. He was born in

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. On September 23, 2001, he entered Johnny & Associates as a trainee. He later became a member of the

Johnny's Jr. was a Japanese talent agency formed by Johnny Kitagawa in 1962, which managed groups of male Japanese idol, idols known as The company had a significant impact on pop culture with male idols and boy bands in Japan since the 1980s. Until 2019, ...

group J.J. Express. In 2007, he debuted as a member of

. He graduated from

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with a degree in architecture in 2013. He plays the

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during the group's live shows.

Career

He joined Johnny & Associates as a

He appeared regularly on the show, '' Ya-Ya-yah'', as well as J&A show, Shounen Club. He later became a part of the Johnny's Jr. group, J.J. Express with

Yuya Takaki Hey! Say! JUMP (HSJ or JUMP) is an nine-member Japanese boy band under the Japanese talent agency Smile-Up (formerly known as Johnny & Associates). The group is split into two sub-groups: Hey! Say! BEST and Hey! Say! 7. In Japan they sold more ...

Daiki Arioka is a Japanese singer, actor, tarento, and model as well as member of Hey! Say! JUMP. He is under the management of Johnny & Associates. Career On June 2, 2003, he joined Johnny & Associates as a trainee. As a Johnny's Jr., he was a member ...

, and

Yuto Nakajima is a Japanese singer, actor and model. He is a member of Hey! Say! JUMP. He played Koji Kiritani in the 2005 Japanese television drama, '' Nobuta wo Produce''. Career 2004: Becoming an artist for Johnny's Entertainment Nakajima joined Johnn ...

. He debuted on September 24, 2007, as a member of

. Since then, Inoo has been cast in numerous dramas and became a frequent guest on ''Tensai! Shimura Dobutsuen'' and a regular on '' Mezamashi TV''. He also appeared on the Saturday afternoon variety show, ''Meringue no Kimochi.'' He was cast as the main role in the live-action movie adaptation of the manga ''

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'' as Okayasu Kairi which was released in 2017 and marked his film debut.

Personal life

He has a second-class small boat pilot license and a scuba diving license. Inoo graduated from the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Science and Engineering,

in 2013. Inoo is distantly related to

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SixTONES is a Japanese idol boy band formed by Smile-Up (formerly known as Johnny & Associates) in 2015. The group was previously a sub-unit of Johnny & Associates' pre-debut trainee group Johnny's Jr. SixTones made their official debut on January 22, ...

, who is also under Johnny & Associates.

Filmography

Dramas

Movie

Appearances

Awards

References

External links

Hey! Say! JUMP

Hey! Say! JUMP (Starto Ent.)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Inoo, Kei Living people Japanese male pop singers Japanese male actors Japanese male idols Johnny & Associates Hey! Say! JUMP members Singers from Saitama Prefecture Male actors from Saitama Prefecture Meiji University alumni 21st-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese male singers Year of birth missing (living people) Starto Entertainment