Juri Tanaka
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Juri Tanaka
| native_name = 田中樹
| native_name_lang = ja
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|6|15}}{{cite web |title=田中樹 Juri Tanaka |url=https://www.sixtones.jp/profile/juri_tanaka/ |website=SixTones Official Web Site |publisher=Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. |access-date=27 November 2024}}
| birth_place = Kashiwa, Japan
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| genre = J-pop
| occupation = Talento, Television Presenter, Rapper
| years_active = 2008–present
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| current_member_of = SixTONES
| past_member_of = Johnny's Jr.
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{{nihongo|Juri Tanaka|田中樹|Tanaka Juri|born June 15, 1995}}, is a Japanese idol, television presenter, rapper, actor, and talento. He is a member of the boy group SixTONES under Starto Entertainment, formerly known as Johnny & Associates.
Background
Juri Tanaka was born on June 15, 1995, in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.{{Cite web |last=週刊女性PRIME |date=2024-10-20 |title=田中樹 プロフィール・最新情報まとめ |url=https://www.jprime.jp/list/tag/%E7%94%B0%E4%B8%AD%E6%A8%B9 |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=週刊女性PRIME |language=ja}} He is the second youngest of five siblings.{{Cite web |last=音楽ナタリー編集部 |date=April 13, 2023 |title=SixTONES田中樹は今も母と風呂入る、男5人兄弟・田中家のお風呂事情が明らかに |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/520682 |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=SixTONES田中樹は今も母と風呂入る、男5人兄弟・田中家のお風呂事情が明らかに |language=ja}} His older brother is Koki Tanaka, former member of KAT-TUN also under Johnny & Associates.{{Cite web |last=東スポWEB |date=2024-06-16 |title=SixTONES田中樹 亀梨和也のYouTubeで兄・聖にも言及「俺、あと５分くらいしたら泣きます」 |url=https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/-/306258 |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=東スポWEB |language=ja}}
Career
In 2007, Tanaka acted in Tanaka Express No. 3 as the younger version of the main character Ichiro Tanaka (played by Koki Tanaka).{{Cite web |last=週刊女性PRIME |date=February 25, 2022 |title=田中聖がSixTONES・田中樹の兄だと「初めて知った」（週刊女性PRIME） |url=https://news.line.me/detail/oa-shujoprime/d8dpwypyhbep |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=LINE NEWS |language=ja}}
Tanaka joined Johnny & Associates on April 20, 2008, after his mother submitted an application and after passing an audition and dancing as a backup dancer at a Hey! Say! JUMP concert, he was placed in the Junior's branch of the company that manages talent that has not debuted.「ジャニーズJr.の小箱 田中樹」『読売中高生新聞』2016年8月12日、12ページ In 2012, he costarred in Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou with future SixTones groupmates Yugo Kochi, Jesse, Shintaro Morimoto, Hokuto Matsumura, and Taiga Kyomoto.{{Cite web |title=ジャニーズJr.×AKB48「私立バカレア高校」映画化で奇跡のコラボ : 映画ニュース |url=https://eiga.com/news/20120608/1/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=映画.com |language=ja}} Along with SixTones, Tanaka has starred in other musical stage shows such as Shounentachi between 2015 and 2017 with fellow Johnny's Jr. group Snow Man.{{Cite news |date=September 8, 2017 |title=ジャニー社長の戦争体験、Jr.が熱演「シリアスな部分が増えた」 |url=http://www.sanspo.com/smp/geino/news/20170908/joh17090805040002-s.html |accessdate=September 8, 2017 |newspaper=sanspo.com |language=Japanese}} In 2016, Tanaka starred in his first role as Hideo Matsunaga in Vanilla Boy: Tomorrow Is Another Day with Matsumura and Jesse.{{Cite web |title=バニラボーイ トゥモロー・イズ・アナザー・デイ |url=https://www.wowow.co.jp/detail/170122 |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=WOWOW |language=ja-jp}}
Tanaka debuted with SixTones in 2020.{{Cite magazine |last=Herman |first=Tamar |date=2020-01-31 |title=5 Things to Know About J-Pop Group SixTONES |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/5-things-j-pop-group-sixtones-8549736/ |access-date=2024-11-22 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} In 2023, Tanaka played Naoya Katayama in the television drama Tanshin Hanabi airing on TV Asahi.{{Cite web |title=オシドラサタデー『単身花日』｜テレビ朝日 |url=https://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/tanshin_hanabi/ |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=www.tv-asahi.co.jp |language=ja}} In 2024, Tanaka played Ui Saito in the television and movie series Acma: Game, based on a manga series of the same name. In the same year, Tanaka co-hosted his first broadcast television series with labelmate Shori Sato in Abekobe Danshi no Matsu Heya de where Sato and Tanaka, with the assistance of two other host, showcase how their personalities are "complete opposites" and also attempt to work together to find ways to interview their guests in a comfortable setting.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.hulu.jp/abekobedanshi-no-matsuheyade/?cmp=3282&utm_source=SP&utm_medium=Display&utm_term=NihonTV&utm_campaign=JP_DM_NihonTV_title&waad=7PV7MkZ7 |title=あべこべ男子の待つ部屋で {{!}} Hulu(フールー) |language=ja |access-date=2024-11-28 |via=www.hulu.jp}}
Filmography
= Television Dramas =
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| Year
! Title ! Role !Notes ! {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |
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| 2007 | Tanaka Express No. |Young Ichiro Tanaka | |
| 2012
|Satoshi Noguchi | |
| 2019
|Black School |Michiro Matsumoto | |
| 2022
|Ukiwa: Tomodachi Ijo, Furin Miman |Yu Tamiya | |
| 2023
|Tanshin Hanabi |Naoya Katayama | |
| 2024
|Ui Saito | |
= Film =
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes ! {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |
|---|
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| 2012 | Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou: The Movie | Satoshi Noguchi | |
| 2014
| Kamen Teacher SP | Eita Kagura | |
| 2016
|Vanilla Boy: Tomorrow Is Another Day |Hideo Matsunaga | |
| 2019
| Jyouhoya / No. 482 | |
| 2019
|Black School Rules |Michiro Matsumoto |Movie Sequel to Black School |
| 2024
|Gekijo Ban: Acma:Game - Saigo no Kagi |Ui Saito |Lead |
= Television =
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| Year
! Title ! Notes ! {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |
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| 2024
| Abekobe Danshi no Matsu Heya |Co-Host |
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
- [https://starto.jp/s/p/artist/42?ima=5019&lang=en SixTones official site]
{{Starto Entertainment}}
Category:21st-century Japanese male actors