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Naoya Urata

{{short description|Japanese singer, actor and dancer (born 1982)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Naoya Urata

| native_name = 浦田 直也

| native_name_lang = ja

| image = AAA (band).jpg

| caption = Naoya Urata (first from left) with the band AAA in 2015

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|11|10}}

| birth_place = Tokyo, Japan

| occupation = {{flat list|

  • Singer
  • actor

}}

| years_active = 2002–present

| website = {{URL|uratanaoya.com}}

| module =

{{Infobox musical artist

| embed = yes

| genre = {{flat list|

}}

| instrument = Vocals

| label = {{flat list|

}}

| associated_acts = AAA

}}

}}

{{Nihongo|Naoya Urata|浦田 直也|Urata Naoya|born November 10, 1982, in Tokyo, Japan}} is a Japanese singer and actor. He is a former member of the group AAA.

Career

Following Urata's arrest in April 2019, he announced he was leaving AAA on December 31, 2019.{{cite news | url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/361702 | title=AAA浦田直也が本日12月31日付でグループ脱退、今後は個人で活動 | work=Natalie | language=ja | date=2019-12-31 | accessdate=2020-01-02}}

Controversy

On April 19, 2019, Urata was arrested for allegedly assaulting a 20-year-old woman after she rejected his offer to buy her a drink.{{cite news | first=Rafael Antonio | last=Pineda | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-01-14/aaa-music-group-to-disband-for-the-time-being-on-december-31/.155369 | title=AAA Music Group to Disband 'For the Time Being' on December 31 | work=Anime News Network | date=2020-01-14 | accessdate=2020-01-17}} Urata later claimed that he was drunk at the time and did not remember the incident.{{cite news | first=Crystalyn | last=Hodgkins | url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-04-21/aaa-musical-group-lead-vocalist-naoya-urata-arrested-on-suspicion-of-assaulting-woman/.145973 | title=AAA Musical Group Lead Vocalist Naoya Urata Arrested on Suspicion of Assaulting Woman | work=Anime News Network | date=2019-04-21 | accessdate=2019-04-23}}

Discography

{{See also|AAA discography}}

=Studio albums=

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! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Album details

! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;" | Sales

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| JPN
{{cite web |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/418689/rank/ |script-title=ja:urata naoya(AAA)の売上ランキング |publisher=oricon ME inc |accessdate=2017-10-28 }}
scope="row"| Turn Over

|

  • Released: January 28, 2009
  • Format: CD, CD+DVD
  • Label: Cutting Edge

| 71

|

scope="row"| Unlock{{cite web |url= https://www.tokyohive.com/article/2017/01/aaa-leader-urata-naoya-to-release-new-album-unlock|title=AAA leader urata naoya to release new album 'unlock' |date=January 29, 2017|access-date=February 2, 2021|work= tokyohive|publisher= 6Theory Media, LLC.}}

|

  • Released: April 26, 2017
  • Format: CD, CD+DVD
  • Label: Avex Trax

| 10

|

scope="row"| Untitled

|

  • Released: November 10, 2021
  • Format: CD, CD+DVD, CD+Blu-ray
  • Label: Avex Trax

| 29

|

=Cover albums=

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! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;" | Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Album details

! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;" | Sales

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| JPN
scope="row"| Unchanged

|

  • Released: December 4, 2013
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Avex Trax

| 27

|

  • JPN: 5,100

=Compilation albums=

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! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;" | Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;" | Album details

! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;" | Sales

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| JPN
scope="row"| un Best

|

  • Released: December 21, 2015
  • Format: CD, CD+DVD
  • Label: Avex Trax

| 20

|

=Singles=

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! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"| Year

! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;" | Sales

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| JPN
scope="row"| "Dream On"

| 2010

| 1

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  • JPN: 47,000

Filmography

= TV series =

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!Year

!Title

!Role

!Network

!Notes

2008

|Feature Century Shakespeare

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|Kansai TV(KTV)

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= Movie =

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!Year

!Title

!Role

!Network

!Notes

2007

|Heat Island

|Takeshi

|

|

Radio

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!Year

!Title

!Network

!Notes

2006

|Radio 'n Fire

|TBC Radio

|Regular personality

2008

|AAA Urata Naoya no Ike! Urata Naoya

|TBC Radio

|

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • {{Official website|URL=http://avex.jp/aaa/profile/profile_member.php?id=1000012|Official profile at AAA's official website}}
  • [http://ameblo.jp/naoyaurata/ Official blog]
  • [https://twitter.com/un1982?lang=en Naoya Urata] on Twitter

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Category:1982 births

Category:Living people

Category:Male actors from Tokyo

Category:Singers from Tokyo

Category:AAA (band) members

Category:21st-century Japanese singers

Category:21st-century Japanese male singers