D-Boys

D-Boys (stylized as D-BOYS) is a Japanese acting troupe affiliated with Watanabe Entertainment. The D in the group's name stands for "Drama" (acting work), "Dream", "Debut", "Discovery" and "Development" (growth and advancement).

Although the D-Boys are promoted as a group and members occasionally work together on the same projects, each actor develops his career independently from his fellow members in their own television, cinema and theatre projects. New D-Boys members are regularly selected through public audition events with interactive participation of fan club members.

Current members

 * Masato Wada (和田 正人)
 * Hiroki Suzuki (鈴木 裕樹)
 * Hirofumi Araki (荒木 宏文)
 * Kōji Seto (瀬戸 康史)
 * Masahiro Usui (碓井 将大)
 * Arata Horii (堀井 新太)
 * Syo Jinnai (陳内 将)
 * Ryosuke Ikeoka (池岡 亮介)
 * Yuki Yamada (山田 裕貴)
 * Shotaro Okubo (大久保 祥太郎)
 * Jun Shison (志尊 淳)
 * Masaki Nakao (中尾 暢樹)

Former members

 * Ichitaro Yamazaki (一太郎)
 * Katsuki Nakamura (中村 勝樹)
 * Shintaro Tetsu (鐵 進太郎)
 * Yuma Minakawa (皆川 佑馬)
 * Yu Shirota (城田 優)
 * Kouhei Kumai (熊井 幸平)
 * Masaya Nakamura (中村 昌也)
 * Shingo Nakagawa (中川 真吾)
 * Yūichi Nakamura (中村 優一)
 * Yuya Endo (遠藤 雄弥)
 * Masaki Kaji (加治 将樹)
 * Osamu Adachi (足立 理)
 * Shunji Igarashi (五十嵐 隼士)
 * Toru Kamitsuru (上鶴 徹)
 * Taito Hashimoto (橋本 汰斗)
 * Kenki Yamaguchi (山口 賢貴)
 * Yoichiro Omi (近江 陽一郎)
 * Ryuki Takahashi (高橋 龍輝)
 * Shintaro Akutsu (阿久津 愼太郎)
 * Kotaro Yanagi (柳 浩太郎)
 * Shion Tsuchiya (土屋 シオン)
 * Takuya Negishi (根岸 拓哉)
 * Atsushi Shiramata (白又 敦)
 * Tetsuya Makita (牧田 哲也)
 * Tomo Yanagishita (柳下 大)
 * Masashi Mikami (三上 真史)
 * Yukito Nishii (西井 幸人)
 * Ryo Mitsuya (三津谷 亮)
 * Atsushi Arai (荒井 敦史)
 * Takahisa Maeyama (前山 剛久)
 * Shuto Miyazaki (宮崎 秋人)
 * Yusuke Yamada (山田 悠介)

D2 members
In 2009, D2 was formed as D-Boys' younger brother group. In October 2013, D2 joined D-Boys to become its sub-group.
 * Current members
 * Yukito Nishii
 * Ryo Mitsuya
 * Syo Jinnai
 * Atsushi Arai
 * Ryosuke Ikeoka
 * Yuki Yamada
 * Takahisa Maeyama
 * Shotaro Okubo
 * Jun Shison
 * Former members
 * Ryotaro Konno (今野 良太郎)
 * Toru Kamitsuru
 * Kenki Yamaguchi
 * Yoichiro Omi
 * Shintaro Akutsu
 * Shion Tsuchiya
 * Takuya Negishi
 * Atsushi Shiramata

Group projects
In addition to their individual careers, the D-Boys are also involved in collective projects, as part of the group promotion work.

DD-Boys
DD-Boys was a drama-documentary variety series, featuring the D-Boys members as themselves. Each episode had a short staged section following the plot of the members living in the fictional D-House and seeking ways to raise money for rent, followed by a documentary section showing the members undertaking tasks or challenges to raise that money. Some tasks were inspired by the actor's own personality -e.g., a member who was known to enjoy singing or dancing would have a task related to that hobby, etc. The show was 23 episodes long and aired from 10 April 2006 to 25 September 2006 on TV Asahi.

Fan club events
The D-Boys hold special events where fan club members have the opportunity to meet the actors in person and interact with them in camp activities and games such as cook-offs, tug-of-war, etc., in which the members are split into teams, leading groups of fans to compete with each other.


 * Official Fan club Day Camp Bus Tour (November 13, 2005)
 * Official Fan club Limited Bus Tour (August 25 to August 27, 2006)
 * Official Fan club 3rd Anniversary Bus Tour (September 6 to 8, 2007)

Live tours
During the summer of 2009, 19 D-Boys members, including Yu Shirota participated in performances for fans at Akiba Plaza called "Kotoshi no Natsu wa Mainichi Dokoka de D-Boys Uki-uki Yatta Hohohoy" or for short, Natsu Doko. There were 49 performances in total of dances, songs and skits. New D-Boys member, Yusuke Yamada, was introduced to fans during these performances. Three CD+DVD sets featuring different recorded audio theater by separate groups of D-Boys members and footage of Natsu Doko were released on December 16, 2009.

Due to the success and demand of Natsu Doko, a live tour called Fuyu Doko 2009 was held in the winter of 2009 with 19 D-Boys members and Yu Shirota visiting major cities in Japan to promote the Natsu Doko 2009 CD+DVD release. It was the first live tour around the nation for the group.

Radio

 * Marvelous Radio Vibration (May 5, 2005 - April 1, 2006) - weekly radio show hosted by Yu Shirota, Kotaro Yanagi and Yukki.
 * D-Radio Boys (October 2007/present) - weekly radio show hosted by Masato Wada and Shunji Igarashi, featuring guest D-Boys members.

Other

 * 43rd Secret New Years' Performance Tournament "Young Man Colosseum" (January 1, 2006) - television guest appearance, performed by Masaki Kaji and Hiroki Suzuki.
 * 44th Secret New Years' Performance Tournament "Chinese Lion Dance" (January 1, 2007) - television guest appearance, performed by Yuya Endo, Masaki Kaji, Hiroki Suzuki, Masato Wada and Yuma Minakawa.
 * 45th Secret New Years' Performance Tournament "Ikemen Jumpers" (January 1, 2008) - television guest appearance, performed by Masaki Kaji, Kouhei Kumai, Koji Seto, and Shingo Nakagawa.
 * 45th Secret New Years' Performance Tournament "Kakushi Gei Dancing Ikemen" (Fuji TV - January 1, 2009) - television guest appearance, performed by Tomo Yanagishita, Endo Yuya, Masaki Kaji, Makita Tetsuya, Taito Hashimoto, and Ryuki Takahashi.

Media
D-Boys members have released merchandise in the form of photobooks, DVDs and CDs individually, or in relation to a work project (e.g. character image CDs/photobooks). As a group, they have released a calendar featuring all D-Boys members and the following items:

Discography
The D-Boys have released on December 16, 2009, three CD+DVD sets featuring different recorded audio theater by separate groups of D-Boys members on CD and footage of Natsu Doko on DVD. Natsu Doko 2009 debuted on the Oricon Charts in 11th.