Kenji Urai

Kenji Urai (浦井 健治) is a Japanese actor and singer.

Career
Urai debuted as an actor in 2000 in Kamen Rider Kuuga television series. In 2001 he played Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask in Sailor Moon Musicals and started his career in theatre. In 2004 he portrayed Rudolf in Elisabeth and reprised the role multiple times until 2010. He is also known for portraying Matsukoma in Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store television drama and Light Yagami in Death Note: The Musical.

In 2006, his performance in Flowers for Algernon and My Fair Lady earned Kikuta Kazuo Theatrical Award and in 2009, he received Kinokuniya Theatrical Award for his performance as Henry VI in Henry VI series at New National Theatre, Tokyo. In 2015, he received Yomiuri Theatrical Award for his performance in Flowers for Algernon and Constellations. He also earned The Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists in Drama department in 2017 for his range of performances in previous year.

On 1 June 2008, he transferred to Candid from Office Palette.

In 2013, he formed StarS, a musical unit with Yoshio Inoue and Ikusaburo Yamazaki and is active as a singer as well. He released his third solo album Various on 15 March 2023.

Radio

 * Urai Kenji's Dressing Room - Nippon Broadcasting System (AM 1242 kHz／FM 93.0 MHz) since 8 April 2018

Cast recordings

 * Elisabeth - Highlight Live Recordings (Seiyo Uchino ver.) (2004) as Rudolf
 * Cinderella Story - Live Recording (2005) as Prince Charles
 * Flowers for Algernon - Premiere CD (2006) as Charlie Gordon
 * Dance of the Vampires - Highlight Live Recordings (2006) as Alfred
 * WILDe・BEAUTY (2009) as Oscar Wilde
 * Roméo et Juliette - Highlight Live Recordings (Yuu Shirota ver.) (2011) as Benvolio
 * Roméo et Juliette - Highlight Live Recordings (Ikusaburo Yamazaki ver.) (2011) as Benvolio
 * Flowers for Algernon (2014) as Charlie Gordon
 * Death Note: The Musical - Highlight Live Recordings (Kenji Urai ver.) (2015) as Light Yagami
 * The Man Who Laughs - Eternal Love - Highlight Live Recordings (2019) as Gwynplaine

Videos
VHS DVD
 * Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon - The Birth! The Princess of Darkness Black Lady
 * Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon - The Birth! The Princess of Darkness Black Lady (Revised Edition) - The Enigma of Planet Nemesis
 * Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon 10th Anniversary Festival - Sanctuary of Love
 * Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon - Mugen Academy - Mistress Labyrinth
 * Would You Like Your Bento Heated Up?
 * WILDe・BEAUTY
 * Takarazuka Boys
 * Rose and Samurai
 * Cymbeline
 * Goemon Rock 3: Zipang Punk
 * Sherlock Holmes: Secret of the Anderson Family
 * Crest of the Royal Family Ra version
 * Crest of the Royal Family Hapi version
 * Shakespeare in 12th Year of Tenpou Era
 * Kenji Urai 20th Anniversary Concert ~Piece~ at Tokyo International Forum 2021.4.20