Taisuke Fujigaya

Taisuke Fujigaya (藤ヶ谷太輔) is a Japanese singer, actor, and radio personality. He is a member of boy band Kis-My-Ft2 under Starto Entertainment. His nicknames are Taipy, Gaya-san, and Gaya.

In addition to working as an actor alongside his boy band activities in Kis-My-Ft2, he has been a radio personality of "Peaceful days of Taisuke Fujigaya (藤ヶ谷太輔 Peaceful Days)" since 2019 and the main host of the TV talk show "A-Studio" with Shōfukutei Tsurube II since 2020.

On April 23, 2024, the official Instagram was launched.

History
When Fujigaya was 11 years old, his aunt secretly sent his resume to Johnny & Associates for an audition. He was initially unsuccessful in the audition, but when he was leaving, he did not know where to return his number tag, so he spoke to an elderly man nearby, who turned out to be the president, Johnny Kitagawa. On Kitagawa's decision, Fujigaya passed the audition and joined Johnny & Associates in 1998. Also in the audition were Kazuya Kamenashi and Yuichi Nakamaru, who later became members of KAT-TUN, Takahisa Masuda, who became a member of NEWS (band), Ryoichi Tsukada, who became a member of A.B.C-Z, and Yuki Koshioka, who became a member of 4U.

In April 2004, Kis-My-Ft. was formed as a unit within trainees (Johnny's Jr.) and Hiromitsu Kitayama and Wataru Yokoo were selected as members. In July 2005, Kento Senga, Toshiya Miyata, Yuta Tamamori, and Takashi Nikaido, who were active as "A.B.C-Jr." at the time, joined the group and began their activities as Kis-My-Ft2. They made their CD debut on August 10, 2011 with their first single Everybody Go.

As an Actor
In 1999, Fujigaya made his first drama appearance in the Television drama Scary Sunday, My Friend J-kun (Nippon TV).

In July 2012, he played his first starring role in a drama series Beginners! (TBS Television (Japan) ) in July 2012, his first starring role in a drama series.

In February 2014, he played his first starring role in a film, Kamen Teacher the Movie, and in May 2014, she played her first starring role in a stage play, Colt Gabaments - Hajime no Hajimari.

He has since continued to work in Television dramas, with notable works including He is Beautiful, Mars - I just love you and Karei-naru Ichizoku.

On stage, the musical Don Juan, in which he played the lead role in 2019, was well received and will be performed again in 2021.

The stage play And I'm at a Loss starring Fujigaya in 2019 was well received and was later made into a movie also starring Fujigaya.

Discography
Fujigaya's pen name when writing lyrics is "T.Fxxx".

Smartphone dramas

 * Shinikare (シニカレ) (May 8–28, 2012, NOTTV) — Masaki Kisaragi

Other Activities
For activities as a member of Kis-My-Ft2, see Kis-My-Ft2.

TV

 * A-Studio+(A-Studio) - Main host with Shōfukutei Tsurube II (April 2020 -, TBS Television (Japan))

Radio

 * Peaceful days of Taisuke Fujigaya (藤ヶ谷太輔 Peaceful Days) - (April 6, 2019 -, Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc.)

Commercial

 * Mercedes-Benz Japan - SL63 sports car (From April 24, 2024)

Event

 * Bottega Veneta - Bottega Veneta and Photographer Alec Soth's Photo Exhibition Tokyo Playtime (March 28, 2024)- Attended the opening reception with Yuta Tamamori