Tatsuya Ueda

Tatsuya Ueda (上田 竜也 , Ueda Tatsuya , born October 4, 1983) , is a Japanese idol, singer, and actor from the Japanese idol group KAT-TUN. Born in Kanagawa in Japan, he joined the Japanese talent agency, Johnny & Associates in 1998. In March 2006 he debuted as a member of the Japanese boy band KAT-TUN and is under Johnny & Associates management. The group's name was an acronym based on the first letter of each member's family name until the departure of Jin Akanishi in 2010, and Koki Tanaka in 2013. Junnosuke Taguchi left the band a well in 2016. After Tanaka's and Taguchi's withdrawal, Ueda took the T's for TaTsuya. As of 2016, KAT-TUN stands for Kazuya KAmenashi, TaTsuya Ueda, and Yuichi Nakamaru. Ueda is very athletic, and his favorite hobbies include Boxing .

Joined Johnny & Associates after the audition on June 22, 1998. In 2001, he was grouped up as KAT-TUN for NHK program "Pop Jam" to backdance for Kinki Kids' Koichi Domoto. He debuted as part of KAT-TUN with the release of "Real Face" single on March 22, 2006.

On September 8–21, 2008, he held his first solo concert tour called "MOUSE PEACE". A new version of his solo concert tour, "MOUSE PEACE uniting with FiVe TATSUYA UEDA LIVE 2010", was held from August 4 – October 3, 2010. He announced in his Instagram and fan club that, after 13 years, he would have his solo tour "MOUSE PEACE 2024", which will take place starting in Zepp Sapporo on January 6, 2024.

In 2009, he first starred as Romeo in stage play "Romeo and Juliet," at Tokyo Globe Theatre (March 4–29, 2009) and Sankei Hall Breeze (April 2–5, 2009). In addition, in April, he debuted in Fuji TV drama series "Konkatsu!". In October 2013, it was announced that Ueda would be starring in a stage play in 2014, titled "Tōmin suru kuma ni soine shite goran". It was Ueda's stage comeback since "Romeo and Juliet".

In October 2011, Ueda announced his second drama series, "Runaway~Aisuru Kimi no Tame ni" on TBS. He was reported to shave his head during a scene in the drama. In May 2012, Ueda announced his third drama series, "Boys on the Run" on TV Asahi.

Long time member of the so-called "Aniki Kai", a group of Johnny's who admire Arashi's Sho Sakurai, Ueda had the opportunity in 2022 to work with his "Aniki", for the first time, in the series "Nemesis", protagonized by Sakurai, as Kensho Hoshi, a strange craftsman with a mysterious shop, who gets to work with Sakurai's Naoki Kazama. He reprised his role in 2023's movie version. Ueda reported in an Instagram post on December 10, 2023 that he and Sakurai were working on a pair of songs for his solo concert tour "MOUSE PEACE 2024". The name of the songs had not yet been revealed, but was released later.[10]

Ueda is an amateur boxer. He has been interested in boxing since around 2007. His boxing activities have been reflected in both drama and sports and variety programs.[11][12][13]

Ueda started using Instagram on February 14, 2023, a month after fellow KAT-TUN member Kamenashi and a month before Nakamaru. He is the only one who posted in English in their opening post, in which he shared an image of himself and his dog.[14][15][16] Further posts with co-stars, friends and KAT-TUN members, like the one on March 22, KAT-TUN's debut anniversary, have been in Japanese, with some including phrases in English.[17][18]

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