Yuta Tamamori

Yuta Tamamori (Japanese: 玉森裕太 , Hepburn: Tamamori Yūta , born March 17, 1990) is a Japanese actor and singer who is a member of boy band Kis-My-Ft2 under Starto Entertainment, formerly known as Johnny & Associates. His nickname is Tama and Tama-chan.

When he was in the first year of junior high school, his mother, who was a fan of Tomohisa Yamashita, secretly sent Johnny & Associates a resume. After auditioning on December 1, 2002, he joined Johnny & Associates. His peers who also auditioned included Yuya Tegoshi and Hikaru Yaotome (Hey! Say! JUMP). After entering the facility, he was active as a member of trainee's（it was called Johnny's Jr）group J.J. Express and A.B.C. Jr.

Kis-My-Ft2 was formed on July 26, 2005, and he was selected as its member.

In March 2009, he made his first drama appearance in the Nippon Television school drama Gokusen Graduation Special. In July, he starred in the play Playzone'09 for the first time. In the same month, he made his first movie appearance in the movie Gokusen: The Movie.

Along with his boy band activities with Kis-My-Ft2, he has also built a career as an actor.

In July 2011, he made his first lead role in TBS Television (Japan) drama Ikemen desu ne (美男ですね ) . There were four main characters in this drama. He starred in this drama along with Taisuke Fujigaya, Hikaru Yaotome, and Miori Takimoto.

On August 10th, Kis-My-Ft2 made their CD debut with their first single "Everybody Go".

In January 2013, he starred TV Asahi drama A Chef of Nobunaga. This was his first solo lead role in this drama.[10] In November, he starred in the TBS Television (Japan) drama Pin to Kona as the sole lead in a prime time drama.[11]

In November 2015, he made his first starring role in the movie World of Delight (レインツリーの国 ) .[12]

In September 2016, he starred as a dubbing voice actor for the first time in the movie Gods of Egypt (film) with Mei Nagano.

He appeared in TBS Television (Japan) drama "Reverse"(リバース (湊かなえの小説)) as a high school teacher Asami.[13] He won the Best Supporting Actor award at the TV Station Drama Awards 2017. It is said that his acting skills improved after receiving strict guidance from director Ayuko Tsukahara(塚原あゆ子) of this drama.[14]

In 2019, he appeared TBS Television (Japan) drama Grand Maison Tokyo(グランメゾン東京). The star of this drama was Takuya Kimura, the star of his agency. The director of this drama was Ayuko Tsukahara again. He played young chef Shohei Hirako who suffers from a secret from a past incident. His delicate emotional expressions were praised,[15] and he won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 103rd Television Drama Academy Awards and the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 29th TV LIFE Annual Drama Awards.[16]

He also played the lead role in the romantic comedy spin-off drama Gura Gura Maison Tokyo. The drama was distributed online on Paravi, but there were times when access was so concentrated that it was difficult to connect to the site.[17]

Grand Maison Tokyo was well received and recorded high viewer ratings,[17]

In August 2023, he played the role of Wade Ripple as a dubbing voice actor for the film Elemental (2023 film). It was reported that he got this job after auditioning at the US headquarters.[18] In July, he visited Pixar Animation Studios and met with director Peter Sohn.[19]

From the end of May to June 2012, Tamamori appeared in "Ikinari! Ougon Densetsu (いきなり!黄金伝説。)", a popular variety show at the time. The show was famous for its physical projects, and at the time, none of the talent from Johnny & Associates had appeared on the show yet.[20]

He appeared in the "Celebrity Savings Battle: Living on 10,000 yen for a Month, the Strongest No. 1 Contender"(芸能人節約バトル1ヶ月1万円生活 最強No.1決定戦). Fighting with him were comedian Shigeo Takahashi(高橋茂雄) and gluttonous celebrity Gal Sone.

In this tough competition, he had to save 10,000 yen or less per month for food, including utilities, and compete against other contestants. He was living with his family at the time and had little cooking experience.[20] To save money, he bought a lot of onions from a farmer[21](in fact, he bought 28.6lb(13 kilograms) 79 onions[22]) and ate them. And he made his own noodles from flour, and went into the sea to catch fish while shivering in the cold. He won this battle with flying colors, performing physical feats that one would not expect from an idol.[23]

Tamamori is known for his fair skin, and in March 2022, he became the ambassador for Lancôme's lotion Clarifique, which is rare for a man.[24]

He has been also known to have been a fan of Cartier (jeweler) accessories since shortly after his debut,[25] and has been invited to Cartier events in recent years. He was also scheduled to appear at Cartier's 2023 event, but his appearance was canceled due to his agent Johnny & Associates's sexual harassment issue.[26]

He has appeared in his agent Johnny & Associates's representative play Dream Boy(Dream Boy) since its first production in 2004, and after playing the semi-lead role of boxing champ in 2012, he played the lead role five times from 2013 to 2018.[59]