1. Sho Sakurai was born on January 25,1982 and is a Japanese singer, songwriter, rapper, actor, news anchor, host and former radio host.
51 Facts About Sho Sakurai
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Sho Sakurai's father is Shun Sakurai, former vice-minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
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Sho Sakurai was born in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, and grew up in Minato, Tokyo, the oldest of three children.
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Sho Sakurai's father, Shun Sakurai, is a former government official who served as Vice Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications, and Vice President of Dentsu Group.
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Sho Sakurai attended Keio Yochisha Elementary School, an affiliated elementary school of Keio University.
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Sho Sakurai began music lessons in early childhood, starting with the electric organ at age three and switching to piano in fourth grade.
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Sho Sakurai wanted to play for a professional team and at one point considered studying abroad in Brazil to become a professional footballer.
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Sho Sakurai played football until his second year of junior high school.
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Sho Sakurai commented on the news program "News Zero", in which he appears as Monday night support newscaster since 2006, that he did it as a part of the expansion of activities, as well as of his agent contract with the agency.
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Sho Sakurai became the first member in Arashi to hold a solo concert called The Show in 2006.
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Sho Sakurai was a part of a special group with his Kisarazu Cat's Eye World Series co-stars that same year.
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Sho Sakurai co-wrote the lyrics of six songs on the August 2010 Arashi album Boku no Miteiru Fukei.
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One year later, Sho Sakurai was announced by KAT-TUN'S Ueda as a co-writer for two songs he would be singing in his solo concert in January 2024.
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Unlike the other members, who made their major acting debut on stage, Sakurai made his debut on television in Arashi's volleyball-centered short drama V no Arashi in 1999.
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Sho Sakurai had a small guest appearance on the final episode of the drama My Girl in 2009, which was bandmate Masaki Aiba's first starring role in a serial drama.
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On January 9,2010, Sho Sakurai co-starred with the other members of Arashi in the human suspense drama special Saigo no Yakusoku.
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In 2003, Sho Sakurai was given his first lead role in the drama Yoiko no Mikata.
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Sho Sakurai portrayed Taiyo Suzuki, a man who strives to prove himself capable of being a nursery school teacher.
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Sho Sakurai even acted in a NHK late-night drama series called Tokio, in which each episode lasted for fifteen minutes each.
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Sho Sakurai portrayed Yukio Tomizawa, a 28-year-old life insurance salesman who is caught up in a building hijack.
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Sho Sakurai appeared in the docudrama special Kobe Shimbun no Nanokakan on January 16,2010.
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Sho Sakurai portrayed Tomohiko Mitsuyama, a real photo reporter who worked for the Kobe Shimbun and helped keep the newspaper running without interruption despite the damage inflicted from the Kobe earthquake.
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Sho Sakurai starred on the first night as a junior high school teacher who lost his right arm by war and struggled the change of moral after the war.
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In January 2023, Sakurai appears in his 5th drama with NTV, after Yoiko no Mikata, The Quiz Show 2, Saki ni Umareta Dake no Boku and Nemesis.
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Sho Sakurai plays a detective, currently on leave of absence, who confronts the criminals, in the action-packed suspense drama.
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In 2002, Sho Sakurai made his motion picture debut in Arashi's first movie together, Pikanchi Life Is Hard Dakedo Happy.
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Sho Sakurai portrayed Chu, a yankee who dropped out of high school after an incident involving his teacher and the girl he had a crush on.
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In 2007, all the members of Arashi co-starred in their third movie together, Kiiroi Namida, with Sho Sakurai playing the role of an aspiring writer.
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In 2014, in a third installment of the Pikanchi movies, called Pikanchi Life Is Hard Tabun Happy, Sho Sakurai reprises his role, now as an adult Chu, who has settled down and started a family.
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Sho Sakurai portrayed the sharp-tongued mysteries-solving butler Kageyama, co-starring with Kitagawa Keiko.
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From October 5,2002, to March 30,2008, Sakurai hosted his own radio show called Sho Beat on FM Fuji.
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Sho Sakurai hosts, starting in January 2021, a new variety program, substituting Arashi's signature program Arashi ni Shiyagare, ended in December 2020.
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Sho Sakurai continues co-hosting Monday's edition, with main newscaster Yumiko Udo and Takahiko Fujii.
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Sho Sakurai has participated in 12 editions of the News Zero election coverage specials.
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Sho Sakurai became the first pop idol to host such a program.
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Sho Sakurai continued as co-host for the 2017,2019,2021 and 2022 elections.
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In July 2010, Sho Sakurai traveled to Romania, Germany, and Russia to do a special report on world poverty for NTV's 24-Hour Television, which was broadcast on August 29,2010.
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Sho Sakurai interviewed former Soviet Union General Secretary and Nobel Peace Prize winner Mikhail Gorbachev about nuclear disarmament and poverty.
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Sho Sakurai was chosen by Nippon Television Network of Japan as the main MC of their royal wedding special, "British Royal Family Prince William and Princess Kate".
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On December 10,2022, an NHK documentary called Design Museum Japan, hosted by Sho Sakurai, takes a look at "design treasures" from regions all over Japan.
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On December 9,2024, Sho Sakurai was announced as messenger of a new project regarding the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the ending of World War II.
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In 2008, Sho Sakurai was a newscaster for the 2008 FIVB Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament and the main newscaster for the news coverage of the Olympic Games in Beijing on NTV.
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Sho Sakurai was the special newscaster for the 2010 Winter Olympics news coverage on NTV with Shizuka Arakawa as the main newscaster.
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Sho Sakurai was chosen, alongside his Arashi co-member Masaki Aiba, to host the NHK special program coverage for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, celebrated from July 23,2021.
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Sho Sakurai has been covering rugby events, for both the local teams and for the Rugby World Cup and the Japan National Team, "Brave Blossoms".
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Sho Sakurai appeared in the "100 days to go" event before the start of the Rugby World Cup 2019.
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Sho Sakurai was named host of the NTV program "One Rugby", a monthly special that analyzed the matches for both the local games and for the World Cup.
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Sho Sakurai was appointed "Japan Rugby Ambassador 2023" for the Japan Rugby team for the France Rugby World Cup.
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Sho Sakurai appears as main personality in NTV's 24-Hr TV for 6th time, 5 with Arashi and 1 by himself.
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On September 28,2021, Sho Sakurai announced his marriage through a letter he released in their fan club website.
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Sho Sakurai announced the birth of their first child on February 15,2023, through official site.