Yuya Endo is best known for his role as Ryoma Echizen in The Prince of Tennis musical series.
12 Facts About Yuya Endo
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Yuya Endo was part of a young men's stage acting troupe, D-BOYS, which perform in various skit-like performances.
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Yuya Endo was a part of the Watanabe net drama, Hice Cool, appearing alongside fellow D-Boy members, Kotaro Yanagi, Yuu Shirota, and Osamu Adachi.
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On November 16,2005, Yuya Endo released an Idol DVD called Ao no Kiseki.
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Yuya Endo appeared, as a member of The Tigers in the TV drama, The Hit Parade, which aired May 26,2006, on Fuji TV and co-starred fellow D-BOYS members Masato Wada, Yuu Shirota, Masaki Kaji, Hirofumi Araki, Hiroki Suzuki and Koji Seto.
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The D-boys have starred in their own drama documentary variety series called, DD-Boys in which Yuya Endo has appeared in every episodes as himself because the skits revolve around Yuya Endo playing himself with fellow D-BOYS member, Kotaro Yanagi playing himself, as they try to live in the D-house while the other D-Boys drop by.
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Yuya Endo appeared in the musical as a regular performer for the run of the musical.
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Yuya Endo was brought into Tenimyu as a replacement for fellow D-BOY member Kotaro Yanagi, who had been injured in a car accident, as the main protagonist Ryoma Echizen.
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Yuya Endo made his debut as Echizen during the Dream Live 1st concert and would play the role while Yanagi was recovering.
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Yuya Endo shared the role with Yanagi after his recovery in two shows: Side Fudomine ~Special Match~ and Dream Live 2nd; Endo did all of the dance and tennis match choreography while Yanagi did stand still scenes due to his injuries.
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On May 4,2005, after the final performance for the Dream Live 2nd concert, Yuya Endo graduated from his role.
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Yuya Endo keeps a blog on his D-Boys webpage, which he updates occasionally.