Daiki Arioka
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is a Japanese actor, tarento
Tarento
is a Japanese rendering of the English word "talent" and is used as a catch-all term for mass media personalities who regularly appear on television. Detractors of the phenomenon have referred to it in an English sense as "famous just for being famous" because many that fall into this career line...

and singer as well as member of Hey! Say! JUMP
Hey! Say! JUMP
Hey! Say! JUMP is a ten-member Japanese boy band under the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates. The name Hey! Say! refers to the fact that all the members were born in the Heisei period and JUMP is an acronym for Johnny's Ultra Music Power...

. He is under the management of Johnny & Associates
Johnny & Associates
is a talent agency formed by Johnny Kitagawa in 1962. Johnny & Associates trains and promotes groups of male idols, collectively known as , in Japan.-1962–1989:...

. He was born in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture
Chiba Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region and the Greater Tokyo Area. Its capital is Chiba City.- History :Chiba Prefecture was established on June 15, 1873 with the merger of Kisarazu Prefecture and Inba Prefecture...

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Career

On June 2, 2003, he joined Johnny & Associates
Johnny & Associates
is a talent agency formed by Johnny Kitagawa in 1962. Johnny & Associates trains and promotes groups of male idols, collectively known as , in Japan.-1962–1989:...

 as a trainee. As a Junior he was a member of J.J.Express. However, before he became a part of Johnny's he was a member of JUNES Project.

When he was fourteen in 2005, he played Toru Sonobe in the drama Engine with his Johnny's senior Takuya Kimura
Takuya Kimura
, nicknamed , is a Japanese singer and actor. He is also a member of the Japanese idol group SMAP. Most of the TV dramas he starred in produced high ratings in Japan...

 of SMAP
SMAP
SMAP is a Japanese boy band formed by Johnny & Associates. While originally consisting of six members, the current group members are Masahiro Nakai, Takuya Kimura, Goro Inagaki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, and Shingo Katori...

.

On April 3, 2007, he joined the temporary group, Hey! Say! 7, with soon to be fellow members of Hey! Say! JUMP, Yuya Takaki, Yuto Nakajima
Yuto Nakajima
is a Japanese actor and dancer, as well as a singer from the group Hey! Say! JUMP .-2004: Joined Johnny's Entertainment :Nakajima joined Johnny's Jr. on March 28, 2004, in his 5th year of elementary school...

, Ryosuke Yamada
Ryosuke Yamada
is a Japanese tarento, actor, singer, dancer, and a member of Hey! Say! JUMP. He is under the management of Johnny & Associates and currently resides in Kanagawa Prefecture.-Career:...

 and Yuri Chinen, starting with a public performance at KAT-TUN
KAT-TUN
KAT-TUN is a Japanese boy band formed by Johnny & Associates in 2001. The group's name is an acronym based on the first letter of each member's family name until the departure of Jin Akanishi in 2010. As of 2010, KAT-TUN stands for Kazuya KAmenashi, Junnosuke Taguchi, Koki Tanaka, Tatsuya Ueda,...

's 2007 Cartoon KAT-TUN II You concert.

On September 21, 2007, he began performing as a member of Hey! Say! JUMP
Hey! Say! JUMP
Hey! Say! JUMP is a ten-member Japanese boy band under the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates. The name Hey! Say! refers to the fact that all the members were born in the Heisei period and JUMP is an acronym for Johnny's Ultra Music Power...

.

In October 2008, he acted in the drama Sensei wa Erai! as Takekura Rin, along with other Hey! Say! JUMP members; Yuto Nakajima, Ryosuke Yamada and Yuri Chinen.

Within the same year, he was in the drama called Scrap Teacher: Kyoushi Saisei, as Irie Sugizou. With the Hey! Say! JUMP members that played alongside him in Sensei wa Erai!.

Drama

  • Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger (TV Asahi, 2001) as Futaro
  • Saigo no Bengonin (NTV, 2003, ep2)
  • Engine (Fuji TV, 2005) as Toru Sonobe
  • Sensei wa Erai! (NTV, 2008) as Rin Takekura
  • Scrap Teacher (NTV, 2008) as Sugizou Irie
  • Chushingura Sono Gi Sono Ai (TV Tokyo, 2012) as Oishi Chikara

TV appearances

  • Tensai wo Tsukuru! Galileo Nouken (TV Asahi)
  • Gurunai (with Hikaru Yaotome
    Hikaru Yaotome
    is a Japanese singer and songwriter as well as member of Hey! Say! JUMP. He is under the management of Johnny & Associates. He was born in Miyagi and lives in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area....

    , NTV, August 5, 2010)
  • Waratte Iitomo! (with Kota Yabu
    Kota Yabu
    Kota Yabu , is a Japanese singer as well as a member of Hey! Say! JUMP. He is under the management of Johnny & Associates. He was born in Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan and currently lives in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area.On September 23, 2001, he entered Johnny & Associates as a trainee...

     and Hikaru Yaotome
    Hikaru Yaotome
    is a Japanese singer and songwriter as well as member of Hey! Say! JUMP. He is under the management of Johnny & Associates. He was born in Miyagi and lives in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area....

    , Fuji TV, December 15, 2010)

For Hey! Say! JUMP-related appearances, please see Hey! Say! JUMP
Hey! Say! JUMP
Hey! Say! JUMP is a ten-member Japanese boy band under the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates. The name Hey! Say! refers to the fact that all the members were born in the Heisei period and JUMP is an acronym for Johnny's Ultra Music Power...

.

Trivia

  • Jpop group: J.J Express, Hey! Say! 7, Hey! Say! Jump
  • Belonged to JUNES Project before he entered Johnny's Entertainment.

External links

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