is a Japanese vocalist and actor currently part of the J-pop

J-pop

, an abbreviation for Japanese pop, is a musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in 1960s music, such as The Beatles, and replaced kayōkyoku in the Japanese music scene...

 group Run&Gun

RUN&GUN

Run&Gun is a four-member Japanese pop group which has released numerous singles, albums and DVDs and have performed some live concerts. Run&Gun started their career in 2001, with their first single "Lay up", written by Daisuke Asakura. Asakura continued to write songs for the group until 2002...

. He was born in Osaka

Osaka

is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...

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He was part of the cast of Musical Air Gear with his fellow band members. In the first musical he played the part of Team Bacchus' member Hamlet, but in the second installment he took over the role of Romeo from Ryuji Kamiyama

Ryuji Kamiyama

is a Japanese vocalist and actor currently part of the J-pop group Run&Gun. He was born in Tokyo.He was part of the casts of Musical Air Gear with his fellow band members...

 after he had replaced Kenta Kamakari

Kenta Kamakari

is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer, famous for his role as Ryo Shishido in the Prince of Tennis Musicals. He was hospitalized on April 21, 2007 and was unable to play the role of Minami Itsuki in Musical Air Gear vs. Bacchus Super Range Remix and appear in Dream Live 4 ~Extra~. As he...

 (who had fallen ill) as Ikki.

He also starred in the movie 'The Kabocha Wine -Another-' and played a small supporting role in the Jdrama 'Yama Onna Kabe Onna'.

Movie

• Route 58 (2003)
• The Kabocha Wine - Another (2007)
• Detroit Metal City (2008)
• Wangan midnight the movie (2009)

Stage

• Musical Air Gear (Hamlet) (2007/01, Tokyo + Osaka)
• Musical Air Gear vs. Bacchus Super Range Remix (Romeo) (2007/05, Tokyo)
• RUN&GUN stage: Blue sheets (Iida Masaru) (2008/01 Tokyo + Osaka)
• RUN&GUN stage 2: Yoosoro (2008/10)
• マリア・マグダレーナ来日公演 -『マグダラなマリア』～マリアさんのMad (Apple) Tea Party～ (Rosemary) (2008)
• Fruits Basket Stage (Souma Kagura) (2009)
• DUST (2009)
• Fake Heart (2009)
• Peace Maker Stage (2009)
• 恋人は透明人間 (2009)

External links

• Yonehara Kousuke's blog
• Run&Gun.jp - Official website