{{short description|Japanese idol, singer and actor (born 1985)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Hiromitsu Kitayama | native_name = 北山 宏光 | native_name_lang = ja | image = Hiromitsu Kitayama Logo.png | caption = Logo of Hiromitsu Kitayama | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1985|09|17}} | birth_place = Kanagawa, Japan<ref name="J_profile">{{Cite web|url=https://www.johnnys-net.jp/page?id=profile&artist=17|title=profile(Kis-My-Ft2)|website=Johnny's net|publisher=ジャニーズ事務所|accessdate=2022-02-06|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230831133911/https://www.johnnys-net.jp/page?id=profile&artist=17|archivedate=2023-08-31}}</ref> | nationality = | occupation = {{hlist|Singer|actor|television personality}} | years_active = 2002–present<ref name="hadaka">{{Cite book|author=Kis-My-Ft2|author2=水野光博|date=2013-07-19|publisher=集英社|title=裸の時代|isbn=978-4-0878-0678-6|pages=216–221}}</ref> - | agent = Tobe<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 September 2023 |title=北山宏光、『Tobe』合流でSNS解禁&ファンクラブ開設「みなさまが楽しめることをやれたら」 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2295271/full/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120074441/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2295271/full/ |archive-date=20 November 2023 |access-date=20 November 2023 |website=Oricon |language=Japanese}}</ref> | website = {{URL| https://tobe-official.jp/artists/hiromitsukitayama}} | module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes | genre = J-pop | label = {{hlist|Avex Trax|MENT Recording |Tobe Music}} | current_member_of = | past_member_of = Kis-My-Ft2 }} }}
{{Nihongo|'''Hiromitsu Kitayama'''|北山宏光|Kitayama Hiromitsu|born September 17, 1985}} is a Japanese idol, singer and actor, under Tobe, former member of Johnny & Associates boy band Kis-My-Ft2. Kitayama has also appeared in many television drama series such as ''Kazoku Gari'' (as Suzuki Keitoku) and in musicals such as Let's Sing A Song Of Love (celebrating 40 years of Kansai TV).<ref name=Oricon>{{cite web|script-title=ja:キスマイ北山、後輩・高田翔の辛口コメントにタジタジ|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2031498/full/|website=Oricon|accessdate=October 30, 2014|language=ja}}</ref> Kitayama left the group and the agency on 31 August 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 June 2023 |title=Kis-My-Ft2北山宏光、グループ卒業&ジャニーズ事務所退所へ メンバー&ファンへ感謝【コメント全文】 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2276977/full/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230913043407/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2276977/full/ |archive-date=13 September 2023 |access-date=13 September 2023 |website=Oricon |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url = https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1858486| title = キスマイ北山宏光、年齢と見た目のギャップやメンバーとの身長差を語る| date = 2019-08-08| website = モデルプレス| publisher = ネットネイティブ| accessdate = 2023-12-10}}</ref>
==History== === Early life and education === Kitayama was a sports-oriented youth who devoted himself to football until his junior high school years. He entered Horikoshi High School, which is well known for its entertainment course, through a soccer-based recommendation. At the time, Kitayama was unaware that the school had an entertainment course or that many entertainers attended it; however, he later recalled realizing the presence of celebrity classmates when students with flamboyantly dyed hair entered the hall during the entrance ceremony.<ref>{{cite web |title=サッカー推薦で堀越高校に入学した40歳俳優「芸能科があることを知らないで…何で金髪が？」 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2133725/full/ |website=oricon |access-date=2026-01-10 |language=Japanese |date=2019-04-17}}</ref> Influenced by his classmate Tomohisa Yamashita, who was already active in the entertainment industry, Kitayama auditioned for Johnny & Associates and joined the agency in 2002, during his second year of high school and subsequently entered the entertainment industry.<ref>{{cite web |title=キスマイ北山宏光、“ジャニーズ入りのきっかけ”山下智久との鮮烈な出会い回顧 高校の入学式で… |url=https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/1762323 |website=modelpress |access-date=2026-01-10 |language=Japanese |date=2018-04-25}}</ref>
=== Career at Johnny & Associates (Kis-My-Ft2) === After being selected for several Johnny’s Jr. groups, he was chosen as a member of Kis-My-Ft. in 2004. Following lineup changes, the group was reorganized as Kis-My-Ft2 in 2005. As Kis-My-Ft2, they worked as backup dancers for KAT-TUN and other artists before making their CD debut as a group with the single “Everybody Go” in August 2011. He graduated from Asia University in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |title=亜細亜大学 |url=https://www.minkou.jp/university/school/senior/20193/page=2/ |website=みんなの大学情報 |access-date=2026-01-10 |language=Japanese}}</ref>
Within Kis-My-Ft2, Kitayama made use of his vocal skills and often sang key parts of the group’s songs alongside Taisuke Fujigaya.<ref>{{cite web |title=【Kis-My-Ft2】Special Single「ともに」リリース！これまでのグループの足跡を振り返る |url=https://avexnet.jp/column/1000654 |website=avexportal |access-date=2026-01-10 |language=Japanese |date=2023-08-02}}</ref>
=== Departure from Johnny & Associates === On August 31, 2023, he left Kis-My-Ft2 in order to pursue an individual career and also departed from Johnny & Associates.<ref>{{cite web |title=キスマイ北山宏光、ジャニーズ事務所退所の理由説明 |url=https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/3787252 |website=modelpress |access-date=2026-01-10 |language=Japanese |date=2023-06-07}}</ref>
=== Tobe === On 13 September 2023, a teaser video with the name "#Tobecontinued" was released on TOBE's official YouTube. The new artist was to be revealed on the 17, but voices in X (formerly Twitter) were already guessing the identity of the new member to be Kitayama, who had recently left Johnny's.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 September 2023 |title=『#Tobecontinued_04』17日午後7時から生配信決定 ティザー映像公開で予想合戦「もしかして…」滝沢氏も"匂わせ" |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2294676/full/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120075058/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2294676/full/ |archive-date=20 November 2023 |access-date=20 November 2023 |website=Oricon |language=ja}}</ref> On 17 September 2023, Kitayama's identity was revealed, introducing him as TOBE's latest member. In the same video, his SNS and fanclub information was also shared.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 September 2023 |title=北山宏光、『TOobe』合流でSNS解禁&ファンクラブ開設「みなさまが楽しめることをやれたら」 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2295271/full/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120074441/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2295271/full/ |archive-date=20 November 2023 |access-date=20 November 2023 |website=Oricon |language=ja}}</ref> He made his solo debut on 17 November with the release of the digital single "乱心-Ranshin-" (Ranshin=Ranshin).<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 November 2023 |title=元キスマイ 北山宏光、自身作詞「乱心-Ranshin-」で11・17ソロデビュー「ドキドキしています」 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2302003/full/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114000854/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2302003/full/ |archive-date=14 November 2023 |access-date=20 November 2023 |website=Oricon |language=ja}}</ref>
On December 20, 2025, it was announced that TOBE joined with Pony Canyon to establish new label "RED ON". The label, whose name, "RED", takes the meaning "Resonance", "Expression", and "Destiny", aims to open up new possibilities for artistic expression in the domestic and international music scene. Kitayama is its first artist, after transferring from Tobe Music.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 December 2025 |title=ポニーキャニオン&TOBE;、新レーベル「RED ON」設立 北山宏光が移籍、滝沢秀明氏「ここから始まる新しい表現」【コメントあり】 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2426201/full/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251220040126/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2426201/full/ |archive-date=20 December 2025 |access-date=20 December 2025 |website=Oricon |language=Japanese}}</ref>
==Career== ===With Johnny and Associates=== ====Filmography==== =====Dramas===== *Misaki Number One!! (NTV / 2011) – Minato Ryosuke *Beginners! | Biginazu! (TBS / 2012) – Tachibana Danji *Kasuka na Kanojo (Fuji TV / 2013) – Hayashi Kunihiko *2013-Saibanchou! Onaka ga sukimashita! – Nita Seigi *Kazoku Gari (TBS / 2014) – Suzuki Keitoku
=====Solo TV shows===== * July 2012 – J's Journey-Solo Back Pack Trip Across India * April 2013 – 10000 Yen Per Month Challenge * 15 August 2024 - Tobe Live at Ariake Arena: Hiromitsu Kitayama "Ranshin" (Episode 2)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tobe Live at Ariake Arena 2024 |url=https://www.primevideo.com/detail/TOBE-LIVE-at-ARIAKE-ARENA-2024/0PB3AOJRTGP4VS38GNK7KICYYY |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250314103828/https://www.primevideo.com/detail/TOBE-LIVE-at-ARIAKE-ARENA-2024/0PB3AOJRTGP4VS38GNK7KICYYY |archive-date=14 March 2025 |access-date=14 March 2025 |website=Amazon Prime Video official site}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=30 July 2024 |title=アマプラ8月配信ラインナップ発表 Tobe 有明アリーナ・バットマン・映画あの花など |url=https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/4338471 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250314104405/https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/4338471 |archive-date=14 March 2025 |access-date=14 March 2025 |website=Model Press |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=13 June 2024 |title=Tobe 所属 三宅健、北山宏光、Number_i、IMP. 単独公演アーカイブをPrime Videoで世界配信 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2331426/full/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250314050557/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2331426/full/ |archive-date=14 March 2025 |access-date=14 March 2025 |website=Oricon |language=ja}}</ref>
=====Film===== *''Tiger: My Life as a Cat '' (2019), Suzuo "Tora-san" Takahata *''Hyoketsu'' (2026), Minoru<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/105729/|title= 氷血|access-date= 6 March 2026|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref>
=====Video games===== *''Akiba Lost'' (2026), Daiki Shinjo<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 September 2025 |title=Izanagi Games Announces Akiba Lost Live-Action Game |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-09-04/izanagi-games-announces-akiba-lost-live-action-game/.228430 |access-date=9 September 2025 |website=Anime News Networ}}</ref>
====Discography (Solos)==== *Sanagi (Kis-My-1st) *Rock U (Good Ikuze!) *Give Me... (Good Ikuze!) *FORM (Kis-My-Journey)
====Radio==== *October 14, 2013~Present Nanikita (Nanikin)
===With Tobe=== ==== Filmography ==== =====TV dramas===== {|class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- ! 2024 | Kimi ga Kemono ni Naru Mae ni | Hajime Kanzaki | <ref>{{Cite web |date=9 February 2024 |title=北山宏光、Tobe 移籍後初ドラマ主演 『ただ離婚してないだけ』チームが再結集「役者としても新たなスタート」 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2313807/full/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250212052909/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2313807/full/ |archive-date=12 February 2025 |access-date=12 February 2025 |website=Oricon |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=9 February 2024 |title=北山宏光、実写化「君が獣になる前に」で約3年ぶりの連ドラ主演！「今の自分にできる事を全力で」 |url=https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0141375 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250212054306/https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0141375 |archive-date=12 February 2025 |access-date=12 February 2025 |website=Cinema Today |language=ja}}</ref> |- |}
====Discography==== ===== Albums ===== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Format ! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- ! 2024 | Zoo | CD+Blu-Ray, CD, Digital | <ref>{{Cite web |title=Discography Zoo – Hiromitsu Kitayama |url=https://tobe-official.jp/artists/hiromitsukitayama/discography/56 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250209134558/https://tobe-official.jp/artists/hiromitsukitayama/discography/56 |archive-date=9 February 2025 |access-date=9 February 2025 |website=Tobe official site |language=ja}}</ref> |- |}
===== Singles ===== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Format ! Notes ! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- ! rowspan="3" |2023 | ''Ranshin-Ranshin- (乱心-RANSHIN-)'' | Digital | | <ref>{{Cite web |title=10 November 2023 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2302003/full/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250209064335/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2302003/full/ |archive-date=9 February 2025 |access-date=9 February 2025 |website=Oricon |date=December 25, 2023 |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Discography 乱心 -Ranshin- |url=https://tobe-official.jp/artists/hiromitsukitayama/discography/40 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250209140804/https://tobe-official.jp/artists/hiromitsukitayama/discography/40 |archive-date=9 February 2025 |access-date=9 February 2025 |website=Tobe official site |language=ja}}</ref> |- | ''Joker'' | Digital | | <ref name="Ranshin Joker CD">{{Cite web |date=15 December 2023 |title=北山宏光、早くも新曲「JOKER」配信へ 作詞はユニゾン斎藤宏介と共作 1stシングルCD発売も決定 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2306738/full/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250209071828/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2306738/full/ |archive-date=9 February 2025 |access-date=9 February 2025 |website=Oricon |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Discography Joker |url=https://tobe-official.jp/artists/hiromitsukitayama/discography/42 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250209142044/https://tobe-official.jp/artists/hiromitsukitayama/discography/42 |archive-date=9 February 2025 |access-date=9 February 2025 |website=Tobe official site |language=ja}}</ref> |- | ''Ranshin / Joker'' | CD + Blu-Ray, CD | |<ref name="Ranshin Joker CD" /><ref name="Tobe RanJok">{{Cite web |title=Hiromitsu Kitayama Discography 乱心-RANSHIN- / Joker |url=https://tobe-official.jp/artists/hiromitsukitayama/discography/43 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250209075449/https://tobe-official.jp/artists/hiromitsukitayama/discography/43 |archive-date=9 February 2025 |access-date=9 February 2025 |website=Tobe official site |language=ja}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="2" |2024 | ''Bet'' | Digital | | <ref name="Bet Beast">{{Cite web |date=16 February 2024 |title=北山宏光、3rdデジタルシングル「BET」発表「数年前から温めていた一曲」CDリリースも決定 |url=https://mdpr.jp/music/detail/4200628 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250209122610/https://mdpr.jp/music/detail/4200628 |archive-date=9 February 2025 |access-date=9 February 2025 |website=Model Press |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Discography Bet |url=https://tobe-official.jp/artists/hiromitsukitayama/discography/49 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250209123457/https://tobe-official.jp/artists/hiromitsukitayama/discography/49 |archive-date=9 February 2025 |access-date=9 February 2025 |website=Tobe official site |language=ja}}</ref> |- | ''Bet / Beast'' | CD+Blu-Ray, CD | | <ref name="Bet Beast" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Discography Bet/The Beast – Hiromitsu Kitayama |url=https://tobe-official.jp/artists/hiromitsukitayama/discography/51 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250209125514/https://tobe-official.jp/artists/hiromitsukitayama/discography/51 |archive-date=9 February 2025 |access-date=9 February 2025 |website=Tobe official site |language=ja}}</ref> |- |}
===== Other songs ===== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Notes ! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- ! rowspan="3" |2023 | ''NE:Ø era'' | Included in "Ranshin/Joker" Limited edition A | rowspan="3" |<ref name="Tobe RanJok" /> |- | ''YOU & I'' | Included in "Ranshin/Joker" Limited edition B |- | ''In the red night'' ({{nihongo|赤い夜に|Akai yoru ni}}) | Included in "Ranshin/Joker" Regular edition |- ! rowspan="4" |2024 | ''ink.'' | Included in "Bet/Beast" Limited edition A | rowspan="4" |<ref name="Bet Beast" /> |- | ''{{nihongo|Soreta ryūsei-gun|逸れた流星群}}'' | Included in "Bet/Beast" Limited edition B |- | ''Violet'' | Included in "Bet/Beast" Limited edition B |- | ''Totonotte'' | Included in "Bet/Beast" Limited edition C |- |}
===== EP ===== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Format ! Notes ! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- ! 2025 | ''Just Like That-Special Edition-'' | Digital | | <ref>{{Cite web |date=28 January 2025 |title=Hiromitsu Kitayama announces digital EP "Just Like That-Special Edition-" featuring tracks by I Don't Like Mondays. |url=https://www.tokyohive.com/article/2025/01/hiromitsu-kitayama-announces-digital-ep-just-like-that-special-edition-featuring-tracks-by-i-dont-like-mondays |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250209063314/https://www.tokyohive.com/article/2025/01/hiromitsu-kitayama-announces-digital-ep-just-like-that-special-edition-featuring-tracks-by-i-dont-like-mondays |archive-date=9 February 2025 |access-date=9 February 2025 |website=Tokyohive |language=ja}}</ref> |- |}
===== Music videos ===== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- ! rowspan="2" |2023 | ''乱心-Ranshin-（Official Music Video)'' | <ref>{{YouTube|id=unLISzzuJxI|title=乱心 -Ranshin- (Official Music Video)}}</ref> |- | ''Joker（Official Music Video)'' | <ref>{{YouTube|id=I-48-bbP7ZQ|title=Joker（Official Music Video)}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="4" |2024 | ''Bet (Official Music Video)'' | <ref>{{YouTube|h-b7ZEJN1iI|title=Bet (Official Music Video)}}</ref> |- | ''In the red night ({{nihongo|赤い夜に|Akai yoru ni}}) (Official Lyric Video)'' | <ref>{{YouTube|opM-3JZU2UM|title=赤い夜に (Official Lyric Video)}}</ref> |- | ''The Beast (Official Music Video)'' | <ref>{{YouTube|HuXJWqYiiAI|title=The Beast (Official Music Video)}}</ref> |- | ''Comic (Official Music Video)'' | <ref>{{YouTube|uUrEBaq6Skc|title=Comic (Official Music Video)}}</ref> |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== <!-- per WP:ELMINOFFICIAL, choose one official website only --> * {{Official website|https://tobe-official.jp/artists/hiromitsukitayama}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kitayama, Hiromitsu}} Category:1985 births Category:Living people Category:Japanese idols Category:Japanese male pop singers Category:Japanese male television actors Category:Horikoshi High School alumni Category:Asia University (Japan) alumni Category:21st-century Japanese male actors Category:21st-century Japanese male singers Category:Tobe (company) Category:Johnny & Associates