{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | name = Jesse | image = Jesse SixTONES.png | caption = | image_size = | native_name = ジェシー | birth_name = {{nihongo|Jesse Masaya Lewis|ルイス昌也ジェシー}} | alias = {{flatlist| * Jesse Lewis}} | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|6|11}} | origin = Tokyo, Japan | instrument = | genre = {{flatlist| * J-pop}} | occupation = {{flatlist| * Singer * actor}} | current_member_of = SixTones | years_active = 2006–present | label = Sony Music Entertainment Japan *Starto Entertainment *Johnny & Associates | website = https://zdn-j.com }} {{Nihongo|'''Jesse Masaya Lewis'''|ルイス昌也ジェシー|Ruisu Masaya Jeshī|born June 11, 1996}}, known professionally as {{Nihongo|'''Jesse'''|ジェシー|Jeshī}}, is a Japanese singer, actor, and model. He is a member of group SixTONES.
== Early life == Jesse Masaya Lewis,<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 May 2022 |title=ジェシーは歌が上手い。歌声や歌い方が評判。玉置浩二＆好きな曲、ラップも得意 |url=https://asuneta.com/archives/103238 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220720055057/https://asuneta.com/archives/103238 |archive-date=20 July 2022 |access-date=19 July 2024 |website=Asuneta |language=Japanese}}</ref> son of a Japanese mother and American father, was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1996. He has a younger sister.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 January 2022 |title=9 Pesona Jesse Lewis, Idola Blasteran Jepang-Amerika yang Menawan |url=https://www.idntimes.com/hype/entertainment/yenny-6/potret-artis-jepang-jesse-lewis?page=all |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240719075604/https://www.idntimes.com/hype/entertainment/yenny-6/potret-artis-jepang-jesse-lewis?page=all |archive-date=19 July 2024 |access-date=19 July 2024 |website=IDN Times |language=Indonesian}}</ref> Jesse is fluent in Japanese and English.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ジェシー英語で話せる?表記・英語力や発音が下手でない理由 |url=https://www.okayamacafe.com/jesse-eigo/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521035737/https://www.okayamacafe.com/jesse-eigo/ |archive-date=21 May 2024 |access-date=19 July 2024 |website=Okayama Cafe |language=Japanese}}</ref>
== Career == Jesse chose to use only his first name as his stage name while he was a part of the junior talent of Johnny & Associates, agency to which he belonged since entering in September 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 December 2012 |title=ジャニーズ新星！ジェシー、月９初出演で改名(1/2ページ) |url=http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/20121210/joh12121005070000-n1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121212064431/http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/20121210/joh12121005070000-n1.html |archive-date=12 December 2012 |access-date=19 July 2024 |website=Sanspo |language=Japanese}}</ref>
In 2012, Jesse and other members of then-called Johnny's Juniors, acted in the drama Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou, which was Jesse's debut as an actor. The six-member group was given the official name SixTONES when they were performing in "Johnny's Ginza 2015".<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 May 2015 |title=ジャニーズJr."バカレア組"に正式ユニット名「シックストーンズ」 |url=https://news.merumo.ne.jp/article/genre/2806336 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217124847/https://news.merumo.ne.jp/article/genre/2806336 |archive-date=17 February 2021 |access-date=19 July 2024 |website=Merumo |language=Japanese}}</ref> The group debuted in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ジェシー プロフィール |url=https://natalie.mu/stage/artist/69981 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240719080719/https://natalie.mu/stage/artist/69981 |archive-date=19 July 2024 |access-date=19 July 2024 |website=Natalie |language=Japanese}}</ref> Following the annual tradition of choosing the group's leader by Rock paper scissors started in Arashi's show Arashi ni Shiyagare in 2020, as suggested by Arashi's leader Satoshi Ohno, Jesse was chosen as SixTONES' leader for 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 December 2023 |title=SixTONES 24年リーダーはジェシーに決定「それぞれが輝いて、ひとつになった時にがっと！」 |url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2023/12/31/kiji/20240101s00041000128000c.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114224449/https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2023/12/31/kiji/20240101s00041000128000c.html |archive-date=14 January 2024 |access-date=19 July 2024 |website=Sponichi |language=Japanese}}</ref>
Besides singing (as part of SixTONES) and acting in TV dramas, Jesse has also acted in theater plays, which have included musicals such as Beetlejuice.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 October 2023 |title=Interview: Jesse (SixTONES) Wishes for a Revival of BEETLEJUICE |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/japan/article/Interview-Jesse-SixTONES-Wishes-for-a-Revival-of-BEETLEJUICE-20231013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018182127/https://www.broadwayworld.com/japan/article/Interview-Jesse-SixTONES-Wishes-for-a-Revival-of-BEETLEJUICE-20231013 |archive-date=18 October 2023 |access-date=19 July 2024 |website=Broadway World}}</ref>
In 2023, after the Johnny Kitagawa sexual abuse scandal, activities of artists of Johnny & Associates, including SixTONES, were taken over by a new entity called Starto Entertainment,<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 December 2023 |title=Japanese talent agency STARTO ENTERTAINMENT introduces itself to the world |url=https://www.bandwagon.asia/articles/Japanese-talent-agency-starto-entertainment-introduces-itself-to-the-world-jpop-snow-man-sixtones-takuya-kimura-2023-talent-company-metaverse-streaming-concerts |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240719110157/https://www.bandwagon.asia/articles/Japanese-talent-agency-starto-entertainment-introduces-itself-to-the-world-jpop-snow-man-sixtones-takuya-kimura-2023-talent-company-metaverse-streaming-concerts |archive-date=19 July 2024 |access-date=19 July 2024 |website=Bandwagon Asia}}</ref> which officially started in April 2024.
On 19 July 2024, Jesse announced on his Instagram that he had established a private company called ZDN Co,.Ltd. for his individual activities. The company name was taken from one of his catchphrase {{Nihongo|"Zudon!"|ズドン！|{{lit}} "bang!"}}.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-19 |title=個人会社設立のSixTONESジェシー、会社名「株式会社ZDN」に反響続々「まさかのズドンに笑った」「センスの塊」 - モデルプレス |url=https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/4330441 |access-date=2025-10-30 |website=モデルプレス - ライフスタイル・ファッションエンタメニュース |language=ja}}</ref> His activities as part of the group would continue under Starto.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 July 2024 |title=SixTONESジェシー、個人会社設立を報告「グループ活動を軸に新しい分野への挑戦も」 公式サイトも開設 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2336798/full/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240719055333/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2336798/full/ |archive-date=19 July 2024 |access-date=19 July 2024 |website=Oricon |language=Japanese}}</ref>
Jesse was appointed as brand ambassador for Under Armour Japan, as announced on March 24, 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 March 2025 |title=ジェシー、『アンダーアーマー』ブランドキャンペーンアンバサダーに「進化したJESSEをぜひみてもらえたら」 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2375662/full/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250324100250/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2375662/full/ |archive-date=24 March 2025 |access-date=24 March 2025 |website=Oricon |language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=24 March 2025 |title=ジェシーが「アンダーアーマー」のアンバサダーに就任 キャンペーンで鍛えた肉体を披露 |url=https://www.wwdjapan.com/articles/2075598 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250324100129/https://www.wwdjapan.com/articles/2075598 |archive-date=24 March 2025 |access-date=24 March 2025 |website=MMD Japan |language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=UNDER ARMOUR × JESSE |url=https://www.underarmour.co.jp/feature/uaxjesse/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250324095946/https://www.underarmour.co.jp/feature/uaxjesse/ |archive-date=24 March 2025 |access-date=24 March 2025 |website=Under Armour Japan |language=Japanese}}</ref>
==Filmography==
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"|Notes ! class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |- | rowspan="2"| 2012 | ''Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou'' | Yuki Satonaka | | <ref>{{cite web |url= https://thetv.jp/program/0000006870/cast/|title= 私立バカレア高校の出演者・キャスト一覧|access-date= 21 July 2024|work= The Television}}</ref> |- | ''Sprout'' | Hayato Katagiri | credited as Lewis Jesse | <ref>{{Cite web |title=スプラウトの出演者・キャスト一覧 |url=https://thetv.jp/program/0000007094/cast/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250125085719/https://thetv.jp/program/0000007094/cast/ |archive-date=25 January 2025 |access-date=25 January 2025 |website=The Television |language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=スプラウト 2012年7月期 土曜深夜放送 |url=https://www.ntv.co.jp/sprout/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026110700/https://www.ntv.co.jp/sprout/index.html |archive-date=26 October 2021 |access-date=25 January 2025 |website=NTV Sprout official page |language=Japanese}}</ref> |- | 2020 | ''K2: Dodgy Badge Brothers'' | Ichiro Morohoshi | | <ref>{{cite web |url= https://thetv.jp/program/0000984316/cast/|title= キワドい2人-K2-池袋署刑事課神崎・黒木の出演者・キャスト一覧|access-date= 21 July 2024|work= The Television}}</ref> |- | 2024 | ''Captured New Airport'' | Rat/Taiga Niimi | | <ref name="DBS S2 1st add. cast">{{Cite web |date=10 December 2023 |title=櫻井翔主演『大病院占拠』続編『XXX占拠』新キャスト発表 SixTONESジェシーが謎の男役 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2305957/full/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210004337/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2305957/full/ |archive-date=10 December 2023 |access-date=6 January 2024 |website=Oricon |language=Japanese}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=「新空港占拠」ジェシー(SixTONES)演じる"謎の男"の正体がついに明らかに！"獣"メンバーの"鼠"大河 |url=https://www.ntv.co.jp/dbs2/articles/3933exh3sxs7cmfvmiyy.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240721083455/https://www.ntv.co.jp/dbs2/articles/3933exh3sxs7cmfvmiyy.html |archive-date=21 July 2024 |access-date=21 July 2024 |website=NTV DBS2 (Shin Kuukou Senkyo) |language=Japanese}}</ref> |- |}
===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"|Notes ! class="unsortable"|{{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |- | 2019 | ''Ninja Drones?'' | Joe (N° 112) | |<ref>{{cite web |title=映画 少年たち |url=https://eiga.com/movie/90268/ |website=eiga.com |access-date=2024-11-28 |language=Japanese}}</ref> |- | rowspan=2|2023 | ''Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room'' | Tomohiro Shiomi | | <ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/96378/|title= 劇場版TOKYO MER 走る緊急救命室|access-date= 17 April 2025|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> |- | ''Revolver Lily'' | Kiyochika Josef Tsuyama | | <ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/96663/|title= リボルバー・リリー|access-date= 21 July 2024|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> |- | rowspan=2|2025 | ''A Girl & Her Guard Dog'' | Keiya Utō | Lead role | <ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/101767/|title= お嬢と番犬くん|access-date= 21 July 2024|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> |- | ''Tokyo MER: Mobile Emergency Room – Nankai Mission'' | Tomohiro Shiomi | | <ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/102489/|title= 劇場版TOKYO MER 走る緊急救命室 南海ミッション|access-date= 17 April 2025|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> |- |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == *{{official website|https://zdn-j.com}} *[https://starto.jp/s/p/artist/42/profile Starto Entertainment SixTones official profile]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jesse}} Category:Living people Category:1996 births Category:People from Tokyo Metropolis Category:Japanese television personalities Category:Japanese people of American descent Category:Japanese male pop singers Category:Japanese male actors Category:Starto Entertainment artists Category:Johnny & Associates Category:21st-century Japanese male actors