{{For|other uses of "D-Boy"|D-Boy (disambiguation){{!}}D-Boy}} {{Multiple issues| {{Notability|Music|date=April 2023}} {{no footnotes|date=November 2025}} }} {{Infobox musical artist | name = D-Boys | image = | caption = | origin = Tokyo, Japan | occupation = Actors | years_active = 2004–present | label = Watanabe Entertainment | spinoffs = {{flatlist| * D2 * D-Date}} | website = {{URL|www.d-boys.com}} }}
'''D-Boys''' (stylized as '''D-BOYS''') is a Japanese acting troupe affiliated with Watanabe Entertainment. The ''D'' in the group's name stands for "Drama" (acting work), "Dream", "Debut", "Discovery" and "Development" (growth and advancement).
Although the D-Boys are promoted as a group and members occasionally work together on the same projects, each actor develops his career independently from his fellow members in their own television, cinema and theatre projects. New D-Boys members are regularly selected through public audition events with interactive participation of fan club members.
==Members== <!--All Japanese names in Wikipedia are represented in their western format. Do not revert them to their Japanese romanization or it will be considered vandalism.--> <!--Members are presented in the order they joined/left the group. Before changing the current order, please discuss changes to this section in the article's Talk page.-->
===Current members=== * {{Nihongo|Masato Wada|和田 正人|Wada Masato|born August 25, 1979}} * {{Nihongo|Hiroki Suzuki|鈴木 裕樹|Suzuki Hiroki|born October 3, 1983}} * {{Nihongo|Hirofumi Araki|荒木 宏文|Araki Hirofumi|born June 14, 1983}} * {{Nihongo|Kōji Seto|瀬戸 康史|Seto Kōji|born May 18, 1988}} * {{Nihongo|Masahiro Usui|碓井 将大|Usui Masahiro|born December 3, 1991}} * {{Nihongo|Arata Horii|堀井 新太|Horii Arata|born June 26, 1992}} * {{Nihongo|Syo Jinnai|陳内 将|Jin'nai Shō|born January 16, 1988}} * {{Nihongo|Ryosuke Ikeoka|池岡 亮介|Ikeoka Ryōsuke|born September 3, 1993}} * {{Nihongo|Yuki Yamada|山田 裕貴|Yamada Yūki|born September 18, 1990}} * {{Nihongo|Shotaro Okubo|大久保 祥太郎|Ōkubo Shōtarō|born August 27, 1995}} * {{Nihongo|Jun Shison|志尊 淳|Shison Jun|born March 5, 1995}} * {{Nihongo|Masaki Nakao|中尾 暢樹|Nakao Masaki|born November 27, 1996}}
===Former members=== * {{Nihongo|Ichitaro Yamazaki|一太郎|Yamazaki Ichitarō|born July 19, 1980}} * {{Nihongo|Katsuki Nakamura|中村 勝樹|Nakamura Katsuki|born March 23, 1990}} * {{Nihongo|Shintaro Tetsu|鐵 進太郎|Tetsu Shintarō|born September 29, 1986}} * {{Nihongo|Yuma Minakawa|皆川 佑馬|Minakawa Yūma|born October 1, 1984}} * {{Nihongo|Yu Shirota|城田 優|Shirota Yū|born December 26, 1985}} * {{Nihongo|Kouhei Kumai|熊井 幸平|Kumai Kōhei|born July 27, 1990}} * {{Nihongo|Masaya Nakamura|中村 昌也|Nakamura Masaya|born April 30, 1986}} * {{Nihongo|Shingo Nakagawa|中川 真吾|Nakagawa Shingo|born May 8, 1983}} * {{Nihongo|Yūichi Nakamura|中村 優一|Nakamura Yūichi|born October 8, 1987}} * {{Nihongo|Yuya Endo|遠藤 雄弥|Endō Yūya|born March 20, 1987}} * {{Nihongo|Masaki Kaji|加治 将樹|Kaji Masaki|born January 29, 1988}} * {{Nihongo|Osamu Adachi|足立 理|Adachi Osamu|born December 22, 1987}} * {{Nihongo|Shunji Igarashi|五十嵐 隼士|Igarashi Shunji|born August 7, 1986}} * {{Nihongo|Toru Kamitsuru|上鶴 徹|Kamitsuru Tōru|born June 26, 1989}} * {{Nihongo|Taito Hashimoto|橋本 汰斗|Hashimoto Taito|born November 1, 1991}} * {{Nihongo|Kenki Yamaguchi|山口 賢貴|Yamaguchi Kenki|born July 17, 1986}} * {{Nihongo|Yoichiro Omi|近江 陽一郎|Ōmi Yōichirō|born April 5, 1989}} * {{Nihongo|Ryuki Takahashi|高橋 龍輝|Takahashi Ryūki|born March 28, 1993}} * {{Nihongo|Shintaro Akutsu|阿久津 愼太郎|Akutsu Shintarō|born June 21, 1995}} * {{Nihongo|Kotaro Yanagi|柳 浩太郎|Yanagi Kōtarō|born December 21, 1985}} * {{Nihongo|Shion Tsuchiya|土屋 シオン|Tsuchiya Shion|born July 7, 1992}} * {{Nihongo|Takuya Negishi|根岸 拓哉|Negishi Takuya|born March 12, 1996}} * {{Nihongo|Atsushi Shiramata|白又 敦|Shiramata Atsushi|born March 22, 1994}} * {{Nihongo|Tetsuya Makita|牧田 哲也|Makita Tetsuya|born June 7, 1984}} * {{Nihongo|Tomo Yanagishita|柳下 大|Yanagishita Tomo|born June 3, 1988}} * {{Nihongo|Masashi Mikami|三上 真史|Mikami Masashi|born June 20, 1983}} * {{Nihongo|Yukito Nishii|西井 幸人|Nishii Yukito|born June 14, 1995}} * {{Nihongo|Ryo Mitsuya|三津谷 亮|Mitsuya Ryō|born February 11, 1988}} * {{Nihongo|Atsushi Arai|荒井 敦史|Arai Atsushi|born May 23, 1993}} * {{Nihongo|Takahisa Maeyama|前山 剛久|Maeyama Takahisa|born February 7, 1991}} * {{Nihongo|Shuto Miyazaki|宮崎 秋人|Miyazaki Shūto|born September 3, 1990}} * {{Nihongo|Yusuke Yamada|山田 悠介|Yamada Yūsuke|born July 29, 1987}}
===D2 members=== In 2009, D2 was formed as D-Boys' younger brother group. In October 2013, D2 joined D-Boys to become its sub-group. ;Current members * Yukito Nishii * Ryo Mitsuya * Syo Jinnai * Atsushi Arai * Ryosuke Ikeoka * Yuki Yamada * Takahisa Maeyama * Shotaro Okubo * Jun Shison ;Former members * {{Nihongo|Ryotaro Konno|今野 良太郎|Kon'no Ryōtarō|born August 23, 1993}} * Toru Kamitsuru * Kenki Yamaguchi * Yoichiro Omi * Shintaro Akutsu * Shion Tsuchiya * Takuya Negishi * Atsushi Shiramata
==Group projects== In addition to their individual careers, the D-Boys are also involved in collective projects, as part of the group promotion work.
===''DD-Boys''=== ''DD-Boys'' was a drama-documentary variety series, featuring the D-Boys members as themselves. Each episode had a short staged section following the plot of the members living in the fictional ''D-House'' and seeking ways to raise money for rent, followed by a documentary section showing the members undertaking tasks or challenges to raise that money. Some tasks were inspired by the actor's own personality -e.g., a member who was known to enjoy singing or dancing would have a task related to that hobby, etc. The show was 23 episodes long and aired from 10 April 2006 to 25 September 2006 on TV Asahi.
===Stage works=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Series ! colspan="2" | Title ! Year / date ! Stage Info ! colspan="2" | Cast |- | rowspan="4"| D-Live | colspan="2" | ''1st D-Live'' | 2004 | Live entertainment show | colspan="2" | All members |- | colspan="2" | ''2nd D-Live'' | 2004 | Live entertainment show | colspan="2" | All members |- | colspan="2" | ''3rd D-Live'' | March 2005 | Live entertainment show | colspan="2" | All members |- | colspan="2" | ''4th D-Live'' | May 2006 | Live entertainment show | colspan="2" | All members |- | Out of Order | colspan="2" | ''Out of Order'' | March 2007 | Live entertainment show | colspan="2" | Regular Performers: * Yuya Endo * Masaki Kaji * Kouhei Kumai * Guest performances by all other members |- | rowspan="7"| D-Boys Stage | colspan="2" | Vol 1. Kanba Onrei | June 2007 | Musical | colspan="2" | All members with guest performers: * Yu Shirota * Masato Wada * Shunji Igarashi * Hiroki Suzuki * Hirofumi Araki |- | colspan="2" | Vol 2. ''The Last Game'' | June 2008 | Musical | All members plus guest cast A: * Endo Yuya * Yuichi Nakamura * Kouhei Kumai | All members plus guest aast B: * Shunji Igarashi * Koji Seto * Masahiro Usui |- | rowspan="2" | Vol 3. | ''Karasu 04'' | April 2009 | Musical | Cast A | * Hiroki Suzuki * Shunji Igarashi * Masaki Kaji * Kotaro Yanagi * Tomo Yanagishita * Osamu Adachi * Masaya Nakamura * Ryuki Takahashi * Taito Hashimoto * Yusuke Yamada |- | ''Karasu 10'' | October 2009 | Musical | Cast B | * Endo Yuya * Hirofumi Araki * Shingo Nakagawa * Masato Wada * Yuichi Nakamura * Koji Seto * Masashi Mikami * Masahiro Usui * Tetsuya Makita * Kenki Yamaguchi (D2 member) * Toru Kamitsuru (D2 member) * Ryo Mitsuya (D2 member) * Syo Jinnai (D2 member) |- | rowspan="3 " | Vol 4. | ''Now Loading'' | April 28, 2010 | Musical | Cast A | * Endo Yuya * Shunji Igarashi * Masato Wada * Yusuke Yamada |- | ''The Last Game'' | August 26, 2010 | Musical | Cast B | * Koji Seto * Yuichi Nakamura * Kotaro Yanagi * Osamu Adachi * Shingo Nakagawa * Tetsuya Makita * Ryuki Takahashi * Masashi Mikami * Masahiro Usui |- | ''America'' | November 3, 2010 | Musical | Cast C | * Hiroki Suzuki * Hirofumi Araki * Masaki Kaji * Tomo Yanagishita |}
===Fan club events=== The D-Boys hold special events where fan club members have the opportunity to meet the actors in person and interact with them in camp activities and games such as cook-offs, tug-of-war, etc., in which the members are split into teams, leading groups of fans to compete with each other.
* Official Fan club Day Camp Bus Tour (November 13, 2005) * Official Fan club Limited Bus Tour (August 25 to August 27, 2006) * Official Fan club 3rd Anniversary Bus Tour (September 6 to 8, 2007)
===Live tours=== During the summer of 2009, 19 D-Boys members, including Yu Shirota participated in performances for fans at Akiba Plaza called "Kotoshi no Natsu wa Mainichi Dokoka de D-Boys Uki-uki Yatta Hohohoy" or for short, ''Natsu Doko''. There were 49 performances in total of dances, songs and skits. New D-Boys member, Yusuke Yamada, was introduced to fans during these performances. Three CD+DVD sets featuring different recorded audio theater by separate groups of D-Boys members and footage of ''Natsu Doko'' were released on December 16, 2009.
Due to the success and demand of ''Natsu Doko'', a live tour called ''Fuyu Doko 2009'' was held in the winter of 2009 with 19 D-Boys members and Yu Shirota visiting major cities in Japan to promote the ''Natsu Doko 2009'' CD+DVD release. It was the first live tour around the nation for the group.
===Radio=== * Marvelous Radio Vibration (May 5, 2005 - April 1, 2006) - weekly radio show hosted by Yu Shirota, Kotaro Yanagi and Yukki. * D-Radio Boys (October 2007/present) - weekly radio show hosted by Masato Wada and Shunji Igarashi, featuring guest D-Boys members.
===Other=== * 43rd Secret New Years' Performance Tournament "Young Man Colosseum" (January 1, 2006) - television guest appearance, performed by Masaki Kaji and Hiroki Suzuki. * 44th Secret New Years' Performance Tournament "Chinese Lion Dance" (January 1, 2007) - television guest appearance, performed by Yuya Endo, Masaki Kaji, Hiroki Suzuki, Masato Wada and Yuma Minakawa. * 45th Secret New Years' Performance Tournament "Ikemen Jumpers" (January 1, 2008) - television guest appearance, performed by Masaki Kaji, Kouhei Kumai, Koji Seto, and Shingo Nakagawa. * 45th Secret New Years' Performance Tournament "Kakushi Gei Dancing Ikemen" (Fuji TV - January 1, 2009) - television guest appearance, performed by Tomo Yanagishita, Endo Yuya, Masaki Kaji, Makita Tetsuya, Taito Hashimoto, and Ryuki Takahashi.
==Media== D-Boys members have released merchandise in the form of photobooks, DVDs and CDs individually, or in relation to a work project (e.g. character image CDs/photobooks). As a group, they have released a calendar featuring all D-Boys members and the following items:
===Official photobooks=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Description ! Publisher ! Release date ! ISBN |- | 2005 | ''D-Boys'' | D-Boys First Photobook | Tokyo News Agency | April 27, 2005 | {{ISBN|4-924566-42-X}} |- | 2006 | ''Start!'' | D-Boys 2nd Photobook | Gakken Co., Ltd. | March 15, 2006 | {{ISBN|4-05-403035-1}} |- | 2008 | ''Dash'' | D-Boys Third Photobook | Kadokawa Marketing Co., Ltd. | December 2008 | {{ISBN|978-4-04-895035-0}} |- | 2010 | ''Darling'' | D-Boys Fourth Photobook | Shufu-to-Seikatsu Sha, Ltd. | March 2010 | {{ISBN|978-4-04-895035-0}} |}
===DVD series=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Series ! Title ! DVD info ! Members ! Release date |- | rowspan="10"| D-Boys Boy Friend Series | ''No Fiction'' | Volume 1 | Shunji Igarashi | June 24, 2009 |- | ''Self-Discovery'' | Volume 2 | Yuichi Nakamura | August 21, 2009 |- | ''Peacemaker'' | Volume 3 | Hiroki Suzuki | September 18, 2009 |- | ''Sugao'' | Volume 4 | Hirofumi Araki | October 23, 2009 |- | ''Tomorrow'' | Volume 5 | Tomo Yanagishita | November 26, 2009 |- | ''Yu Channel'' | Volume 6 | Yu Shirota | December 23, 2009 |- | ''7 Heroes'' | Volume 7 | * Yuichi Nakamura * Shunji Igarashi * Koji Seto * Hiroki Suzuki * Hirofumi Araki * Masahiro Usui * Masashi Mikami | February 24, 2010 |- | ''Super Rookie'' | Volume 8 | Ryuki Takahashi | March 25, 2010 |- | ''Tight Rizm'' | Volume 9 | Taito Hashimoto | April 21, 2010 |- | ''Set Out'' | Volume 10 | Koji Seto | May 26, 2010 |- | rowspan="3"| Natsu Doko 2009 | ''Natsu Doko 2009 Kaze'' - Team Wind version | DVD for D-Boys ''Natsu Doko 2009'' | All members with Yu Shirota | December 16, 2009 |- | ''Natsu Doko 2009 Yama'' - Team Mountain version | DVD for D-Boys ''Natsu Doko 2009'' | All members with Yu Shirota | December 16, 2009 |- | ''Natsu Doko 2009 Kawa'' - Team River version | DVD for D-Boys ''Natsu Doko 2009'' | All members with Yu Shirota | December 16, 2009 |- | rowspan="2"| Haru Doko 2010 | ''Haru Doko 2010: Momo'' | DVD for D-Boys ''Haru Doko 2010'' | Momo members | July 14, 2010 |- | ''Haru Doko 2010: Sakura'' | DVD for D-Boys ''Haru Doko 2010'' | Sakura members | July 14, 2010 |}
===Discography=== The D-Boys have released on December 16, 2009, three CD+DVD sets featuring different recorded audio theater by separate groups of D-Boys members on CD and footage of ''Natsu Doko'' on DVD. ''Natsu Doko 2009'' debuted on the Oricon Charts in [https://web.archive.org/web/20100103140410/http://blog.watanabepro.co.jp/miki/archives/2009/12/post_1080.html 11th].
{| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! CD info ! Members ! Chart debut ! Track listings |- | rowspan="3"| 2009 | ''Natsu Doko 2009 Kaze'' - Team Wind version | Audio Theater album by D-Boys | Team Wind members * Tomo Yanagishita * Endo Yuya * Masato Wada * Hiroki Suzuki * Masaya Nakamura | style="text-align:center;"| 11 | D-Boys CD and DVD * Natsu no Kakehashi |- | ''Natsu Doko 2009 Yama'' - Team Mountain version | Audio Theater album by D-Boys | Team Mountain members * Shunji Igarashi * Kotaro Yanagi * Osamu Adachi * Masashi Mikami * Yusuke Yamada | style="text-align:center;"| 11 | D-Boys CD and DVD * Natsu no Kakehashi |- | ''Natsu Doko 2009 Kawa'' - Team River version | Audio Theater album by D-Boys | Team River members * Yuichi Nakamura * Hirofumi Araki * Masaki Kaji * Tetsuya Makita * Masahiro Usui | style="text-align:center;"| 11 | D-Boys CD and DVD * Natsu no Kakehashi |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.d-boys.com}} {{in lang|ja}} * [https://www.watanabepro.co.jp/ Watanabe Entertainment official website] {{in lang|ja}} * [http://www.nipponproject.com/en/article.php?id=251 Interview with U (Shirota Yu)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002033944/http://www.nipponproject.com/en/article.php?id=251 |date=2011-10-02 }} {{in lang|en}} * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100424221722/http://www.d2boys.com/ |date=24 April 2010 |title=D2 official website}} {{in lang|ja}} * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060820072032/http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/dd-boys/ |date=20 August 2006 |title=DD-Boys official website}} {{in lang|ja}}
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