Keiichiro Koyama
Encyclopedia
is a Japanese musician and member of the Johnny's Entertainment group NEWS
.
as the youngest of two children, is the oldest member of NEWS
and is often seen as the mother figure of the group. Before he was in NEWS, he was a member of BAD and J-Support, which was later renamed K.K.Kity
, along with fellow NEWS members Hironori Kusano
and Shigeaki Kato
. As the leader of K.K.Kity, he was often an announcer and this has carried through to NEWS. Despite this, he actually only joined Johnny's Entertainment at the beginning of 2001, when he was 17 years old.
Upon entering Johnny's Entertainment on January 21, 2001, Koyama started out with the unit B.A.D. which stands for Beautiful American Dream. His second unit as a junior was B.B.D. which at first stood for Bad Boys Dancing, but was later changed to Best Beat Dancing. In October 2001, he was chosen as a member of Domoto Koichi's project, J Support, alongside fellow NEWS members Hironori Kusano
and Shigeaki Kato
. It was in this unit that Koyama started out as an announcer for shows such as the Ya-Ya-yah Show, and this has carried through to NEWS
, which he joined in September 2003.
In 2007, he graduated from Meiji University
's Department of History and Geography with a degree in Oriental History. He also occasionally participates in dramas such as guest starring in his fellow bandmate Yamashita Tomohisa's drama Kurosagi
.
From 2006 till March 2011, he hosted the popular TV variety show Shounen Club (Boys Club) alongside KAT-TUN
member Nakamaru Yuichi. Now he can be seen weekly as a newscaster on NTV's daily news program news every.
NeWS
NeWS was a windowing system developed by Sun Microsystems in the mid 1980s. Originally known as "SunDew", its primary authors were James Gosling and David S. H. Rosenthal...
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Biography
Koyama, born in Sagamihara, KanagawaSagamihara, Kanagawa
is a city located in north central Kanagawa Prefecture, bordering Tokyo, Japan. It is the third most populous city in the prefecture, after Yokohama and Kawasaki, and the fifth most populous suburb of Greater Tokyo. Its northern neighbor is Machida, with which a cross-prefectural merger has been...
as the youngest of two children, is the oldest member of NEWS
NeWS
NeWS was a windowing system developed by Sun Microsystems in the mid 1980s. Originally known as "SunDew", its primary authors were James Gosling and David S. H. Rosenthal...
and is often seen as the mother figure of the group. Before he was in NEWS, he was a member of BAD and J-Support, which was later renamed K.K.Kity
K.K.Kity
This Johnny's Jr. group was formed by Koichi Domoto from Kinki Kids under the name J-Support. Later the name of this group changed into K.K.Kity.-Members: born 1 May 1984 born July 11, 1987 born February 15, 1988* Kyohei Iida* Kotaro Takeuchi...
, along with fellow NEWS members Hironori Kusano
Hironori Kusano
is a singer, idol, and former member of the J-pop group NEWS, as part of Johnny's Entertainment, Inc. He joined Johnny's Entertainment on February 4, 2001.- Biography :As a Johnny's Jr., Kusano had also been in other Jr...
and Shigeaki Kato
Shigeaki Kato
is a member of the J-pop group NEWS, from Johnny's Entertainment, Inc.- Biography :Kato Shigeaki joined Johnny's Entertainment on April 17, 1999 when he was 11.As a junior he was a member of the organizations:* Best Beat Boys （B.B.B.）...
. As the leader of K.K.Kity, he was often an announcer and this has carried through to NEWS. Despite this, he actually only joined Johnny's Entertainment at the beginning of 2001, when he was 17 years old.
Upon entering Johnny's Entertainment on January 21, 2001, Koyama started out with the unit B.A.D. which stands for Beautiful American Dream. His second unit as a junior was B.B.D. which at first stood for Bad Boys Dancing, but was later changed to Best Beat Dancing. In October 2001, he was chosen as a member of Domoto Koichi's project, J Support, alongside fellow NEWS members Hironori Kusano
Hironori Kusano
is a singer, idol, and former member of the J-pop group NEWS, as part of Johnny's Entertainment, Inc. He joined Johnny's Entertainment on February 4, 2001.- Biography :As a Johnny's Jr., Kusano had also been in other Jr...
and Shigeaki Kato
Shigeaki Kato
is a member of the J-pop group NEWS, from Johnny's Entertainment, Inc.- Biography :Kato Shigeaki joined Johnny's Entertainment on April 17, 1999 when he was 11.As a junior he was a member of the organizations:* Best Beat Boys （B.B.B.）...
. It was in this unit that Koyama started out as an announcer for shows such as the Ya-Ya-yah Show, and this has carried through to NEWS
NeWS
NeWS was a windowing system developed by Sun Microsystems in the mid 1980s. Originally known as "SunDew", its primary authors were James Gosling and David S. H. Rosenthal...
, which he joined in September 2003.
In 2007, he graduated from Meiji University
Meiji University
is a private university in Tokyo and Kawasaki, founded in 1881 by three lawyers of the Meiji era, Kishimoto Tatsuo, Miyagi Kōzō, and Yashiro Misao. It is one of the largest and most prestigious Japanese universities in Tokyo, Japan....
's Department of History and Geography with a degree in Oriental History. He also occasionally participates in dramas such as guest starring in his fellow bandmate Yamashita Tomohisa's drama Kurosagi
Kurosagi
is a Japanese manga written by Takeshi Natsuhara and illustrated by Kuromaru. The series is about a boy named Kurosaki who swindles only other professional swindlers known as . It won the 2008 Shogakukan Manga Award for seinen/general manga along with Tetsuji Sekiya's Bambino!.The series was...
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From 2006 till March 2011, he hosted the popular TV variety show Shounen Club (Boys Club) alongside 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,...
member Nakamaru Yuichi. Now he can be seen weekly as a newscaster on NTV's daily news program news every.
Dramas
- Kanojo ga Shinjyatta (彼女が死んじゃった) (2004)
- Unlucky Deizu: Natsume no Bōsō (2004)
- Kurosagi (Episode 2 only) (2006)
- Ns' Aoi (Ns'あおい) (2006)
- Hana Yome wa Yakudoshi (2006)
- Yukan Club (Episode 6 only) (2007)
- Loss:Time:Life (ロス：タイム：ライフ) (Episode 2 only) (2008)
- Guests of Room 0 (0号室の客) ( 5th story ) (2010)
Stage performances
- High School Musical (2007) as Troy Bolton
- Loss:Time:Life (2008)
- Call (2009)
- Room 0 (2010) as Shigeto Oyama
Variety shows
- Ya-Ya-yah (2003–2007)
- Hi! Hey! Say (2007–2009)
- Shounen Club (co-hosts with Yuichi Nakamaru) (NHK, 2006–2011)
- Ashita Tsukaeru Shinrigaku! Teppan Note (2008)
- Soukon" (NTV, 2009–2010)