Keito Okamoto
Encyclopedia
is a Japanese singer and member of the J-pop
group Hey! Say! JUMP
. He is under the management of Johnny & Associates
. He was born in Tokyo
to Kenichi Okamoto, a former member of the rockband & Johnny's group Otokogumi and model Nishi Katsue.
He lived in England
for almost four years until returning to the Tokyo Metropolitan Area and is currently the only member of Hey! Say! JUMP to speak fluent English
. He plays guitar along with Hikaru Yaotome
in their concerts.
talent agency. On September 21, 2007, he began performing as a member of Hey! Say! JUMP
.
In March 2011, Okamoto appeared in the final episode of long-running drama Kinpachi Sensei as a delinquent student.
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 Hey! Say! JUMP
Hey! Say! JUMP
Hey! Say! JUMP is a ten-member Japanese boy band under the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates. The name Hey! Say! refers to the fact that all the members were born in the Heisei period and JUMP is an acronym for Johnny's Ultra Music Power...
. He is under the management of Johnny & Associates
Johnny & Associates
is a talent agency formed by Johnny Kitagawa in 1962. Johnny & Associates trains and promotes groups of male idols, collectively known as , in Japan.-1962–1989:...
. He was born in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
to Kenichi Okamoto, a former member of the rockband & Johnny's group Otokogumi and model Nishi Katsue.
He lived in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
for almost four years until returning to the Tokyo Metropolitan Area and is currently the only member of Hey! Say! JUMP to speak fluent English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
. He plays guitar along with Hikaru Yaotome
Hikaru Yaotome
is a Japanese singer and songwriter as well as member of Hey! Say! JUMP. He is under the management of Johnny & Associates. He was born in Miyagi and lives in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area....
in their concerts.
Career
On October, 2006, he started work with the Johnny & AssociatesJohnny & Associates
is a talent agency formed by Johnny Kitagawa in 1962. Johnny & Associates trains and promotes groups of male idols, collectively known as , in Japan.-1962–1989:...
talent agency. On September 21, 2007, he began performing as a member of Hey! Say! JUMP
Hey! Say! JUMP
Hey! Say! JUMP is a ten-member Japanese boy band under the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates. The name Hey! Say! refers to the fact that all the members were born in the Heisei period and JUMP is an acronym for Johnny's Ultra Music Power...
.
In March 2011, Okamoto appeared in the final episode of long-running drama Kinpachi Sensei as a delinquent student.
TV Drama
- San nen B-gumi Kinpachi-sensei Final SP (March 27, 2011)
TV Commercials / Advertisements
- Deca Sports - Wii
- LOTTE Ghana (2009)
- LOTTE Plus X Fruitio (2010)
- LOTTE Fruitio Squash