is a Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese vocalist and actor currently part of the J-pop

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 Run&Gun

RUN&GUN

Run&Gun is a four-member Japanese pop group which has released numerous singles, albums and DVDs and have performed some live concerts. Run&Gun started their career in 2001, with their first single "Lay up", written by Daisuke Asakura. Asakura continued to write songs for the group until 2002...

. 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...

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He was part of the casts of Musical Air Gear with his fellow band members. In the first musical he played the part of Team Bacchus' leader, Romeo, but in the second installment he took over the lead role of Minami Ikki after Kenta Kamakari

Kenta Kamakari

is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer, famous for his role as Ryo Shishido in the Prince of Tennis Musicals. He was hospitalized on April 21, 2007 and was unable to play the role of Minami Itsuki in Musical Air Gear vs. Bacchus Super Range Remix and appear in Dream Live 4 ~Extra~. As he...

 fell ill.

Wrote a book together with fellow RUN&GUN member Kousuke

Kousuke Yonehara

is a Japanese vocalist and actor currently part of the J-pop group Run&Gun. He was born in Osaka.He was part of the cast of Musical Air Gear with his fellow band members...

 called Flying Mellon (フライングメロン)

Broke his arm during the second-to-last showing of the Air Gear musical, he however continued performing even with the broken arm. In the last showing he performed his songs from the side of the stage while in some scenes a stand-in performed his on-stage tricks.

Stage

• Into the woods (Jack) (2004)
• Musical Air Gear (Romeo) (2007/01, Tokyo + Osaka)
• Musical Air Gear vs. Bacchus Super Range Remix (Minami Ikki) (2007/05, Tokyo)
• RUN&GUN stage: Blue sheets (Hug) (2008/01 Tokyo + Osaka)
• Flying Trapeze (2008)
• The Sound of Music (Rolf) (2008)
• RUN&GUN stage 2: Yoosoro (2008/10)
• Fruits Basket Stage (Kyo) (2009)
• Evil Dead the musical (2009)

External links

• Kamiyama Ryuji's blog
• Run&Gun.jp - Official website