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Noriyuki Higashiyama
東山 紀之
Born (1966-09-30) September 30, 1966 (age 57)
Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Occupation(s)Singer, actor
Years active1979–2023
Spouse
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(m. 2010)​
Musical career
Also known asHigashiyama-san
GenresJ-pop
LabelsElov-label
Formerly ofShonentai
WebsiteShonentai (Elov-label)

Noriyuki Higashiyama (東山 紀之, Higashiyama Noriyuki, born September 30, 1966 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan) is a Japanese businessman and former singer, actor, and member of the idol group Shonentai. He is married to actress Yoshino Kimura.[1]

In September 2023 Higashiyama became the chief executive of Johnny & Associates (currently Smile-Up) following the sexual abuse scandal involving late company founder Johnny Kitagawa.[2]

History

According to his book Kawasaki Kid, his paternal great-grandfather was Russian.[3] When he was still a baby, his grandfather drunkenly poured boiling water on his leg, which left him with a deformity in his left foot. Even with his leg deformities, he was athletic and could do a backflip at the age of nine.[4] His parents divorced because of his father's drunken problem when he was three years old, and his mother later remarried, but later divorced because his next father was a man who was violent not only to his mother and Higashiyama, but also to his younger sister.[4] He and his younger sister were raised by their mother, who worked at a barber shop. They lived in poverty and sometimes had difficulty finding food, but a Korean family who ran a barbecue restaurant in the neighborhood would share their food with them, and they were able to stave off hunger.[5]

In 1979, when Higashiyama was in the sixth grade of elementary school, he was waiting at a traffic light of Shibuya Crossing when he caught the eye of Johnny Kitagawa, who walked by and scouted him directly.[6][7]

In 1982, he formed Shonentai with Kazukiyo Nishikiori and Katsuhide Uekusa, and made their record debut on December 12, 1985 with the single Kamen Butōkai.[8]

After his debut, in addition to his group activities, he mainly worked as an actor, mainly in TV dramas, movies, and stage performances.

In 1988, the term "sauce face," coined to describe a tanned, chiseled, good-looking man like Nishikiori, and the term "soy sauce face," coined to describe a cool, fair-skinned, good-looking man like Higashiyama, won the grand prize for the most popular word.[9][10]

On September 20, 2020, it was announced that Nishikiori and Uekusa would leave Johnny & Associates within the same year. Shonentai name would remain and Higashiyama would continue his performing career.[11]

On September 5, 2023, Higashiyama succeeded as president of Johnny & Associates (later renamed Smile-Up. on October 17 of the same year), replacing Julie Keiko Fujishima, who had resigned after the sexual assault scandal involving the office's founder, Johnny Kitagawa, surfaced and the "negative effects of family management" were pointed out in the investigation report process (later renamed Smile-Up. on October 17 of the same year).[12] On the same day, he held a press conference and announced that he would retire from show business by the end of 2023 and concentrate on his company business.[13]

With this announcement, his appearances on TV Asahi's information variety program "Sunday Live!" [14] and the TBS Television documentary program "Birth Day,"[15] in which he has served as a host since the program's inception in 2005, also ended their appearances after the second episode in the same month.

On December 26, he made his last appearance on stage before his retirement at his solo dinner show "Noriyuki Higashiyama Dinner Show 2023" held at the ANA Inter Continental Hotel Tokyo.[16] Higashiyama performed for the last time as an entertainer. The show had last taken place in 2002, was held in Osaka and Tokyo, for the 2023 edition. Surrounded by excited voices, applause and audience singing, Higashiyama sung a total of 24 songs, which included songs from his time as a member of Shonentai, while in the background, nostalgic images from several moments of his artistic life, as well as a sort of an end roll with a record of his performances until then, ended with a thank you message.[17]

Higashiyama appeared in what is considered his last acting performance on television in 2023, on TV Asahi's jidaigeki drama Hissatsu series, which he took over in 2007 as main protagonist. The series' special drama Hissatsu Shigotonin, aired on 29 December 2023.[18][19]

On December 31, 44 years after he entered show business in 1979, he retired from show business with a last message on his paid member blog, saying, "I would be grateful if someday people could understand that I chose this kind of life".[20]

Personal Life

On October 23, 2010, he married actress Yoshino Kimura, with whom he had been dating for about two and a half years since they performed together on stage in March 2008.[21] Their first child, a daughter, was born in 2011,[22] and their second child, a daughter, was born on May 29, 2013.[23]

Filmography

Film

Television

  • Great Magistrate: Tōyama no Kin-san (1988–1992) – Mizuki Shingo
  • The Tale of Genji, Volume 1 (1991) – Hikaru Genji
  • Ryūkyū no Kaze (1993) – Keitai
  • Genroku Ryōran (1999) – Asano Naganori
  • Morimura Seiichi no Munesue Keiji (2005–2019) – Kōichirō Munesue
  • Kuitan (2006–2007) – Seiya Takano
  • Hissatsu Shigotonin (2007–2023) – Kogoro Watanabe
  • The Partner (2013) – Sakitarō Asaba
  • Ōoka Echizen (2013–2023) – Ōoka Tadasuke aka Ōoka Echizen
  • Keiji 7-Nin (2015–2023) – Yū Amagi
  • Burning Flower (2015) – Kido Takayoshi
  • Yokokuhan: The Pain (2015) – Eiji Sakuma
  • Nobunaga Moyu (2016) – Oda Nobunaga

Dubbing

Live-action

Animation

Stage

Title Year Role Ref.
Okita Sōji 1988 Okita Sōji
Barcelona Monogatari 1991 Rafael Taranto
Gari 1993 Okada
Singin' in the Rain 1996 Don Lockwood
Millennium Shock 2000 Kōichi's deceased brother / Ghost
Romeo and Juliet 2004 Romeo [26]
Farewell My Concubine 2008 Cheng Dieyi [27]
Madame de Sade / My Friend Hitler 2011 Renée, the Marquis de Sade / Ernst Röhm [28]
The King's Speech 2012 Bertie (George VI) [29]
Frankenstein 2013 Dr. Frankenstein / The creature [30]
Joan d'Arc 2014 Charles VII of France [31]
Dorobou Yakusha 2018 Maezono [32]
Any Day Now 2023 Rudy Donatello [33]

Book

  • Higashiyama-Style: Noriyuki Higashiyama Photo Collection (December 15, 1990, Fusosha Publishing) Photo/Katsuo Hanzawa
  • Noriyuki Higashiyama (December 17, 1998, Magazine House, ISBN 9784838711024) - A photo essay based on the serial "Higashiyama Noriyuki's My favorite scene" in the magazine "Raku", with new photos and articles added.
  • Noriyuki Higashiyama talking about Makoto (February 18, 2005, Pia) - Dialogue and Photobook (published by Pia, Feb. 18, 2005, ISBN 9784835615097)
  • Show Lovery River (Written by Show Aikawa / Published by Pia on March 3, 2005, ISBN 9784835615073) - Appeared as one of the guests in a book written by Show Aikawa. Talk 3: Noriyuki Higashiyama and Show Aikawa, two men who keep on running.
  • Kawasaki Kid (June 4, 2010, Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc, ISBN 9784022507563 / August 7, 2015, Asahi Sonorama, ISBN 9784022618351) - A reconstructed version of the serial "Hitherto and Hereafter" from the magazine "Asahi Weekly," with new additions such as a document of a visit to his hometown Kawasaki. Essays on his half life[34]

References

  1. ^ Noriyuki Higashiyama, Yoshino Kimura, now married
  2. ^ "Johnny's talent agency admits sexual abuse by founder, head resigns". Kyodo News. September 7, 2023. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
  3. ^ "東山紀之、反ヘイト本文庫化であらためて語る差別と暴力「人は人を差別するときの顔が最も醜い」「人間は、決して無駄に闘ってはならない」". litera (in Japanese). Litera. August 14, 2015. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  4. ^ a b "「一番恥ずべきことは、知っていて、何もしないこと」俳優・東山紀之が"最後の舞台"で口にした意味深なセリフとは". bunshun (in Japanese). November 26, 2023. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  5. ^ "少年隊･東山紀之の自叙伝は何がすごいのか 原点を見つめなおし､新しい地平を開く". toyokeizai (in Japanese). August 29, 2015. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  6. ^ "東山紀之、伝説のデビュー秘話「ジャニーさんから渋谷の交差点で直接スカウトされた」". oricon (in Japanese). July 17, 2019. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  7. ^ "【二十歳のころ　東山紀之（１）】車に乗ったジャニーさんにスカウトされた". sanspo (in Japanese). July 11, 2017. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  8. ^ "錦織一清が語る80年代の名曲「少年隊の『仮面舞踏会』完成までは半年かかった」". gendai (in Japanese). March 3, 2023. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  9. ^ "第5回 1988年 授賞語". 現代用語の基礎知識 (in Japanese). Jiyukokuminsha.Co.Ltd. 1988. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  10. ^ "東山紀之は近年稀に見る"時代劇スター"だった　『必殺仕事人』シリーズは次世代へ継承？". Realsound (in Japanese). December 29, 2023. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  11. ^ "少年隊の錦織と植草ジャニーズ退所　東山１人が残る". nikkan (in Japanese). January 1, 2021. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  12. ^ "ジャニーズ事務所の藤島社長が辞任へ　後任は東山紀之氏". asahi.com (in Japanese). September 7, 2023. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  13. ^ "ジャニーズ事務所の藤島ジュリー景子社長が引責辞任、後任・東山紀之は年内をもって芸能界引退". natalie (in Japanese). September 7, 2023. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  14. ^ "東山紀之の『サンデーLIVE！！』降板をテレビ朝日・野上慎平アナウンサーが報告 緊張気味に頭下げ「このチームで頑張りましょう」". chunichi (in Japanese). September 10, 2023. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  15. ^ "ＴＢＳ系「バースデイ」、東山紀之降板には触れず". hochi (in Japanese). September 9, 2023. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  16. ^ "君にこの歌を、東山紀之が最後のディナーショーで見せた熱演と伝えた感謝「人生はまだまだ続きます」". natalie (in Japanese). December 27, 2023. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  17. ^ "年内引退の東山紀之、最後の表舞台でファンにお別れ「お元気で!さようなら!」". Oricon (in Japanese). December 27, 2023. Archived from the original on December 26, 2023. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  18. ^ "東山紀之、「必殺仕事人」で最後のテレビ出演を終える　ラストのセリフは「いやもう、お好きなように」引き継ぎ言及なし". Hochi Sports (in Japanese). December 29, 2023. Archived from the original on December 30, 2023. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
  19. ^ "どうなる「必殺」シリーズ、松下奈緒が加入しても東山紀之は引退…自宅に招こうとしていた藤田まことの思い". yomiuri.co.jp (in Japanese). December 29, 2023. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  20. ^ "東山紀之　タレント業引退の日に談話発表「これからまた違う人生を歩むことに…」旧ジャニ入所から44年". sponichi (in Japanese). December 31, 2023. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  21. ^ "交際２年半　東山紀之　木村佳乃と結婚！". sponichi. October 24, 2010. Archived from the original on June 4, 2016.
  22. ^ "東山紀之&木村佳乃夫妻に第1子女児誕生 「命の詩を聞かせてくれました」". oricon (in Japanese). November 5, 2011. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  23. ^ "東山紀之　木村佳乃との次女にデレデレ". daily (in Japanese). June 6, 2013. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  24. ^ "幸せへのキセキ". Star Channel. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
  25. ^ "ブラザー・ベア". Wowow. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
  26. ^ "Noriyuki Higashiyama and Asaka Seto go for broke" (in Japanese). Sports Hochi. 2003. Archived from the original on September 20, 2003. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  27. ^ "Directed by Ninagawa! Higashi in his first Oyama role" (in Japanese). Sports Hochi. October 17, 2007. Archived from the original on May 22, 2008. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  28. ^ "Higashiyama and Ikuta crossdress in a Ninagawa production" (in Japanese). Sports Hochi. October 5, 2010. Archived from the original on October 7, 2010. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  29. ^ "Noriyuki Higashiyama gives an enthusiastic performance, 'The King's Speech' opens". Ticket Pia (in Japanese). August 24, 2012. Archived from the original on August 28, 2012. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  30. ^ "Noriyuki Higashiyama and V6's Masayuki Sakamoto collaborate in 'Frankenstein'". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). November 16, 2013. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  31. ^ "Noriyuki Higashiyama praises Kasumi Arimura in her stage debut". Mantan Web (in Japanese). October 6, 2014. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  32. ^ "Noriyuki Higashiyama and Kanjani Eight's Ryuhei Maruyama to star in 'Dorobou Yakusha'". Modelpress (in Japanese). January 23, 2018. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  33. ^ ""Chocolate Donuts" stage version to be performed again, starring Noriyuki Higashiyama & Keito Okamoto - in 5 cities including Tokyo". Fashion Press (in Japanese). June 26, 2023. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
  34. ^ "Kawasaki Kid". Asahi Sonorama (in Japanese). August 7, 2015. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
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