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===Post-debut===
===Post-debut===
In September 2003, eight other boys from [[Johnny's Juniors]] were chosen to form the group NewS with Yamashita, who became the leader. NewS's formation came as a shock not only to the fans of [[Four Tops]] but its own members as well. Yamashita later revealed that at the time, aside from [[Ryo Nishikido]], he had barely talked to any of the other group members since they were all [[juniors]] in relation to his [[status]] within Johnny's. Moreover he had been informed that the group would merely be a [[temporary]] one-month unit, formed to cheer for Japan's women's Volleyball team.
In September 2003, eight other boys from [[Johnny's Juniors]] had been chosen to form the group ''NewS'' with Yamashita, who became the leader. NewS's formation came as a shock not only to the fans of [[Four Tops]], but to its own members as well. Yamashita later revealed that at the time, aside from [[Ryo Nishikido]], he had barely talked to any of the other group members since they were all [[juniors]] in relation to his [[status]] within Johnny's. Moreover he had been informed that the group would merely be a [[temporary]] one-month unit, formed to cheer for Japan's Women's Volleyball team during the games held in 2003.


NEWS made its formal debut on May 12, 2004. Since its debut, NEWS has had all consecutive #1 singles on the [[Oricon]] Ranking Chart. To date, all 11 singles and albums have debuted #1.{{Fact|date=October 2008}}
NewS made its formal debut on May 12, 2004, with the single ''Kibou ~Yell!~''. Since its debut, NewS has had all consecutive #1 singles on the [[Oricon]] Ranking Chart. To date, all 11 singles and albums have debuted at the #1 spot.{{Fact|date=October 2008}}


In October 2005, Yamashita and [[Kamenashi Kazuya]] from [[KAT-TUN]] formed [[Shuuji to Akira]] to promote their drama, ''[[Nobuta wo Produce]]''. It was named after their characters in the show, Shuuji and Akira. They also released a single, Seishun Amigo, as ''Shuuji to Akira'', which sold over one million copies in four weeks. Seishun Amigo was the number one best selling single on the [[Oricon]] Yearly Single Rankings for 2005. NewS, however, had been temporarily disbanded and all group activities had been suspended after the suspension of two of its members for [[underage drinking]].
In October 2005, Yamashita and [[Kamenashi Kazuya]] from [[KAT-TUN]] had formed [[Shuuji to Akira]] to promote their drama, ''[[Nobuta wo Produce]]''. The duo had been named after their characters in the show, Kiritani Shuuji and Kusano Akira. They also released a single, ''Seishun Amigo'', which sold over one million copies in four weeks. Seishun Amigo was the number one best selling single on the [[Oricon]] Yearly Singles Ranking for 2005. NewS, however, had been temporarily disbanded and all group activities had been put on hold after the suspension of two of its members, who had both been accused of [[underage drinking]].


In spring 2006, Yamashita starred in ''Kurosagi'', a drama based on the manga of the same name, where he had worked alongside [[Maki Horikita]] again, only a few months after working together in [[Nobuta wo Produce]]. For this purpose, Yamashita recorded his first [[Single (music)|single]] as a solo [[artist]] "Daite Señorita" which climbed to the #1 spot in the Oricon ranking. He received Artist of the Year along with Tackey & Tsubasa and KAT-TUN. His single was the 4th best-selling single of 2006, selling more than 600,000 records -- twice the amount of NEWS's record sales per single. Much to his success, rumors have speculated that Yamashita Tomohisa is set to pursue a career as a solo artist but was later proven to be untrue, as stated that Tomohisa prefers to stay with the group not as their leader but simply as a member. His modesty and well grounded nature is much recognized not only by his band members but throughout the fan community.
In spring 2006, Yamashita starred in ''Kurosagi'', a drama based on the manga of the same name. Yamashita once again worked with U-20 idol [[Maki Horikita]] who played ''Nobuko'' or ''Nobuta'' in [[Nobuta wo Produce]], the chemistry between the characters they portrayed a few months prior having led them to work together on another serial drama. For this purpose, Yamashita recorded his first [[Single (music)|single]] as a solo [[artist]]. "Daite Señorita" climbed to the #1 spot in the Oricon ranking, the same award-giving body that awarded him the ''Artist of the Year'' award, alongside Tackey & Tsubasa and KAT-TUN. His single was the 4th best-selling single of 2006, selling more than 600,000 records -- twice the amount of NEWS's record sales per single. Much to his success, rumors and speculations have gone around the entertainment industry that Yamashita will be pursuing a career apart from NewS as a solo artist. It was later proven to be untrue, as Tomohisa stated that he still preferred to stay with his group, and not even as their leader but simply as a member. His modesty and well grounded nature is much recognized not only by his band members but throughout the Japanese entertainment world and the fan community as well.


In June 2006, he became part of an unofficial group within Johnny's Entertainment called "No Border", which includes members: [[Matsumoto Jun]] of [[Arashi]], [[Murakami Shingo]] of [[Kanjani8]], Satō Atsuhiro of [[Hikaru Genji]], [[Ikuta Toma]] of Johnny's Junior's, [[Domoto Koichi]] of [[Kinki Kids]], Yamaguchi Tatsuya of [[TOKIO]] and [[Takizawa Hideaki]] of [[Tackey & Tsubasa]]. The group was formed when the 8 members from different JE groups met up for dinner and decided to name themselves ''No Border''. They are known to interact freely, bypassing the senpai-kouhai relationships that rooted from the differring dates of their entry into Johnny's Entertainment. There is a 7 part round-robin on their jwebs about the formation of the group, and each member has a specific color - White, Black, Red, Pink, Purple, Gold, Blue, Grey. However, who holds which color is still unknown.
In June 2006, he became part of an unofficial group within Johnny's Entertainment called "No Border", which includes [[Matsumoto Jun]] of [[Arashi]], [[Murakami Shingo]] of [[Kanjani8]], Satō Atsuhiro of [[Hikaru Genji]], [[Ikuta Toma]] of Johnny's Junior's, [[Domoto Koichi]] of [[Kinki Kids]], Yamaguchi Tatsuya of [[TOKIO]] and [[Takizawa Hideaki]] of [[Tackey & Tsubasa]]. The group had been formed when the 8 members from different JE groups met up for dinner and decided to name themselves ''No Border''. They are known to interact freely, bypassing the senpai-kouhai relationship that had been imposed in the agency, which is rooted from the differring dates of their entry into Johnny's Entertainment. There is a 7-part round-robin on their jwebs about the formation of the group, and each member has a specific color - White, Black, Red, Pink, Purple, Gold, Blue, Grey. However, who holds which color is still unknown.


In the latter half of 2006, Yamashita and [[Thai people|Thai]] brother duet [[Golf & Mike]] teamed up with '''K'''itayama Hiromitsu (Kis-my-ft2), '''I'''noo Kei (J.J. Express, later [[Hey! Say! JUMP]]), '''T'''otsuka Shota (A.B.C.), and '''Y'''aotome Hikaru (Ya-Ya-Yah, later [[Hey! Say! JUMP]]), to form a temporary unit called ''Kitty GYM'', though there has never been a second '''T'''. This unit was made to cheer on the Japan Women's Volleyball team, and they released a single in August called "Fever to Future", with the name "GYM" an acronym for '''G'''olf, '''Y'''amashita, and '''M'''ike.
In the latter half of 2006, Yamashita and [[Thai people|Thai]] brother duet [[Golf & Mike]] teamed up with '''K'''itayama Hiromitsu (Kis-my-ft2), '''I'''noo Kei (J.J. Express, later [[Hey! Say! JUMP]]), '''T'''otsuka Shota (A.B.C.), and '''Y'''aotome Hikaru (Ya-Ya-Yah, later [[Hey! Say! JUMP]]), to form a temporary unit called ''Kitty GYM'', though there had never been a second '''T'''. This unit had been put together to cheer on Japan's Women's Volleyball team, and they released a single in August called "Fever to Future", the name "GYM" actually being an acronym for '''G'''olf, '''Y'''amashita, and '''M'''ike.


Yamashita returned as a member of NewS on 31 December 2006 at Johnny's Countdown 2006-2007, with the group being re-launched as NEWS, after which they had released their 7th single shortly after, ''Hoshi wo Mezashite''. The single had debuted at the #1 spot in the Oricon Weekly Singles Ranking.
Yamashita returned as a member of NewS on 31 December 2006 at Johnny's Countdown 2006-2007, where the group had been re-launched as NEWS, shortly after which they had released their 7th single, ''Hoshi wo Mezashite''. The single had debuted at the #1 spot in the Oricon Weekly Singles Ranking.


Early 2007, Yamashita, along with [[KAT-TUN]]'s [[Koki Tanaka]] and Taisuke Fujigaya of Kis-my-ft2, starred in [[Byakkotai]], a two-part mini-drama that retells of the story of Mineji Sakai and the young samurais of the [[Byakkotai]] group.
Early 2007, Yamashita, along with [[KAT-TUN]]'s [[Koki Tanaka]] and Taisuke Fujigaya of Kis-my-ft2, had starred in [[Byakkotai]], a two-part mini-drama for TV Asahi that retells the story of Mineji Sakai and the young samurais of the [[Byakkotai]] group.


[[Kurosagi (film)|Kurosagi]], a movie that had been spun-off from the successful TBS drama, had premiered on March 8, 2008. Yamashita, who had played the character lead in the television drama, starred in the film, making this his first movie. With only a budget of 2 million US dollars, the movie grossed approximately 15.5 million dollars. Such success is expected to result to more movie offerings for Tomohisa.
[[Kurosagi (film)|Kurosagi]], a movie that had been spun-off from the successful TBS drama, had premiered on March 8, 2008. Yamashita, who had played the character lead in the television drama, starred in the film, making the film his first movie. With only a budget of 2 million US dollars, the movie had grossed approximately 15.5 million dollars. Such success is expected to result to more movie offerings for Tomohisa.


In August 2008, Yamashita had been cast to play the cool and level-headed intern flight doctor in the FujiTV drama ''Code Blue'', along with other popular actresses [[Aragaki Yui]] and [[Toda Erika]]; the two-hour special of which had aired last January 10, 2009.
In August 2008, Yamashita had been cast to play the aloof and level-headed intern flight doctor in the FujiTV drama ''Code Blue'', along with other popular actresses [[Aragaki Yui]] and [[Toda Erika]]; the two-hour special of which had been aired last January 10, 2009.


== Filmography ==
== Filmography ==

Revision as of 06:40, 12 January 2009

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Tomohisa Yamashita (山下 智久, Yamashita Tomohisa, born April 9, 1985), also known as Yamapi (山P) is a Japanese idol, singer-songwriter and an award-winning actor. He has been a member and leader of the popular J-pop group NEWS since 2003 and has also achieved success as part of Shuuji to Akira and as a solo artist. Yamashita graduated in September 2008 from Meiji University's faculty of commerce with a degree in marketing.[1]

Biography

He entered Johnny & Associates when he was 11 years old and is affectionately called YamaPi (short for Yamashita and the colour pink) by his friends, which is a nickname given to him by Hideaki Takizawa. His closest friends call him by the name "Pi", which was first used by his best friend Jin Akanishi, who is part of the group KAT-TUN.

Johnny's Junior

Since joining Johnnys, he has been a member of Jr. groups B.I.G., Four Tops, and most recently NEWS. Yamashita began to appear in television dramas soon after he joined Johnnys. In 2000, at age 15, his performance in Ikebukuro West Gate Park earned him an award for "Best New Comer". That same year, he was voted first place in the Annual Junior Awards for "Best Boyfriend", "Most Beautiful", to name a few for the first time.

When Takizawa made his debut with Tsubasa Imai as Tackey & Tsubasa in 2002, he left as the leader of Johnny's Juniors. Around the same time, Yamashita and the three most popular Tokyo Juniors Toma Ikuta, Jun Hasegawa, and Shunsuke Kazama formed Four Tops. Four Tops then began to host the Junior television program, The Shōnen Club.

Post-debut

In September 2003, eight other boys from Johnny's Juniors had been chosen to form the group NewS with Yamashita, who became the leader. NewS's formation came as a shock not only to the fans of Four Tops, but to its own members as well. Yamashita later revealed that at the time, aside from Ryo Nishikido, he had barely talked to any of the other group members since they were all juniors in relation to his status within Johnny's. Moreover he had been informed that the group would merely be a temporary one-month unit, formed to cheer for Japan's Women's Volleyball team during the games held in 2003.

NewS made its formal debut on May 12, 2004, with the single Kibou ~Yell!~. Since its debut, NewS has had all consecutive #1 singles on the Oricon Ranking Chart. To date, all 11 singles and albums have debuted at the #1 spot.[citation needed]

In October 2005, Yamashita and Kamenashi Kazuya from KAT-TUN had formed Shuuji to Akira to promote their drama, Nobuta wo Produce. The duo had been named after their characters in the show, Kiritani Shuuji and Kusano Akira. They also released a single, Seishun Amigo, which sold over one million copies in four weeks. Seishun Amigo was the number one best selling single on the Oricon Yearly Singles Ranking for 2005. NewS, however, had been temporarily disbanded and all group activities had been put on hold after the suspension of two of its members, who had both been accused of underage drinking.

In spring 2006, Yamashita starred in Kurosagi, a drama based on the manga of the same name. Yamashita once again worked with U-20 idol Maki Horikita who played Nobuko or Nobuta in Nobuta wo Produce, the chemistry between the characters they portrayed a few months prior having led them to work together on another serial drama. For this purpose, Yamashita recorded his first single as a solo artist. "Daite Señorita" climbed to the #1 spot in the Oricon ranking, the same award-giving body that awarded him the Artist of the Year award, alongside Tackey & Tsubasa and KAT-TUN. His single was the 4th best-selling single of 2006, selling more than 600,000 records -- twice the amount of NEWS's record sales per single. Much to his success, rumors and speculations have gone around the entertainment industry that Yamashita will be pursuing a career apart from NewS as a solo artist. It was later proven to be untrue, as Tomohisa stated that he still preferred to stay with his group, and not even as their leader but simply as a member. His modesty and well grounded nature is much recognized not only by his band members but throughout the Japanese entertainment world and the fan community as well.

In June 2006, he became part of an unofficial group within Johnny's Entertainment called "No Border", which includes Matsumoto Jun of Arashi, Murakami Shingo of Kanjani8, Satō Atsuhiro of Hikaru Genji, Ikuta Toma of Johnny's Junior's, Domoto Koichi of Kinki Kids, Yamaguchi Tatsuya of TOKIO and Takizawa Hideaki of Tackey & Tsubasa. The group had been formed when the 8 members from different JE groups met up for dinner and decided to name themselves No Border. They are known to interact freely, bypassing the senpai-kouhai relationship that had been imposed in the agency, which is rooted from the differring dates of their entry into Johnny's Entertainment. There is a 7-part round-robin on their jwebs about the formation of the group, and each member has a specific color - White, Black, Red, Pink, Purple, Gold, Blue, Grey. However, who holds which color is still unknown.

In the latter half of 2006, Yamashita and Thai brother duet Golf & Mike teamed up with Kitayama Hiromitsu (Kis-my-ft2), Inoo Kei (J.J. Express, later Hey! Say! JUMP), Totsuka Shota (A.B.C.), and Yaotome Hikaru (Ya-Ya-Yah, later Hey! Say! JUMP), to form a temporary unit called Kitty GYM, though there had never been a second T. This unit had been put together to cheer on Japan's Women's Volleyball team, and they released a single in August called "Fever to Future", the name "GYM" actually being an acronym for Golf, Yamashita, and Mike.

Yamashita returned as a member of NewS on 31 December 2006 at Johnny's Countdown 2006-2007, where the group had been re-launched as NEWS, shortly after which they had released their 7th single, Hoshi wo Mezashite. The single had debuted at the #1 spot in the Oricon Weekly Singles Ranking.

Early 2007, Yamashita, along with KAT-TUN's Koki Tanaka and Taisuke Fujigaya of Kis-my-ft2, had starred in Byakkotai, a two-part mini-drama for TV Asahi that retells the story of Mineji Sakai and the young samurais of the Byakkotai group.

Kurosagi, a movie that had been spun-off from the successful TBS drama, had premiered on March 8, 2008. Yamashita, who had played the character lead in the television drama, starred in the film, making the film his first movie. With only a budget of 2 million US dollars, the movie had grossed approximately 15.5 million dollars. Such success is expected to result to more movie offerings for Tomohisa.

In August 2008, Yamashita had been cast to play the aloof and level-headed intern flight doctor in the FujiTV drama Code Blue, along with other popular actresses Aragaki Yui and Toda Erika; the two-hour special of which had been aired last January 10, 2009.

Filmography

Renzoku Drama

Commencing Date Network Drama Role
9 May, 1999 NTV P.P.O.I.
(っポイ!, Ppoi!) 		Taira Amano
14 April, 2000 TBS Ikebukuro West Gate Park
(池袋ウエストゲートパーク, Ikekuburō Uesuto Geeto Paaku) 		Shun Mizuno
11 January, 2001 Fuji TV Kabachitare!
(カバチタレ!, Kabachitare!) 		Yūta Tamura
9 January, 2002 Fuji TV Long Love Letter
(ロング・ラブレター〜漂流教室〜, Lōngu Raburetaa ~Hyōryū Kyōshitsu~) 		Tadashi Ōtomo
1 July, 2002 Fuji TV Lunch Queen
(ランチの女王, Lanchi no Joō) 		Kōshirō Nabeshima
4 July, 2003 TBS Stand Up!! Kengo Iwasaki
14 January, 2004 TBS Sore wa, Totsuzen, Arashi no you ni...
(それは、突然、嵐のように…, Sore wa, Totsuzen, Arashi no Yō ni...) 		Takuma Fukazawa
8 July, 2005 TBS Dragon Zakura
(ドラゴン桜, Doragon Zakura) 		Yūsuke Yajima
15 October, 2005 NTV Nobuta wo Produce
(野ブタ。をプロデュース, Nobuta wo Purodyūsu) 		Akira Kusano
14 April, 2006 TBS Kurosagi
(クロサギ, Kurosagi) 		Kurosaki
16 April, 2007 Fuji TV Proposal Daisakusen
(プロポーズ大作戦, Puropōzu Daisakusen) 		Ken Iwase
3 July, 2008 Fuji TV Code Blue
(コード・ブルー -ドクターヘリ緊急救命-, Cōdo Burū -Dokutaa Heri Kinkyūkyūmei-) 		Kōsaku Aizawa

SP Drama & Guest Appearances

Date Network Drama Episode Role
5 December, 1998 NHK Shōnentachi
(少年たち, Shōnentachi) 		3 Shinya Kakuda
21 February, 1999 NTV Nekketsu Renaidō
(熱血恋愛道, Nekketsu Renaidō) 		7 -
16 December, 1999 Fuji TV Kiken na Kankei
(危険な関係, Kiken na Kankei) 		10 Satoshi Miyabe
26 December, 1999 NTV Kowai Nichiyōbi
(怖い日曜日〜新章〜, Kowai Nichiyōbi~Shishō~) 		13 -
13 December, 2000 NTV Worst Date in History
(史上最悪のデート, Shijo Saiaku no Deeto) 		1 Yuki Okamura
24 December, 2000 NHK All Star Chushingura Matsuri
(オールスター忠臣蔵まつり, Ōru Sutaa Chushingura Matsuri) 		- Takumi Asano
1 April, 2001 TBS Shōnen wa Tori ni Natta
(少年は鳥になった, Shōnen wa Tori ni Natta) 		- Ken Nagashima
7 November, 2003 Fuji TV Budō no Ki
(ぶどうの木〜里親と子供たちの愛の物語〜, Budō no Ki~Satooya to Kodomotachi no Ai no Monogatari~) 		- Yōsuke Shindo
6-7 January, 2007 TV Asahi Byakkotai
(白虎隊, Byakkotai) 		1, 2 Mineji Sakai & Shintarō Sakai
25 March, 2008 Fuji TV Proposal Daisakusen SP
(プロポーズ大作戦 SP, Puropōzu Daisakusen SP) 		- Ken Iwase
10 January, 2009 Fuji TV Code Blue SP
(コード・ブルー -ドクターヘリ緊急救命- SP, Cōdo Burū -Dokutaa Heri Kinkyūkyūmei- SP) 		- Kōsaku Aizawa

Film

Release Date Movie Role
17 August, 1996 Shinrei Surfer no Shi
(心霊『サーファーの死』, Shinrei "Saafaa no Shi") 		-
8 March, 2008 Kurosagi
(映画 クロサギ, Eiga Kurosagi) 		Kurosaki

Discography

For NEWS, Shuuji to Akira and Kitty GYM-related releases, please see NEWS' Discography, Shuuji to Akira's Single and Kitty GYM.

Solo Singles

Release Date Title Label
31 May, 2006 Daite Señorita (抱いてセニョリータ, Daite Senyoriita) Johnny's Entertainment

Variety Shows

  • September 1998 Love Juniors, 8 Jida J
  • November 1998 Boys Be...Jr (Episode 8)
  • April 1999 Seven Samurai, J Family Betrayal
  • December 1999 Yattaru J
  • April 2000 Children Rose Empire 2000, The Shonen Club (still running), Music-Enta, Gakibara
  • April 2001 Uso!Japan
  • October 2003 NEWS Best 10
  • 2007 Music Fighter

References

  1. ^ ＮＥＷＳ山下智久が晴れて明大卒業, Nikkan Sports, 2008-09-19. Retrieved on 2009-01-09. Template:Ja icon
Official sites
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