Sho Sakurai

Sho Sakurai (櫻井 翔, Sakurai Shō) (born January 25, 1982) is a Japanese idol, singer, songwriter, rapper, actor, newscaster, host and former radio host. He is a member of Japanese boy band Arashi.

Sakurai began his career in the entertainment industry when he joined the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates in 1995 at the age of 13. About seven years after his debut as a singer with Arashi in 1999, he became a newscaster in 2006, appearing in the news program News Zero every Monday. In 2008, he was appointed the official newscaster for the news coverage of the Olympic Games in Beijing on NTV.^[1] For his work as an actor, singer and newscaster, Sakurai became one of the recipients of GQ Japan's Men of the Year award in 2009.^[2][3]

Filmography

Drama

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	V no Arashi	Sho Sakurai	Lead role with other members of Arashi
2000	Otōsan	Akira Ohmura	Television special
2001	Tengoku ni Ichiban Chikai Otoko 2	Ayumi Tōdō
2002	Shōnen Taiya: Third Story - Aoki-san Uchi no Oku-san	Sho	Four-episode drama
2002	Kisarazu Cat's Eye	Futoshi Nakagomi (Bambi)
2003	Yoiko no Mikata	Taiyō Suzuki	Lead role
2003	Ikebukuro West Gate Park Special	Bambi	Cameo appearance
2003	Gekidan Engimono: Fourteenth Story - Haetori Kami	Yōhei Yamada	Lead role, four-episode drama
2004	Nurseman Special	Masaya Iwata	Television special
2004	Gekidan Engimono: First Story - Unlucky Days: Natsume no Mōsō	Kantaku	Lead role, four-episode drama
2004	Tokio	Tokio Miyamoto
2005	Gekidan Engimono: Eleventh Story - Ishikawa-ken Gosan-shi	Jun Kawase	Lead role, four-episode drama
2005	Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru Special	Masaya Yoshimori	Lead role, television special
2007	Yamada Tarō Monogatari	Takuya Mimura
2009	Uta no Onii-san	Himself	Episode 7 guest appearance
2009	The Quiz Show 2	Satoru Kamiyama	Lead role
2009	My Girl	Sato	Episode 10 guest appearance
2010	Saigo no Yakusoku	Yukio Tomizawa	Lead role with other members of Arashi, television special
2010	Kobe Shimbun no Nanokakan	Tomohiko Mitsuyama	Lead role, docudrama special
2010	Tokujo Kabachi!!	Katsuhiro Tamura	Lead role

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Pikanchi Life is Hard Dakedo Happy	Tadashi Kamogawa (Chu)
2003	Kisarazu Cat's Eye: Nihon Series	Futoshi Nakagomi (Bambi)
2004	Pikanchi Life is Hard Dakara Happy	Tadashi Kamogawa (Chu)
2006	Honey and Clover	Yūta Takemoto	Lead role
2006	Kisarazu Cat's Eye: World Series	Futoshi Nakagomi (Bambi)
2007	Kiiroi Namida	Ryūsan Mukai
2009	Yatterman	Gan-chan	Lead role
2011	Kamisama no Karute	Ichito Kurihara	Lead role with Aoi Miyazaki

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	West Side Story	Tony	Lead role
2006	The Beautiful Game	John Carey	Lead role

Awards and nominations

Year	Organization	Award	Work	Result
2002	5th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix	Best Newcomer	Tengoku ni Ichiban Chikai Otoko 2	Won[12]
2009	61st Television Drama Academy Awards	Best Actor	The Quiz Show 2	Nominated[33]
	GQ Japan Men of the Year 2009 Awards	GQ Man Of The Year 2009[fn 1]