# D-Boys

D-Boys (stylized as D-BOYS) is a Japanese acting troupe affiliated with Watanabe Entertainment. The D in the group's name stands for "Drama" (acting work), "Dream", "Debut", "Discovery" and "Development" (growth and advancement).
Although the D-Boys are promoted as a group and members occasionally work together on the same projects, each actor develops his career independently from his fellow members in their own television, cinema and theatre projects. New D-Boys members are regularly selected through public audition events with interactive participation of fan club members.

## Members
### Current members

* Masato Wada (和田 正人, Wada Masato, born August 25, 1979)
* Hiroki Suzuki (鈴木 裕樹, Suzuki Hiroki, born October 3, 1983)
* Hirofumi Araki (荒木 宏文, Araki Hirofumi, born June 14, 1983)
* Kōji Seto (瀬戸 康史, Seto Kōji, born May 18, 1988)
* Masahiro Usui (碓井 将大, Usui Masahiro, born December 3, 1991)
* Arata Horii (堀井 新太, Horii Arata, born June 26, 1992)
* Syo Jinnai (陳内 将, Jin'nai Shō, born January 16, 1988)
* Ryosuke Ikeoka (池岡 亮介, Ikeoka Ryōsuke, born September 3, 1993)
* Yuki Yamada (山田 裕貴, Yamada Yūki, born September 18, 1990)
* Shotaro Okubo (大久保 祥太郎, Ōkubo Shōtarō, born August 27, 1995)
* Jun Shison (志尊 淳, Shison Jun, born March 5, 1995)
* Masaki Nakao (中尾 暢樹, Nakao Masaki, born November 27, 1996)

### Former members

* Ichitaro Yamazaki (一太郎, Yamazaki Ichitarō, born July 19, 1980)
* Katsuki Nakamura (中村 勝樹, Nakamura Katsuki, born March 23, 1990)
* Shintaro Tetsu (鐵 進太郎, Tetsu Shintarō, born September 29, 1986)
* Yuma Minakawa (皆川 佑馬, Minakawa Yūma, born October 1, 1984)
* Yu Shirota (城田 優, Shirota Yū, born December 26, 1985)
* Kouhei Kumai (熊井 幸平, Kumai Kōhei, born July 27, 1990)
* Masaya Nakamura (中村 昌也, Nakamura Masaya, born April 30, 1986)
* Shingo Nakagawa (中川 真吾, Nakagawa Shingo, born May 8, 1983)
* Yūichi Nakamura (中村 優一, Nakamura Yūichi, born October 8, 1987)
* Yuya Endo (遠藤 雄弥, Endō Yūya, born March 20, 1987)
* Masaki Kaji (加治 将樹, Kaji Masaki, born January 29, 1988)
* Osamu Adachi (足立 理, Adachi Osamu, born December 22, 1987)
* Shunji Igarashi (五十嵐 隼士, Igarashi Shunji, born August 7, 1986)
* Toru Kamitsuru (上鶴 徹, Kamitsuru Tōru, born June 26, 1989)
* Taito Hashimoto (橋本 汰斗, Hashimoto Taito, born November 1, 1991)
* Kenki Yamaguchi (山口 賢貴, Yamaguchi Kenki, born July 17, 1986)
* Yoichiro Omi (近江 陽一郎, Ōmi Yōichirō, born April 5, 1989)
* Ryuki Takahashi (高橋 龍輝, Takahashi Ryūki, born March 28, 1993)
* Shintaro Akutsu (阿久津 愼太郎, Akutsu Shintarō, born June 21, 1995)
* Kotaro Yanagi (柳 浩太郎, Yanagi Kōtarō, born December 21, 1985)
* Shion Tsuchiya (土屋 シオン, Tsuchiya Shion, born July 7, 1992)
* Takuya Negishi (根岸 拓哉, Negishi Takuya, born March 12, 1996)
* Atsushi Shiramata (白又 敦, Shiramata Atsushi, born March 22, 1994)
* Tetsuya Makita (牧田 哲也, Makita Tetsuya, born June 7, 1984)
* Tomo Yanagishita (柳下 大, Yanagishita Tomo, born June 3, 1988)
* Masashi Mikami (三上 真史, Mikami Masashi, born June 20, 1983)
* Yukito Nishii (西井 幸人, Nishii Yukito, born June 14, 1995)
* Ryo Mitsuya (三津谷 亮, Mitsuya Ryō, born February 11, 1988)
* Atsushi Arai (荒井 敦史, Arai Atsushi, born May 23, 1993)
* Takahisa Maeyama (前山 剛久, Maeyama Takahisa, born February 7, 1991)
* Shuto Miyazaki (宮崎 秋人, Miyazaki Shūto, born September 3, 1990)
* Yusuke Yamada (山田 悠介, Yamada Yūsuke, born July 29, 1987)

### D2 members

In 2009, D2 was formed as D-Boys' younger brother group. In October 2013, D2 joined D-Boys to become its sub-group.

#### Current members

* Yukito Nishii
* Ryo Mitsuya
* Syo Jinnai
* Atsushi Arai
* Ryosuke Ikeoka
* Yuki Yamada
* Takahisa Maeyama
* Shotaro Okubo
* Jun Shison

#### Former members

* Ryotaro Konno (今野 良太郎, Kon'no Ryōtarō, born August 23, 1993)
* Toru Kamitsuru
* Kenki Yamaguchi
* Yoichiro Omi
* Shintaro Akutsu
* Shion Tsuchiya
* Takuya Negishi
* Atsushi Shiramata

## Group projects

In addition to their individual careers, the D-Boys are also involved in collective projects, as part of the group promotion work.

### DD-Boys

DD-Boys was a drama-documentary variety series, featuring the D-Boys members as themselves. Each episode had a short staged section following the plot of the members living in the fictional D-House and seeking ways to raise money for rent, followed by a documentary section showing the members undertaking tasks or challenges to raise that money. Some tasks were inspired by the actor's own personality -e.g., a member who was known to enjoy singing or dancing would have a task related to that hobby, etc. The show was 23 episodes long and aired from 10 April 2006 to 25 September 2006 on TV Asahi.

### Stage works

| Series | Title | Title | Year / date | Stage Info | Cast | Cast |
| D-Live | 1st D-Live | 1st D-Live | 2004 | Live entertainment show | All members | All members |
| D-Live | 2nd D-Live | 2nd D-Live | 2004 | Live entertainment show | All members | All members |
| D-Live | 3rd D-Live | 3rd D-Live | March 2005 | Live entertainment show | All members | All members |
| D-Live | 4th D-Live | 4th D-Live | May 2006 | Live entertainment show | All members | All members |
| Out of Order | Out of Order | Out of Order | March 2007 | Live entertainment show | Regular Performers: Yuya Endo Masaki Kaji Kouhei Kumai Guest performances by all other members | Regular Performers: Yuya Endo Masaki Kaji Kouhei Kumai Guest performances by all other members |
| D-Boys Stage | Vol 1. Kanba Onrei | Vol 1. Kanba Onrei | June 2007 | Musical | All members with guest performers: Yu Shirota Masato Wada Shunji Igarashi Hiroki Suzuki Hirofumi Araki | All members with guest performers: Yu Shirota Masato Wada Shunji Igarashi Hiroki Suzuki Hirofumi Araki |
| D-Boys Stage | Vol 2. The Last Game | Vol 2. The Last Game | June 2008 | Musical | All members plus guest cast A: Endo Yuya Yuichi Nakamura Kouhei Kumai | All members plus guest aast B: Shunji Igarashi Koji Seto Masahiro Usui |
| D-Boys Stage | Vol 3. | Karasu 04 | April 2009 | Musical | Cast A | Hiroki Suzuki Shunji Igarashi Masaki Kaji Kotaro Yanagi Tomo Yanagishita Osamu Adachi Masaya Nakamura Ryuki Takahashi Taito Hashimoto Yusuke Yamada |
| D-Boys Stage | Vol 3. | Karasu 10 | October 2009 | Musical | Cast B | Endo Yuya Hirofumi Araki Shingo Nakagawa Masato Wada Yuichi Nakamura Koji Seto Masashi Mikami Masahiro Usui Tetsuya Makita Kenki Yamaguchi (D2 member) Toru Kamitsuru (D2 member) Ryo Mitsuya (D2 member) Syo Jinnai (D2 member) |
| D-Boys Stage | Vol 4. | Now Loading | April 28, 2010 | Musical | Cast A | Endo Yuya Shunji Igarashi Masato Wada Yusuke Yamada |
| D-Boys Stage | Vol 4. | The Last Game | August 26, 2010 | Musical | Cast B | Koji Seto Yuichi Nakamura Kotaro Yanagi Osamu Adachi Shingo Nakagawa Tetsuya Makita Ryuki Takahashi Masashi Mikami Masahiro Usui |
| D-Boys Stage | Vol 4. | America | November 3, 2010 | Musical | Cast C | Hiroki Suzuki Hirofumi Araki Masaki Kaji Tomo Yanagishita |

### Fan club events

The D-Boys hold special events where fan club members have the opportunity to meet the actors in person and interact with them in camp activities and games such as cook-offs, tug-of-war, etc., in which the members are split into teams, leading groups of fans to compete with each other.
* Official Fan club Day Camp Bus Tour (November 13, 2005)
* Official Fan club Limited Bus Tour (August 25 to August 27, 2006)
* Official Fan club 3rd Anniversary Bus Tour (September 6 to 8, 2007)

### Live tours

During the summer of 2009, 19 D-Boys members, including Yu Shirota participated in performances for fans at Akiba Plaza called "Kotoshi no Natsu wa Mainichi Dokoka de D-Boys Uki-uki Yatta Hohohoy" or for short, Natsu Doko. There were 49 performances in total of dances, songs and skits. New D-Boys member, Yusuke Yamada, was introduced to fans during these performances. Three CD+DVD sets featuring different recorded audio theater by separate groups of D-Boys members and footage of Natsu Doko were released on December 16, 2009.
Due to the success and demand of Natsu Doko, a live tour called Fuyu Doko 2009 was held in the winter of 2009 with 19 D-Boys members and Yu Shirota visiting major cities in Japan to promote the Natsu Doko 2009 CD+DVD release. It was the first live tour around the nation for the group.

### Radio

* Marvelous Radio Vibration (May 5, 2005 - April 1, 2006) - weekly radio show hosted by Yu Shirota, Kotaro Yanagi and Yukki.
* D-Radio Boys (October 2007/present) - weekly radio show hosted by Masato Wada and Shunji Igarashi, featuring guest D-Boys members.

### Other

* 43rd Secret New Years' Performance Tournament "Young Man Colosseum" (January 1, 2006) - television guest appearance, performed by Masaki Kaji and Hiroki Suzuki.
* 44th Secret New Years' Performance Tournament "Chinese Lion Dance" (January 1, 2007) - television guest appearance, performed by Yuya Endo, Masaki Kaji, Hiroki Suzuki, Masato Wada and Yuma Minakawa.
* 45th Secret New Years' Performance Tournament "Ikemen Jumpers" (January 1, 2008) - television guest appearance, performed by Masaki Kaji, Kouhei Kumai, Koji Seto, and Shingo Nakagawa.
* 45th Secret New Years' Performance Tournament "Kakushi Gei Dancing Ikemen" (Fuji TV - January 1, 2009) - television guest appearance, performed by Tomo Yanagishita, Endo Yuya, Masaki Kaji, Makita Tetsuya, Taito Hashimoto, and Ryuki Takahashi.

## Media

D-Boys members have released merchandise in the form of photobooks, DVDs and CDs individually, or in relation to a work project (e.g. character image CDs/photobooks). As a group, they have released a calendar featuring all D-Boys members and the following items:

### Official photobooks

| Year | Title | Description | Publisher | Release date | ISBN |
| 2005 | D-Boys | D-Boys First Photobook | Tokyo News Agency | April 27, 2005 | ISBN 4-924566-42-X |
| 2006 | Start! | D-Boys 2nd Photobook | Gakken Co., Ltd. | March 15, 2006 | ISBN 4-05-403035-1 |
| 2008 | Dash | D-Boys Third Photobook | Kadokawa Marketing Co., Ltd. | December 2008 | ISBN 978-4-04-895035-0 |
| 2010 | Darling | D-Boys Fourth Photobook | Shufu-to-Seikatsu Sha, Ltd. | March 2010 | ISBN 978-4-04-895035-0 |

### DVD series

| Series | Title | DVD info | Members | Release date |
| D-Boys Boy Friend Series | No Fiction | Volume 1 | Shunji Igarashi | June 24, 2009 |
| D-Boys Boy Friend Series | Self-Discovery | Volume 2 | Yuichi Nakamura | August 21, 2009 |
| D-Boys Boy Friend Series | Peacemaker | Volume 3 | Hiroki Suzuki | September 18, 2009 |
| D-Boys Boy Friend Series | Sugao | Volume 4 | Hirofumi Araki | October 23, 2009 |
| D-Boys Boy Friend Series | Tomorrow | Volume 5 | Tomo Yanagishita | November 26, 2009 |
| D-Boys Boy Friend Series | Yu Channel | Volume 6 | Yu Shirota | December 23, 2009 |
| D-Boys Boy Friend Series | 7 Heroes | Volume 7 | Yuichi Nakamura Shunji Igarashi Koji Seto Hiroki Suzuki Hirofumi Araki Masahiro Usui Masashi Mikami | February 24, 2010 |
| D-Boys Boy Friend Series | Super Rookie | Volume 8 | Ryuki Takahashi | March 25, 2010 |
| D-Boys Boy Friend Series | Tight Rizm | Volume 9 | Taito Hashimoto | April 21, 2010 |
| D-Boys Boy Friend Series | Set Out' | Volume 10 | Koji Seto | May 26, 2010 |
| Natsu Doko 2009 | Natsu Doko 2009 Kaze - Team Wind version | DVD for D-Boys Natsu Doko 2009 | All members with Yu Shirota | December 16, 2009 |
| Natsu Doko 2009 | Natsu Doko 2009 Yama - Team Mountain version | DVD for D-Boys Natsu Doko 2009 | All members with Yu Shirota | December 16, 2009 |
| Natsu Doko 2009 | Natsu Doko 2009 Kawa - Team River version | DVD for D-Boys Natsu Doko 2009 | All members with Yu Shirota | December 16, 2009 |
| Haru Doko 2010 | Haru Doko 2010: Momo | DVD for D-Boys Haru Doko 2010 | Momo members | July 14, 2010 |
| Haru Doko 2010 | Haru Doko 2010: Sakura | DVD for D-Boys Haru Doko 2010 | Sakura members | July 14, 2010 |

### Discography

The D-Boys have released on December 16, 2009, three CD+DVD sets featuring different recorded audio theater by separate groups of D-Boys members on CD and footage of Natsu Doko on DVD. Natsu Doko 2009 debuted on the Oricon Charts in 11th.
| Year | Title | CD info | Members | Chart debut | Track listings |
| 2009 | Natsu Doko 2009 Kaze - Team Wind version | Audio Theater album by D-Boys | Team Wind members Tomo Yanagishita Endo Yuya Masato Wada Hiroki Suzuki Masaya Nakamura | 11 | D-Boys CD and DVD Natsu no Kakehashi |
| 2009 | Natsu Doko 2009 Yama - Team Mountain version | Audio Theater album by D-Boys | Team Mountain members Shunji Igarashi Kotaro Yanagi Osamu Adachi Masashi Mikami Yusuke Yamada | 11 | D-Boys CD and DVD Natsu no Kakehashi |
| 2009 | Natsu Doko 2009 Kawa - Team River version | Audio Theater album by D-Boys | Team River members Yuichi Nakamura Hirofumi Araki Masaki Kaji Tetsuya Makita Masahiro Usui | 11 | D-Boys CD and DVD Natsu no Kakehashi |