Naoki Nokubo


Naoki Nokubo is a Japanese variety star from Iwata, Shizuoka. He is also in management at Breakpoint Inc.
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Biography

Nokubo was born in Iwata, Shizuoka, formerly known as Toyodachô, Iwata-gun, Shizuoka.
After graduating from Kinshin High School, Nokubo attended acting school in Tokyo with the intention of entering the entertainment industry. He later signed with Watanabe Entertainment, and, in August 2004, became one of the first members selected for the D-Boys group at the First D-Boys Audition. This event selected the members for the upcoming young actors' group.
Nokubo appeared in the television drama Mother & Lover in October 2004. In 2005, he appeared in H2~Kimi toita Hibi, which is considered his most notable debut work. He appeared on the "Entertainment Industry's Underwater Swimming Competition" section of the show Quiz Present Variety: Q-sama!! in July 2006. During a two-hour special aired in September 2005, he broke the 115 meter Japan record previously set by Yasuda Dai Circus' Dancho Yasuda for DNF diving, establishing the Japan DNF record at the time at. Since then, he has appeared in this Q-sama!! feature several times.
Nokubo also made his first appearance on the quiz variety programme Quiz! Hexagon II on 29 November 2006. He later became a regular guest on the show in the summer of 2007, where he became well known as an 'obaka tarento', a celebrity known for their strange and often unintelligent comments. In that same period, Nokubo formed the band Shūchishin with fellow obaka tarento Takeshi Tsuruno and Yusuke Kamiji, and they made their CD debut with the release of their eponymous single 'Shūchishin' in April 2008. The single was a hit and his increasing popularity allowed him to expand to films. His personal career advanced with appearances on dramas while he also continued appearing on variety shows.
In January 2009, he appeared in Shūchishin's performance despite having left the band, however, he made significantly fewer appearances early that year due to controversy surrounding his relationship with Watanabe Entertainment that began in April 2009. On 26–27 July 2009, Shinsuke Shimada hosted the FNS no Hi 26-Jikan TV 2009: Chō Egao Parade Bakushō! Odaiba Gasshuku!! and announced at the end that Nokubo had taken a temporary break from the entertainment industry. Nokubo made no further public appearances and he effectively withdrew from Hexagon II.
On 1 April 2010, his profile and blog were deleted from Watanabe Entertainment's official website, making it clear he was no longer with the company. He made a return to acting with the stage play Kimazuge: Ai no kotoba. His appearance in the play was announced on Gekiden Taishū Shōsetsuka's official website a few days after his profile was removed from Watanabe Entertainment's website.
In June 2010, he joined the acting group Ai no Katamari, formed from Gekiden Taishū Shōsetsuka. He also started a personal Twitter account and gave Breakpoint Inc. the responsibility of accepting his fan letters, as the business was a partner of the acting group. Nokubo was active in managing events and forming fan clubs in addition to his stage appearances for ai-kata.
Nokubo made a surprise performance at Hexagon Family Concert 2011 We Live Hexagon, the last live performance of Quiz! Hexagon II, held at Makuhari Messe on 26 November 2011. Shūchishin were also reunited for one day and their dissolution was announced at the same time.
In January 2012, Nokubo was treated as in the public sphere for the first time in three years at the production press conference for the stage play Legend of the Galactic Heroes Chapter II: Free Planetary Alliance, which was performed in April 2012. In September 2012, he appeared in Tokyo MX's Danshi-ing!!, his first television drama appearance for the first time in three and a half years.

Personal life

Nokubo has played baseball since elementary school and has expressed a desire to play professionally in the future. While in junior high school, he played on the Hamamatsu Senior team of the Senior League along with Taketoshi Goto of the Yokohama DeNA BayStars where they won second place in the national competition. In his second year of junior high school, he hit a home-run while playing at Meiji Jingu Stadium.
He was also team captain when he was in his third year at Kinshin High School, and he was included on the draft candidates list of the Chunichi Dragons. He attended high school with Tomoyuki Oda and Masaki Hayashi, who were both his senior by two years.
Nokubo has stated multiple times in television interviews that he attended Júbilo Iwata games and that he was, in particular, a fan of Masashi Nakayama.
Nokubo has also spoken several times about his experience as a doorman at Prada as a temporary part-time job which he had before starting his acting career. He began his acting career by auditioning for several shows such as Ayumi Hamasaki's Live Dancer Audition and the Asayan Men's Vocalist Audition, which produced the band Chemistry. He also attended auditions for Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger and Mahou Sentai Magiranger.

Independence uproar

On 26 January 2009, Nokubo's blog on Watanabe Entertainment was suspended due to 'vandalism in the comment section'. The comment section was closed on 11 February, and the blog reopened. Afterwards, the blog was updated normally until its last update on 30 March 2009.
On 20 April 2009, Nokubo started a blog titled Full Count Never Give Up na Jinsei at Ameba Blog. The blog received nearly 6,000 comments immediately afterwards. The blog's first post hinted at Nobuko's separation from Watanabe Entertainment, and the news was posted online on 21 April by a large number of independent news organizations. The new blog was closed that day on 21 April and all news relating to Nokubo's independence was removed from the internet. Nokubo refused to comment further on the issue at the PR event for the film Burn After Reading, which was held that same day.
Afterwards, Watanabe entertainment issued a statement that their contract with Nokubo continued and reports of the actor's independence. In regards to the blog, they stated that Nokubo established the blog without contacting them first.

Appearances

TV dramas

Mother & Lover Episode 1 H2~Kimi toita Hibi - as Ozora TakeuchiWater Boys 2005 Natsu - as Hideyoshi
  • Disney Drama Special Takayuki Ohira|Hoshi ni Negai o ~ Shichijō-kan de Umareta 410 Man no Hoshi
  • Aki no Renai Hisshō Drama Special Shōakumana Onna ni naru Hōhō Jyouou Episodes 2, 9, 12 Yaoh - as Romeo hostRegatta: Kimi Toita Eien - as Naoki KuboKirakira Kenshūi Episode 2
  • Ai no Gekijō Sand Chronicles Episode 49 Joshi Ana Itchokusen Episodes 5, 7 - as Hiroki
  • 19th Yumeji Odaiba Tantei Shuchishin: Hexagon Satsujin Jiken - as Naoki Nokubo Honto ni atta kowai Hanashi Natsu no Tokubetsu-hen 2008 "K-machi no Mansion" - Starring; as Eiji YagishitaPanda ga Machi ni yattekuru - as Hitoshi WashioShokora 3 "Marriage Blue no Onna: Fiancé ni wa Ienai Himitsu" - as KeitaTokumei Kakarichō Hitoshi Tadano 4th Season Episode 33 - as Tsutomu Asano
  • Nipponshi Suspense Gekijō Sengoku Ichi no Shitataka Onna Ohatsu Sengoku Survival Shosei-jutsu - as Kyōgoku TakatsuguKetsuekigata Betsu Onna ga Kekkon suru Hōhō First Night : A-gata Onna ga Kekkon suru Hōhō - as Makoto WatanabeShokora 4 "Sōshoku Danshi o Oto su Nikushoku Joshi no Himitsu" - as Kenta HottaDanshi-ing!! Episodes 1, 2 - as ShingoŌoka Echizen 2 Episode 8 - as Miyano NobushiroBushi no Tamashī Episode 11 - as Naotsune Tajimamori

Films

Arakure Knight - as Benioto MakiTwilight Syndrome Dead Cruise - as Goro

Direct-to-video

  • ''Arakure Knight: Gekitō-hen''

Stage

Please Me Guest appearance as a member of "Members Only"limit: Anata no Monogatari wa Nanidesu ka? - as MakironNasugamama Hexa na Futari - as Nonokubo*Double starring with Takeshi TsurunoK - as Sho Uehara*StarringKisumage: Ai no Kotoba - as Seigi MikataMore than this -Ai no Katamari- Ai no Katamari -summer- Oh My Ghost!! cameo*Setsunage -Ai no Kakera- - as Akihiro Kanda*StarringOrinaka Nine Blood - as Rahito Take*StarringEndless *StarringFly to The Moon! *StarringBoobies Who Is Sundayman Legend of the Galactic Heroes Chapter II: Free Planetary Alliance - as RapGosenshi no Ue no Jane - as Kazuma*Double starring with Fuyuki Moto Dream Show ~Ryaku shite Dorishō~ *StarringCash Mob *StarringRental Kanojo cameo - as IshibashiRhythmic Town - as HansOh!-Room! guestAtono Matsuri - as Sakuragi SoraMessenger Blues -Tsukai Pashiri, Asu ni Mukatte Hashire- *StarringSamurai Banka III - as KenkichiZipang Pirates - as FuruyaKimisari: Kimi Sarishi nochi 2013
  • Recitation drama Natsukage Sayonara o Suru Tame ni... *StarringYohakuna Bokura guestGung Mother: Tokkō no Haha Tori Hama Tome Monogatari - as Shoi KanayamaDōsōkai o hirakou Nanushi Hata Rīsa to Izanagi-kun - as Izanagi-kunNemurenu Yoru no Honky Tonk Blues Dainishō: Fukkatsu - as Taiyo
  • Takara ya Ryokan Kensenja! 2014ver. - as Shinnosuke KirishimaLazy Midnight Hanare Start!: Oh-Room!2 - guestMeisagatei Kominami Jiken-bo -Nagai Tomo to no Hajimari ni Zipang Pirates - as ZangiAshita no Omohide guestLa festa -Jinsei no Recipe- Nemurenu Yoru no Honky Tonk Blues Dainishō: Hiyaku - as TaiyoMeisagatei Kominami Jiken-bo Part2 Tengantoppa Guren Ragan: Enuhen Sono San - as Anti-SpiralRental Kanojo Kusaba no Kage de Neta o Kaku. Cherry Boys Meisagatei Kominami Jiken-bo Part3 -Hawaii kara Kita Onna
  • Musical Bad Daughter - as LeonhartHaken Do!!: Haken Sengoku Kōkō Tengafubu - as TachibanaDarekaga Kanojo o shitte iru - as Yamato KaseLDK Medium - as MasterWhat A Wonderful Life!: Takufesu Tokubetsu Kōen - as Kurosu
  • Takara ya Ryokan Kensenja! 2017 Sagimusume Jinsei Haretari Kumottari - as Shotaro MatsunamiMeisagatei Kominami Jiken-bo Part4 -Shikake Hanabi no Onna - as Matsu

Other TV programmes

Ongaku Senshi Music Fighter Regular appearances in "Aoki Senzoku Ikemen Assistant"Hirame-kin Gold Appeared as a member of the D-League's "Watanabe Out of Orders"Quiz! Hexagon II
  • * 5 August 2009 broadcast of the programme was absent
  • * In the broadcast on 26 March 2008, he strikes a wonderful record of himself the highest points The Best House 123 Kujira no Oyako ni deatta! Tahiti Rurutu-shima Ao no Rakuen no Monogatari navigatorOjisans 11 Perfume no Ki ni naru Kochan Minna no Kōshien navigator
  • ''Noku.ch Oishīmono Paradise''

Internet

Noku Chaaaaaaan!! occasionally in webcast

Publications

Books

Naoki Nokubo Shashin-shū -Naoki Nokubo- Natural Mind - Photo Essay Collection

Group Work

  • Members Only
  • * A group started in 2005 consisting of Ryoji Ando, fellow Watanabe Entertainment actor Shun Mitamura, and D-Boys' Masato Wada, and Nokubo. The group was started from a special show on Watanabe Entertainments mobile website. Members would make guest appearances on Watanabe Entertainment's live shows, publish diaries and web content, among other activities. The group came to an end in 2006 when some of the members left Watanabe Entertainment.Quiz! Hexagon II related
  • * Shūchishin
  • * Aladdin
  • * Air Band feat.Yu&Nao
  • ai-kata
  • : Nokubo joined the acting group Gekidan Taishū Shōsetsuka in June 2010. The group's name was changed in August 2011 from Ai no Katamari.