Satoshi Ohno
Satoshi Ohno is a Japanese idol, singer, actor, radio host, artist, dancer, and choreographer. He is the lead vocalist and leader of the boy band Arashi, hence his nickname Leader.
Ohno began his career in the entertainment industry when he joined the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates in 1994 at the age of 13. He started an acting career in 1997 when he was cast to be part of the stage play Kyo to Kyo. In 2008, Ohno became the first and the only artist from Johnny's to hold his own art exhibition, titled "Freestyle", and also received his first starring role in a Japanese television drama, Maō, for which he earned a handful of Best Actor awards. Since then, he has continued to star in numerous dramas and movies, receiving a number of awards and nominations for his roles. For his work as an artist, a singer, and an actor in Kaibutsu-kun the Movie, Ohno became one of the recipients of GQ Japan's Men of the Year Award in 2011.
Early life
Ohno was born in Mitaka, Tokyo as the youngest child of his family. He has one older sister. During middle school, his mother sent in his application to Johnny & Associates without his knowledge. An invitation to audition was sent back to Ohno, and he subsequently became a trainee in October 1994. To focus on the stage play Kyo to Kyo, which ran from 1997 to 1998 during his trainee days, he withdrew from high school and moved to Kyoto.Career
Following Arashi's hiatus, Ohno had been absent from the public eye, except for a minimum of messages transmitted via the other members. In late April 2024, he provided an interview to a Post Seven reporter, in which he talked about meeting with the others at late night to talk, given the other's busy schedules. Among the things he talked about was Arashi's newly opened company and Ninomiya's independence from Smile-Up. He barely spoke about the hiatus and totally evaded the question of his commercial businesses opening around Miyakojima, Okinawa, including a hotel and a bar. Ohno has been investing in real estate since 2017, with plans to build a tourist resort. Of these, he said "I don't want to talk about it because it's private". He also talked about learning to drive. He said that it wasn't because of his needing to drive to Miyakojima, but because he felt it was time he learned, since, before, he had to rely on others to take him wherever he needed to go. About the return of activities as Arashi, Ohno said that nothing has been decided yet, not even a return concert that was rumored to be held in Spring next year.Music career
Before his music debut with Arashi, Ohno wanted to resign from Johnny & Associates. However, then-president Johnny Kitagawa asked him to help out with a song recording and to pack up for a trip to Hawaii, which turned out to be the place where the press conference announcing the formation of Arashi was held. With Ohno at the age of at the time, Arashi was officially formed on September 15, 1999 and made their CD debut on November 3, 1999. Since much of his trainee days were spent in Kyoto, he was the least known member during Arashi's early days.Ohno is the lead vocalist of Arashi. Although his music career is primarily with Arashi, he had a solo concert called 3104 in 2006 and in 2009, became the first and only member in Arashi to release a solo single. It was a soundtrack for his drama Uta no Onii-san titled "Believe/Kumorinochi, Kaisei by Yano Kenta starring Satoshi Ohno. Ohno also provided the vocals to the insert song "Yukai Tsukai Kaibutsu-kun", which was released as a single on July 7, 2010 for the drama Kaibutsu-kun and sold around 59,000 copies on the first day.
Choreography
Ohno's work as a choreographer began in 2004 for his solo "Top Secret" during Arashi's 2004 Iza, Now Tour, and in 2006 for the group. Since then, he has done numerous solo and group dances, some of his notable group choreography including "Zero-G", the live performance for "Bittersweet", the interlude for the "Kokoro no Sora" music video, "Tsunagu", and "Do You...?".| Year | Title |
| 2004 | "Top Secret" |
| 2006 | "Rain" |
| 2007 | "Song For Me" |
| 2008 | "Take Me Faraway" |
| 2010 | "Shizuka na Yoru ni" |
| 2011 | "Hung up on" |
| 2012 | "two" |
| 2013 | "Hit the floor" |
| 2014 | "Imaging Crazy" |
| 2015 | "Akatsuki" |
| 2016 | "Bad boy" |
| Year | Title |
| 2006 | "Ready to Fly" |
| 2006 | "Carnival Night Part 2" |
| 2007 | "Everybody Zenshin" |
| 2007 | "WAVE" |
| 2011 | "negai" |
| 2012 | "Tokei Jikake no Umbrella" |
| 2012 | "Up to You" |
| 2012 | "Cosmos" |
| 2012 | "Super Fresh" |
| 2012 | "Tsuite Oide" |
| 2013 | "Sayonara no Ato de" |
| 2014 | "Bittersweet" |
| 2014 | "GUTS!" |
| 2014 | "Zero-G" |
| 2014 | "TRAP" |
| 2015 | "Kokoro no Sora" |
| 2015 | "Masquerade" |
| 2016 | "TWO TO TANGO" |
| 2017 | "Tsunagu" |
| 2017 | "Yoru no Kage" |
| 2020 | "Do You...?" |
Acting career
Stage
In 1997, Ohno was a cast member of Kyo to Kyo with Musical Academy leader Shingo Machida and continued to act in other stage productions such as Koichi Dōmoto's Mask and Shōnentai's Playzone after Kyo to Kyo was over. Since then, he has done a number of stage plays such as True West with Masahiro Matsuoka and West Side Story with bandmates Sho Sakurai and Jun Matsumoto.The Pū series that Ohno starred in spanned from 2003 to 2008, consisting of Sengokupū, Bakumatsu Banpū, Tensei Kunpū, and Amatsukaze. In Tensei Kunpū, Ohno portrayed a man named Kaoru Kazamine who was accidentally sent back to the Edo period of Japan through a system malfunction.
Drama
In 1999, Ohno made his TV drama debut in the volleyball-centered short drama V no Arashi, which was Arashi's first drama together.In 2008, Ohno was given his first starring role in the suspense drama Maō. He co-starred with Toma Ikuta and portrayed a two-faced lawyer who sought for revenge against the person who murdered his brother years ago.
In 2009, he starred in his first comedy drama Uta no Oniisan. With Kanjani Eight member Ryuhei Maruyama as his co-star, Ohno played a musician who unexpectedly becomes a singing character for a children's program after being dumped by his girlfriend, kicked out of his band, and labelled useless by his family. Ohno also took part in a television mini-drama project titled 0 Gōshitsu no Kyaku, which aired from October 2009 to April 2010 and starred a select number of different artists from Johnny's. Ohno was the lead actor in the first story of the project called "Akogare no Otoko", which ran for four episodes in total. The story was about a salaryman and a club hostess visiting a strange "Room 0" that can reveal anyone's "grade" as a human being.
In January 2010, Ohno co-starred with the other members of Arashi in the human suspense drama special Saigo no Yakusoku. Ohno portrayed Satoru Mashiko, a 28-year-old employee of a cleaning company who is caught up in a building hijack. Beginning in April 2010, Ohno starred in the live-action adaptation of the manga and anime Kaibutsu-kun. Ohno played Tarou Kaibutsu, the prince of Kaibutsu Land who is ordered by the king to go to the world of humans for training as he is deemed unfit for the succession of the throne. He then reprised his role of Kaibutsu-kun for the Kaibutsu-kun special which aired on June 26, 2010. Ohno also starred in the second story, Hajime no Ippo, of the Fall 2010 Yonimo Kimyōna Monogatari special that aired on October 4, 2010.
In October 2011, Ohno once again reprised his role of Kaibutsu-kun for another Kaibutsu-kun special, leading up to the story of the 3D movie version.
On January 3, 2012, Ohno starred in the drama special Mou Yuukai Nante Shinai. He played the role of Shotaro Tarui, a freeter who can't forget his childhood dream of being a hero. However, he finds himself planning a fake kidnapping after he receives a request from the daughter of a boss of racketeers, played by co-star Yui Aragaki. Beginning in April 2012, Ohno co-starred with Erika Toda in his first Getsuku drama, Kagi no Kakatta Heya. He played the lead character, Kei Enomoto, an employee at a major security firm who has an obsession with keys and locks. Enomoto works with a pair of attorneys, solving mysteries that fall under the "locked room" genre, in which seemingly impossible crimes are committed.
On August 24, 2013, Ohno starred in the drama special Kyou no Hi wa Sayounara which aired as part of the annual 24 Hour Television telethon in Japan. Ohno plays a 29-year-old man named Kouta who is diagnosed with malignant lymphoma. Given three months left to live, he makes a resolve to accept his fate and face death properly.
On January 3, 2014, Ohno reprised the role of Enomoto Kei for the Kagi no Kakatta Heya special. He also starred in the live-action adaptation of the manga Shinigami-kun beginning in April 2014. Ohno portrayed Shinigami-kun whose job is to pronounce death to expected people and take their souls to the spiritual world. As a rookie reaper, he tends to make biased decisions towards the human side which always causes him to be reprimanded by his boss.
Beginning in April 2016, Ohno starred in a drama titled Sekai Ichi Muzukashii Koi. Ohno played Reiji Samejima, a company president in the hotel industry. Despite his success at work, he knows little about love. This romantic comedy follows Samejima as he pursues Misaki Shibayama, his very first love interest.