Yuri Chinen Explained

Yuri Chinen
Native Name:知念 侑李
Native Name Lang:ja
Birth Date:1993 11, mf=yes
Birth Place:Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Nationality:Japanese
Education:Horikoshi High School
Years Active:2003–present
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Background:solo_singer
Instrument:Vocals
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Headercolor:khaki
Kanji:知念 侑李
Romaji:Chinen Yuri
Hiragana:ちねん　ゆうり

, is a Japanese singer and actor as well as member of Hey! Say! JUMP. He is under the management of Johnny & Associates.[1] [2]

Early life

Chinen is the son of Takashi Chinen, a former Japanese gymnast who won a bronze medal in the 1992 Summer Olympics.[3] He is named after Yuri Osawa, an announcer, whose name his mother liked, but is written with different characters; the yu is a character often used in girl's names (侑 Yū) and the ri is taken from Li (李), a surname his mother thought common among Chinese gold medalist gymnasts.[4]

Career

On June 2, 2003, Chinen entered Johnny & Associates as a trainee. Daiki Arioka, who would later also debut as a member of Hey! Say! JUMP, was also there during that time. On April 3, 2007, he began activities with the temporary group, Hey! Say! 7 starting with a public performance at a KAT-TUN concert.[5]

On September 21, 2007, he made his debut as a member of Hey! Say! JUMP.[6]

He was in a 2008 drama, One-Pound Gospel, as "Yoshihiko" in Episode 3, with Hey! Say! JUMP member Ryosuke Yamada and their senpai, Kazuya Kamenashi (KAT-TUN). In the same year, he played in the drama Sensei wa erai! as Umeno Wataru, along with other Hey! Say! JUMP members: Daiki Arioka, Ryosuke Yamada and Yuto Nakajima. In October 2008, he was in the drama called Scrap Teacher: Kyoshi Saisei as Yoshida Eitaro, along with the same Hey! Say! JUMP members that played with him in Sensei wa erai!.

As a supporter of the Japanese volleyball team for the FIVB World Grand Prix 2009, he performed in June 2009 with Ryosuke Yamada and Nakayama Yuma w/ B.I.Shadow, which is composed of Kento Nakajima, Kikuchi Fuma, Hokuto Matsumura and Yugo Kochi as members of the temporary group NYC Boys. The "C" of NYC boys comes from the initials of his family name "Chinen".[7]

On March 2, 2010, a press release made by Johnny and Associates revealed that Chinen and Yamada would become members of a second Johnny's unit, NYC. They worked as a member of both Hey! Say! JUMP and NYC, which is a rarity in their talent agency. Ryo Nishikido (and formerly Uchi Hiroki) is the only such case of a Johnny's talent officially debuting in two groups (Kanjani8 and NEWS), and as NYC became an officially debuted Johnny's unit, Yamada and Chinen joined them in this unusual situation.

In September 2011, he played the voice of Brainy in the Japanese-dubbed version of the film The Smurfs.[8] Hey! Say! JUMP's ninth single, "Magic Power", was used as the theme song for the film.

In January 2012, Chinen co-starred with his senpai Tomohisa Yamashita in a drama called Saiko no Jinsei no Owarikata: Ending Planner, in which he played Yamashita's younger brother. Chinen's character in the drama was a university student who was so focused on helping out a friend to the point of stealing money from his family's business. Atsuko Maeda and Nana Eikura joined the cast.

In June 2012, It was announced that Chinen would have his first lead-role drama series based on the manga Sprout, by Atsuko Nanba, on July 7 on NTV.[9]

Filmography

Shows

For Hey! Say! 7 or Hey! Say! JUMP-related appearances, see Hey! Say! JUMP.

Dramas

Movies

Appearances

Stage

Concerts

For Hey! Say! JUMP-related concerts and albums, see Hey! Say! JUMP.

Discography

Solos

Duets

Songs written

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/353145/profile/. ja:知念侑李のプロフィール. Chinen Yūri's Profile. June 21, 2015. oricon ME inc.. ja.
  2. Web site: http://talent.yahoo.co.jp/pf/detail/pp181790. ja:知念侑李. June 21, 2015. Yahoo Japan Corporation. ja.
  3. Web site: Yuri Chinen's Father. myheritage. January 5, 2017.
  4. From an interview piece in Sports Hochi sold December 5, 2005.
  5. Web site: Hey! Say! 7. November 15, 2016.
  6. Web site: Hey! Say! JUMP. November 15, 2016.
  7. Web site: NYC to Debut with 'Nintama Rantaro' Theme Song!. March 3, 2010. MusicJapanplus. November 30, 2010.
  8. Web site: 2011-06-07 . 世界キャラ「スマーフ」山田＆知念が声担当 日テレNEWS24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140711185856/http://www.news24.jp/entertainment/news/1617632.html . 2014-07-11 . 2024-06-13 . news24.jp.
  9. Web site: First Lead-role. November 15, 2016.
  10. Encyclopedia: Dijitaru Daijisen . スクラップ・ティーチャー／教師再生 . December 14, 2012 . 2012 . Shogakukan . Tokyo . ja . Scrap Teacher . 56431036 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ . August 25, 2007 .
  11. Web site: Eikura Nana & Maeda Atsuko become Yamashita Tomohisa's co-stars in new drama. June 21, 2015. tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC.
  12. Web site: Hey! Say! JUMP's Chinen Yuri to star in upcoming drama series, 'Sprout'. June 21, 2015. tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC.
  13. Web site: http://www.daily.co.jp/gossip/2014/05/21/0006978230.shtml. ja:Hey!Say! 知念侑李が新仕事人. June 21, 2015. Daily Sports. ja.
  14. Web site: http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2041445/full/. ja:Hey!Say!JUMP知念『ぬ～べ～』生徒役で出演 先輩・丸山隆平から「ギャグも吸収」. June 21, 2015. oricon ME inc.. ja.
  15. Web site: http://news.walkerplus.com/article/56252/. ja:遠藤憲一が仕事人に！「必殺仕事人2015」放送!!. June 21, 2015. Kadokawa Corporation. ja.
  16. Web site: Hey! Say! JUMP's Yamada Ryosuke and Chinen Yuri attends the preview screeing for "The Smurfs". June 21, 2015. tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC.
  17. Web site: Itadaki High JUMP. November 15, 2016.
  18. Web site: School Kakumei!. November 15, 2016.

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