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Kikuchi Fuma (菊池風磨) is a male singer, actor, talent, and idol from Tokyo. He is affiliated with SMILE-UP and is a member of Sexy Zone. His member color is purple.
He longed for ARASHI and entered Johnny's Office on April 27, 2008 in his second year of junior high school.[3] He submitted his resume by himself because he was half-finished with everything, including club activities, and wanted something he could devote himself to, and because he wanted to sing.[4] The first time he was called, the fax machine was broken so he was unable to go without noticing, but a week later he was contacted again and was admitted after auditioning.[5]
He was active as a member of Johnny's Jr.'s unit "B.I.Shadow", which was formed in 2008, but on June 4, 2009, Nakayama Yuma joined the unit, and along with the formation of Nakayama Yuma w/ B.I.Shadow, their CD debut was announced.[6][7] Three days later, on June 7, Nakayama Yuma w/ B.I.Shadow and Yamada Ryosuke and Chinen Yuri of Hey! Say! JUMP combined to form "NYC boys".[8] They served as special supporters of the Women's Volleyball World Grand Prix 2009 held in August.[9]
On July 15, 2009, Nakayama Yuma w/ B.I.Shadow and a member of NYC boys made their CD debut with the double A-side single "Akuma na Koi / NYC".
On September 29, 2011, along with the formation of Sexy Zone, their CD debut was announced, and their debut single "Sexy Zone" was released on November 16.[3]
On February 9, 2013, he announced that he had passed the AO entrance examination to Keio University's Faculty of Policy Management with a letter of recommendation from President Johnny.[10]
On August 2 to 5, 2015, he held his first solo concert at "Sexy Zone A.B.C-Z Summer Paradise in TDC".[11][12]
On March 23, 2017, he was announced to have graduated from Keio University.[13]
Sexy Zone A.B.C-Z Summer Paradise in TDC "風 is a Doll?" on August 2-5, 2015 at the Tokyo Dome City Hall
Summer Paradise 2016 "風 are you?" on August 11-16, 2016 at the Tokyo Dome City Hall
Summer Paradise 2017 "風 is I?" on August 4-8, 2017 at the Tokyo Dome City Hall
Trivia[]
His father is Kikuchi Tsunetoshi, a singer-songwriter who wrote the lyrics for ARASHI's debut song "A・RA・SHI".[15] When Kikuchi entered the office, he remained silent about his father, so he was scolded by President Johnny Kitagawa, who later learned the truth.[15]
He has a brother 9 years younger and a sister 12 years younger.[16]