Sakurai Sho (櫻井翔), is a Japanese singer, actor, talent, chairperson, and newscaster. He is the main rapper and a member and sub-leader of the group ARASHI. He belongs to SMILE-UP talent agency.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Sakurai Sho was born on January 25, 1982, in the city of Maebashi, Gunma, Japan, and raised in Minato, Tokyo.[1]
Career[]
1994-1999: Pre-debut[]
1999-2020: ARASHI[]
2009-2020: Solo activities[]
Discography[]
- See also: ARASHI discography
Original songs[]
- "Yume de Ii kara" (夢でいいから) (2005)
- "Can't Let You Go" (2007)
- "Hip Pop Boogie" (2008)
- "T.A.B.O.O" (2010)
- "Kono Mama Motto" (このままもっと) (2011)
- "Fly on Friday" (2012)
- "sugar and salt" (2013)
- "Hey Yeah!" (2014)
- "Rolling days" (2015)
- "Sunshine" (2016)
- "Bazuri Night" (バズりNIGHT) (with Aiba Masaki and Ohno Satoshi) (2017)
- "Come Back" (with Matsumoto Jun) (2017)
Cover songs[]
- "CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF OF YOU" (2000)
- "Yosaku" (与作) (2000)
- "Konya wa Boogie Back" (今夜はブギー・バック) (2002)
- "Tomadoi Nagara" (とまどいながら) (2009)
- "Re(mark)able" (2012)
Unofficial songs[]
- "Touch Me Now" (2003)
- "Unti Unti" (2004)
- "Anti Anti" (2007)
- "Hip Pop Boogie Chapter II" (2016)
Participated-in songs[]
- Kisarazu Cat's Eye feat. MCU - "Seaside Bye Bye" (シーサイド・ばいばい) (2006)
Written rap lyrics[]
- "Theme of ARASHI" (2002)
- "ALL or NOTHING Ver.1.02" (2002)
- "Kimi ga Iinda" (君がいいんだ) (2003)
- "Crazy ground no Ousama" (Crazy groundの王様) (2003)
- "Lucky Man" (2003)
- "Palette" (パレット) (2003)
- "Kotoba Yori Taisetsu na Mono" (言葉より大切なもの) (2003)
- "UNTI UNTI" (2004)
- "PIKA★★NCHI DOUBLE" (2004)
- "Gorimuchuu" (五里霧中) (2004)
- "The Bubble" (2004)
- "EYES WITH DELIGHT" (2004)
- "RIGHT BACK TO YOU" (2004)
- "La tormenta 2004" (2004)
- "Oretachi no Song" (俺たちのソング) (with Ohno Satoshi)
- "Sakura Sake" (サクラ咲ケ) (2005)
- "Overture" (2005)
- "Natsu no Namae" (夏の名前) (2005)
- "Subarashiki Sekai" (素晴らしき世界) (2005)
- "Yes? No?" (2005)
- "Futari no Kinenbi" (二人の記念日) (2005)
- "Kitto Daijoubu" (きっと大丈夫) (2006)
- "NA! NA! NA!!" (2006)
- "Runaway Train" (ランナウェイ・トレイン) (2006)
- "Raise Your Hands" (2006)
- "COOL & SOUL" (2006)
- "Secret Eyes" (2006)
- "Itsuka no Summer" (いつかのSummer) (2007)
- "Itsumademo" (いつまでも) (2007)
- "We can make it!" (2007)
- "Di-Li-Li" (2007)
- "Future" (2007)
- "WAVE" (2007)
- "Firefly" (2007)
- "Taiyou no Sekai" (太陽の世界) (2007)
- "ROCK YOU" (2007)
- "Cry for you" (2007)
- "Kaze" (風) (2007)
- "LIFE" (2007)
- "Can't Let You Go" (2007)
- "Still..." (2007)
- "Step and Go" (2008)
- "COOL & SOUL for DOME07" (2008)
- "Move your body" (2008)
- "Niji no Kanata e" (虹の彼方へ) (2008)
- "Flashback" (2008)
- "My Answer" (2008)
- "Once Again" (2008)
- "Hip Pop Boogie" (2008)
- "Kaze no Mukou e" (風の向こうへ) (2008)
- "Believe" (2009)
- "5×10" (2009)
- "Attack it!" (2009)
- "Re(mark)able" (2009)
- "Tokeijikake no Umbrella" (時計じかけのアンブレラ) (2009)
- "Spiral" (スパイラル) (2010)
- "movin' on" (2010)
- "Mada Ue wo" (マダ上ヲ) (2010)
- "T.A.B.O.O" (2010)
- "let me down" (2010)
- "Sora Takaku" (空高く) (2010)
- "Summer Splash!" (2010)
- "Boom Boom" (2011)
- "Rock this" (2011)
- "Mada Minu Sekai e" (まだ見ぬ世界へ) (2011)
- "Hung up on" (2011)
- "Joy" (2011)
- "Kono Mama Motto" (このままもっと) (2011)
- "Energy Song ~Zekkouchou Chou!!!!~" (エナジーソング〜絶好調超!!!!〜) (2011)
- "Utakata" (うたかた) (2011)
- "Futari no Katachi" (ふたりのカタチ) (2012)
- "Face Down" (2012)
- "Sketch" (スケッチ) (with Ninomiya Kazunari) (2012)
- "Green" (with ARASHI) (2012)
- "Welcome to our party" (2012)
- "Tabi wa Tsuzuku yo" (旅は続くよ) (2012)
- "Fly on Friday" (2012)
- "Cosmos" (2012)
- "Up to you" (2012)
- "Ai wo Utaou" (愛を歌おう) (2013)
- "P・A・R・A・D・O・X" (2013)
- "sugar and salt" (2013)
- "Starlight kiss" (2013)
- "Sync" (2014)
- "Tell me why" (2014)
- "Asterisk" (2014)
- "Hey Yeah!" (2014)
- "Take Off !!!!!" (2014)
- "Kokoro no Sora" (心の空) (2015)
- "Kimi e no Omoi" (君への想い) (2015)
- "Rolling days" (2015)
- "In the Room" (イン・ザ・ルーム) (2015)
- "Hip Pop Boogie Chapter II" (2016)
- "Daylight" (2016)
- "Sunshine" (2016)
- "To my homies" (2016)
- "TWO TO TANGO" (2016)
- "unknown" (2017)
- "Mikan" (「未完」) (2017)
- "Houyou" (抱擁) (2017)
- "Hikari" (光) (2017)
- "Come Back" (2017)
- "5×20" (2019)
- "BRAVE" (2019)
- "Turning Up" (2019)
- "A-RA-SHI: Reborn" (2019)
- "a Day in Our Life: Reborn" (2020)
- "Party Starters" (2020)
- "Itsuka Byoushin no Au Koro" (いつか秒針のあう頃) (2020)
- "Do you...?" (2020)
Concerts and Tours[]
- Solo concerts
- [2006.01.14-31] Extra Storm in Winter '06 THE SHOW
- Zepp Nagoya (January 14, 16:30-19:30)
- Zepp Osaka (January 20, 16:30-19:30)
- Zepp Fukuoka (January 24, 19:30)
- Zepp Fukuoka (January 25, 19:00)
- Zepp Sendai (January 28, 15:00-18:00)
- Shinagawa Stellar Ball (January 31, 19:30)
- Shinagawa Stellar Ball (February 1, 16:30-19:30)
- Zepp Sapporo (February 4, 14:00-17:00, canceled due to bad weather)
- Concerts featured in as support act
- [1998.02.01, 02.11, 02.15] Johnny's Jr. 1st Concert
- [1998.07.29-08.24] Johnny's Jr. Summer Concert'98
- [1998.12.27-1999.01.06] Johnny's Jr. Winter Concert
- [1999.05.02-06.20] Johnnys' Senior Junior Fresh Spring Concert'99
Publications[]
- [2003.10] Kisarazu Cat's Eye Japan Series Official Memorial Book (ISBN 978-4840108690)
- [2006.10] Kisarazu Cat's Eye World Series Official Memorial Book (ISBN 978-4838716975)
- [2006.06] Hachimitsu and Clover film story (Cobalt Bunko) (ISBN 978-4086007825)
- [2006.07] Hachimitsu and Clover PHOTO MAKING BOOK (ISBN 978-4-08-102063-8)
- [2009.03] Movie "Yatterman" Official Visual Book (ISBN 978-4-04-894920-0)
- [2010.02] Sakurai Sho & Horikita Maki Drama "Tokujo Kabachi!!" Photo Book (ISBN 978-4-06-379428-1)
- [2011.07] Kamisama no Carte Official Memorial Photobook (ISBN 978-4-09-103221-8)
Gallery[]