Alan Shirahama

The native form of this personal name is Shirahama Aran. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Alan Shirahama (白濱亜嵐, Shirahama Aran, born 4 August 1993)^[1] is a Japanese performer, actor, and DJ who is a member of Exile and also the leader of the Japanese all-male dance and music group Generations from Exile Tribe.^[2] Alan is represented with LDH.^{[citation needed]}

Alan Shirahama
白濱亜嵐
Shirahama in July 2019
Born	(1993-08-04) 4 August 1993 (age 31) Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Education	Hinode High School
Occupations	Dancer actor DJ
Years active	2010–present
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Relatives	Loveli (older sister) Ryu (younger brother)
Musical career
Genres	J-pop, dance
Labels	LDH, Rhythm Zone, The Orchard
Website	www.ldh.co.jp

Early life

Shirahama was born on 4 August 1993 to a Filipino mother and a Japanese father. He has a younger brother, Ryu, a former trainee of SM Entertainment. He participated in NCT Lastart but ultimately was not chosen for the final lineup. Alan also has an elder sister, Loveli, who is a fashion model and television personality.^[3]

In 2008, he started attending Matsuyama's EXPG (Exile Professional Gym).^[4]

Career

2009–2012: Pre-debut

In April 2010 Shirahama became a member of Gekidan EXILE (Exile Theatrical Company) which he withdrew from after getting selected as Generations' candidate member in July 2011.^{[citation needed]}

In March 2012, he graduated from Hinode High School;^[5] and he became an official member of the group in April 2012.^{[citation needed]}

He played his first lead role in NTV's drama Sugarless starring Gaku Shiiba whose theme song "Brave it Out" was decided as Generations' major debut song.^{[citation needed]}

2014–present: Breakthrough

Main article: Exile (Japanese band)

In January 2014, Hiro appointed Shirahama to be the leader of Generations.

On 27 April 2014, Shirahama was one of five people who passed the final audition to join Exile as a performer, making him currently a member of both Exile and Generations.^[6]

On 31 October 2015, he began his career as a DJ on the stage of "U・F・O~Electric Halloween~ MIXed by PKCZ".

Filmography

For the group's filmography, see Generations from Exile Tribe § Filmography.

Movies

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2014	7 Days Report	Ryota Maesawa	Lead role	[7]
2016	Road to High & Low	Bernie
	High & Low: The Movie	Bernie
2017	Daytime Shooting Star	Daiki Mamura		[8]
	High&Low The Movie 2 / End of Sky	Bernie
	High&Low The Movie 3 / Final Mission	Bernie
2020	Kizoku Kourin -Prince of Legend-	Shintaro Ando	Lead role	[9][10][11]
	The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Princess	Andrew Hu		[12]
	One in a Hundred Thousand	Ren Kiritani	Lead role	[13]
2023	Sana	Himself	Lead role	[14]

Short films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2018	Uta Monogatari: Cinema Fighters Project-"Aeiou"	Hikaru Azumi	Lead role	[15]

TV dramas

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes	Ref.
2011	Rokudenashi Blues	Yoneji Sawamura	NTV		[16]
2012	GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka	Seiya Dojima	Fuji TV
	GTO: Autumn Demon Rampage Special	Seiya Dojima	Fuji TV	2 hours special
	Sugarless	Gaku Shiiba	NTV	Lead role	[17]
2013	GTO Special 2 ~ New Year Special	Seiya Dojima	Fuji TV	2 hours special
	GTO Special 3 ~ Graduation Special	Seiya Dojima	Fuji TV	2 hours special
2014	We Are All Already Dead ♪	Ewan Ichinose	TBS	Lead role	[18]
2015	High & Low The Sory Of S.W.O.R.D.~	Bernie	NTV	Episodes 4 and 10
2016	High & Low Season 2	Bernie	NTV
	Night Hero Naoto		TV Tokyo	Ending dance	[19]
2019	The King of Novels	Toyotaka Yoshida	Fuji TV	Lead role	[20]
	Kizoku Tanjou -Prince Of Legend-	Shintaro Ando	NTV	Lead role	[9][10][11]
2020	M: Beloved One	Sho Rukawa	TV Asahi		[21][22]
2021	Nakuna Kenshui	Ryuji Ameno	TV Asahi	Lead role	[23]
2023	Cinderella of Midsummer	Mamoru Yamauchi	Fuji TV		[24]

Web Dramas

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes	Ref
2013	We are all already dead ♪	Ewan Ichinose	NOTTV	Lead role	[25]
2018	Happy-Go-Lucky!	Takuya	GYAO!	Lead role	[26]

Stageplay

Date	Title	Role
2010.03	Gekidan Exile Junction #1 "Night Ballet"	Yuki
2010.06	Gekidan Exile Hanagumi's 3rd show "Kill The Black"
2010.12	Gekidan Exile Hanagumi × Kazegumi's joint show "Rokudenashi Blues"	Yoneji Sawamura
2011.09	Closet (reading) drama "Moshimo Kimi ga."
2011.12	Closet (reading) drama "Moshimo Kimi ga. -Last Christmas"
2020.02	Reading drama Book Act "Hero yo yasuraka ni nemure/Sleep peacefully, hero"

TV shows

Year	Title	Network	Notes
2014	Wao	Fuji TV
2018	Mezamashi TV	Fuji TV	Monthly Entertainment Presenter (June 2018)[27]

Voice Acting

Year	Title	Role
2014	Mattsu to Yanma to Moburi-san 2	As himself
2017	High & Low g-sword Animation DVD Special Edition	Bernie

Advertisements

Years	Title	Ref.
2014	ABC-Mart "adidas CLIMACOOL"	[28]
2015	Moist Diane "Extra Shine"
	Samantha Vega	[29]
2016	SoftBank "Sponavi Live"	[30]
2016, 2017	Rohto Pharmaceutical "Mr. Oxy"	[31][32]
2017	Samantha Vega × Hirunaka no Ryuusei	[33]
	Youfuku no Aoyama "Lost and Found"	[34]
2018	Samantha Thavasa Japan Limited	[35]
	Youfuku no Aoyama "Aoyama Prestige Technology"	[36]
2019	Samantha Thavasa 25th	[37]

Music videos

Year	Artist	Title	Ref.
2011	Sandaime J Soul Brothers	Fighters
2019	Samantha Thavasa Family	"ONE -we are one-"	[38]

Other

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2012	Himitsu-Goto Up / down (Shueisha Pinky Bunko)	Cover model	Up[39] Down[40]

Photobook

	Release date	Title	Ref.
1st	21 November 2017	Timbre	[41]

Producing

Year	Title	Artist	Ref.
2018	"Melody" (Lyric Video)	Exile	[42]
2019	"Shinsei" (Sound production)	Generations	[43]