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D-Boys (stylized as D-BOYS) is a Japanese acting troupe affiliated with Watanabe Entertainment. The D in the group's name stands for "Drama" (acting work), "Dream", "Debut", "Discovery" and "Development" (growth and advancement).
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Origin | Tokyo, Japan |
Occupation | Actors |
Years active | 2004–present |
Labels | Watanabe Entertainment |
Spinoffs |
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Website | www |
Although the D-Boys are promoted as a group and members occasionally work together on the same projects, each actor develops his career independently from his fellow members in their own television, cinema and theatre projects. New D-Boys members are regularly selected through public audition events with interactive participation of fan club members.
In 2009, D2 was formed as D-Boys' younger brother group. In October 2013, D2 joined D-Boys to become its sub-group.
In addition to their individual careers, the D-Boys are also involved in collective projects, as part of the group promotion work.
DD-Boys was a drama-documentary variety series, featuring the D-Boys members as themselves. Each episode had a short staged section following the plot of the members living in the fictional D-House and seeking ways to raise money for rent, followed by a documentary section showing the members undertaking tasks or challenges to raise that money. Some tasks were inspired by the actor's own personality -e.g., a member who was known to enjoy singing or dancing would have a task related to that hobby, etc. The show was 23 episodes long and aired from 10 April 2006 to 25 September 2006 on TV Asahi.
Series | Title | Year / date | Stage Info | Cast | ||
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D-Live | 1st D-Live | 2004 | Live entertainment show | All members | ||
2nd D-Live | 2004 | Live entertainment show | All members | |||
3rd D-Live | March 2005 | Live entertainment show | All members | |||
4th D-Live | May 2006 | Live entertainment show | All members | |||
Out of Order | Out of Order | March 2007 | Live entertainment show | Regular Performers:
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D-Boys Stage | Vol 1. Kanba Onrei | June 2007 | Musical | All members with guest performers: | ||
Vol 2. The Last Game | June 2008 | Musical | All members plus guest cast A: | All members plus guest aast B: | ||
Vol 3. | Karasu 04 | April 2009 | Musical | Cast A |
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Karasu 10 | October 2009 | Musical | Cast B |
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Vol 4. | Now Loading | April 28, 2010 | Musical | Cast A |
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The Last Game | August 26, 2010 | Musical | Cast B | |||
America | November 3, 2010 | Musical | Cast C |
The D-Boys hold special events where fan club members have the opportunity to meet the actors in person and interact with them in camp activities and games such as cook-offs, tug-of-war, etc., in which the members are split into teams, leading groups of fans to compete with each other.
During the summer of 2009, 19 D-Boys members, including Yu Shirota participated in performances for fans at Akiba Plaza called "Kotoshi no Natsu wa Mainichi Dokoka de D-Boys Uki-uki Yatta Hohohoy" or for short, Natsu Doko. There were 49 performances in total of dances, songs and skits. New D-Boys member, Yusuke Yamada, was introduced to fans during these performances. Three CD+DVD sets featuring different recorded audio theater by separate groups of D-Boys members and footage of Natsu Doko were released on December 16, 2009.
Due to the success and demand of Natsu Doko, a live tour called Fuyu Doko 2009 was held in the winter of 2009 with 19 D-Boys members and Yu Shirota visiting major cities in Japan to promote the Natsu Doko 2009 CD+DVD release. It was the first live tour around the nation for the group.
D-Boys members have released merchandise in the form of photobooks, DVDs and CDs individually, or in relation to a work project (e.g. character image CDs/photobooks). As a group, they have released a calendar featuring all D-Boys members and the following items:
Year | Title | Description | Publisher | Release date | ISBN |
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2005 | D-Boys | D-Boys First Photobook | Tokyo News Agency | April 27, 2005 | ISBN 4-924566-42-X |
2006 | Start! | D-Boys 2nd Photobook | Gakken Co., Ltd. | March 15, 2006 | ISBN 4-05-403035-1 |
2008 | Dash | D-Boys Third Photobook | Kadokawa Marketing Co., Ltd. | December 2008 | ISBN 978-4-04-895035-0 |
2010 | Darling | D-Boys Fourth Photobook | Shufu-to-Seikatsu Sha, Ltd. | March 2010 | ISBN 978-4-04-895035-0 |
Series | Title | DVD info | Members | Release date |
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D-Boys Boy Friend Series | No Fiction | Volume 1 | Shunji Igarashi | June 24, 2009 |
Self-Discovery | Volume 2 | Yuichi Nakamura | August 21, 2009 | |
Peacemaker | Volume 3 | Hiroki Suzuki | September 18, 2009 | |
Sugao | Volume 4 | Hirofumi Araki | October 23, 2009 | |
Tomorrow | Volume 5 | Tomo Yanagishita | November 26, 2009 | |
Yu Channel | Volume 6 | Yu Shirota | December 23, 2009 | |
7 Heroes | Volume 7 | February 24, 2010 | ||
Super Rookie | Volume 8 | Ryuki Takahashi | March 25, 2010 | |
Tight Rizm | Volume 9 | Taito Hashimoto | April 21, 2010 | |
Set Out' | Volume 10 | Koji Seto | May 26, 2010 | |
Natsu Doko 2009 | Natsu Doko 2009 Kaze - Team Wind version | DVD for D-Boys Natsu Doko 2009 | All members with Yu Shirota | December 16, 2009 |
Natsu Doko 2009 Yama - Team Mountain version | DVD for D-Boys Natsu Doko 2009 | All members with Yu Shirota | December 16, 2009 | |
Natsu Doko 2009 Kawa - Team River version | DVD for D-Boys Natsu Doko 2009 | All members with Yu Shirota | December 16, 2009 | |
Haru Doko 2010 | Haru Doko 2010: Momo | DVD for D-Boys Haru Doko 2010 | Momo members | July 14, 2010 |
Haru Doko 2010: Sakura | DVD for D-Boys Haru Doko 2010 | Sakura members | July 14, 2010 |
The D-Boys have released on December 16, 2009, three CD+DVD sets featuring different recorded audio theater by separate groups of D-Boys members on CD and footage of Natsu Doko on DVD. Natsu Doko 2009 debuted on the Oricon Charts in 11th.
Year | Title | CD info | Members | Chart debut | Track listings |
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2009 | Natsu Doko 2009 Kaze - Team Wind version | Audio Theater album by D-Boys | Team Wind members | 11 | D-Boys CD and DVD
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Natsu Doko 2009 Yama - Team Mountain version | Audio Theater album by D-Boys | Team Mountain members
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11 | D-Boys CD and DVD
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Natsu Doko 2009 Kawa - Team River version | Audio Theater album by D-Boys | Team River members | 11 | D-Boys CD and DVD
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