Taisuke Fujigaya

In addition to working as an actor alongside his boy band activities in Kis-My-Ft2, he has been the main host of the TV talk show "A-Studio" with Shōfukutei Tsurube II since 2020. On April 23, 2024, the official Instagram was launched.

• Name — Taisuke Fujigaya • Education — Meikai University • Native Name — 藤ヶ谷太輔 • Other Names — Taipy, Gaya-san, Gaya • Born — 25 June 1987 • Birthplace — Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan • Occupation — Actor, singer, Idol • Years Active — 1999–present • Agent — Starto Entertainment (Johnny & Associates 2002–2023, Starto Entertainment 2024–present) • Website — Kis-My-Ft2(Starto Entertainment) Kis-My-Ft2 (Ment Recording)

When Fujigaya was 11 years old, his aunt secretly sent his resume to Johnny & Associates for an audition. He was initially unsuccessful, but as he was leaving, he did not know where to return his number tag and asked an elderly man nearby, who turned out to be the company's president, Johnny Kitagawa. On Kitagawa's decision, Fujigaya passed the audition and joined Johnny & Associates in 1998. Several other future idols also took part in the same audition, including Kazuya Kamenashi and Yuichi Nakamaru of KAT-TUN, Takahisa Masuda of NEWS, Ryoichi Tsukada of A.B.C-Z, and Yuki Koshioka of 4U. In April 2004, the trainee unit Kis-My-Ft. was formed, Fujigaya and Hiromitsu Kitayama and Wataru Yokoo were selected as members. In July 2005, Kento Senga, Toshiya Miyata, Yuta Tamamori, and Takashi Nikaido joined, and the group began activities as Kis-My-Ft2. They made their CD debut on August 10, 2011, with the single Everybody Go. Fujigaya graduated from Meikai University in 2010 with a degree in economics from the Faculty of Economics. Fujigaya, known for his strong vocal abilities, often sings key parts in the group's songs. He is also recognized as the member who embodies a mature, cool, and sexy image within Kis-My-Ft2. Alongside his music career, Fujigaya began acting in 1999, making his television debut in Scary Sunday, My Friend J-kun. In 2012, he played his first starring role in a television series, Beginners!. In 2014, he starred in his first feature film, Kamen Teacher The Movie, and later that year, he took his first leading role on stage in Colt Gabaments – Hajime no Hajimari. He went on to perform in works such as He is Beautiful, Mars: Just, I Love You, and Karei-naru Ichizoku, and earned praise for his portrayal in the musical Don Juan in 2019, which was revived in 2021. The stage play And I'm at a Loss, in which he starred in 2019, was later adapted into a film in which he reprised his role. In 2024, he starred in the film Arrogance and Virtue, adapted from the novel by Mizuki Tsujimura, which he had long named as one of his favorite books. Fujigaya is also known for his interest in fashion. He won the Best Jeanist Award in 2014, 2015, and 2016, an annual fashion award in Japan recognizing celebrities who are considered to look best in jeans, and was subsequently inducted into the award's Hall of Fame. He has often spoken of his fondness for denim, which he attributes to the influence of his father, and he once received a rare pair of Levi's S501XX war model jeans from Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, his co-star in a 2013 drama and a former member of SMAP. In 2024, Fujigaya launched his own perfume brand, Aimetoi. The name, meaning "love yourself" in French, reflects his personal philosophy. The first products, "8" and "23," were inspired by the time of his birth, 8:23. It was released on November 13, 2024. Fujigaya spent more than six months collaborating with a professional perfumer to develop the scents. He has said his interest in perfume dates back to junior high school, when he admired a senior who wore fragrance, and perfume has since become an essential part of his work, including concerts with Kis-My-Ft2.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. Reference • 1999 — Kowai Nichiyōbi, Ep. Tomodachi no J-kun — J-kun • 2006 — 下北サンデーズ — Shin Satō • 2007 — 白虎隊 — Matahachi Itō • 2011 — 美咲ナンバーワン!! — Kazuma Kujō • Bishoku Cameraman – Hoshii Yu no Jiken-bo 2 • 月曜ゴールデン short drama — Hikaru Hōjō • He is Beautiful — Shu Fujishiro — Leading role • 2012 — Perfect Son — Kengo Mifune • ビギナーズ! — Tetpei Shimura — Leading role • Priceless — Kotaro Enomoto • 2013 — Kamen Teacher — Gota Araki — Leading role • Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi: Summer Special 2013 "X Hospital" — Naoki Sakaki — Leading role • A Swinging Single — Yuta Kawagoe • 2014 — Kin'yō Road Show Kamen Teacher Kagai Jugyō SP — Gota Araki • Nobunaga Concerto — Maeda Inuchiyo • 2016 — Mars: Tada, Kimi wo Aishiteru — Rei Kashino — Leading role • I Want to Fall in Love and Play Basketball — Asamitsu Tsuchiya — Leading role • 2017 — Beautiful Bones: Sakurako's Investigation — Shotaro Tatewaki • 2019 — Mirror Twins — Yugo Katsuragi/Keigo Katsuragi (two roles) — Leading role/ 2 seasons • 2020 — Whatever I'm in Sickness and in Health — Ichiharu Sudo — Leading role • 2021 — The Grand Family — Ginpei Manpyō • 2023 — Hamaru Otoko ni Keritai Onna (ハマる男に蹴りたい女） — Koichi Shitara — Leading role • 2024 — Undercover Brother and Sister Special Fraud Investigator — Houou — ep.6-

• Title — Broadcast dates — Broadcasting company — Role — Notes — Ref. • ConneXion — July 2, 2021 – August 6, 2021 — dTV (Lemino) — Starring with Wataru Yokoo and Kento Senga — total of 6 episodes • Happy Kanako's Killer Life — From 28 February to 28 March 2025 — DMM TV — Sakurai — total of 6 episodes

• Shinikare (May 8–28, 2012, NOTTV) — Masaki Kisaragi

• Year — Title — Role — Theatre — Notes — Ref. • 2009 — Takizawa Enbujo '09 Tacky & Lucky Love — Shinbashi Enbujo • Playzone 2009: A Letter From The Sun — Aoyama Theatre, Umeda Arts Theater — Leading role (triple lead with Kitayama and Tamamori) • 2014 — Cortuga Baments – Hajime no Hajimari — Hajime Fujii — Parco Theatre, Morinomiya Piloti Hall, Kitakyushu Performing Arts Center — Leading role • 2015 — Take Five — Mamoru Homura — Akasaka ACT Theater, Umeda Arts Theater — Leading role • 2016 — Take Five 2 — Mamoru Homura / Aki Mamiya (2 roles) — Akasaka ACT Theater — Leading role • Johnnys' All Stars Island — Imperial Theatre • 2018 — And I'm at a Loss — Yuichi Sugawara — Bunkamura Theatre Cocoon, Morinomiya Piloti Hall — Leading role • 2019, 2021 — Don Juan — Don Juan — * Akasaka ACT Theater, Kariya City Cultural Center Iris Large Hall (2019) * Akasaka ACT Theater, Umeda Arts Theater (2021) — Leading role • 2022 — Vildanden — Greigels Verlé — Setagaya Public Theatre, Hankyu Naka Hall, Hyogo Performing Arts Center — Leading role

• A-Studio+(A-Studio) – Main host with Shōfukutei Tsurube II (April 2020 -, TBS Television (Japan))

• Peaceful days of Taisuke Fujigaya (藤ヶ谷太輔 Peaceful Days) – (April 6, 2019 – March 29, 2025, Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc.)

• Kis-My-Ft2's Taisuke Fujigaya & Wataru Yokoo – NAKED: A Candid Two-Person Trip to Okinawa (May 30, 2025– Hulu) • A digest version was broadcast on Nippon TV on June 27, 2025. The narration was provided by Tatsuya Shimekake of Travis Japan, who is known to be close to Fujigaya.

• NOTTV "Sinikare" – (May 2012) • M.C. Networks Japan "Ginza Color" – (February 2015) • Nature Labo "Acnes Labo" – (October 2017) • Mercedes-Benz Japan • SL63 sports car (April 24, 2024) • Mercedes-AMG Experience on Track (July 4, 2025) • Tsuruhara pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.- (March 2025) He appeared in a corporate promotional commercial.

• Bottega Veneta – Bottega Veneta and Photographer Alec Soth's Photo Exhibition Tokyo Playtime (March 28, 2024)- Attended the opening reception with Yuta Tamamori

• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. Reference • 2014 — Kamen Teacher: The Movie — Gota Araki — Leading role • 2016 — Nobunaga Concerto — Maeda Toshiie • Mars — Rei Kashino • 2023 — And So I'm at a Loss — Yūsuke Sugawara — Leading role • 2024 — Arrogance and Virtue — Kakeru Nishizawa — Leading role

For activities as a member of Kis-My-Ft2, see Kis-My-Ft2#Group activities.