Keiji Kuroki

Keiji Kuroki
黒木 啓司
Born (1980-01-21) 21 January 1980
Kiyotake (now Miyazaki) Miyazaki District, Miyazaki, Japan
Other names
  • KJ
  • Keiji (stylized as KEIJI)
Occupations
  • Dancer
  • actor
Years active2003–2022
Notable workAttaku No. 1
Television
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Spouse
Reika Miyazaki
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(m. 2021)​
WebsiteOfficial website

Keiji Kuroki[1] (黒木 啓司, Kuroki Keiji; born 21 January 1980, in Miyazaki Prefecture)[2] is a former Japanese dancer and actor. He was a member of Exile, Exile The Second and Nidaime J Soul Brothers. Kuroki was represented by LDH.

Personal life

In December 2021, Kuroki revealed that he had married businesswoman Reika Miyazaki. Reika is a single-mother of three children from a previous relationship.[3]

At the end of October 2022, he announced through his agency that he will be retiring from the entertainment industry.[4]

Participating groups

Name Period of time
Soul Demention2003 – unknown
Fulcrum2005 – 2006
Big Doggs2006 – unknown
Nidaime J Soul BrothersJanuary 2007 – 1 March 2009
Exile1 March 2009 – 2022
Exile The Second1 July 2012 – 2022

Filmography

※His roles in bold are his starring works

Stage

Year Title Role
2004Heart of Gold –Street Future Opera Beat Pops–
2008Crown Nemuranai Yoru no Hate ni...
2009Attaku No. 1Lieutenant Tetsuo Otaki
Words –Yakusoku / Uragiri– subete, Ushinawa reshi mono no tame...Kento
2010Moshimo Kimi ga.Yumoto
Night BalletAzuma
Kirawa re Matsuko no IsshōTetsuya Yamegawa
The MensetsuTaro Shibuya
2012Kagemusha DokuganryūTokichiro, Toyotomi Hideyoshi
2013Monsieur!Hideo Date

Films

Year Title Role Ref.
2006Backdancers!
2015CrossroadItsuki Sawada[5]
2016Road to High & LowRocky
High & Low: The Movie

TV dramas

Year Title Role Network Notes Ref.
2011Namae o nakushita MegamiKei SawadaFuji TV
The Reason I Can't Find My LoveRyoichi Kawabata
Akujo-tachi no MesuMasahiko Nakamura
2013Saikō no RikonKeisuke OmuraEpisode 3
Monsieur!Hideo DateCBC
Last CinderellaTaku KondoFuji TVEpisodes 10 and 11
Kyōkō-han-gakari Hisae Uozumi: Dolce 2Takashi Inoue
2014Bitter BloodKoji Takano
2015Zannen na Otto.Shun Sato
Senryoku-gai Sōsa-kanNTV
Wild HeroesNoriaki "Tenten" Hayashida
High & Low: The Story Of S.W.O.R.D.Rocky
2016Night Hero NaotoTV TokyoEpisode 1; ending dance[6]

Internet dramas

Year Title Role Website
2012Kimi to Boku to no YakusokuShuji ShibuiBee TV

TV programmes

Year Title Network Notes
2011Shūkan ExileTBSReporter

Internet programmes

Year Title Website Notes
2016BPM –Best People's Music–AbemaTVMC

Advertisements

Year Title Ref.
2011Recruit Hot Pepper
2012Fujitsu Arrows
Angfa "Scalp D"
2013Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical "Air Salon Path"
The Coca-Cola Company Coca-Cola Zero
Daiichi Kosho Company "Smart Dam"
2015Yōfuku no Aoyama[7]

Magazine serializations

Year Title
2014Fukuoka Walker
Sense "Exile Keiji no My Love"

Others

Year Title Ref.
2012Miyazaki Ambassador[8]

Productions

Year Title Notes Ref.
2012Retort food "Otoko ga Zettai yorokobu Dan Stew", "Kimi to Tabetai Jo Stew"Co-developed with Tatsuya Kawagoe[9]

References

  1. ↑ "EXILE、第四章始動でメンバー名＆表記変更". Music Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha. 22 Jul 2014. Retrieved 1 Feb 2016.
  2. ↑ "EXILE". LDH (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 Feb 2017.
  3. ↑ "EXILE黒木啓司が宮崎麗果と結婚「彼女と子どもたちを守っていきたい、幸せにしたい」（コメントあり）" [EXILE's Keiji Kuroki marries Reika Miyazaki: "I want to protect her and our children and make them happy"]. Music Natalie (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
  4. ↑ "EXILE黒木啓司が10月末で芸能界引退「新たな道で社会に貢献できるように精進」（コメントあり）" [EXILE's Keiji Kuroki to retire from showbiz at the end of October "I will devote myself to contributing to society in a new way"]. Natalie (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2022-06-23. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
  5. ↑ "EXILE黒木啓司、メンバーから「役者づいている」と冷やかされる". Cinema Today (in Japanese). 4 May 2015. Retrieved 1 Feb 2017.
  6. ↑ "EXILE TRIBE、NAOTO主演ドラマでド迫力ダンス 豪華メンバーとコラボ". Model Press (in Japanese). Net Native. 19 Mar 2016. Retrieved 1 Feb 2017.
  7. ↑ "洋服の青山『AOYAMA PRESTIGE TECHNOLOGY』の第5弾新CMに橘ケンチ&黒木啓司＆TETSUYAが登場!!" (in Japanese). Ex Family. 1 Oct 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-10-05. Retrieved 1 Feb 2017.
  8. ↑ "みやざき大使の委嘱について" (PDF) (in Japanese). Miyazaki Ouen-Dan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 1 Feb 2017.
  9. ↑ "月刊EXILE". Gekkan Exile. No. Dec 2012. p. 135.
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