Shigeaki Kato
Shigeaki Kato is a member of the J-pop group NEWS, from Johnny's Entertainment, Inc.Biography
Kato was born in Hiroshima, Japan, but he grew up in Osaka and Yokohama-shi. He joined Johnny's Entertainment on April 17, 1999 when he was 11 years-old. As a junior he was a member of the organizations Best Beat Boys, Boys Be Ambitious, Best Beat Dancing, Beautiful American Dreams, J-support and K.K.Kity. He later debuted as a member of NEWS in 2003. Along with other NEWS members, he plays the guitar, composing some of NEWS' songs, including his own solo "Kakao" in 2002, which he composed the lyrics to.
On 2010, he graduated from the College of Law, Aoyama Gakuin University.
On January 28, 2012, he released his first novel, Pink to Gray and has released a novel a year since.Works
Dramas
Radio
- Shiget Together
- SoraShige Book
Music
Stage plays
Films
- Pink and Gray
Novels
- Pink and Gray
- Senko Scramble
- Burn
- Kasa wo Motanai Aritachi wa
- tuberose de matteru【AGE22】
- tuberose de matteru【AGE32】
Short story
- Daiji na mono(Kadokawa Shoten,『shousetsu Yasei jidai』January 2016)
- Oresama no iutoori(Kadokawa Shoten,『shousetsu Yasei jidai』August 2016)
Essay
- Cuba no reimei(Asahi shinbun sha『shousetu Tripper』spring edition 2016)
Serialization
- Wagahai wa Shige de aru(Johnny's web, 2005 – 2008)
- Aoi hitorigoto(SHuei sha『Myojo』July 2006 – June 2011)
- photo shigenic(wani books『Wink Up』December 2007 – March 2016)
- Girl Friends(Shuei sha『Myojo』May 2012 – )
- Shigeaki no cloud(Johnny's web, november 2015 – )
- dekiru koto nara steed de(Asahi shinbun sha『shousetu TRIPPER』Winter edition 2016 – )
Productions
- Kasa wo Motanai Aritachi wa as Original work
- Pink and Gray as Original work