Tsuyoshi Domoto


Tsuyoshi Domoto is a Japanese idol, singer, songwriter, actor, and television personality. Along with Koichi Domoto, he is a member of KinKi Kids, which is a Japanese duo under the management of Johnny & Associates and the record holder of Guinness World Records for having the record of the most number of consecutive number-one singles since their debut single.

Biography

Born in Nara, Domoto joined Johnny's Entertainment on May 5, 1991, which also the first time he met his future bandmate Koichi Domoto. The opportunity came while without his knowing, his mother and his 6-years-older sister sent his resume to the office. Domoto and his bandmate Koichi Domoto first worked together as backdancers for Hikaru Genji, who were holding a concert at Yokohama Arena, and has since then been partnered up for magazine photoshoots, music acts and drama projects. The duo starred in their first drama together called Ningen Shikkaku in 1994, in which Domoto was awarded Best Newcomer in the Television Drama Academy Awards.
With Koichi Domoto, he eventually made his debut in 1997 as KinKi Kids with a double release of a single "Garasu no Shōnen" and an album A Album, both of which went on to sell more than a million copies.
On May 29, 2002, Domoto released his first solo single, "Machi/Dekiai Logic", in which he penned and composed all the tracks. The single was used as the theme song for Domoto's lead-role drama Yume no California and it reached number 1 in the weekly chart. In the following month, Domoto started his career as an illustrator by publishing a book in collaboration with writer Shizuka Iziyuuin. They collaborated again for another book in 2003.
Domoto appeared in the 2003 drama Moto Kare, in which he co-starred for the second time with Ryōko Hirosue after their hit drama Summer Snow in 2000. In April 2004, Domoto once again provided the theme song for his lead-role drama Home Drama. This year, he won the 'Best Jeanist' award. The following year, Domoto acted in a movie, Fantastipo, with fellow Johnny's personality Taichi Kokubun. He paired with Toraji Haiji to release the theme song for the movie. The same year, Domoto starred in Hoshi ni Negai o, a TV drama produced by Disney and Fuji TV based on the true story of planetarium engineer Takayuki Ohira who designed Megastar II – the world's most advanced planetarium projector.
In 2006, Domoto put his acting career on hold and focused more on his music career. He began to release his solo work under the project name Endlicheri-Endlicheri. During his Endlicheri-Endlicheri era, Domoto released three singles which all topped the weekly charts and made him the second male soloist after Masahiko Kondo to have achieved five consecutive number one singles. He then renamed his solo project 244 Endli-x in 2008. He announced that he would go on his first concert tour as 244 Endli-x soon after, which began on March 29, 2008 at the Yokohama Arena and ended in Sendai on May 8, 2008. At the end of April, Domoto was appointed to be the first special ambassador for Nara tourism.
Domoto once again changed his solo project name in 2009 to Tsuyoshi and simultaneously released a single and an album on his birthday, April 10. In the same year, he released another single, "Rain", on September 9, which topped the Oricon Single Weekly Charts. Domoto also announced his collaboration with the hat brand CA4LA. Known as the fashion leader with unique style, Domoto was chosen by famous sports brand Adidas Originals to be the image character for its new campaign BE Originals which start on February 12, 2010.
On April 6, 2011, Domoto released his ninth single, "Eni o Yuite", which was recorded at shrines believed to have connections to Nara's entertainment and music industries. Another single, "Niji no Uta", was released in September 2011.
On June 28, 2017 it was revealed that Domoto would be hospitalized for one week after experiencing sudden deafness, otherwise known as sudden sensorineural hearing loss. Due to this, he was unable to attend TV Tokyo’s “Ongakusai 2017” broadcast on the same date with fellow bandmate Koichi. He was released the following week and was instructed to continue outpatient recovery. He returned to the stage after a 4 month hiatus, participating in the music festival "TV Asahi Dream Festival 2017" with Koichi on the 29th of October.
Domoto, once again changing his name to Endrecheri, released a new full length studio album titled "Naralien" on August 14, 2019. The album featured lead track "4 10 cake and brand new songs “FUNK TRON”, “Heki”, and “PURPLE FIRE”. Remakes of his older songs “Believe in intuition…” & “NIPPON” were also included. The album was released in three versions. Limited Edition A included a DVD containing the music video for the Album's lead track “4 10 cake ” and footage from ENDRECHERI’s performance at SUMMER SONIC 2018, while the Limited Edition B is packaged with a second DVD which includes an hour-long video centering around Tsuyoshi and his band members. The album charted #1 on the Oricon weekly Albums chart.
In the video for the album's lead track "4 10 cake " Domoto is seen singing and dancing with various different dancers including Japanese Choreographer Riehata.

Discography

Filmography

Film

Television

; As an actor
TitleYearRoleNotes
Karin19942 episodes
Ningen Shikkaku1994Main role
Ai to Yabō no Dokuganryū1994BotenmaruTelevision film
Second Chance1995−1996Main role
Ie Naki Ko1995Episode: "Goodbye Ie Naki Ko"
The Kindaichi Case Files1995−1997Lead role
3 television specials
Dareka ga Dareka ni Koishiteru1996Main role
Wakaba no Koro1996Lead role
Bokura no Yūki: Miman City1997,
2017		Lead role
Television special
Ao no Jidai1998Lead role
Kimi to Ita Mirai no Tame ni1999Lead role
To Heart1999Lead role
P.S. Genki desu, Shunpei1999Episode: "Missed Love..."
Summer Snow2000Lead role
Mukai Arata no Dōbutsu Nikki2001Lead role
Rookie2001ShoplifterEpisode: "Goodbye Rookie Detective"
Gakko no Sensei2001Lead role
Yume no California2002Lead role
Moto Kare200310 episodes
Home Drama!2004Lead role
Last Present2005Lead role
Hoshi ni Negai o2005Lead role
33-pun Tantei2008−2009Lead role
1 television special
Tenma-san ga Yuku2013Lead role
Platonic2014Young ManLead role
Domoto Tsuyoshi no Moto2018HimselfDocumentary series

; As a personality
TitleYearRoleNetworkNotes
Naruhodo! The World1995Cast memberFuji TV
Domoto Tsuyoshi no Do-Ya1996−1997HostABC
Tsuyo-chan Dō Honpo1999HostNTV
Domoto Tsuyoshi no Shojiki Shindoi2002−2009HostTV Asahi
24 Ch△nnel2009−2010HostTV Asahi
Domoto Tsuyoshi no Yakara ne2014−2018HostMBS15 episodes
Tokyo Live 22-ji2014−2015HostTV Tokyo

Japanese dub

Books

Awards