Sho Sakurai 櫻井 翔 | |
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 Sakurai in November 2019 | |
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| Born | January 25, 1982 |
| Origin | Minato, Tokyo, Japan |
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| Years active | 1995–present |
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| Member of | Arashi |
Sho Sakurai (櫻井 翔, Sakurai Shō) (born January 25, 1982) is a Japanese singer, songwriter, rapper, actor, news anchor, host and former radio host. He is a member of the boy band Arashi.
Sakurai began his career in the entertainment industry when he joined the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates in 1995 at the age of 13. About seven years after his debut as a singer with Arashi in 1999, he became a newscaster in 2006, appearing in the news program News Zero every Monday. In 2008, he was appointed the official newscaster for the news coverage of the Olympic Games in Beijing on NTV.[1] For his work as an actor, singer and newscaster, Sakurai became one of the recipients of GQ Japan's Men of the Year award in 2009.[2][3] His father is Shun Sakurai, former vice-minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.[4]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
beijingwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "今年最も輝いた男性に嵐・櫻井翔、笑福亭鶴瓶ら 『GQ Men of the Year2009』" (in Japanese). Oricon. December 16, 2009. Retrieved December 16, 2009.
- ^ "GQ Men of the Year 2009: Sakurai, Shofukutei". Tokyograph. December 16, 2009. Retrieved December 16, 2009.
- ^ "「嵐」桜井翔さん父親総務次官に 旧郵政省出身の桜井俊氏". Tokyo Shimbun. July 17, 2015. Archived from the original on July 19, 2015. Retrieved July 17, 2015.