Name: 亀梨和也 (かめなし かずや)
Name (romaji): Kamenashi Kazuya
Nicknames: Kame, Kame-chan, Ka-kun
Profession: Actor, singer and host
Birthdate: 1986-Feb-23
Birthplace: Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan
Height: 171cm
Weight: 54kg
Star sign: Pisces
Blood type: B
Family: Two older brothers, one younger brother, and one niece
Talent agency: Johnny's Entertainment

TV Shows:
1 Pound no Fukuin as Hatanaka Kosaku (NTV, 2008)
Tokkyu Tanaka San Go as Shibahara Toru (TBS, 2007, ep9)
Tatta Hitotsu no Koi as Kanzaki Hiroto (NTV, 2006)
Kuitan (NTV, 2006, SP, cameo)
Yuuki as Yuuki (NTV, 2006)
Suppli as Ishida Yuya (Fuji TV, 2006)
Nobuta wo Produce as Kiritani Shuji (NTV, 2005)
Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo 2005 as Kindaichi Hajime (NTV, 2005)
Gokusen 2 as Odagiri Ryu (NTV, 2005)
3 nen B gumi Kinpachi Sensei 5 as Fukagawa Akihiko (TBS, 1999)

Endorsements:
NTT DoCoMo
SKY PerfecTV!
Contact Lens Solution
Lipbalm
Nintendo Gamecube Dance Dance Revolution (2005)
Oronamin C
Lotte Gum (Green Apple, Blue Citrus, Pink Berry)
Crunky Chocolate

Recognitions:
1st Astar TV Drama Awards: Best New Asian Star of 2007 for Japan (2007)
24th Best Jeans Award: Best Male Jeanist (2007)
23rd Best Jeans Award: Best Male Jeanist (2006)
1st Annual 2006 NTV Commercial Award (2006)
47th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actor for Nobuta wo Produce (2005)
44th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for Gokusen 2 (2004)
8th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix: Best Supporting Actor for Gokusen 2 (2004-05)

Trivia:
Jpop group: KAT-TUN, Shuji to Akira

Name: Tomohisa Yamashita (山下智久, Yamashita Tomohisa)
Nicknames: Yamapi (山P, Yamapi)
Birthplace: Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Birthdate: April 9, 1985
Height: 1.75 m
Weight: 65 kg
Blood Type: A
Family: Mother (Naomi Yamashita), Younger Sister (Rina Yamashita), and pet dog Hime-chan (Princess) and P-chan
Education: Currently attending Meiji University, Faculty of Business, majoring in Marketing
Best Friends: Ikuta Toma, Nishikido Ryo, Akanishi Jin, Shirota Yuu Takizawa Hideaki, Kamenashi Kazuya

Drama:
1998.03 Shinrei Safaa no Shi (Child)
1998.12 Shounentachi (Kakuda Shinya)
1999.02 Nekketsu Renaidou (Bloodtype O Boy, Episode 7)
1999.05 P.P.O.I (Amano Taira)
1999.07 Kowai Nichiyoubi (Episode 5)
1999.09 Kowai Nichiyoubi 2 (Episode 13)
1999.12 Kiken na Kankei (Miyabe Satoshi, Episode 10, Final Episode)
2000.04 Ikebukuro West Gate Park (Mizuno Shun)
2000.12 Shijou Saiaku no Deeto (Okamura Yuuki, Episode 1)
2000.12 All Star Chuushingura Matsuri (Asano Takumi)
2001.01 Kabachitare! (Tamura Yuta)
2001.04 Shounen wa Tori ni Natta (Nagashima Ken)
2002.01 Long Love Letter (Otomo Tadashi)
2002.07 Lunch no Joou (Nabeshima Koushirou)
2003.04 Crazy Virgin Road (Hajime)
2003.07 Stand UP!! (Iwasaki Kengo)
2003.10 Budou no Ki (Shindou Yousuke)
2004.01 Sore wa, Totsuzen, Arashi no you ni... (Fukasawa Takuma)
2005.07 Dragon Zakura (Yajima Yuusuke)
2005.10 Nobuta wo Produce (Kusano Akira)
2006.04 Kurosagi (Kurosaki)
2007.01 Byakkotai (Sakai Mineji and Sakai Shintaro)
2007.04 Proposal Daisakusen (Iwase Ken)
2008.03 Proposal Daisakusen SP (Iwase Ken)
2008.07 Code Blue (Aizawa Kousaku)

Film:
2008.03 Kurosagi (Kurosaki)

Singles:
2006.05.31 Daite Senorita

Variety Shows:
1998.09 Love Juniors, 8 Jida J
1998.11 Boys Be...Jr (Episode 8)
1999.04 Seven Samurai, J Family Betrayal
1999.12 Yattaru J
2000.04 Children Rose Empire 2000, The Shonen Club (still running), Music-Enta, Gakibara
2001.04 Uso!Japan
2003.10 NEWS Best 10
2007.Music Fighter

Shuji to Akira (修二と彰, Shuji to Akira lit. Shuji and Akira) is a special temporary unit formed by Kazuya Kamenashi and Tomohisa Yamashita, under Johnny's Entertainment from fall 2005 to winter 2006. This unit was created to promote the duo's Japanese TV series, Nobuta wo Produce. Shūji and Akira are the names of the characters of Kamenashi and Yamashita respectively. Although the TV show has long finished on television, the duo are still asked from time to time to perform on TV specials.

Single:
The unit's sole single, "Seishun Amigo" (青春アミーゴ, "Seishun Amigo"), was released on 2 November 2005 and debuted at #1 in the Oricon singles top 200 the following week. The single sold more than a million copies in less than 4 weeks and has spent 34 weeks on the chart. The single also topped the annual Oricon top 999 singles chart of 2005, making it the best selling single in Japan in 2005. The single remained on the charts until early 2006, and was also the third best-selling single of 2006. The song was also released as a single in Sweden on 21 June 2006 and entered the Swedish singles chart at #41 the following week.

Television performances:
2005.10.23 UTAWARA HOT TOP 10 (First performance)
2005.10.27 UTABAN
2005.10.28 MUSIC STATION
2005.10.31 HEY!HEY!HEY!MUSIC CHAMP
2005.11.04 MUSIC FIGHTERS
2005.11.04 MUSIC STATION (On a round performance stage surrounded by 200 fans)
2005.11.11 MUSIC STATION (3rd performance due to requests by fans)
2005.11.20 UTAWARA HOT TOP 10
2005.11.30 BEST ARTIST VOTED BY 130M PEOPLE (1億3000万人が選ぶ!ベストアーティスト)
2005.12.23 MUSIC STATION (Music Station Super Live 2005)
2005.12.31 JOHNNY'S COUNTDOWN LIVE
2006.03.18 SONG OF JAPAN VOTED BY FAMILIES (家族で選ぶにっぽんの歌)
2006.08.26 24 JIKAN TEREBI