born December 26, 1985, is a Japanese-Spanish actor and singer.
He is known most notably for his role as Kunimitsu Tezuka in the Prince of Tennis musical series, Tenimyu, and in the live film adaptation, and for his role as Tuxedo Kamen in the Sailor Moon Musicals, also as Kagurazaka Mokoto in live-action drama Hanazakari no Kimitachi e. He was also a former member of a young men's stage acting troupe, D-BOYS, which perform in various skit-like performances.
He has also appeared in various numbers of commercials, commercial videos, TV shows, musicals, and movies.
Shirota's appeared in Mai Hoshimura's 2002 "Stay With You" music video and MISIA's 2003 "In My Soul" music video. In September 2006, he, along with fellow D-Boy member, Yuya Endo, appeared in the music video for RAG FAIR's "Kimi no Tame ni Boku ga Tate ni Naro", playing a young man planning to propose to his girlfriend.
And he's starred in a series of commercial videos for the game, Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side and the game, Shadow Hearts From the New World (2005).
He was also a part of the 2005 Watanabe net drama, Hice Cool, appearing alongside fellow D-BOYS members Kotaro Yanagi, Yuya Endo, and Osamu Adachi.
Shirota also starred in the TV drama special, The Hit Parade, portraying the real-life Mickey Curtis. The show, which aired May 26, 2006 on Fuji TV, also starred fellow D-Boys members Masato Wada, Hirofumi Araki, Masaki Kaji, Hiroki Suzuki, Yuya Endo and Koji Seto.
Shirota's appeared on a radio show on FM Osaka 851, performing live on October 7, 2006.
