Profile
Name:' 相葉弘樹
Romanized: Hiroki Aiba
Nicknames: Aibacchi, Aiba-chan
Birthday : October 1, 1987
Age: 20
Blood Type: O
Birth Place : Chiba
Height: 178 cm (5'10")
Shoe Size: 27 cm
Hobbies: Basketball, snow boarding, skiing
Special talent/abilities: Dancing
Favorite food : Monjyayaki
Favorite artists: FLAME, w-inds., EXILE, aiko, 19
Likes : Monjyayaki, yakiniku, sushi, candy/sweets
Dislikes : spiders , cockroaches, fungi, and eggplants

Career

With BRIGHTS
Aiba was a former member of the disbanded three-men streetdancing group called BRIGHTS. The other two members included Atsushi Koga and TAKUYA, who would also happened to later play Akutagawa Jirou in The Prince of Tennis Musicals with Aiba. The group had to break up because Aiba had to join AVEX (the agency he's currently with) after he won in the JUNON BOY contest. There were originally 4 people in the group, but one dropped out, so that left Aiba, TAKUYA, and Atsushi, in BRIGHTS. At that time, Aiba was still an amateur at dancing and he's stated in past blog entries that he owes a lot to TAKUYA, who was already an experienced dancer by then, for teaching him various things.

BRIGHTS performed in Yoyogi Park (代々木公園) from August 2003 to April 2004.


As Shusuke Fuji in The Prince of Tennis Musicals
In 2005, Aiba won the role of Shusuke Fuji, the prodigy of Seigaku Middle School's tennis club. He became the third actor to play Fuji in The Prince of Tennis Musicals. He made his debut as Fuji on January 8th, 2005 in the Winter 2004-2005 Side Yamabuki performance in Osaka. That same year, his role as Fuji was carried into the live adaptation film of the anime/manga.

He performed, as Fuji, in the following shows:

Tenimyu in Winter: Side Yamabuki - Featuring St Rudolph
Dream Live 2nd: Second Live concert
Imperial Match Hyotei
Hyoutei in Winter
Dream Live 3rd: Third Live concert
On March 29th, 2006, in the Dream Live 3rd Live concert, Aiba did not graduate alongside with the rest of his fellow 2nd generation Seigaku castmates; instead, he decided to continue performing in the musicals and acted as a guide for the new 3rd generation Seigaku cast members.

Thus he has continued to perform, as Fuji, in the following shows:

Advancement Match Rokkaku - Featuring Hyotei Gakuen
Absolute King Rikkaidai feat. Rokkaku ~ First Service
Dream Live 4th
Absolute King Rikkaidai feat. Rokkaku ~ Second Service
He released a Best Actor's album in 2006, for his role in the musicals as Fuji, called The Prince of Tennis Musicals Best Actor's Series 003 - Hiroki Aiba as Shusuke Fuji.


As Shusuke Fuji in The Prince of Tennis Live-Action Film
Aiba was able to carry on his role as Shusuke Fuji from the musicals to the live-adaptation film of the anime/manga series, The Prince of Tennis. He, along with most of the principle cast members for the Seigaku Regulars, were able to reprise their roles in the movie. The only major casting change was the casting of Kanata Hongo as Ryoma Echizen, the main protagonist.

The Prince of Tennis was released on May 13th, 2006 and opened on the tenth spot in the Japanese Box Office.


Personal life
Aiba keeps a personal blog, which he updates occasionally.


Filmography
Year Title Role Other notes
2004 Occult Tantei-dan Shiningyou no Hakaba Hara Takashi
2006 Ie Kaidan (家怪談) N/A Volume 3 of the Kaidan series
2006 The Prince of Tennis Shusuke Fuji Did not graduate with 3rd Seigaku cast
2007 Sukitomo Yoshiki Saitou
2007 Delicious Gakuin Takasugi Rin TV drama


Discography

Albums
Aiba has currently released one album.

Album Stats

Album was released for The Prince of Tennis musical in Japan (JPN), only. The album also includes KENN (as Yuuta Fuji), performing two duets with Aiba.

Year Cover Info Chart positions

JPN
2006 Musical Tennis no Ohjisama (The Prince of Tennis)
The Best Actor's Series 003
Hiroki Aiba as Syuusuke Fuji
Release date: July 26, 2006
1st Studio album
Formats: CD
N/A

Track Listings for the Album:

"Tsubasa no Kizuna" (with KENN as Yuuta Fuji)
"Shootin' Your Smile"
"Yume no Kidou"
"Instrumental ~ Fuji vs Ryoma"
"Yume wo Tsunage - Syuusuke Solo Edition"
"HAND IN HAND"
"Instrumental ~ Fuji vs Akutagawa Jirou DL3. KIRA★KIRA ver."
"Instrumental ~ Fuji vs Mizuki"
"Run Run Run - Brother's Edition" (with KENN as Yuuta Fuji)
"Aiba Hiroki & KENN Message for you"

Stage

Musicals
2005-2007 Syuusuke Fuji - The Prince of Tennis Musicals

Plays
July 11th to 19th, 2006 - Switch wo Osutoki ~Kimi-tachi wa Naze Ikiteirunda?~
October 6th to 14th, 2007 - Pippin

Awards
The 16th JUNON SUPER BOY Judge's Special Award (3rd Place)

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