Keiichiro Koyama
Keiichiro Koyama 小山 慶一郎 | |
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Also known as | Kei-chan (K-chan), Keii-chan, Koyamacchi |
Born | Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan | 1 May 1984
Origin | Tokyo, Japan |
Genres | J-pop |
Occupations |
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Instrument | Vocals |
Years active | 2001–present |
Member of | NEWS (band) |
Spouse | |
Website | Official site starto |
CHOIYAMA / 小山慶一郎 | |
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YouTube information | |
Channel | |
Years active | 2025–present |
Subscribers | 51.1 thousand[1] |
Views | 2.1 million[1] |
Last updated: April 13, 2025 |
Keiichiro Koyama (小山 慶一郎, Koyama Keiichirō, born 1 May 1984) is a Japanese musician and leader[2] of the Starto Entertainment group NEWS.
Biography
[edit]Koyama was born in Sagamihara, Kanagawa as the youngest of two children. His sister is Miki Fujiwara, who is an culinary expert.
He revealed on an episode of "NEWS na Futari" that he suffered from domestic abuse from his father as a child, which led to his parents' divorce.[3]
In 2007, he graduated from Meiji University's Department of History and Geography with a degree in Oriental History.[4][5]
Career
[edit]Upon entering Johnny's Entertainment on 21 January 2001, Koyama started out with the unit B.A.D. which stands for Beautiful American Dream. His second unit as a junior was B.B.D. which at first stood for Bad Boys Dancing, but was later changed to Best Beat Dancing. In October 2001, he was chosen as a member of Domoto Koichi's project, J-Support, later changed to K.K.Kity, alongside future fellow NEWS members Hironori Kusano and Shigeaki Kato. It was in this unit that Koyama started out as an announcer for shows such as the Ya-Ya-yah Show, and this has carried through to NEWS.
He is the oldest member of NEWS, which debuted in September 2003,[6] and is often seen as the mother figure of the group.
Koyama had his own radio show called "K-chan NEWS" that was broadcast every Wednesday from April 5, 2005 to March 27, 2024 by Nippon Cultural Broadcasting.
From 2006 until March 2011, he hosted NHK's popular TV variety show Shounen Club (Boys Club) alongside KAT-TUN member Nakamaru Yuichi. The pair shared the screen 6 years later in Fuji TV's variety special program "Otasuke JAPAN", which aired on 14 June 2017.[7]
Koyama learned sign language to interact with hearing-impaired children when he hosted NTV's "24 Hour TV" telethon in 2009, obtaining a test level 4.[6]
He could be seen as a newscaster on NTV's "News Every", from 2010 until 2018.[2][6]
He also occasionally participated in dramas, such as Fuji TV "Ns' Aoi" and "0-gōshitsu no kyaku",[6] as well as guest starring in his bandmate Yamashita Tomohisa's drama Kurosagi.
Koyama opened a personal Twitter on 17 March 2023,[8] and an official website on 22 February 2024.[9]
Koyama officially launched a YouTube channel on Jan 8, 2025, along with a TikTok account.[10] He has a short-length drama exclusive on YouTube called "BUTLER".
Scandal
[edit]On 8 June 2018, Koyama's entertainment career was halted. He attended a party where he gave an underage girl alcohol. The drinking age in Japan is 20 years old, and while she said she was 20 and legally able to drink, it was later discovered that she was in fact younger. This put his entire career on hold, including his entertainment activities with Johnny's Entertainment and his job as a newscaster for the program "News Every".
As of 27 June 2018, Koyama has resumed his entertainment activities. In December 2018, Koyama left the program "News Every."
Personal life
[edit]According to acquaintances, Koyama is to marry AAA's Misako Uno by the end of 2024. The couple met through friends, and started dating by fall 2022.[11] Koyama didn't deny the relationship when interviewed by Bunshun.[12] According to said acquaintances (and as reported by Bunshun), both have been sharing their living spaces, semi-cohabitating, with the previous approval of family and agencies.[11][12]
Koyama announced his marriage to AAA's Misako Uno on 12 March 2024. They registered their marriage on 12 March, which is also the birthday of Uno's beloved father, who died in January 2023.[13]
Koyama is fond of cats. He had a cat named Nyanta for 19 years and dedicated a song by the same name to the cat after its death. He now has a cat named Milk.[14]
Discography
[edit]Year | Title | Details |
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2005 | High TEN! | Quartet with Takahisa Masuda, Shigeaki Kato and Hironori Kusano. Featured in album touch |
2007 | Aribai (アリバイ) | Quartet with Takahisa Masuda, Shigeaki Kato and Yuya Tegoshi. Featured in album pacific |
2007 | Chirarism (チラリズム) | Duet with Shigeaki Kato. Featured in album pacific |
2007 | Nantoka Naru-sa (なんとかなるさ) | Vocal trio with Takahisa Masuda and Tomohisa Yamashita. Featured in album pacific |
2008 | Minna ga Iru Sekai wo Hitotsu ni Ai wo Motto Give & Take Shimashou
(みんながいる世界を一つに愛をもっとGive & Takeしましょう) |
Vocal trio with Takahisa Masuda and Tomohisa Yamashita. Featured in album color |
2008 | Murarist (ムラリスト) | Duet with Shigeaki Kato. Featured in album color |
2010 | Iitaidake (言いたいだけ) | Duet with Shigeaki Kato. Featured in NEWS DOME PARTY 2010 LIVE! LIVE! LIVE! DVD! |
2012 | Love Addiction | Featured in album NEWS BEST |
2012 | Private Hearts | Featured in album NEWS BEST |
2012 | Uri Sarang | Featured in album NEWS BEST |
2012 | Starry | Featured in single Chankapana |
2013 | Beautiful Rain | Featured in album NEWS |
2015 | Romeo 2015 (ロメオ 2015) | Featured in album White |
2016 | Ai no Elegy (愛のエレジー) | Featured in album QUARTETTO |
2017 | Nyanta (ニャン太) | Featured in album NEVERLAND |
2018 | Ginza Rhapsody (銀座ラプソディ) | Featured in album EPCOTIA |
2019 | Going that way | Featured in album WORLDISTA |
2020 | STAY ALIVE | Featured in album STORY |
2022 | Refrain | Featured in album Ongaku |
2023 | Mikaeri Bijin (ミカエリビジン) | Featured in album NEWS EXPO |
2024 | clip-clop (カランコロン) | Featured in album JAPANEWS |
Appearances
[edit]Dramas
[edit]- Kanojo ga Shinjyatta (彼女が死んじゃった) (2004)
- Unlucky Deizu: Natsume no Bōsō (2004)
- Kurosagi (Episode 2 only) (2006)
- Ns' Aoi (Ns'あおい) (2006)
- Hana Yome wa Yakudoshi (2006)
- Yukan Club (Episode 6 only) (2007)
- Loss:Time:Life (ロス:タイム:ライフ) (Episode 2 only) (2008)
- Guests of Room 0 (0号室の客) (5th story) (2010)
- Lucky Seven (2012)
- Key person of interest detective (重要参考人探偵)(2017)
- Zero: Ikkaku Senkin Game (ゼロ 一獲千金ゲーム) (Episode 9–10) (2018)
- Takasugi-san's Obento (高杉さん家のおべんとう) (2024) as Harumi Takasugi[15]
Film
[edit]- Aosho! (2025), Ritsu Kihōin[16]
Stage performances
[edit]- High School Musical (2007) as Troy Bolton
- Loss:Time:Life (2008)
- Call (2009)
- Room 0 (2010) as Shigeto Oyama
- Hello, Goodbye (2012) as Kumagai Ango
- Great Nature (2015) as Shinozaki
Variety shows
[edit]- Ya-Ya-yah (TV Tokyo, 2003–2007)
- Hi! Hey! Say (TV Tokyo, 2007–2009)
- Shounen Club (co-hosts with Yuichi Nakamaru) (NHK, 2006–2011)
- Ashita Tsukaeru Shinrigaku! Teppan Note (2008)
- Soukon (co-hosts with NEWS) (NTV, 2009–2010)
- news every (NTV, 2010–2018)
- Mirai Theater (co-hosts with NEWS member, Shigeaki Kato) (NTV, 2012–2015)
- Karaoke 18ban (NTV, 2015)
- Chikarauta (NTV, 2015–2017)
- Hen Lab (co-hosts with NEWS) (NTV, 2015–2016)
- NEWS na Futari (co-hosts with NEWS member, Shigeaki Kato) (TBS, 2015-2021)
- Shounen Club Premium (co-hosts with NEWS) (NHK, 2016–2019)
- Barairo Dandy (Tokyo MX, 2019-)
- Taichi-san (Tokai TV, 2020-)
- 4chan TV (MBS, 2021-)
- NEWS no Zenryoku Making (co-hosts with NEWS member, Shigeaki Kato) (TBS, 2021-2024)
- Uchimura no Tsuboru Doga (TV Tokyo, 2021-)
- NEWS Koyama no Oshakyan Do? (Fuji TV, 2023-)
References
[edit]- ^ a b "About CHOIYAMA / 小山慶一郎". YouTube.
- ^ a b ntv. "Profile at NTV's news every" (in Japanese).
- ^ "NEWS小山、両親の離婚は「俺が決めた」 小5で壮絶な経験…|シネマトゥデイ". シネマトゥデイ (in Japanese). 24 January 2017. Archived from the original on 27 November 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "Koyama graduates from Meiji University". Tokyograph (in Japanese). 26 March 2007. Archived from the original on 26 October 2007. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ ""視聴者"目線のNEWS・小山慶一郎、キャスターとしての高い支持率". Oricon (in Japanese). 10 July 2015. Archived from the original on 22 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d "NEWS・小山慶一郎、日テレ系夕方"ニュース"番組初レギュラー!". Oricon Career (in Japanese). 13 March 2010. Archived from the original on 22 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ "NEWS小山&KAT-TUN中丸 6年ぶりMCコンビ復活". Daily (in Japanese). 15 May 2017. Archived from the original on 22 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ "NEWS 小山慶一郎、Twitter初投稿はダウンタウンとのスリーショット 早くも"SNS沼"にハマる". Real Sound (in Japanese). 17 March 2023. Archived from the original on 22 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ "NEWS・小山慶一郎が自身のホームページを開設「ひとつひとつ丁寧に。皆さんと寄り添って歩んでいきます」". Oricon (in Japanese). 22 February 2024. Archived from the original on 22 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ "小山慶一郎、芸能生活25周年突入でYouTubeチャンネル開設 スーツ、刀、爆破…謎だらけのショートドラマ予告も解禁". ORICON NEWS. 21 January 2025. Archived from the original on 21 January 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ a b "【新春スクープ】NEWS小山慶一郎&AAA宇野実彩子、年内結婚へ!22年秋から交際". Mainichi (in Japanese). 1 January 2024. Archived from the original on 31 December 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ a b "〈半同棲スクープ撮〉NEWS・小山慶一郎(38)とAAA・宇野実彩子(36)が結婚へ". Bunshun (in Japanese). 12 April 2023. Archived from the original on 22 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ "NEWS小山慶一郎&AAA宇野実彩子が結婚「温かい家庭を育んでいきたい」 昨年亡くなった宇野"最愛の父"の誕生日に入籍" [NEWS Keiichiro Koyama & AAA Misako Uno get married "I want to raise a warm family" Register on the birthday of Uno's "beloved father" who passed away last year]. ORICON NEWS. 13 March 2024. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ^ "NEWS・小山慶一郎、19年飼った猫と別れ「苦しさを味わったからこそ」のアドバイスに反響". サイゾーウーマン (in Japanese). 3 March 2021. Archived from the original on 13 April 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "Takasugi-san's Obento Live-Action Series Reveals Main Cast, Staff, October 2 Premiere". Anime News Network. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ "アオショー!". eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 February 2025.