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9:17 pm - 12/12/2011

Kiriyama Akito takes on a gay role like a boss



Kansai Johnny’s Jr. mood-maker, Kiriyama Akito (22), will be taking on a gay role in the upcoming theater play, “Beautiful Sunday”. The play will be shown at Osaka’s Theater BRAVA! on March 10th-11th, 2012.

In 2005, V6’s Miyake Ken played the same role on a TV version of the play. With the exception of Johnny’s, this will be Kiriyama’s first stage play and he is excited to be going out on his own.

I hate to lose, so I want this work to be even better than Miyake-san’s,” he said.

Commenting on his new role, Kiriyama continued, “I’m not opposed to it, but how do I study it? I want to act real enough to make even gays [in the audience] say, ‘Isn’t that boy real?’”

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boy is precious

koshifuri 13th-Dec-2011 02:30 am (UTC)
I wish I could see this so bad. D: KIRIYAN. MAKE US PROUD. (and honestly. He hasn't shut up about it since the role was announced. Yes Akito, we know you're ga- HELLO SEXY GAY POSE)

Edited at 2011-12-13 02:35 am (UTC)
endless_purple 13th-Dec-2011 02:32 am (UTC)
I wished I could see this! I hope all goes well with Kiriyama's role! :D
kanbisenshi 13th-Dec-2011 02:32 am (UTC)
don't know him but the original beautiful sunday was really good. i thoroughly recommend it...



anyway i wish him well!
shibaru11 13th-Dec-2011 02:34 am (UTC)
this boy is really something...
but i always wonder why johnny-san did not see him....
he better do something about this boy before he leaves the agency...
go akito!
doujoushin 13th-Dec-2011 02:41 am (UTC)
I always liked him.
Hope it goes well. <3
quarrions 13th-Dec-2011 03:12 am (UTC)
Now I want to watch the original 2005 series. I read it´s part of this whole thing called Gekidan Engimono. Can anyone possibly link me to some good download for all of those dramas that belonged there?

omiyukio 13th-Dec-2011 05:54 am (UTC)
Here's the link to where you can download the series.
I don't know if the community is locked but it's easy to join.

http://miyake-ken.livejournal.com/14503.html#cutid1
quarrions 13th-Dec-2011 06:00 am (UTC)
ohohohoho

thank you so so so muuuch <3
omiyukio 13th-Dec-2011 06:08 am (UTC)
I just realized that you were looking for links to the Gekidan Engimono dramas. Hehe. Here's a link to a REALLY good V6 media community where you can find most of the Engimono's that V6 members starred in. It's also really easy to join. As for other Engimono's that other people starred in, I can't help you there. Sorry.

http://v6-unlimited.livejournal.com/

Btw, awesome icon. Haha!!
quarrions 13th-Dec-2011 06:22 am (UTC)
oh, thank you so much

you are awesome! I will try to find the rest by myself, but you really helped me a lot <3

and thank you :3 totally appropriate in here hahah <3
omiyukio 13th-Dec-2011 06:25 am (UTC)
No problem ^_^
banana666 13th-Dec-2011 01:24 pm (UTC)
Oh gosh!!
miyake's smile...
*died*
hungryant 13th-Dec-2011 03:13 am (UTC)
YAY AKITO!! FINALLY SOME WORK FOR a KANJU!! Go kanju go!
bessydevlin 13th-Dec-2011 03:24 am (UTC)
WOOT GO AKITO! I just get too many feelings when Kanju is getting cool work.
whited_79 13th-Dec-2011 07:11 am (UTC)
me too! Kanju totally deserve since they're always the ones getting shafted! :)
gensou_alice YAY~13th-Dec-2011 03:29 am (UTC)
*prances around happily*
kyun_spark 13th-Dec-2011 03:50 am (UTC)
Yeaaaaay akitoooo!! Go for it boy!!
sandster101 13th-Dec-2011 03:51 am (UTC)
If only I could watch this~ ><
well, g'luck Akinyan <<33
ohprecioustime 13th-Dec-2011 04:04 am (UTC)
hmmmmm.....seems like JEs are getting uglier as each generation passes
islandgurl84 13th-Dec-2011 06:30 am (UTC)
Wanna watch I hope there are fancams. I love Akito chan he needs to be in more dramas, Johnny sama.
whited_79 13th-Dec-2011 07:06 am (UTC)
aww go for it Akito! XD
bunny_d_kate 13th-Dec-2011 07:11 am (UTC)
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The tv drama was great. Ken was adorable in it <3
rainbow_yarn 13th-Dec-2011 08:10 am (UTC)
Just wondering, do gay people playing straight roles get this much notice?
liime_arix 13th-Dec-2011 01:09 pm (UTC)
No, but when straight people play gay roles, they're oh so brave and courageous.
itskimbitches 13th-Dec-2011 02:01 pm (UTC)
i think akito is genuinely excited about playing the role and killing the performance. he wants people to question his sexuality which is new...
i'm just glad he's going about it this way since i've seen others say "it was hard for me because ppl questioned my sexuality which hurt my feelings and i wanted to give up" then the bg goes "awwww poor guy"
liime_arix 13th-Dec-2011 05:50 pm (UTC)
I'm curious, how does one act like a real enough gay.
itskimbitches idk what "real enough gay" is but 14th-Dec-2011 03:26 am (UTC)
i was thinking he'll just mirror a gay person he knows.

i guess it's more "make people believe you two guys are really in love or the way you act when you're attracted to another male"


itskimbitches 13th-Dec-2011 02:02 pm (UTC)
is there an openly gay actor in the j-industry?
banana666 13th-Dec-2011 02:26 pm (UTC)
i don't think so...
but, i don't know what will happen if one of jiji's boys confess that he is a gay...
itskimbitches 13th-Dec-2011 02:37 pm (UTC)
more fan boys duh
banana666 13th-Dec-2011 02:47 pm (UTC)
HAHAHA...
Fanboys scream at concert.. XD
kyun_spark 13th-Dec-2011 05:53 pm (UTC)
Wouldn't it be like fangirl dream come true? You know, basing on the gazzilion boyxboy love in fanfics...
liime_arix 13th-Dec-2011 05:51 pm (UTC)
Do you want to count Tanoshingo?
xcapsule 13th-Dec-2011 06:26 pm (UTC)
he's more of a comedian than an actor?
liime_arix 13th-Dec-2011 06:47 pm (UTC)
He did do some acting before he became a comedian *shrugs* Most of the gay celebs in Japan I know are singers who're in the closet.
itskimbitches 14th-Dec-2011 03:27 am (UTC)
wait so if they're in the closet how do you know they're gay?
liime_arix 14th-Dec-2011 05:48 pm (UTC)
For example Hikawa Kiyoshi has a boyfriend, there's celebs that are gay that frequent Nichome, or it's widely known that they're gay, without the celeb coming out and saying 'I'm gay'. If that explains it, they're not totally in the closet, but they're not open to the entire world.

Another example is Anderson Cooper, most people know that he's gay, he even has a boyfriend. But he has never formally came out and said that he's gay. And they aren't obligated to tell the world their sexuality.
itskimbitches 14th-Dec-2011 03:15 am (UTC)
no...not really.
rainbow_yarn 14th-Dec-2011 09:21 am (UTC)
I was more talking about the entertainment industry as a whole, not just in Japan. I was going for the point that liime_arix made.
itskimbitches 14th-Dec-2011 12:25 pm (UTC)
oh in asia no...but i only know hollywood so NPH, and maybe that guy friend white collar.
ryoko293 13th-Dec-2011 08:32 am (UTC)
Awww bb, all you need to do it spend some touchy feely time with Junta and you'll know very well how to play your role ;D
banana666 13th-Dec-2011 01:31 pm (UTC)
i wanna watch the drama series!!
ken looks so loveable!!
potetofurai 13th-Dec-2011 02:42 pm (UTC)
YAY! Akito gets a stage role!!!

Too bad I'll be missing this by DAYS. I'm not gonna be in Japan until at least the 15th of March >
koshifuri 13th-Dec-2011 03:00 pm (UTC)
*pokes in* Well. The Hyogo shows are on the 17th and 18th, if you make it by the 15th.
koneho 13th-Dec-2011 09:51 pm (UTC)
The role's sexuality is irrelevant to me, I just love that it's Kiriyama getting some notice. ♥
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