is a Japanese actor and singer.

Career

Urai debuted as an actor in 2000 in Kamen Rider Kuuga television series. In 2001 he played Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask in Sailor Moon Musicals and started his career in theatre. In 2004 he portrayed Rudolf in '' Elisabeth'' and reprised the role multiple times until 2010. He is also known for portraying Matsukoma in

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television drama and

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in '' Death Note: The Musical''. In 2006, his performance in ''

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'' and ''

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'' earned Kikuta Kazuo Theatrical Award and in 2009, he received Kinokuniya Theatrical Award for his performance as Henry VI in '' Henry VI'' series at New National Theatre, Tokyo. In 2015, he received Yomiuri Theatrical Award for his performance in ''

'' and ''

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''. He also earned The Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists in Drama department in 2017 for his range of performances in previous year. On 1 June 2008, he transferred to Candid from Office Palette. In 2013, he formed StarS, a musical unit with

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and Ikusaburo Yamazaki and is active as a singer as well. He released his third solo album ''Various'' on 15 March 2023.

Performance credits

Theatre

Television

Voice acting

Radio

* Urai Kenji's Dressing Room -

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(AM 1242 kHz／FM 93.0 MHz) since 8 April 2018

Discography

Solo albums

Cast recordings

* ''Elisabeth - Highlight Live Recordings (Seiyo Uchino ver.)'' (2004) as Rudolf * ''Cinderella Story - Live Recording'' (2005) as Prince Charles * ''Flowers for Algernon - Premiere CD'' (2006) as Charlie Gordon * ''Dance of the Vampires - Highlight Live Recordings'' (2006) as Alfred * ''WILDe・BEAUTY'' (2009) as Oscar Wilde * ''Roméo et Juliette - Highlight Live Recordings (Yuu Shirota ver.)'' (2011) as Benvolio * ''Roméo et Juliette - Highlight Live Recordings (Ikusaburo Yamazaki ver.)'' (2011) as Benvolio * ''Flowers for Algernon'' (2014) as Charlie Gordon * ''Death Note: The Musical - Highlight Live Recordings (Kenji Urai ver.)'' (2015) as Light Yagami * ''The Man Who Laughs - Eternal Love - Highlight Live Recordings'' (2019) as Gwynplaine

Videos

VHS * ''Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon - The Birth! The Princess of Darkness Black Lady'' * ''Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon - The Birth! The Princess of Darkness Black Lady (Revised Edition) - The Enigma of Planet Nemesis'' * ''Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon 10th Anniversary Festival - Sanctuary of Love'' * ''Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon - Mugen Academy - Mistress Labyrinth'' * ''Would You Like Your Bento Heated Up?'' DVD * ''WILDe・BEAUTY'' * ''Takarazuka Boys'' * ''Rose and Samurai'' * ''Cymbeline'' * ''Goemon Rock 3: Zipang Punk'' * ''Sherlock Holmes: Secret of the Anderson Family'' * ''Crest of the Royal Family'' Ra version * ''Crest of the Royal Family'' Hapi version * ''Shakespeare in 12th Year of Tenpou Era'' * ''Kenji Urai 20th Anniversary Concert ~Piece~ at Tokyo International Forum 2021.4.20''

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Urai, Kenji Male actors from Tokyo 21st-century Japanese male actors Japanese male stage actors Japanese male voice actors Living people 1981 births 21st-century Japanese singers 21st-century Japanese male singers