is a Japanese

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and DJ. He is one of the

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of the Japanese group

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Life and career

Urakawa started dancing at the age of two. In the first grade of primary school he started

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and became famous in his city. In the same grade, he formed a trio dance unit with his friends called and they won numbers of competitions. His activity gained a reputation and was introduced on the local NBC channel and NBC Radio's official blog as Expected Star of Nagasaki. Urakawa has won the national championship at the "First National Championship of street dancing among primary schools" in " Super Chample" on Chūkyō TV. He became interested in DJ-activity before Elementary school, and in the first grade of it he performed as a DJ at the dance competition "''All Japan Super Kids''", where Rather Unique (which was once formed by Exile's

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and Akira) performed, he has also developed his skills as a DJ and is showing off at events and live performances, his DJ name is "DJ Sho-hey". In 2008, along with other artists he participated in the “

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” program on

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as part of the Crystal's ''Chrystal Children'', a subgroup of “Crystal Winds” dancers. In the same year, he co-starred with TRF's SAM on the MV of Hong Kong's popular singer

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"Wāi". Urakawa attended EXPG (Exile Professional Gym) of

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as a scholarship student. He appeared in various music videos such as: "Someday (Children's Version)" by Exile in 2009 and 24karats Stay Gold (kids & girls ver.). From 2009 to 2010 he participated in

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’s tours as a back-up dancer. From 2011 to 2013, Urakawa was active as a support member of

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. In March 2014, he participated in ''Exile Performer Battle Audition'' and made it to the finals but was not selected to join Exile. In April of the same year, he was announced as a candidate member of

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, and in September he became an official member. In January 2019, he was appointed as the tourism ambassador of

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Works

Singles

Filmography

TV shows

Music videos

Other

References

External links

The Rampage Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Urakawa, Shohei 1997 births Japanese male dancers Japanese dancers LDH (company) artists Living people People from Nagasaki Prefecture People from Fukuoka Prefecture