Yuya Tegoshi

Yuya Tegoshi (手越祐也, Tegoshi Yuya^?) is a member of the J-pop group NEWS and the subgroup Tegomass, both under Johnny & Associates.

Profile

• Nicknames: Tesshi, Tegonyan, Tegorin
• Birthday: 1987 November 11
• Hometown: Kanagawa
• Blood Type: B
• Star Sign: Scorpio
• Height: 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
• Weight: 55 kg (120 lb/8.7 st)
• Family: Mother, Father, pet dog (Tinny)
• School: Horikoshi Gakuen, Waseda University (Human Informatics and Cognitive Sciences, distance-learning)

Information

Tegoshi entered Johnny's during December 2002. He participated in various Johnny's Junior activities until, ten months later, he debuted as a part of NEWS. At the time of his debut, he was almost completely unknown. Even most of the members did not know who he was.

However, he gained popularity with his singing, which was one of the best in the group. He also started in acting, becoming the first member to star in a movie, and gained more roles in various Japanese dramas. He appeared with band members on Johnny's related television shows like Shounen Club and Ya-Ya-yah. He also hosted his own radio show, "Tegoshi Yuya's What a Wonderful Music." He is the self-proclaimed worst dancer but is considered one of the best, if not the best, singer in the group.

During NEWS's hiatus in 2006, he and bandmate Takahisa Masuda formed the duo Tegomass. They released the single Miso Soup in Sweden, recorded entirely in English, that reached #12 on the Swedish charts. In December of 2006, they released the Japanese version of "Miso Soup" single in Japan, which reached #1 on the Oricon charts. In spring of 2007, he worked in Tegomass as they represented the Japanese High School Volleyball Tournament with "Marui Chikara (マルイチカラ, Marui Chikara^?)" as well as contributing a song to the anime Lovely Complex with a new single, Kiss ~Kaerimichi no Love Song~ (キッス~帰り道のラブソング~, Kiss ~Kaerimichi no Love Song~^?) which debuted at #2.

Currently, he is once again working as a member of NEWS.

Filmography

TV dramas

• Shabake(2007)
• Hyoten 2006(2006)
• My Boss My Hero(2006)
• Gachibaka(2006)
• Gekidan Enigmono(2005)
• 15 Sai no Blues(2005)

Movies

• Happy Feet(2007) (Japanese dub)
• Shissou(2005)

Variety Show

• Itte Q(2007)

Stage

• Tegoraji(2007)

CM

• Tongari Corn
• Vermont Curry
• RUSS-K (with NEWS)

Trivia

• He introduces himself by putting his right hand palm out in front of his face, a gesture given to him by Tsuyoshi Domoto in Domoto Kyodai.
• During live performances he likes to twirl his index finger at the camera.
• His bandmates often describe him as being "harmlessly self-centered."
• In an appearance on Domoto Kyoudai, he said that Tomohisa Yamashita was his most admired senpai because he saw Yamapi's dramas and thought that he was cool.
• He often hangs out with bandmates Takahisa Masuda and Keiichiro Koyama.
• It is well known that bandmate Ryo Nishikido likes him a lot, often doting on him and coining the nickname Tegonyan.
• His mother and grandmother are one of his great fans and sticks his posters all around the house.
• He called Masuda "Massu" from the first time he met him.
• He is a fan of L'arc en ciel.
• He is very close friends to Takahisa Masuda, and spends even the days off with him, going to the gym and train together and go to a sentō afterwards.
• He has played soccer for over 10 years.
• His eye sights are not very well and usually wears contact lenses.
• He owns a Papillon dog named Tinny.
• He said Tinny (his dog) is his girlfriend on the "johnny's web"
• In an appearance on the music show, Utaban, during late 2007, Tegoshi has stated that his face has changed so much over the past years that people have asked him if he had plastic surgery done (which he did not have).
• He is the seiyuu for Mumble, main character of Happy Feet, in the Japanese-dubbing version of this Academy Award-winning animated film.

External links

• http://www.johnnys-net.jp/ - Johnny & Associates site
• Nippon Project - Exclusive private interviewja:手越祐也

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