is a Japanese musician, writer, actor and a member of the J-pop group NEWS, from ELOV-Label formerly known as Johnny's Entertainment.
Early life and career Kato was born in Hiroshima, Japan, but he grew up in Osaka Prefecture and Yokohama-shi. He joined Johnny's Entertainment on April 17, 1999 when he was 11 years-old.加藤シゲアキ Shigeaki Kato on X: "今年もありがたいタグができています 芸能生活26周年になったみたいです さらに精進して、加藤シゲアキを増やして参ります #加藤シゲアキ入所26周年" / X As a junior he was a member of the organizations Best Beat Boys (B.B.B.), Boys Be Ambitious (B.B.A.), Best Beat Dancing (B.B.D.), Beautiful American Dreams (B.A.D.) and J-support (later changed to K.K.Kity).
He debuted as a member of NEWS in 2003. Along with other NEWS members, he plays the guitar, composing some of NEWS' songs, including his own solo "Kakao" in 2002, which he composed the lyrics to.
In 2010, he graduated from the Faculty of Law of Aoyama Gakuin University.
Aside from music, Kato has also establish himself as an author. During early days of NEWS, he felt his presence in the group was falling behind and didn't have much solo work like other members. This combined with the lack of group activities in 2011, Kato decided that he wanted to do something not only for his career but for the band, so after getting permission from management to write a novel, he started writing Pink and Gray and finished the book in less than a year. On January 28, 2012, the book was published. This make Kato the first idol in Johnny & Associates to become an author.
Pink and Gray was later adapted into a movie in 2016, directed by Isao Yukisada and stars Yuto Nakajima formerly of Hey! Say! JUMP.映画『ピンクとグレー』公式サイト, Pink and Gray film Official Site (March 4, 2016 archive)
Kato has received several accolades for his written works. His 2020 novel Alternate was nominated for the Naoki Prize. In 2021, the book won Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Award for New Writers and the High School Students Naoki Prize. Alternate was also nominated for Japan Booksellers' Award.
He received a second Naoki Prize nomination in 2023, for Nare no hate.
On August 27, 2025, it was confirmed that Kato will star as Sam in the Japanese production of Danny Robins' play 2:22 A Ghost Story, directed by Shintaro Mori. The play will run from February 6 until March 16, 2026 and also stars Wakana Aoi, Nao Minamisawa and Satoru Matsuo.
Private life On March 3, 2024, Shigeaki announced through his groups' official website that he is getting married. The date of the ceremony has not been disclosed.
Discography Year Title Details 2005 Survival Featured in DVD Nippon East to West Spring Concert 2007 Duet with NEWS member, Keiichiro Koyama. Featured in album pacific Duet with NEWS member, Keiichiro Koyama. Featured in DVD Never Ending Wonderful Story Featured in DVD Never Ending Wonderful Story 2008 HAPPY MUSIC Featured in DVD NEWS Concert Tour Pacific 2007 2008 – The First Tokyo Dome Concert Duet with NEWS member, Keiichiro Koyama. Featured in album color 2009 Featured in DVD NEWS Live Diamond 2010 Duet with NEWS member, Keiichiro Koyama. Featured in DVD NEWS Dome Party 2010 Live! Live! Live! DVD! 2012 Featured in single Chankapana 2013 Dreamcatcher Featured in album NEWS 2015 ESCORT Featured in album White 2016 Featured in album QUARTETTO 2017 Featured in album NEVERLAND 2018 Featured in album EPCOTIA 2019 Featured in album WORLDISTA 2020 Narrative Featured in album STORY 2022 Agitato Featured in album Ongaku2023Ninjo Shinju (人情心中)Featured in album NEWS EXPO2024almondFeatured in album JAPANEWS2025CocoonFeatured in album Henshin2026HandsFeatured in album KMK
Filmography
Dramas YearTitleRoleNetworkNote1999Scary Sunday NTVEpisode 5: Tomodachi no J-kun2000SPACE ANGEL 2001 Yen Uchu no TabiMasaruNTVScary Sunday ~2000~NTVEpisode 16: Tsuri sagaruShijo Saiaku no DetoIkeda ShingotoNTVThe 1st Dates: Shijo saiaku no hatsu deto!?2001Shounen wa Tori ni NattaTBS3-nen B-gumi Kinpachi senseiHasegawa KenTBSSeason 62004Home Drama!ホームドラマ! Official Site, Home Drama! Official Site (August 5, 2011 archive)InabaTBSEpisode 93-nen B-gumi Kinpachi sensei Hasegawa KenTBSSeason 7, episode 112005Gekidan Engimono劇団演技者 Official Site, Gekidan Engimono Official SiteKojimaFuji TVEpisode 13: Ie ga Tooi2006Busu no Hitomi ni Koishiteruブスの瞳に恋してる jdorama.com, Busu no Hitomi ni Koishiteru Jdorama Site (September 19, 2015 archive)Shimizu KotaFuji TVGekidan EngimonoUenoFuji TVEpisode 20: Car Radio ga OwarebaKakure Karakuriカクレカラクリ Official Site, Kakure Karakuri Official Site (November 28, 2010 archive)Abe TomonariTBS2007Seven Days of a Daddy and a Daughterパパとムスメの7日間 Official Site, Papa to Musume no Nanokakan Official Site (December 31, 2010 archive)Osugi KentaTBSSugata Sanshiro姿三四郎 Official Site, Sugata Sanshiro Official SiteSugata SanshiroTV Tokyo2008Hokabenホカベン Official Site, Hokaben Official SiteKatase RiichiroNTV2009Chichi yo, Anata wa Erakatta ~1969 Nen no Oyaji to Boku父よ、あなたはえらかった Official Site, Chichi yo, Anata wa Erakatta Official Site (January 13, 2012 archive)Onodera MasaruTBS0 Goushitsu no Kyaku0号室の客 Official Site, 0 Goushitsu no Kyaku Official SiteYazakiFuji TVStory 3: Kampeki na Otoko2010TroublemanNews member Kato Shigeaki, follows Yamapi in getting a lead role for a weekly drama , (Japanese)Tokuda KazuoTV Tokyo2011Shin Jidan Koshonin Ura FileHashima IppeiTBSHanawake no Yon ShimaiShozaburo MashikoTBS3-nen B-gumi Kinpachi sensei Final SpecialHasegawa KenTBS2012Hana no Zubora MeshiOsoiTBS/MBSBlackboard ~Jidai to Tatakatta Kyōshi tachi~Kumatani ShotaTBSThird Night: YumeShin Jidan Koshonin Ura File 2Hashima IppeiTBS2014Shitsuren ChocolatierHiroaki SekiyaFuji TVShin Jidan Koshonin Ura File 3Hashima IppeiTBSShin Jidan Koshonin Ura File 4Hashima IppeiTBS2015Taishi Kakka no RyourininSatoru EguchiFuji TV2016Kasa wo Motanai Aritachi waKeisuke MurataFuji TVToki wo Kakeru ShoujoKazutaka YanoNTVMomoku no Yoshinori Sensei ~Hikari wo Ushinatte Kokoro ga Mieta~ Yoshinori AraiNTV2017Kirawareru YuukiToshio AoyamaNTVJidai o Tsukutta Otoko Akuyū MonogatariShunichi TokuraNTV2018Zero: The Bravest Money Game Ukai ZeroNTVInugamike no IchizokuKindaichi KousukeFuji TV2019Yotsuba Ginkou Harashima Hiromi ga Monomousu ~Kono Hito ni Kakero~Kazuhiro YamaneTV TokyoEpisode 3Akuma no Temari Uta ~Kindaichi Kousuke, Futatabi~Kindaichi KousukeFuji TV2020Yoru ga Dorehodo KurakutemoWataru InamiWOWOW2021Rokujoma no Piano ManKenji MurasawaNHKYonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Natsu no Tokubetsu HenKimura TakashiFuji TVSanzu River Outlet ParkByoin no Naoshikata ~Special~Natsume ShōTV TokyoThe Winner of February: An Absolutely Qualified ClassroomJun HaitaniNTVKenjushou ~Mistukunikou to Ore~Nishiki HyōnosukeNHK2022Skylock's ChildrenTakino MakotoWOWOW2023Manten no GoalTakashi MikamiNHKAkinai Senden Gold and SilverSōjiNHK2025Natsume Sōseki ~Wagahai ga Aishita Higo no Kuni Yori~Natsume SōsekiTKUAkinai Seiden Gold and Silver 2SōjiNHKShin Tokyo Shuijou KeisatsuKusakabe JunFuji TV2026Conbini Kyoudai – Tenderness Mojikou Kogane Mura TenKazuhito ShibaNHK
Variety shows YearTitleNetworkNote2003–2007Ya-Ya-yahTV TokyoRegular2009–2010SoukonNTVCo-hosts with Keiichiro Koyama, Takahisa Masuda and Yuya Tegoshi2011Ariyoshi JaponTBSIrregular panelistBakushōmondai no taihen yoku dekimashita!TV TokyoPanelist2012–2015Mirai Theater未来シアター Official Site Mirai Theater Official Site (November 28, 2016 archive)NTVCo-hosts with Keiichiro Koyama and Shinichi Hatori2015–2021NEWS na FutariNews な2人|TBSテレビ, (Japanese) News な2人 Official SiteTBSCo-hosts with Keiichiro Koyama2015–2024Typewriters ~Monokaki no Sekai~Fuji TVCo-hosts with Naoki Matayoshi2015–2019Hakunetsu Live Bibitto白熱ライブ ビビット Official Site, (Japanese) Hakunetsu Live Bibitto Official SiteTBSFriday regular panelist2015–2016Hen Labo変ラボ公式, Hen Lab Official Site (August 11, 2017 archive)NTVCo-hosts with Keiichiro Koyama, Takahisa Masuda and Yuya Tegoshi2015ZERO Culture Spin-off: Idols Now and ThenNTVA conversation with Arashi's Satoshi Ohno and Sho Sakurai2016–2019Shounen Club PremiumNHK BS PremiumCo-hosts with Keiichiro Koyama, Takahisa Masuda and Yuya Tegoshi2017–2018Inochi no UtaNHKMain MC2018Tabisuru RakugoFuji TVGuest2021–20233-minute DocumentaryNHKRegular2021–2024NEWS no Zenryoku!! MakingNEWSの全力!!メイキング Official SiteTBSCo-hosts with Keiichiro Koyama2022100-minute Masterpiece for teens100分de名著 Official Site, 100-minute Masterpiece Official Site (March 22, 2023 archive)NHKMain MC2022–2023Hokkaidō ga "Ikki Mi" SpecialNHKRegular2023Eien ni Kataritsugitai ~Mirai e Nokosu, Ano Toki no Kioku~永遠に語り継ぎたい〜未来へ残す、あの時の記憶〜 Official SiteNHKNavigator2025Koichi & Shige's SHOW Man!!TV AsahiCo-hosts with Koichi Domoto
Stage plays YearTitleRolePerformance Term2008Konnan Yatte Mimashita The Globe Tokyo: July 14 – July 30 Osaka Theater Drama City: August 2 – August 82009SEMINARLauren The Globe Tokyo: May 17 – June 3 Osaka Theater Drama City: June 9 – June 1420116 gatsu no Bitter OrangeTatsuya Fukano The Globe Tokyo: June 3 – June 26 Morinomiya Piloti Hall, Osaka: July 1 – July 62014Naka no HitoKoichi Sakazaki The Globe Tokyo: April 25 – May 11 Osaka Theater Drama City: May 16 – May 182017The Green MilePaul Edgecomb The Globe Tokyo: September 30 – October 22 Kyoto Theater: November 4 – November 82021Modern BoysKanade Yahagi New National Theater, Tokyo: April 3 – April 162022Shukushuku to UnshinHajime Tsukino PARCO Theater, Tokyo: March 8 – March 27 Morinomiya Piloti Hall, Osaka: April 8 – April 102023Edmond: The Man Who Wrote Cyrano de BergeracEdmond Rostand New National Theater, Tokyo: April 1 – April 16 Higashiosaka City Cultural Creation Center Dream House Large Hall: April 22 – April 242025 PARCO Theater, Tokyo: April 7 – April 30 Higashiosaka City Cultural Creation Center Dream House Large Hall: May 9 – May 10 Fukuoka Civic Hall Large Hall: May 17 – May 18 Toyota Civic Cultural Center Large Hall: May 24Katashiro～Relive vol.2～Patient PARCO Theater, Tokyo: August 220262:22 A Ghost StorySam Theater Creation, Tokyo: February 6 – March 1 Tokai City Arts Theater Large Hall: March 6 – March 8 Sky Tower MBS, Osaka: March 12 – March 16
Films Pink and Gray (2016, cameo appearance) Shibuya, 1 and 0 (2022, directed and starred) SUNA (『MIRRORLIAR FILMS Season 7』, May 9, 2025, directed and starred)
Other works
Essay Dekiru koto nara Steed de (Essay collection, Asahi shinbun sha, March 6, 2020) Cuba no reimei (Asahi shinbun sha『shousetu TRIPPER』Spring edition 2016) Dekiru koto nara Steed de (Asahi shinbun sha『shousetu TRIPPER』Winter edition 2016 – 2019) Last Trip Mitei
Novels Pink and Gray (Kadokawa Shoten, 2012) Senko Scramble (Kadokawa Shoten, 2013) Burn (Kadokawa Shoten, 2014) Kasa wo Motanai Aritachi wa (Kadokawa Shoten, 2015) tuberose de matteru【AGE22】(Fusou sha『shu-kan SPA!』, 2016) tuberose de matteru【AGE32】(Fusou sha, 2017) Alternate (Shinchosha, 2020) Nare no hate (Kodansha, 2023) Miakis Symphony (Magazine House, 2025)
Productions Kasa wo Motanai Aritachi wa (2016) as Original work Pink and Gray (2016) as Original work AmberS (2026) as Original work
Radio SHIGET TOGETHER (2005 – 2008, Sundays weekly from 11:00 pm~11:30 pm, FM-FUJI) SORASHIGE BOOK (2011 – present, Sundays weekly from 11:00 pm~11:30 pm, FM Yokohama) Kato Shigeaki Sasanai Sawai (May 1, 2024, August 30, 2025, JOLF)
Short story Daiji na mono (Kadokawa Shoten,『shousetsu Yasei jidai』January 2016) Oresama no iutoori (Kadokawa Shoten,『shousetsu Yasei jidai』August 2016) Watashi to Torida Ageha (Kadokawa,『Lawson Walker 50th Anniversary Book』June 13, 2025) Thirty Stripes (Asahi shinbun sha,『shousetsu TRIPPER』Summer 2025 Issue, June 17, 2025)
Serialization Wagahai wa Shige de aru (Johnny's web, 2005 – 2008) Aoi hitorigoto (Shueisha『Myojo』July 2006 – June 2011) photo shigenic (Wani Books『Wink Up』December 2007 – March 2016) GIRL FRIENDS (Shueisha『Myojo』May 2012 – October 2019) Shigeaki no Cloud (Johnny's web, November 2015 – 2023, FAMILY CLUB web, 2023 – April 2025) Shigeaki no Koe (FAMILY CLUB web April 2025 – present)