, is a Japanese idol, television presenter, rapper, actor, and talento. He is a member of the boy group SixTONES under Starto Entertainment, formerly known as Johnny & Associates.
Background Juri Tanaka was born on June 15, 1995, in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. He is the second youngest of five siblings. His older brother is Koki Tanaka, former member of KAT-TUN also under Johnny & Associates.
Career In 2007, Tanaka acted in Tanaka Express No. 3 as the younger version of the main character Ichiro Tanaka (played by Koki Tanaka).
Tanaka joined Johnny & Associates on April 20, 2008, after his mother submitted an application and after passing an audition and dancing as a backup dancer at a Hey! Say! JUMP concert, he was placed in the Junior's branch of the company that manages talent that has not debuted.「ジャニーズJr.の小箱 田中樹」『読売中高生新聞』2016年8月12日、12ページ In 2012, he costarred in Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou with future SixTones groupmates Yugo Kochi, Jesse, Shintaro Morimoto, Hokuto Matsumura, and Taiga Kyomoto. Along with SixTones, Tanaka has starred in other musical stage shows such as Shounentachi between 2015 and 2017 with fellow Johnny's Jr. group Snow Man. In 2016, Tanaka starred in his first role as Hideo Matsunaga in Vanilla Boy: Tomorrow Is Another Day with Matsumura and Jesse.
Tanaka debuted with SixTones in 2020. In 2023, Tanaka played Naoya Katayama in the television drama Tanshin Hanabi airing on TV Asahi. In 2024, Tanaka played Ui Saito in the television and movie series Acma: Game, based on a manga series of the same name. In the same year, Tanaka co-hosted his first broadcast television series with labelmate Shori Sato in Abekobe Danshi no Matsu Heya de where Sato and Tanaka, with the assistance of two other host, showcase how their personalities are "complete opposites" and also attempt to work together to find ways to interview their guests in a comfortable setting.
Filmography
Television Dramas Year Title RoleNotes 2007 Tanaka Express No.Young Ichiro Tanaka 2012Shiritsu Bakaleya KoukouSatoshi Noguchi2019Black SchoolMichiro Matsumoto2022Ukiwa: Tomodachi Ijo, Furin Miman Yu Tamiya2023Tanshin HanabiNaoya Katayama2024Acma: GameUi Saito
Film Year Title Role Notes 2012 Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou: The Movie Satoshi Noguchi 2014 Kamen Teacher SP Eita Kagura 2016Vanilla Boy: Tomorrow Is Another Day Hideo Matsunaga 2019 Ninja Drones? Jyouhoya / No. 482 2019Black School RulesMichiro MatsumotoMovie Sequel to Black School2024Gekijo Ban: Acma:Game - Saigo no KagiUi SaitoLead
Television Year Title Notes 2024 Abekobe Danshi no Matsu HeyaCo-Host
References
External links SixTones official site