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Daigo Naitō (内藤 大湖, Naitō Daigo, born April 8, 1978, in Tokyo, Japan), formerly known as Daigo Stardust, is a Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, talent, and voice actor. He debuted in 2003 as Daigo Stardust under Victor Entertainment. In 2007, he formed the rock band Breakerz. With the solo debut of Akihide, Daigo continued his solo project in 2013, but dropped the pseudonym surname "Stardust".
His best known acting role was as Yukichi Oishi in Love Shuffle.




History






= 1978–2001: early life

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Daigo was born April 8, 1978, in Nakano, Tokyo. He lived in Ichikawa, Chiba from age 3 to the summer of third grade. He moved back to Tokyo after his grandfather, Noboru Takeshita, became the prime minister of Japan. He attended Tamagawa Gakuen. He attended Tamagawa University Department of Arts, but dropped out. He developed a love of music at a young age when he listened to the Japanese rock band Boøwy and tried to learn the classical guitar, which he immediately quit to learn the electric guitar instead. He was also a fan of B'z, a major group under Daigo's current label. He formed a cover band for them in high school. He began voice-training during his third year in high school, and formed the band JZEIL, and performed at his high school festival before graduating. At that time, various visual bands were active, and blond hair, flashy makeup, and sexy costumes were trademarks. JZEIL grew in popularity and was expected to make a professional debut, but that did not occur and the band was dissolved on September 25, 2001.




= 2001–2007: Daigo Stardust

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After the band disbanded, he started his activity as a solo singer with the name "Daigo with the space toys." At age 25, with the help of photographer Katou Masonori, he made his debut, styled as "DAIGO☆STARDUST," on July 21, 2003, deriving the name from David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust persona.




= Family

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His maternal grandfather was Noboru Takeshita, the former prime minister of Japan, and his older sister is Eiko Naitō, a manga artist who is best known as Eiki Eiki.
He married Keiko Kitagawa, who played Sailor Mars in the live-action series Sailor Moon, on January 11, 2016. Their first daughter was born on September 7, 2022. On September 25, 2023, DAIGO and Kitagawa announced they were expecting a second child. Their second child, a son, was born on January 31, 2024.




Filmography






= Film

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Kimi ga Odoru, Natsu (September 2010) as Tomoya Ishiguro
Ultraman Saga (March 2012) as Taiga Nozomu/Ultraman Zero
Stand Up! Vanguard (September 2012) as himself
Cardfight!! Vanguard: The Three Games (August 2014) as himself
The Lies She Loved (2017) as Kimura
Nisekoi (2018) as Claude
Fortuna's Eye (2019) as Kazuyuki Utsui
Love Stage!! (2020) as Shōgo Sena (reprising his role from the anime)
Kamen Rider Gotchard (2023–2024) as Kamen Rider Gotchard Daybreak




= Drama

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Love Shuffle as Yukichi Oishi
Stand Up!! as Shin
Higanbana - Keishicho Sosa Nana ka as Kento Kikuchi
Eigyo Bucho Kira Natsuko as Yoshio Kawahara
Invisible (2022) as Rose




= Anime

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Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser (April 2009) as Kōsuke Mizutani
Cardfight!! Vanguard (August 2012) as himself
Love Stage!! (July 2014) as Shōgo Sena
Cardfight!! Vanguard G: GIRS Crisis (December 2015) as himself
Lu Over The Wall (May 2017) as Esojima
D4DJ First Mix (October 2020) as Kū Mitsuhashi
Anpanman: Dororin and the Transforming Carnival (June 2022) as Demon King Makkuro




= Dubbing

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Wanted (2008) as Wesley Gibson
Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure (April 2016) as Ryan
Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2019) as August Walker




Discography






= Albums

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As DAIGO☆STARDUST

MARIA (2003.07.21)
Eien no Space Cowboy (永遠のスペースカウボーイ) (2003.10.22)
ROCK THE PLANET (2004.04.21)
Daisy / SUMMER ROSE (デイジー) (2004.07.21)
SCAPEGOAT (2005.06.22)
SUPERJOY (2005.09.22)



As Daigo

いつも抱きしめて /無限∞REBIRTH (Itsumo Dakishimete / Mugen∞Rebirth) (2013.07.31)
BUTTERFLY/いま逢いたくて… (Butterfly/Ima Aitakute...) (2013.12.4)
Deing (2018.12.05)




= Mini albums

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As DAIGO☆STARDUST

The space toy (2003.11.21)
HELLO CRAZY GENTLEMAN (2005.11.23)
DAIGO☆STARDUST BEST (2009.02.25)




References






External links


Daigo official website Archived February 17, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
Daigo official blog (in Japanese)
Daigo Stardust official website (in Japanese)
Breakerz official website (in Japanese)

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