PROFILE

On September 22, 2006, in the final battle of “EXILE VOCAL BATTLE AUDITION 2006 ~ASIAN DREAM~”, TAKAHIRO won the position of EXILE's new vocalist out of about 10,000 contestants and joined EXILE.
In August 2012, vocalist TAKAHIRO (EXILE), guitarist HISASHI (GLAY), bassist TOKIE (unkie/LOSALIOS) and drummer MOTOKATSU MIYAGAMI (THE MAD CAPSULE MARKETS) formed "ACE OF SPADES" as a limited project and released the single “WILD TRIBE”.
In 2014, TAKAHIRO held his first personal exhibition “Hajime -EX Baka Diary-”.
In September 2015, TAKAHIRO released his commemorative album “the VISIONALUX” that summed up his career up till then.
In 2017, after two years, he started his solo activities again.
On October 4, 2017, he released his single “Eternal Love”. It was chosen as the commercial song for “Huis Ten Bosch 'Kingdom of Lights'”.
On October 5 of the same year, he launched his first fan club event “EXILE TRIBE FAMILY FAN CLUB EVENT 'TAKAHIRO Michi no Eki 2017-2018'”.
On December 6, 2017, he released his mini album “All-The-Time Memories” which included 3 songs written and composed by him. He has been very active as a solo artist.
On February 20, 2019, the limited project “ACE OF SPADES” released their long-awaited first album “4REAL”, 6 years after the band was formed. They also held their first national tour “ACE OF SPADES 1st. TOUR 2019 '4REAL'” which included 7 shows in 5 cities.
In July of the same year, TAKAHIRO launched “EXILE TRIBE FAMILY FAN CLUB EVENT 'TAKAHIRO Michi no Eki 2019'” which was held in 28 cities in Japan. It was the “sequel” of his previous fan club event “TAKAHIRO Michi no Eki 2017-2018” with 22 shows in 19 cities held from 2017 to 2018. He succeeded to hold live shows in all the 47 prefectures through these two fan club events.
In September 2020 TAKAHIRO's series <EXILE RESPECT> in which he will continue to cover and release EXILE's songs has started, and the 1st single “Unmei no Hito” and 2nd single “Heavenly White” were digitally released on September 28 and December 21.
In 2021, EXILE celebrated their 20th debut anniversary while TAKAHIRO welcomed his 15th debut anniversary. From March of the same year, EXILE TRIBE's dome tour “EXILE TRIBE LIVE TOUR 2021 'RISING SUN TO THE WORLD'” across Japan.
On April 27 of the same year, EXILE's first single of 2021, “PARADOX”, with lyrics co-written by TAKAHIRO and SHOKICHI, has been released. It also included the 3rd single of <EXILE RESPECT>, "Lovers Again".
In April of the same year, "Lovers Again" and “Motto Tsuyoku”, a collaborative song with pianist “Harami-chan”, were unveiled on the YouTube channel “THE FIRST TAKE” which presents one-shot performances of artists.

In 2023 which marks the 10th anniversary of his solo career, he released a content-rich original album “EXPLORE” which includes original songs, <EXILE RESPECT> songs which are self-covers of EXILE's songs with new arrangements, live videos, etc. From April, he started to hold his first solo tour “EXILE TAKAHIRO LIVE TOUR 'TAKAHIRO Michi no Eki 2023' ~Road to EXPLORE~” which had 20 shows in 18 cities around Japan.
On September 21, he held his first solo live show at Nippon Budokan, “EXILE TAKAHIRO BUDOKAN LIVE 2023 'EXPLORE'” and released its LIVE DVD/Blu-ray on February 14, 2024.
From April 17, 2024, he is scheduled to hold a live tour “EXILE TAKAHIRO LIVE TOUR 2024 'FULL THROTTLE'” which will be centered around Zepp in order to let people enjoy music at a closer distance.

Apart from activities as a vocalist, he also served as an actor in “The Easygoing Police”, “WILD HEROES” and the “HiGH & LOW” series. In 2017, he made his stage play debut by playing the lead role in "MOJO” which won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy, the highest award in the U.K.'s theatrical field.
In May 2019, TAKAHIRO played his first solo lead role in the feature film “Boku ni, Aitakatta”.
In September of the same year, he played in his first period drama titled “Three Nobunagas”.

TAKAHIRO has also gained a reputation in the fields of calligraphy and painting. His activity field has been widely extended by designing the railcars of JR Kyushu's conventional lines in 2022 and starting operation of the train designed by him in October of the same year.

WORKS

Release

2024.02.14LIVE DVD & Blu-ray "EXILE TAKAHIRO BUDOKAN LIVE 2023 'EXPLORE'"
2023.09.06Album "EXPLORE" / EXILE TAKAHIRO
2022.11.22Digital single "Michi" / EXILE TAKAHIRO
2021.12.24Digital single "I Believe" / EXILE TAKAHIRO
2021.08.09Digital Single "Yasashii Hikari" / EXILE TAKAHIRO
2020.12.21Digital Single "Heavenly White" / EXILE TAKAHIRO
2020.09.28Digital Single "Unmei no Hito" / EXILE TAKAHIRO
2020.03.12LIVE DVD & Blu-ray "EXILE TRIBE FAMILY FAN CLUB EVENT 'TAKAHIRO Michi no Eki 2019'" (available to fan club members only)
2019.11.25Digital single "ON THE WAY ~Ai no Hikari~" EXILE TAKAHIRO
2019.10.16Digital single "YOU are ROCK STAR" EXILE TAKAHIRO
2019.07.08Digital single "Last Night" EXILE TAKAHIRO
2019.02.20Album "4REAL" ACE OF SPADES
2018.11.14LIVE DVD & Blu-ray "EXILE TRIBE FAMILY FAN CLUB EVENT 'TAKAHIRO Michi no Eki 2017-2018'" (exclusive for fan club members)
2017.12.06Mini Album "All-The-Time Memories" EXILE TAKAHIRO
2017.10.04Single "Eternal Love" / EXILE TAKAHIRO
2016.10.12Single "TIME FLIES" / ACE OF SPADES × PKCZ® feat. Hiroomi Tosaka
2015.09.23Album "the VISIONALUX" / EXILE TAKAHIRO
2014.03.05Single "Love Story" / EXILE TAKAHIRO
2013.06.26Single "Issen Ichibyou" / EXILE TAKAHIRO
2012.08.22Single "WILD TRIBE" / ACE OF SPADES
*ACE OF SPADES are HISASHI (G) / TAKAHIRO (Vo) / TOKIE (B) / Motokatsu Miyagami (D).

Movie

2016.04~06NTV Drama "HiGH & LOW -Season 2-"
2015.10~12NTV Drama "HiGH & LOW THE STORY OF S.W.O.R.D."
2015.04~06NTV Drama "WILD HEROES" First lead role in a drama
2015.03Appearance in NTV Drama "The Easygoing Police SPECIAL"
2014.01~03Appearance in NTV Drama "The Easygoing Police"

Drama

2016.04~06NTV Drama "HiGH & LOW -Season 2-"
2015.10~12NTV Drama "HiGH & LOW THE STORY OF S.W.O.R.D."
2015.04~06NTV Drama "WILD HEROES" First lead role in a drama
2015.03Appearance in NTV Drama "The Easygoing Police SPECIAL"
2014.01~03Appearance in NTV Drama "The Easygoing Police"

CM

2021TV commercial model of TAKARA SHUZO "Lemon Sour de Nihon wo Genki ni!" Project
2018NISSIN "CUP NOODLE"
September 2015~SUNTORY "SUNTORY The MALT'S"
October 2012Fujitsu "FMV"
October 2014~AOYAMA TAILOR
February 2014~Samantha Thavasa meets SAMANTHA KINGZ "Kaban no Naka ni, Koi wo Ohitotsu."
June 2013~DAIICHIKOSHO "SmartDAM"
June 2013~Coca-Cola (Japan) "Coca-Cola ZERO"
April 2012Kose Cosmeport "adidas skin protection"
December 2011Meiji "Dorea"
November 2011, March 2013NTT Communications "050plus"
November 2011GREE "Seisen Cerberus"
September 2011, November 2012Fujitsu "ARROWS"
September 2010Meiji "Meiji Milk Chocolate"
April 2010, June 2011Kirin Beverages "OTONA NO KIRIN LEMON"
March 2010, June 2011ROHTO Pharmaceutical "ROHTO Zi"
2009Meiji "Fran"
2009Toyota Motor "WISH"

Stage

2017"MOJO"

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