Keisuke Katō

Keisuke Katō
Keisuke Katō
加藤慶祐
Born	September 2, 1988 (age 36); Wakō, Saitama, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2006-2017, 2018-present
Agent	G-Star.Pro
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)

Keisuke Katō (加藤慶祐, Katō Keisuke, born September 2, 1988) is a Japanese actor. He is best known for his roles as Kousuke Kitamura (Ivory) in TV Tokyo's drama Happy Boys and Keisuke Nago/Kamen Rider Ixa in TV Asahi's tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Kiva. Also, he is one of PureBoys, though on March 21, 2008 he announced his graduation from the group alongside colleagues Yukihiro Takiguchi and Masei Nakayama. This graduation was made official on March 31, 2008; the "graduation ceremony" was on March 28, 2008 during the PureBoys' weekly school-themed internet broadcast show. He graduated from Nihon University. In 2016, he launched his apparel brand "StarLean". On March 31, 2017, he left the talent agency Box Corporation to retire from the entertainment business, but from 2018, he is affiliated with the talent agency G-Star.Pro.

Filmography

TV

Happy! 2 (TBS, 2006)
Happy Boys (TV Tokyo, 2007) as Kousuke Kitamura (Ivory)
Hanazakari no Kimitachi e / Ikemen Paradise (Fuji TV, 2007) as Hikaru Yao
Hontou ni Atta Kowai Hanashi Summer Special 2007 (FujiTV, 2007)
Tadashii Ouji no Tsukurikata (TV Tokyo, 2008) as Tamon Sakura [ep. 12]
Kamen Rider Kiva (TV Asahi, 2008) as Keisuke Nago/Kamen Rider Ixa
Mei-chan no Shitsuji (Fuji TV, 2009) as Roppongi
Buzzer Beat! (Fuji TV, 2009) as Yoichi Oze

Movie

The Death Game Park(2010)
Madafakutori (lead role) as Akira
Ongakubito (2010)
Takumi-kun Series: Soshite Harukaze ni Sasayaite (2007) as Giichi Saki (Gii)
Kamen Rider Kiva: The King of Hell Castle (2008) as Keisuke Nago/Kamen Rider Ixa
Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Gaim & Wizard: The Fateful Sengoku Movie Battle (2013) as Kiva Army Warlord

Stage

7Cheers!~Tobe! Jibun To Iu Daichi Kara~ [with PureBOYS] (October 3–8, 2007)
Masked Rider Kiva Live&Show @Zepp Tokyo [with Kiva cast] (August 7, 2008)
Masked Rider Kiva Christmas Live&Show: Holy Fang Party [with Kiva cast] (December 25, 2008)

CD

"Happy Boys Image Collection 3 ~In the Future~" as Ivory (Kousuke Kitamura), 2007
"Kampai Je T'aime" [with PureBOYS], 2007
"Fight for Justice ~Individual-System NAGO ver.~" as Keisuke Nago, 2008
"Inherited-System Masked Rider IXA Tribute Album" as Keisuke Nago, 2008
"Don't lose yourself" as Keisuke Nago, 2008
"IXA-cise" as Keisuke Nago, 2008
"IXA-cise2 (Body rhythm Edit.)" as Keisuke Nago, 2009
"Kato Keisuke Pieces of Dream"

Photobooks

Aqua (Fuso Publishing Inc., released July 18, 2007)
PureBOYS 1st photo collection (Goma Books, released November 16, 2007)
Kamen Rider Kiva Character Visual Guide "Prelude", 2008
Gekijouban Kamen Rider Kiva Official Photobook, July 2008
Kamen Rider Kiva Character Visual Guide "Concerto", August 2008

CM

Intelligence, "an" and "in love byte" Version (2007)
Kao (Face) "Men's Biore" (2008)
DataCardDass Kamen Rider Battle Ganbaride (2009)

External links

Official agency profile (in Japanese)