Keiji Kuroki

Keiji Kuroki
黒木 啓司
Born	(1980-01-21) 21 January 1980 (age 44) Kiyotake (now Miyazaki) Miyazaki District, Miyazaki, Japan
Other names	KJ Keiji (stylized as KEIJI)
Occupations	Dancer actor
Years active	2003–2022
Notable work	Attaku No. 1
Television	Monsieur! Namae o nakushita Megami The Reason I Can't Find My Love
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Spouse	Reika Miyazaki ​ (m. 2021)​
Website	Official website

Keiji Kuroki^[1] (黒木 啓司, Kuroki Keiji, born 21 January 1980, in Miyazaki Prefecture)^[2] is a former Japanese dancer and actor. He was a member of Exile, Exile The Second and Nidaime J Soul Brothers. Kuroki was represented by LDH.

Personal life

On December 2021, Kuroki revealed that he had married businesswoman Reika Miyazaki. Miyazaki is a single-mother and is known to already have had three children from a previous relationship.^[3]

At the end of October 2022, he announced through his agency that he will be retiring from the entertainment industry.^[4]

Participating groups

Name	Period of time
Soul Demention	2003 – unknown
Fulcrum	2005 – 2006
Big Doggs	2006 – unknown
Nidaime J Soul Brothers	January 2007 – 1 March 2009
Exile	1 March 2009 – 2022
Exile The Second	1 July 2012 – 2022

Filmography

For his appearances with Exile, see Exile (Japanese band).

※His roles in bold are his starring works

Stage

Year	Title	Role
2004	Heart of Gold –Street Future Opera Beat Pops–
2008	Crown Nemuranai Yoru no Hate ni...
2009	Attaku No. 1	Lieutenant Tetsuo Otaki
	Words –Yakusoku / Uragiri– subete, Ushinawa reshi mono no tame...	Kento
2010	Moshimo Kimi ga.	Yumoto
	Night Ballet	Azuma
	Kirawa re Matsuko no Isshō	Tetsuya Yamegawa
	The Mensetsu	Taro Shibuya
2012	Kagemusha Dokuganryū	Tokichiro, Toyotomi Hideyoshi
2013	Monsieur!	Hideo Date

Films

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
2006	Backdancers!
2015	Crossroad	Itsuki Sawada	[5]
2016	Road to High & Low	Rocky
	High & Low: The Movie

TV dramas

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes	Ref.
2011	Namae o nakushita Megami	Kei Sawada	Fuji TV
	The Reason I Can't Find My Love	Ryoichi Kawabata
	Akujo-tachi no Mesu	Masahiko Nakamura
2013	Saikō no Rikon	Keisuke Omura		Episode 3
	Monsieur!	Hideo Date	CBC
	Last Cinderella	Taku Kondo	Fuji TV	Episodes 10 and 11
	Kyōkō-han-gakari Hisae Uozumi: Dolce 2	Takashi Inoue
2014	Bitter Blood	Koji Takano
2015	Zannen na Otto.	Shun Sato
	Senryoku-gai Sōsa-kan		NTV
	Wild Heroes	Noriaki "Tenten" Hayashida
	High & Low: The Story Of S.W.O.R.D.	Rocky
2016	Night Hero Naoto		TV Tokyo	Episode 1; ending dance	[6]

Internet dramas

Year	Title	Role	Website
2012	Kimi to Boku to no Yakusoku	Shuji Shibui	Bee TV

TV programmes

Year	Title	Network	Notes
2011	Shūkan Exile	TBS	Reporter

Internet programmes

Year	Title	Website	Notes
2016	BPM –Best People's Music–	AbemaTV	MC

Advertisements

Year	Title	Ref.
2011	Recruit Hot Pepper
2012	Fujitsu Arrows
	Angfa "Scalp D"
2013	Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical "Air Salon Path"
	The Coca-Cola Company Coca-Cola Zero
	Daiichi Kosho Company "Smart Dam"
2015	Yōfuku no Aoyama	[7]

Magazine serializations

Year	Title
2014	Fukuoka Walker
	Sense "Exile Keiji no My Love"

Others

Year	Title	Ref.
2012	Miyazaki Ambassador	[8]

Productions

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
2012	Retort food "Otoko ga Zettai yorokobu Dan Stew", "Kimi to Tabetai Jo Stew"	Co-developed with Tatsuya Kawagoe	[9]

References

1. "EXILE、第四章始動でメンバー名＆表記変更". Music Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha. 22 Jul 2014. Retrieved 1 Feb 2016.
2. "EXILE". LDH (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 Feb 2017.
3. "EXILE黒木啓司が宮崎麗果と結婚「彼女と子どもたちを守っていきたい、幸せにしたい」（コメントあり）" [EXILE's Keiji Kuroki marries Reika Miyazaki: "I want to protect her and our children and make them happy"]. Natalie (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
4. "EXILE黒木啓司が10月末で芸能界引退「新たな道で社会に貢献できるように精進」（コメントあり）" [EXILE's Keiji Kuroki to retire from showbiz at the end of October "I will devote myself to contributing to society in a new way"]. Natalie (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2022-06-23. Retrieved 2024-10-31.
5. "EXILE黒木啓司、メンバーから「役者づいている」と冷やかされる". Cinema Today (in Japanese). 4 May 2015. Retrieved 1 Feb 2017.
6. "EXILE TRIBE、NAOTO主演ドラマでド迫力ダンス 豪華メンバーとコラボ". Model Press (in Japanese). Net Native. 19 Mar 2016. Retrieved 1 Feb 2017.
7. "洋服の青山『AOYAMA PRESTIGE TECHNOLOGY』の第5弾新CMに橘ケンチ&黒木啓司＆TETSUYAが登場!!" (in Japanese). Ex Family. 1 Oct 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-10-05. Retrieved 1 Feb 2017.
8. "みやざき大使の委嘱について" (PDF) (in Japanese). Miyazaki Ouen-Dan. Retrieved 1 Feb 2017.
9. "月刊EXILE". Gekkan Exile. No. Dec 2012. p. 135.

External links

• Official website in Exile Official Website (in Japanese)
• Keiji Kuroki on Instagram (in Japanese)