Keisuke Kato

, born September 2, 1988, is a Japanese actor and entertainer. He is best known for his roles as "Ivory" in TV Tokyo's "Happy Boys" drama and Keisuke Nago/Kamen Rider Ixa in TV Asahi's tokusatsu series "Kamen Rider Kiva". He is from Box Corporation talent agency. Also, he is one of PureBOYS, though on March 21, 2008 he announced alongside with his colleagues Yukihiro Takiguchi and Masei Nakayama that would graduate from the group. 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.

Filmography

TV

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

Movie

*Takumi-kun Series ~Soshite Harukaze Ni Sasayaite~ (2007) as "Saki Giichi (Gii)"

*Kamen Rider Kiva: The King of Hell Castle (2008) as "Keisuke Nago/Kamen Rider Ixa"

Stage

*7Cheers!~Tobe! Jibun To Iu Daichi Kara~ [with PureBOYS] (2007,October 03)

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

Photobooks

*Aqua (Fuso Publishing Inc., released July 18, 2007)
*PureBOYS 1st photo collection (Goma Books, released November 16, 2007)

CM

*Intelligence, "an" and "in love byte" Version (2007)
*Kao (Face) "Men's Biore" (2008)

External links

* [http://www.box-corporation.com/keisuke_kato/index.htm Official profile]
* [http://ameblo.jp/kato-keisuke/ Official blog]