DANIEL Irei(伊礼彼方, Irei) is a Japanese actor, musician and fashion model. He was born February 3, 1982, in Argentina as Daniel Irei(ダニエル 伊礼), but uses the stage name "Kanata." This was a stage name he created out of not eating to use a foreign name. He is half-Okinawan and half-Chilean. He was brought up in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan since he was six. He also has two siblings, a younger brother nicked named Rocky and a younger sister named Mari. Though he was born in Argentina, he does not speak any Spanish, only Japanese, since his formal education was all done in Japan. Later during his teenage years, his parents separated due to his mother's infidelity. He never graduated high school due to low grades, but showed interest in the arts.

His favorite hobbies are playing soccer, billiards, snowboarding and skateboarding. Special abilities of his include making cocktails and playing instruments such as the trumpet, guitar and the piano.

His musical activities started when he was in junior high school where he joined his first band, The Lantern. In August 2000, Irei formed the band alongside Takeshi Kimura and Tetsuya Sugimoto, with the group releasing their first single in 2001. In 2003, he would depart from the band, leaving The Lantern on temporary hiatus. In 2004, he started a new band, "Daniel Control", where he was the lead vocalist, and also plays the guitar and piano. "Daniel Control" has also won a musical competition.

Appearances

TV programs

  • The Street Fighters at TV Asahi — there he had got the first place in the national popularity ranking for four weeks

TV dramas

Stage

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2006Musical Tennis no Ōjisama – Advancement Match Rokkaku feat. Hyōtei Gakuenacted as Saeki Kojirō Ran from August 3–13 in Tokyo Followed by four performances in Osaka (August 17–19) Later on performances in Nagoya (August 23–25)
2006–2007Musical Tennis no Ōjisama – Absolute King Rikkai feat. Rokkaku ~ First Serviceacted as Saeki Kojirō Ran in Tokyo (December 13–25) and in Osaka (December 28, 2006 – January 8, 2007)
2007Musical Tennis no Ōjisama – Dream Live 4thacted as Saeki Kojirō Ran in Yokohama (March 30–31) Extra Performance in Ôsaka (May 17–20)
2007–2008Musical Tennis no Ōjisama – The Progressive Match Higa Chuu feat. Rikkaiacted as Saeki Kojirō Ran December 12 – February 11
2008California Storyas Suwena Lanbâdo Ran February 27 – March 9
2008–2010Elisabethas Crown Prince Rudolf Ran August 2008 – October 2010
2009Aidaas Radames Ran August–October
2010Side Showas Buddy Foster Ran all April
2010–2011Anna Kareninaas Vronsky Ran December 2010 – March 2011
2012Hamletas Laertes Ran From February until March
2014Thrill Meas Richard Loeb Ran From November 7–24
2014The Two Gentlemen of Veronaas Speed Ran From December 7–28
2015Wuthering Heightsas Edgar Linton Ran From May 6–26
2016Grand Hotelas Baron Felix Von Gaigern Ran All April
2016Crest of the Royal Familyas Ryan Reed Ran All August
2017-2020Beautiful: The Carole King Musicalas Gerry Goffin Ran 2017 till 2020
2017Memphisas Bobby Ran all December 2017
2018Jersey Boysas Tommy DeVito Ran June 16 – October 3
2019–2021, 2024–2025Les Misérablesas Javert Ran From Spring 2019 until Autumn 2021 Ran From December 16, 2024 until June 7, 2025
2020–2022Miss Saigonas The Engineer Ran 2020 until 2022
2022Blood Brothersas The Narrator Ran sometime in 2022
2023–2024Moulin Rouge!as The Duke of Monroth Ran All Summer 2023 till All Summer 2024
2023Noises Offas Lloyd Dallas the Director Ran All Autumn 2023

Magazines

  • CHECK MATE
  • Smart
  • MEN'S POPOLO

Other appearances

  • Regular appearances in the Internet broadcasting show Shibutama TV! Nettama(しぶたまTV!Net魂).
  • Uraban(うらばん) and Night's Net Studio(夜のネットスタジオ, Yoru no Netto Sutajio)
  • Regular appearances at the last Sunday of each month in a live event Shibuya Spirit(渋谷魂, Shibuya Damashii)

External links

  • (in Japanese)
  • (in Japanese)
  • (in Japanese)
  • September 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
  • (in Japanese)