Satoshi Ohno

Satoshi Ohno 大野 智 Ōno Satoshi born November 26 1980 is a Japanese idol singer actor radio host dancer and choreographer He is the lead vocalist and leader of the boy band Arashi hence his nickname Leader リーダー Rīdā Ohno began his career in the entertainment industry when he joined the Japanese talent agency Johnny Associates in 1994 at the age of 13 He started an acting career in 1997 when he was cast to be part of the stage play KYO TO KYO In 2008 Ohno became the first and the only artist from Johnnys to hold his own art exhibition titled Freestyle and also received his first starring role in a Japanese television drama dEVIL for which he earned a handful of Best Actor awards Since then he has continued to star in numerous dramas and movies receiving a number of awards and nominations for his roles For his work as an artist a singer and an actor in Kaibutsukun The Movie Ohno became one of the recipients of GQ Japans Men of the Year Award in 2011