Member Profile: Chinen, Yuri

PROFILE:

Name: Chinen Yuuri (知念侑李)
Nicknames: Chinen, Chii
Birthdate: November 30, 1993 (age 18)
Birthplace: Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Blood Type: AB
Height: 158cm
Weight: 43kg
Family: Father, Chinen Takashi (bronze in the Olympic gymnastics games), mother and older sister.
Hobby: Dancing (Jazz since he was three) and soccer.
Admired Senpai: Ohno Satoshi
Favorite Song: "Caramel Song" and "Hitomi no Naka no Galaxy" by Arashi
Favorite Drama: Yukan Club
Favorite Anime: Dr. Slump
Favorite Cartoon: Tom and Jerry
Favorite Food: Gyoza and cucumber
Favorite Color: Pink

INFORMATION:

On June 2, 2003, Yuri entered Johnny & Associates as a trainee. Daiki Arioka, who would later debut as a member of the same group, was also there during that time. On April 3 2007, he began activities with Hey! Say! 7 starting with a public performance at a KAT-TUN concert.

On September 21, 2007, he began performing as a member of Hey! Say! JUMP.

He was in a 2008 drama, One-Pound Gospel, as "Yoshihiko" in Episode 3, with Hey! Say! JUMP member Ryosuke Yamada and their senior, Kazuya Kamenashi (KAT-TUN). In the same year, he played in the drama Sensei wa erai! as Umeno Wataru, along with otherHey! Say! JUMP members: Yuto Nakajima, Ryosuke Yamada and Daiki Arioka. In October 2008, he was in the drama called Scrap Teacher: Kyoushi Saisei as Yoshida Eitaro, along with other Hey! Say! JUMP members that played with him in Sensei wa erai!.

As a supporter of the Japanese volleyball team for the FIVB World Grand Prix 2009, he performed in June 2009 with Ryosuke Yamadaand Nakayama Yuma w/ B.I.Shadow, which is composed of Kento Nakajima, Kikuchi Fuma, Hokuto Matsumura and Yugo Kochi as members of the temporary group NYC Boys. The "C" of NYC boys comes from the initials of his family name "Chinen".^[2]

On March 2, 2010, a press release made by Johnny and Associates revealed that Chinen and Yamada would become members of a second Johnny's unit, NYC. They are currently working as a member of both Hey! Say! JUMP and NYC, which is a rarity in their talent agency. Ryo Nishikido (and formerly Uchi Hiroki) is the only such case of a Johnny's talent officially debuting in two groups (Kanjani8and NEWS), and as NYC became an officially debuted Johnny's unit, Yamada and Chinen join them in this unusual situation.

In June 2012, It was announced that Chinen will have his first lead-role drama series based on the manga Sprout, by Atsuko Nanba, on July 7 on NTV. He will be with Aoi Morikawa, A.B.C-Z's Ryosuke Hashimoto, Mayuko Kawakita, Fujiiko Kojima, Johnny's Jr.'s Jesse Lewis and Juri Tanaka. Chinen also said, “I’m more nervous than usual, but I want to enjoy playing my role. I will do my best to make people’s hearts throb.”

TRIVIA:

• He studying in Horikoshi High School, with the other three Hey! Say! JUMP members. Nakajima Yuto, Yamada Ryosuke and Morimoto Ryutaro are some examples of Johnny's idols that have studied/are studying in Horikoshi High School. Hey! Say! JUMP members who went to Horikoshi High School Arioka Daiki, Yaotome Hikaru, and Yabu Kota
• His father won a bronze medal in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
• He is the acrobats member of his group.
• Even though not the youngest member of Hey! Say! JUMP, he is the shortest.
• Said to be a spoilt by band mate Yamada Ryosuke.
• Demands attention by sitting on his band mates' laps, usually Arioka Daiki's or Takaki Yuya's.
• Likes to play with sliding phones.
• He is left handed.
• His most admired Senpai is Satoshi Ohno from Arashi.
• He has a sister named Chinen Saya that is 2 years older than him.
• His voice is not broken yet so he is technically a soprano