Naoya Urata

Naoya Urata
Naoya Urata
浦田直也
Born	November 10, 1982 (age 42); Tokyo, Japan
Occupations	Singer; actor;
Years active	2002–present
	Musical career
Genres	R&B; J-pop; Dance-pop;
Instrument	Vocals
Labels	Avex Trax; cutting edge;
Website	uratanaoya.com

Naoya Urata (浦田直也, Urata Naoya, born November 10, 1982, in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese singer and actor. He is a former member of the group AAA.

Career

Following Urata's arrest in April 2019, he announced he was leaving AAA on December 31, 2019.^[1]

Controversy

On April 19, 2019, Urata was arrested for allegedly assaulting a 20-year-old woman after she rejected his offer to buy her a drink.^[2] Urata later claimed that he was drunk at the time and did not remember the incident.^[3]

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak	Sales
Title	Album details	JPN ^[4]	Sales
Turn Over	Released: January 28, 2009 Format: CD, CD+DVD Label: Cutting Edge	71
Unlock^[5]	Released: April 26, 2017 Format: CD, CD+DVD Label: Avex Trax	10
Untitled	Released: November 10, 2021 Format: CD, CD+DVD, CD+Blu-ray Label: Avex Trax	29

Cover albums

Title	Album details	Peak	Sales
Title	Album details	JPN ^[4]	Sales
Unchanged	Released: December 4, 2013 Format: CD Label: Avex Trax	27	JPN: 5,100

Compilation albums

Title	Album details	Peak	Sales
Title	Album details	JPN ^[4]	Sales
un Best	Released: December 21, 2015 Format: CD, CD+DVD Label: Avex Trax	20

Singles

Title	Year	Peak	Sales
Title	Year	JPN ^[4]	Sales
"Dream On"	2010	1	JPN: 47,000

Filmography

TV series

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
2008	Feature Century Shakespeare		Kansai TV(KTV)

Movie

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
2007	Heat Island	Takeshi

Radio

Year	Title	Network	Notes
2006	Radio 'n Fire	TBC Radio	Regular personality
2008	AAA Urata Naoya no Ike! Urata Naoya	TBC Radio

References

^ "AAA浦田直也が本日12月31日付でグループ脱退、今後は個人で活動". Natalie (in Japanese). 2019-12-31. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (2020-01-14). "AAA Music Group to Disband 'For the Time Being' on December 31". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (2019-04-21). "AAA Musical Group Lead Vocalist Naoya Urata Arrested on Suspicion of Assaulting Woman". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d urata naoya(AAA)の売上ランキング. oricon ME inc. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
^ "AAA leader urata naoya to release new album 'unlock'". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. January 29, 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2021.

External links

[1] "AAA浦田直也が本日12月31日付でグループ脱退、今後は個人で活動". Natalie (in Japanese). 2019-12-31. Retrieved 2020-01-02.

[2] Pineda, Rafael Antonio (2020-01-14). "AAA Music Group to Disband 'For the Time Being' on December 31". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2020-01-17.

[3] Hodgkins, Crystalyn (2019-04-21). "AAA Musical Group Lead Vocalist Naoya Urata Arrested on Suspicion of Assaulting Woman". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2019-04-23.

[oricon-4] urata naoya(AAA)の売上ランキング. oricon ME inc. Retrieved 2017-10-28.

[5] "AAA leader urata naoya to release new album 'unlock'". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. January 29, 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2021.

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