Naoya Urata

Naoya Urata
浦田 直也
Born (1982-11-10) November 10, 1982 (age 42)
Tokyo, Japan
Occupations
  • Singer
  • actor
Years active2002–present
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals
Labels
Websiteuratanaoya.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

See also: AAA discography

Studio albums

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

Compilation albums

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

Singles

Title Year Peak Sales
JPN
[4]
"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

  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.
  4. ^ a b c d 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.