Joy

Honestly, the first thing that pops into my head with JOY is that big, easy, dimpled grin, the kind that instantly lowers the temperature in any room. He's a Gunma kid from Takasaki, born in '85, and he carries that approachable, no-edges warmth wherever he shows up. What I love is how naturally he slid from modeling into TV and then into music, never elbowing for the spotlight, just gently floating into it. He's the guy who softens a panel, keeps the banter light, and somehow stays effortlessly fresh-faced when most folks his age have stiffened into "veteran" mode. That's a rare trick. To me he's the comfort-food sort of personality, the one you're quietly glad to see on screen because he never makes things heavy. Easygoing longevity like his is genuinely underrated.

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Joy is a Japanese singer, talent, and model born on April 15, 1985, in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture. He graduated from the correspondence course of Okayama University of Science High School. His father is British and his mother is from Gunma, and he is active across music, television, and modeling through his own agency, JAM's flower.

Name (English)

Joy

Name (Japanese)

JOY

Reading

じょい

Born

April 15, 1985 (age 41)

Origin

Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan

Height

190 cm

Weight

80 kg

Occupation

Singer / Talent / Model

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Ox

Blood type

A

High school

Okayama University of Science High School

Spouse

mai

Works summary

Appearances

30 (2010–2025)

By year (titles with a known year)

2010: 3, 2011: 1, 2012: 1, 2013: 4, 2014: 1, 2015: 1, 2017: 3, 2018: 3, 2020: 1, 2021: 4, 2025: 1, year unknown: 7

Debut work

men's egg

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://grick.jp/artist/joy.php
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/joy.official/
• Xhttps://x.com/JOY19850415
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/JOY%20(%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%83%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%A2%E3%83%87%E3%83%AB)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11226026

Tags

• From Gunma Prefecture
• Singer
• Talent
• Model

Last updated

October 18, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. Works and profile fields sourced from Wikipedia reflect content as of 2026-08-26. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.