Shota Yasuda

Honestly, Shota Yasuda is one of those guys I root for without fully deciding to. Watching him in Super Eight (Kanjani Eight until 2024), hammering away on guitar while singing, you can just feel how much he loves the music itself rather than the spotlight, and I find that disarming. What gets me is how he refuses to be a jack-of-all-trades who masters none. Acting, singing, guitar. He treats each one like its own craft instead of a stunt, which reads as quiet, stubborn work ethic. There's a softness when he talks that clashes with the swagger he flips on under stage lights, and that gap is kind of irresistible. He's never the loud showoff in the room, yet somehow he holds this strange, steady gravity that keeps pulling my eyes back.

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Shota Yasuda is a Japanese actor, singer, and guitarist born on September 11, 1984, in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. He is active across multiple entertainment disciplines, working in both the music and acting fields. He is the main vocalist and lead guitarist of Super Eight, formerly Kanjani Eight, and comes from Amagasaki.

Name (English)

Shota Yasuda

Name (Japanese)

安田章大

Reading

やすだ しょうた

Born

September 11, 1984 (age 42)

Origin

Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Actor / Singer / Guitarist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Rat

Blood type

A

Agency

Starto Entertainment (2024 -)

Active years

1997 -

Works summary

Appearances

109 (1997–2027)

By year (titles with a known year)

1997: 1, 1998: 4, 1999: 3, 2000: 1, 2002: 1, 2003: 2, 2004: 3, 2005: 2, 2006: 5, 2008: 3, 2009: 5, 2010: 2, 2011: 5, 2012: 5, 2013: 5, 2014: 8, 2015: 2, 2016: 3, 2017: 1, 2018: 1, 2019: 3, 2021: 3, 2022: 1, 2023: 3, 2024: 2, 2025: 9, 2026: 6, 2027: 1, year unknown: 19

Filmography / notable works

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%89%E7%94%B0%E7%AB%A0%E5%A4%A7
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1322631

Tags

• From Hyogo Prefecture
• Actor
• Singer
• Guitarist

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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