Hiroki Suzuki (鈴木 裕樹,Suzuki Hiroki; born October 3, 1983) is a Japanese actor fromKitakami, Iwate. He is best known for his roles asShuichiro Oishi inThe Prince of Tennis (musical series,Tenimyu,live film adaptation), and as Jyan Kandou (Geki Red) in thetokusatsu television series,Juken Sentai Gekiranger. He is also part of a young men's stage acting troupe,D-Boys, which perform in various skit-like performances.

He has appeared in a various number of TV shows.

On January 1, 2006, Suzuki, with fellow D-Boys memberMasaki Kaji, appeared on the broadcast ofSecret New Years' Performance Tournament "Young Man Colosseum", where both boys were able to display their acrobatic abilities. In 2007, Suzuki will again appear on the New Year's Day 44th broadcast ofSecret New Years' Performance Tournament's "ChineseLion Dance" segment, withMasaki Kaji and fellow D-Boys membersYuya Endo,Masato Wada, and Yuuma Minakawa.

Next, he appeared as a member ofThe Tigers, in the TV dramaThe Hit Parade,^[1] which aired May 26, 2006 onFuji TV and co-starred fellow D-Boys membersMasato Wada,Yuu Shirota,Masaki Kaji,Hirofumi Araki,Yuya Endo, andKōji Seto.

In October 2004, Suzuki joined the Watanabe Entertainment group named theD-Boys.

As a member of the D-Boys, Suzuki also keeps a blog, which he updates occasionally.

On August 6, 2005, Suzuki, along with fellow D-Boys memberMasaki Kaji, appeared on the radio programMarvelous Radio Vibration, hosted by fellow D-Boys membersYuu Shirota andKotaro Yanagi.

The D-Boys so far have released two Photobooks. The first photobook released on April 27, 2005, was self-titledD-Boys, while the second, released on March 15, 2006, was calledStart, both of which contain many photos of Suzuki.

The D-Boys have also starred in their own drama documentary variety series called,DD-Boys^[2] in which Suzuki's appeared in various episodes as himself. The show was 24 episodes long and ran from April 10 to September 25, 2006.

In June 2007, the D-Boys starred in their very own musical together called,D-Boys Stage,^[3] which ran from June 3 to June 10 at the Space Zero theater in Tokyo. Suzuki appeared in the musical as a guest performer, making select appearances on June 6 and June 9.^{[citation needed]}

Suzuki won the role ofShuichiro Oishi, the motherly vice-captain regular ofSeigaku Middle School's tennis club, inThe Prince of Tennis musicals,Tenimyu. From 2005 to 2006, he became the second actor to play Oishi as part of the second generation Seigaku cast. He made his debut as Oishi on January 8, 2005 in theSide Yamabuki performance inOsaka. That same year, his role as Oishi was carried into the live adaptation film of the manga. During his run in the musicals, he was able to work with fellow D-Boys membersYuya Endo,Kotaro Yanagi,Masaki Kaji,Osamu Adachi,Hirofumi Araki,Masato Wada, and former memberYuu Shirota.

On March 29, 2006, in theDream Live 3rd concert, Suzuki, along with the majority of the Seigaku cast, graduated from their roles. Since his graduation, the role of Oishi has been played byYukihiro Takiguchi, Yuya Toyoda andYuki Tsujimoto, and currently by actorJin Hiramaki.

Suzuki was able to carry on his role from the musicals to the live-adaptation film of the manga series ofThe Prince of Tennis. He, along with most of the principal cast members for theSeigaku Regulars, were able to reprise their roles in the movie. The only major casting change was the casting ofKanata Hongo asRyoma Echizen, the main protagonist.The Prince of Tennis was released on May 13, 2006 and opened on the tenth spot in the Japanese Box Office and marked Suzuki's first appearance in the film industry.

Suzuki's next movie, theJune Bride (Jyun Bride)^[4] opened on May 27, 2006. He played one of the supporting characters, costarring with fellowD-Boys membersYuu Shirota andHirofumi Araki. The movie's based on the original mangaJun Bride, by Yoshida Satoshi.

From June 2 to June 4, 2006, Suzuki starred in the play,Limit~ What's Your Story?~ (limit〜あなたの物語は何ですか?〜,Limit~ anata no monogatari wa nan desu ka?~), as one of the main characters, appearing alongside fellow D-BoysAraki Hirofumi andYuichi Nakamura.

On February 18, 2007, Suzuki starred as Jyan Kandou aka Geki Red, a Gekiranger who was brought up by tigers and befriended by pandas so that his senses have become sharply enhanced to feel with his body, rather than the brain in theSuper Sentai series calledJuken Sentai Gekiranger (adapted asPower Rangers: Jungle Fury in America), which premiered onTV Asahi. The show also costars Suzuki's fellow D-Boys member,Hirofumi Araki, as Jyan's rival, Rio, the "Black Lion".

It was announced then that Suzuki, along withHirofumi Araki andKōji Seto would be getting solo photobooks and DVDs called the "Prince Series." Suzuki's solo photobook would be released on April 19, 2007 while his solo idol DVD would be released on May 16, 2007. The three of them will be following Yuu Shirota, Yuya Endo, Kotaro Yanagi andShunji Igarashi as the only D-Boys that have released an idol DVD while following Kotaro Yanagi, Shunji Igarashi and later, Yuu Shirota, as the only D-Boys to have released a solo photobook.

Suzuki keeps a blog on his D-Boys webpage, which he updates occasionally. Some years ago, in his blog entries, he liked to call himself "Snufkin" after one of his favorite animated characters, but he is most often called Zukki (a nickname created byMasato Wada) by fans and other D-Boys.

• D-Radio Boys Super (October - December, 2011), withHirofumi Araki
• Koi no Daisōsasen^[57] (November 23, 2012) - "Gekiraji! Live" (NHK Radio 1)
• JFN Saturday Drama House "Bidanshi Gekijyou"^[58] (December, 2016) - "Tsurugi no Chikai"

• Prince Series D-Boys Collection - Hiroki Suzuki (April 19, 2007)
• Kimi ga Warattekurerunara... (May 29, 2008)
• 360° (August 25, 2009)

• Araki Hirofumi - History EP2 - ZukiAra ~ Otona no 32129 Halloween ~ (October 19, 2019)^[59]

• BandaiCharadeco Christmas (2007)
• Gerolsteiner mineral water (2008)
• SukiyaKinpira Konnyaku Gyudon (2012)

• Official Twitter (@zukky1003)(in Japanese)
• Official Ameba blog(in Japanese)
• Previous blog(in Japanese)
• Official profile page(in Japanese)
• Hiroki Suzuki atAnime News Network's encyclopedia
• Hiroki Suzuki atIMDb

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• People from Iwate Prefecture

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