Kanata Irei

is a Japanese actor, musician and fashion model. He was born February 3, 1982, in Argentina as , but uses the stage name "Kanata." This was a stage name he created out of not eating to use a foreign name. He is half-Okinawan and half-Chilean. He was brought up in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan since he was six. He also has two siblings, a younger brother nicked named Rocky and a younger sister named Mari. Though he was born in Argentina, he does not speak any Spanish, only Japanese, since his formal education was all done in Japan. Later during his teenage years, his parents separated due to his mother's infidelity. He never graduated high school due to low grades, but showed interest in the arts.

His favorite hobbies are playing soccer, billiards, snowboarding and skateboarding. Special abilities of his include making cocktails and playing instruments such as the trumpet, guitar and the piano.

His musical activities started when he was in junior high school where he joined his first band, The Lantern. In August 2000, Irei formed the band alongside Takeshi Kimura and Tetsuya Sugimoto, with the group releasing their first single in 2001. In 2003, he would depart from the band, leaving The Lantern on temporary hiatus. In 2004, he started a new band, "Daniel Control", where he was the lead vocalist, and also plays the guitar and piano. "Daniel Control" has also won a musical competition.

Appearances TV programs The Street Fighters at TV Asahi — there he had got the first place in the national popularity ranking for four weeks

TV dramas Ranman (2023), Masanari Takatō Anpan (2025), Goro Mano Brothers in Arms (2026), Endō Naotsune

Stage YearTitleInfo 2006 Musical Tennis no Ōjisama – Advancement Match Rokkaku feat. Hyōtei Gakuen acted as Saeki Kojirō Ran from August 3–13 in Tokyo Followed by four performances in Osaka (August 17–19) Later on performances in Nagoya (August 23–25) 2006–2007 Musical Tennis no Ōjisama – Absolute King Rikkai feat. Rokkaku ~ First Service acted as Saeki Kojirō Ran in Tokyo (December 13–25) and in Osaka (December 28, 2006 – January 8, 2007) 2007 Musical Tennis no Ōjisama – Dream Live 4th acted as Saeki Kojirō Ran in Yokohama (March 30–31) Extra Performance in Ôsaka (May 17–20) 2007–2008 Musical Tennis no Ōjisama – The Progressive Match Higa Chuu feat. Rikkai acted as Saeki Kojirō Ran December 12 – February 11 2008 California Story as Suwena Lanbâdo Ran February 27 – March 9 2008–2010 Elisabeth as Crown Prince Rudolf Ran August 2008 – October 2010 2009 Aida as Radames Ran August–October 2010 Side Show as Buddy Foster Ran all April 2010–2011 Anna Karenina as Vronsky Ran December 2010 – March 2011 2012 Hamlet as Laertes Ran From February until March 2014 Thrill Me as Richard Loeb Ran From November 7–24 2014 The Two Gentlemen of Verona as Speed Ran From December 7–28 2015 Wuthering Heights as Edgar Linton Ran From May 6–26 2016 Grand Hotel as Baron Felix Von Gaigern Ran All April 2016 Crest of the Royal Family as Ryan Reed Ran 2017 till 20202017Memphisas Bobby Ran all December 2017 2018 Jersey Boys as Tommy DeVito Ran June 16 – October 3 2019–2021, 2024–2025 Les Misérables as Javert Ran From Spring 2019 until Autumn 2021 Ran From December 16, 2024 until June 7, 2025 2020–2022 Miss Saigon as The Engineer Ran 2020 until 2022 2022 Blood Brothers as The Narrator Ran sometime in 2022 2023–2024 Moulin Rouge! as The Duke of Monroth Ran All Summer 2023 till All Summer 2024 2023 Noises Off as Lloyd Dallas the Director Ran All Autumn 2023

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Other appearances Regular appearances in the Internet broadcasting show . and Regular appearances at the last Sunday of each month in a live event