Naoya Urata

Naoya Urata
Naoya Urata
浦田直也
Born	November 10, 1982 (age 41); Tokyo, Japan
Occupations	Singer; actor;
Years active	2002–present
	Musical career
Genres	R&B; J-pop; Dance-pop;
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Labels	Avex Trax; cutting edge;
Website	uratanaoya.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[edit]

Following Urata's arrest in April 2019, he announced he was leaving AAA on December 31, 2019.^[1]

Controversy[edit]

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[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

Title	Album details	Peak	Sales
Title	Album details	JPN ^[4]	Sales
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[edit]

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

Compilation albums[edit]

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

Singles[edit]

Title	Year	Peak	Sales
Title	Year	JPN ^[4]	Sales
"Dream On"	2010	1	JPN: 47,000

Filmography[edit]

TV series[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
2008	Feature Century Shakespeare		Kansai TV(KTV)

Movie[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
2007	Heat Island	Takeshi

Radio[edit]

Year	Title	Network	Notes
2006	Radio 'n Fire	TBC Radio	Regular personality
2008	AAA Urata Naoya no Ike! Urata Naoya	TBC Radio

References[edit]

^ "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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d urata naoya(AAA)の売上ランキング. oricon ME inc. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
^ "AAA leader urata naoya to release new album 'unlock'". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. January 29, 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2021.

External links[edit]

[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.

[oricon-4] 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.

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