In 2002, together with Ikuta Touma, Kazama Shunsuke and Hasegawa Jun, they formed a four-person group called "Four Tops", which belonged to the most popular Jr at that time.
In September, 2003, it was selected from the top four and combined with Keiichiro Koyama, Nishikido Ryo, Masuda Takahisa, Hiroki Uchi, Kato Shigeaki, Yuji, Hironori Kusano and Morita to form news. The first single "NEWSニッポン" was released on June 5438+065438+ 10.