Horii Arata

Nickname : Arata, Ara chan
Live action movie: -
Live action dorama: Hanazakari no Kimitachi e 2011, Houkago wa Mystery to tomoni, Sugarless,
Live action musical: -

He’s mostly known as his part in idol group, D-Date. He joined the group in 2010 along with his senior actors in D-Boys: Setomaru, Araki Hirofumi and Igarashi Shunji. Arata was chosen among 30,000 applicants through 2010 D-BOYS Audition.

from DUET, January 2012

From JUNON magazine

Arata was born in Katsushika Ward, Tokyo, on June 26, 1992 . Being the youngest in D Date, he stands 176 cm tall and has a built body. He has a 6-pack abs!

Aha, Arata gets along very well with other member, especially Setomaru whom he thought as big brother. Arata really appreciate that he has been helping him a lot in this entertainment world. Even though Setomaru loves to bully him, he now gets great strategy to stop the senpai. Arata just hold Setomaru *kyaaa* just to shut him. lol.

Ara chan starts aiming to become actor after seeing Tsumabuki Satoshi’s Waterboys. He thinks that one could never experience high school time unless he became actor. ha!

from Ray Magazine, February 2012

From Girls e magazine, August 2011 (raw scanned by hudie.com)

People see him in fresh young aura. He’s active and he’s a good runner, too. Still, he finds it hard to gather confidence and often being negative whenever he’s alone/at home.

[DORAMA]

• Kogure Shashinkan (2013) as Tenkou
• Sugarless (2012, eps 9-10)

• Houkago wa Mystery to tomoni (2012, eps 5-6) as Kadokura Teruya
• Dxtown “Bokura Ga Renai Dekinai Riyu” (June 2012)
• Hanazakari no Kimitachi e 2011(Fujitv, 2011) as Jin Kumatori

• Shima Shima (TBS, 2011) as Seri Futaba

[MOVIES]

• JOKER (2012) as Mori

D☆DATE ALBUM

• First Date [ 2012.04.25]

[PV/SINGLES]

• [2010.12.01] Ato 1cm no Mirai (あと1㎝のミライ)

• [2011.04.06] CHANGE my LIFE

• [2011.07.27] DAY BY DAY

• [2012.01.11] LOVE HEAVEN

• [2012.02.22] JOKER

[DVD]

• 2013 ~ 7net DVD
• 2012~D☆DATE’s First Album Special DVD

• Natsudoko 2011

[STAGE]

• 2012 August Dste: COOL no Tanjou as Kitashima Kazuya

[SHOW]

• [03.18.2012] 恋するゲームランド キュンデレ!

• (2012.01.26) 奇跡体験!アンビリバボ

• (March 2012) Ustream Eps 15

The boys were doing yoga. While Setomaru and Horii kun paid full instruction to the yoga master, Shun san was busy making silly poses. lol