yuri kun 4

Career


* June 2, 2003
- Yuri entered Johnny & Associates as a trainee with Daiki Arioka.

* 2007 - he moved from his hometown of Hamamatsu to the capital, Tokyo, and despite previously having never been involved in it, it was through back-up dancing that his career truly began.

* April 3, 2007 - he began activities with Hey! Say! 7 starting with a public performance at a KAT-TUN concert.

* September 21, 2007 - he began performing as a member of Hey! Say! JUMP.

* 2008 - he became a part of One-Pound Gospel, as Yoshihiko in Episode 3, with Hey! Say! JUMP member Ryosuke Yamada and their senior, Kazuya Kamenashi (KAT-TUN).

* 2008 - he played in the drama Sensei wa erai! as Umeno Wataru, along with other Hey! Say! JUMP members: Yuto Nakajima, Ryosuke Yamada and Daiki Arioka.

* October 2008 - he was in the drama called Scrap Teacher: Kyoushi Saisei as Yoshida Eitaro, along with other Hey! Say! JUMP members that played with him in Sensei wa erai!.

* June 2009 - he performed in with Ryosuke Yamada and Nakayama Yuma w/ B.I.Shadow as a support for the Japanese Volleyball Team for the FIVB World Grand Prix 2009.

* March 2, 2010 - a press release made by Johnny and Associates revealed that Chinen and Yamada would become members of a second Johnny's unit, NYC. They are currently working as a member of both Hey! Say! JUMP and NYC, which is a rarity in their talent agency.