English Stage Name:
Yu Shirota
Japanese Stage Name:
城田優
Birth Name:
Yu Shirota
Nickname:
Yu-ni, Shiro-tan
Origin:
Koganei City, Tokyo, Japan
Blood Type:
O
Height:
190 cm ( 6 ft )
Weight:
78 kg ( 158 bs)
Marital Status:
Single
Children:
None
Family:
Father, Mother, two older brothers, one older brother, one younger sister
Girlfriend:
None
Past Relationships/ Ex-Girlfriends:
- Mariya Nishiuchi, model, actress and singer song-writer
Rumored to have dated
- Misako Yasuda, model and actress
Rumored to have dated
- Keiko Kitagawa, model and actress
Rumored to have dated
- Mari Yaguchi, singer and former member of Morning Musume
Rumored to have dated
Best Friends;
- Tomohisa Yamashita, actor and singer
- Takeru Satoh, actor
- Matsuya Onoe, Kabuki actor
Hobbies：
- Cooking and baking
- Playing guitar, piano, saxophone
- Playing tennis
- Composing
- Singing karaoke
Pets:
None
Personality:
Yu is said to be;
- forgetful
- easy to get depressed
- super negative
- indecisive
Trivia:
- Yu is half Japanese and half Spanish; his father is Japanese and his mother is Spanish.
- Yu’s mother has married three times; Yu is from her second marriage.
- Yu’s mother owns a Spanish restaurant in Tokyo.
- Yu’s biological father is a screenplay writer. He writes particulary for TV shows.
- Yu’s second brother is Jun Shirota, who is a model and actor based in Japan.
- Yu was born in Japan but spent five years from age 2 to 7 in Barcelona, Spain.
- Yu speaks Japanese and Spanish fluently.
- Yu likes watching horror movies, especially the ones with zombies.
- Shosuke likes to create things; he makes bags for his children by a sewing machine.
- Shosuke likes to cook, clean the house and do the laundry. When stressed out, Shosuke does any of these.
- Shosuke likes to listening to CDs. He owns more than 5000 CDs.
- Shosuke likes collecting teddy bears and owns more than 30 of them so far.