English Stage Name:
Shingo Katori
Japanese Stage Name:
香取慎吾
Birth Name:
Shingo Katori
Nickname:
Shingo, Shingo chan
Origin:
Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Blood Type:
A
Height:
180 cm ( 5 ft 10 inches )
Weight:
80 kg ( 176 lbs)
Marital Status:
Single
Children:
None
Family:
Father, Mother, one younger brother
Girlfriend:
None
Past Relationships/ Ex-Girlfriends:
- Mizuki Arisa, actress
Rumored to have dated
Friends;
- Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, singer and member of SMAP
- Kouji Yamamoto, actor
- Tomohisa Yamashita, actor
Hobbies:
- Watching movies
- Painting, Drawing
- Playing video games
- Playing ukulele
- Filming a video
- Watching soccer games
Pets:
Ghost Shrimp
Personality:
Shingo is said to be;
- calm
- quiet
- a private person, and not sociable
Trivia:
- Shingo doesn’t usually tell anyone in the entertainment industry his private phone number, but Tomohisa Yamashita.
- Kouji Yamamoto had tried to get Shingo’s private phone number over years, but had been rejected. Eventually Kouji sneaked a peek at Shingo’s own cell phone to get his number.
- Shingo likes Hawaii and goes visit there once a year.
- Shingo checks grocery flyers and grocery-shop at discounted shops.
- Shingo is a big fan of works of Studio GHIBLI; he watches their film almost every day and gives a set of their DVDs every time any of his friends have a baby as a gift. In 2003, Shingo was awarded as the “Japan’s Biggest GHIBLI Fan” by a PR of Studio GHIBLI.
- Shingo likes to do many things at the same time; he usually listens to music, reads a book and watches TV at the same time.
- Shingo prefers staying up late to do things he likes; painting, reading books, hanging out with his friends. There are times he gets only 30 minutes of sleep for the day.