Naito Daigo (内藤 大湖), also known as DAIGO, was born April 8, 1978 in Tokyo, Japan. He voices Mitsuhashi Ku.
Background[]
Daigo lived in Chiba from ages three to eight, moving back to Tokyo after his grandfather, Noboru Takeshita became the Prime minister of Japan. He attended Tamagawa University Department of Arts, but dropped out. He developed a love of music at a young age when he listened to the Japanese rock band Boøwy and tried to learn the classical guitar, which he immediately quit to self study the electric guitar instead. He began vocal training in his third year of high school, and formed the band JZEIL. The band grew in popularity and was expected to make a professional debut, but that did not occur and JZEIL was dissolved on September 25, 2001.
After the band disbanded, he started his activity as a solo singer with the name "DAIGO with The space toys". At age 25, with the help of a photographer Katou Masonori, he made his debut as DAIGO☆STARDUST on July 21, 2003, deriving the name from David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust persona.
Daigo went on to form the rock band Breakerz in 2007. Daigo continued his solo project in 2013, but dropped the pseudonym surname "Stardust".
Daigo has made several appearances as a fictional counterpart of himself in the Cardfight!! Vanguard franchise.
Trivia[]
- In January 11 2016, he later married Kitagawa Keiko who played Sailor Mars/ Hino Rei in Sailor Moon live-action series.
- DAIGO's older sister, Eiki Eiki (Naito Eiko) is manga artist who best known for its Yaoi story. Her works, Love Stage!! has been received anime adaptation in 2014. DAIGO himself starring in this anime as Sena Shogo.
- He also hosted D4DJ presents CDTV Special with Higashino Koji and performed on October 28, 2020.
- His song "Infinite∞REBIRTH" is covered by RONDO in D4DJ franchise.
- He acted as same name image character and participated TV commercials in Cardfight!! Vanguard franchise.
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