Profiles

YU-KI
Full name: Kitamura Yuuki (北村夕起)
Role: Lead vocalist and dancer
Place of birth: Osaka
Date of birth: 19th of December
Interests: Roller skating and collecting sunglasses
Blood type: O
After studying dancing on her own, in 1990 she won the dance audition "DA DA LMD" and became a member of the dance group ZOO. In 1992 she took part in the "TK TRACKS NIGHT" competition, and was noticed by Tetsuya Komuro himself, who asked her to become trf's vocalist. During her career, she also took part in the "1999... gogatsu nanoka Tsuki ga Chikyuu ni KISS wo suru~LUNA xxx THE EARTH~" musical at the LIVE UFO '95 and played as a minor character in the drama "KURISUMASU~IBU ni aimashou". In 1997 she worked as a voice actress for the movie "Elmer's Adventure: My Father's Dragon", also singing the opening song, which came out as a solo single, "dragons' dance". After Tetsuya Komuro left TRF, since 1998 she also worked as composer and lyricist for some songs, like "frisky a GO-GO!" and "JOY". She played in musicals "tick, tick... BOOM!" with Kouji Yamamoto in 2003, and "CLAUDIA" by Yasufumi Terawaki and Goro Kishitani in 2004 and 2005. In 2006, she released a solo single "NEXT LEVEL" ("Kamen Rider Kabuto"'s opening theme) and worked as a voice actress again after seven years for anime "Bakegyamon Gekifu Battle", for which she sang the opening theme, "Shiroi Tsuki". This year she performed in the play "LOVE LETTERS" with La'cryma Christi's TAKA.

DJ KOO
Full name: Takase Kouichi (高瀬浩一)
Role: Group leader, sound creator and DJ
Place of birth: Tokyo
Date of birth: 8th of August
Interests: anything related to GODZILLA and surfing
Blood type: O
His interest in music began when he learned how to play the guitar at the age of 12. He was first introduced to Dance Music going to the DISCO. He worked as DJ in the "Canterbury House" and "B&B" Discos in Shinjuku. In 1986 he formed the remix unit THE JG'S, and in 1992 he became trf's DJ. Besides working as sound creator and DJ for TRF, he participed in the production of many Tetsuya Komuro's acts, like Eurogroove and H Jungle with t. Since 1998, he also writes lyrics and works as composer in some TRF's songs.

SAM
Full name: Maruyama Masaharu (丸山正温)
Role: Dancer and choreographer
Place of birth: Saitama
Date of birth: 13th of January
Interests: Cross-country bike-riding and skate-boarding
Blood type: B
When he was 15, he grew an interest for dancing wathing the TV show "Soul Train". After joining the dance team of the nation-wide DISCO's association, he won the "Zen Nihon Flash Dance Contest" at the age of 19. He then left for New York to study classical ballet, jazz dance and many other dance styles. When he returned to Japan he formed the dance team BE-POP CREW, and took part in several events and stages. After the team dispersed, he formed a new team, called MEGAMIX, which performed regularly at the TV show "DANCE DANCE DANCE" on Fuji TV. In 1992, with Tetsuya Komuro's "VOCAL+DANCER+DJ no Unit" project, he became a member of trf, working at first only as dancer and choreographer, but then also as stage producer, taking care of the lights and the special effects trf is famous for. In 1996 he organized the "DANCE REPUBLIC" event, and in 1997 he married the singer Namie Amuro, for which he also worked as choreographer. During TRF's hiatus he worked for many artists like Ayumi Hamasaki and BoA and in 2004 he opened his own dance school, called "SOUL AND MOTION DANCE STUDIO". He now runs a dance TV show, called "EZ DO DANCE", with CHIHARU and ETSU.

CHIHARU
Full name: Muraki Chiharu (村木千春)
Role: Dancer and choreographer
Place of birth: Saitama
Date of birth: 28th of February
Interests: shopping
Blood type: O
She started to study classical ballet at the age of 5, and when she was 18 she went one year abroad to study in a dance school in New York. She took part in several performances there, and when she came back to Japan she formed the MEGAMIX together with SAM and ETSU. In 1992 she became a member of trf, as dancer and choreographer. She also worked for artists such as SMAP, Ayumi Hamasaki and Shizuka Kudou. Right now she runs the TV show "EZ DO DANCE" and works as Ayumi Hamasaki's choreographer together with ETSU.

ETSU
Full name: Kode Etsuko (小出悦子)
Role: Dancer and choreographer
Place of birth: Tokyo
Date of birth: 11th of August
Interests: Watching movies
Blood type: O
At the age of 6 she began studying indian dances, and at the age of 18 she got fashinated by jazz dance. She made several performances in New York, Los Angeles and so on, then joined the MEGAMIX. Besides doing choreography for TRF she also worked with Namie Amuro for her nation-wide Tours. She runs a nation-wide dance school with CHIHARU with the purpose of finding and training new talents.