

On April 12 of that year Yamada was in the drama, Sensei wa erai! along with fellow Hey! Say! JUMP members Yuto Nakajima, Yuri Chinen and Daiki Arioka. įrom January to March 2008 Yamada was in the drama series, One-Pound Gospel, as Mukoda Katsumi, with Kazuya Kamenashi ( KAT-TUN) and Hey! Say! JUMP member Yuri Chinen who appeared in the third episode. Between July and September of 2007, Tantei Gakuen Q became a TV drama series and Yamada played the same role he did in the Special that aired in 2006.įrom September 24, 2007, Yamada began performing as a member of Hey! Say! JUMP, making his debut on November 14. In April 2007, he was chosen to be a member of the temporary unit Hey! Say! 7, which made his CD debut on August 1, when their single " Hey! Say!" was released. In July 2006, Yamada got his first role in a TV drama, Tantei Gakuen Q Special. On August 12, 2004, when he was in the 5th grade (age 11), Yamada appeared on the variety show Ya-ya-yah, where his audition for Johnny and Associates was aired.
