Filmografi
[sunting] Drama
- Nanako & Nanao (NHK, 2004) sebagai Nanao
- Yukan Club (NTV, 2007) sebagai Ryota (Episode 2)
- 1 Pound no Fukuin (NTV, 2008) sebagai Yoshihiko (Episode 3)
- Sensei wa Erai (NTV, 2008)
[sunting] Acara Varietas
- The Shounen Club (NHK)
- Heisei Families (14 Oktober 2007 - sekarang)
[sunting] Film
- Nin x Nin: The Ninja Star Hattori (Toho, 28 Agustus 2004) sebagai Kenichi Mitsuba
- Sword of the Stranger (29 September 2007) sebagai Kotaro
Personal
• His father was the Olympics gymnastics bronze medalist, Takashi Chinen. He was taught jazz dance by his mother from an early age.
• Yuri’s name comes from Yuri Osawa, an announcer whose name his mother liked, but is written with different characters; the yu is a character often used in girl’s names (侑 yū) and the ri is taken from a name his mother thought common among Chinese gold medalist gymnasts (李 lǐ) (from an interview piece in Sports Hochi sold December 5, 2005).
• He is good at acrobatics and jazz dance, taught to him by his mother. His forte in acrobatics is the turn, which he often performs during songs.
• He looks up to Satoshi Ohno of the group Arashi as a mentor.
Career
On June 2, 2003, he entered Johnny & Associates as a trainee. Daiki Arioka, a member of the same group as him, was also there during that time.
In 2007, he moved from his hometown of Hamamatsu to the capital, Tokyo, and despite previously having never been involved in it, it was through back-up dancing that his career truly began. He also performed in the J.J.Express Chibiko Team alongside Yuto Nakajima, Ryosuke Yamada, Taiga Kyomoto, Ryutaro Morimoto and Shintaro Morimoto.
On April 3 of that same year, he began activities with Hey! Say! 7 starting with a public performance at a KAT-TUN concert.
On September 21, 2007, he began performing as a member of Hey! Say! JUMP.
[sunting] Teater
- Playzone 2007: Change 2 Chance (dengan Shounentai, 2007) sebagai Ken
