Yugo Kochi

Yugo Kochi was born on March 8, 1994, in Kanagawa, Japan.^[2] ‘Yugo’ was a name given by his grandfather, with the hope of him growing up to be a kind person.^[3] He was in football club during the primary and junior high school, while even becoming a candidate for his regional team of Yokohama during junior high school.^[4][5] Though he could not continue with football in high school, he created a futsal team with his university friends and even reached the top 16 of Kanto Tournament.^[6]  

Yugo is known to love visiting different hot springs during his free time, and it was revealed that he got his ‘Hot Spring Sommelier’ qualification in 2019.^[7]  

Despite having no initial plans to enter the entertainment industry, Yugo joined Johnny & Associates after winning an audition segment on the NTV variety program School Kakumei!, for which his friend had submitted the application.^[8] He won the regular spot on the program beating more than 1300 contestants.^[9]

On June 4, 2009, Yugo became a member of Yuma Nakayama w/B.I.Shadow along with Yuma Nakayama, Kento Nakajima, Fuma Kikuchi and Hokuto Matsumura.^[10] Three days later on June 7, Ryousuke Yamada and Yuri Chinen of Hey! Say! JUMP were added to the group to form a limited-time unit NYC Boys with whom Yugo made CD-debut on June 15, 2009.^[11]

On March 29, 2011, B.I.Shadow's members Fuma Kikuchi and Kento Nakajima announced their debut in Sexy Zone on November of the same year, leading to the de facto dissolution of B.I.Shadow.^[12]

Yugo made his debut as an actor on April 14, 2012, in Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou playing the role of Makoto Jinbo.

Beginning from July 2019, he has a regular spot Egao no YouGo! in the Yokohama Walker magazine.^[13] On August 8, 2019, during the Johnnys Junior 8.8 Matsuri~ Tokyo Dome kara hajiramu, it was announced that he will be making CD debut with his group SixTONES in 2020.^[14]

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Note	Ref.
2012	Bakaleya High School	Jinbo Makoto	Support role	[15]
2019	Ninja Drones?	Egao	Main role	[16]

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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes	Ref.
2012	Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou	Jinbo Makoto	NTV	Support role	[17]
2014	Kagemusha Tokugawa Ieyasu	Toyotomi Hideyori	TV Tokyo	Support role	[18]
2018	Black Forceps	Tamura Hayato	TBS	Guest role (Episode 3)	[19]
	Yo nimo Kimyo na Monogatari: 2018 Fall Special	Munenori	Fuji Television	Episode: Mathematic na Yuugure	[20]
2020	Kaseifu no Mitazono Season 4	Yuhei Kunikida	TV Asahi	Guest role (Episode 3)	[21]
	Babel Kyusaku	Ken Goto	NTV	Support role	[22]
2022	Tokuso 9 Season 5	Yukito Shirahane	TV Asahi	Guest role (Episode 3)	[23]
2025	Musashi no Rondo	Bunta Musashibara	TV Asahi	Support role	[24]
	The Other Musashino Rondo	Bunta Musashibara	TV Asahi	Lead role	[25]
2026	Professional: Insurance Investigator Ren Amane	Okouchi Hiroya	Fuji Television	Guest role (Episode 7)	[26]
	Tabi no Oto: Kamakura-hen	Kawamoto Hisashi	Train TV	Lead role	[27]

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Variety show

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Year	Title	Network	Notes	Ref.
2009 - present	School Kakumei!	NTV	Regular member	[28]
2025 - present	Wild Tripper!!	Prime Video	Main host	[29]

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