Yaotome Hikaru

Other Name: 八乙女光

Age: 34

Birthday: December 2, 1990

Nationality: Japanese

Gender: Male

Yaotome Hikaru is a Japanese singer and songwriter as well as member of Hey! Say! JUMP. He is under the management of Johnny & Associates. He was born in Miyagi and lives in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area. On December 1, 2002, he entered Johnny & Associates as a trainee. Later, he was put in Ya-Ya-yah group and become the second lead singer behind Kota Yabu. On September 21, 2007, he began performing as a member of Hey! Say! JUMP. In 2009, he graduated from Horikoshi High School along with actress Fukuda Saki. He can do juggling and play bass guitar in their concert and admire Flea, bassist from Red Hot Chili Peppers. He even displayed talents in composing and lyrics writing on their first studio album Jump No. 1. He is really interested in Western music like Red Hot Chili Peppers and Nsync. On 29 January 2022, he announced that he developed sudden deafness in the left ear since December 2021. On November 14, 2022 it was announced that he would resume his activities. On August 12, 2024, he announced his marriage to a non-celebrity woman. He is the second member of the group to marry, following Arioka Daiki’s announcement earlier in the same year. (Source: Tokyohive).