Naoto (直人) can mean Honest Boy in Japanese. In May, a JOJO × HONESTBOY® ZIPPER SLEEVE HOODIE was released as a part of ZOZOTOWN's Tokyo Department Store's collaboration with TV Anime JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind. Naoto is a great fan of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, and the hoodie is designed with the inspiration from Golden Wind's character Bruno Bucciarati. On 12 October 2019, HONESTBOY® and Japanese creative designer VERDY released a collaboration collection titled HONEST DELI as part of Verdy Harajuku Day festival. Intended to be sold at cafés, the collection combines food culture and fashion and includes items that can be used at home as well as clothes, so that it can be incorporated into everyday life. Verdy and Naoto had met each other for the first time at ComplexCon in Los Angeles 3 years prior to their first collaboration. They became friends and since both of them are influenced by Harajuku culture from the 90s and use a smiley face in their designs, they planned on working together in the future. LDH Apparel On 1 January 2017, Naoto became director of LDH Apparel, a sub-company of LDH. Other On 14 July 2015 , Naoto released his first photobook Jinsei Honoji-gumi. The title derives from the name of the comedy-unit he formed in high school. Personal life Naoto's mother is an English teacher, and his father was an office worker. Influenced by his son, Naoto's father became an actor after retirement. On 25 September 2019, it was reported that Naoto has been dating popular announcer Ayako Kato for at least one year. Both parties confirmed the news. In August 2020, it was reported they broke up after a long period of not being able to see each other due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Participating groups Filmography ※His roles in bold are his starring works TV dramas Internet dramas Films Stage Voice Acting TV programmes Advertisements Music videos Live videos Magazine serialisations Bibliography Photo essays References External links Naoto at LDH Japan Naoto at Exile Naoto at Sandaime J Soul Brothers 1983 births Living people Japanese male dancers Japanese male actors People from Tokorozawa, Saitama LDH (company) artists