D-Boys (stylized as D-BOYS) is a young male actors group affiliated with Watanabe Entertainment. The D in the group's name stands for "Drama" (acting work), "Dream", "Debut", "Discovery" and "Development" (growth and advancement). Although the D-Boys are promoted as a group and members occasionally work together on the same projects, each actor develops his career independently from his fellow members in their own television, cinema and theatre projects. New D-Boys members are regularly selected through public audition events with interactive participation of fan club members. Members Current members Former members D2 members In 2009, D2 was formed as D-Boys' younger brother group. In October 2013, D2 joined D-Boys to become its sub-group. Current members Yukito Nishii Ryo Mitsuya Syo Jinnai Atsushi Arai Ryosuke Ikeoka Yuki Yamada Takahisa Maeyama Shotaro Okubo Jun Shison Former members Toru Kamitsuru Kenki Yamaguchi Yoichiro Omi Shintaro Akutsu Shion Tsuchiya Takuya Negishi Atsushi Shiramata Group projects In addition to their individual careers, the D-Boys are also involved in collective projects, as part of the group promotion work. DD-Boys DD-Boys was a drama-documentary variety series, featuring the D-Boys members as themselves. Each episode had a short staged section following the plot of the members living in the fictional D-House and seeking ways to raise money for rent, followed by a documentary section showing the members undertaking tasks or challenges to raise that money. Some tasks were inspired by the actor's own personality -e.g., a member who was known to enjoy singing or dancing would have a task related to that hobby, etc. The show was 23 episodes long and aired from 10 April 2006 to 25 September 2006 on TV Asahi. Stage works Fan club events The D-Boys hold special events where fan club members have the opportunity to meet the actors in person and interact with them in camp activities and games such as cook-offs, tug-of-war, etc., in which the members are split into teams, leading groups of fans to compete with each other. Official Fan club Day Camp Bus Tour (November 13, 2005) Official Fan club Limited Bus Tour (August 25 to August 27, 2006) Official Fan club 3rd Anniversary Bus Tour (September 6 to 8, 2007) Live tours During the summer of 2009, 19 D-Boys members, including Yu Shirota participated in performances for fans at Akiba Plaza called "Kotoshi no Natsu wa Mainichi Dokoka de D-Boys Uki-uki Yatta Hohohoy" or for short, Natsu Doko.