KAT-TUN’s Ueda Tatsuya shaves his head for new drama, “Runaway ~Aisuru Kimi no tame ni”

KAT-TUN member, Ueda Tatsuya (27) has shaved his head for the upcoming TBS drama, “Runaway ~Aisuru Kimi no tame ni“, which will start airing on October 27th.
On September 17th, Ueda filmed a scene where he gets his hair gets shaved off at a prison. Ueda said, “It’s the first time for me to have a shaved head since junior high school. It feels strange, like I broke new ground.”
As reported earlier, this drama will be about four young guys who make their escape from prison after being sent there under false charges. Ichihara Hayato will be taking the lead role, and Ueda will play an ex-host who’s condemned with a term for four years due to Stimulant Drug Control Law violations.
Ueda, who received compliments for his new look by the staff, commented, “I think a high point of the drama would be the four shaved head guys’ movement, since that’s so rare, visually. I hope this could bring a ’shaved hair boom’.”
Other cast members include Tsukamoto Takashi (28), Suda Masaki (18), and Fukuda Saki (20).