D-Date (stylized as D☆DATE) was a Japanese boy band and sub-group of D-Boys, a male performance troupe associated with Watanabe Entertainment.
Following Igarashi's retirement from D-Date in 2013, the group has become inactive, as all the members have returned to focus on their individual acting careers.
[3] On July 4, 2010, a late-night variety show, D-Boys Be Ambitious [ja], was broadcast on TV Tokyo and starred Seto, Araki, Igarashi, and Nakamura.
[6] Nakamura soon went on hiatus in August 2010 due to health problems and, as a result, he was absent from D-Date's activities, including their CD debut.
On September 19, 2010, during a live judging event hosted by Seto, Igarashi, and Araki, and attended by 500 fans, Arata Horii [ja] was announced as D-Date's fifth member.
[12] "Change My Life" was featured in a commercial for Nescafé Excella and as the opening theme song to the television program Happy Music.
[15] Much like "Change My Life", it was also released as a tie-in for a commercial for Nestle Excella and as the opening theme song to Happy Music.
[14] It includes a guest star appearance from former professional boxer Yoko Gushiken as a disgruntled customer and featured 200 extras.
[7] During a fan event in December 2011, D-Date announced that they were releasing two singles, "Love Heaven" and "Joker", in two consecutive months.
[13][19] "Joker" was promoted with a 30-minute short film based on the song that was directed by Takashi Kubota,[18] starring the members of D-Date and featuring a guest appearance by actress Aya Ōmasa.
[26] On June 10, 2013, D-Date released their sixth single, "Glory Days", which served as the opening theme song to the second season of the anime series Kingdom.
[29] On November 4, 2013, during one of their final stops, Igarashi announced that he was leaving the group and retiring from the entertainment industry to inherit his father's company.