KAT-TUN

Information

Formed in 2001 by Kazuya Kamenashi, Jin Akanishi, Junnosuke Taguchi, Koki Tanaka, Tatsuya Ueda, and Yuichi Nakamaru. The group name "KAT-TUN" connects the initials of the members' surnames, such as "Katsuun" and "cartoon" ("Like a manga, if you read one page, you will want to read the next page again". From the meaning.) The hyphen "-" means a fan. From the beginning of the formation, each member has a strong personality and selfishness, and while the traditional idol image was mainly an honor student, it is a group with images such as "bad" and "glare". Although he was just scolded by the president and staff, he was gradually evaluated for his attitude and bold performance, and became known as a "wild in Johnny's" group. .. The concept at the beginning of the debut was "Black & Wild". On March 17, 2006, the Tokyo Dome performance was held for the first time as an artist before the CD debut. On March 22, the debut single CD "Real Face" released from the new label "J-One Records" launched for the group recorded a million seller. In 2009, the Tokyo Dome performance was held for eight consecutive days, the largest number in history. Akanishi left in 2010, Tanaka in 2013, and Taguchi in 2016. After a "charging period" (activity suspension) of 1 year and 8 months with the remaining 3 people, it restarted at Johnny's Countdown Live on January 1, 2018. As of April 2022, 29 singles and 12 albums released have all reached No. 1 on the Oricon chart weekly.

Members

  1. Kazuya Kamenashi
  2. Tatsuya Ueda
  3. Yuichi Nakamaru

About

My name is Nonomi Akiyama. I'm 20years old. I like KAT-TUN.

Kazuya Kamenashi

Kazuya Kamenashi was born in Tokyo. He's 36 years old. He has three old brothers. His hobby is cooking and playing baseball.Named "Kazuya" after the baseball manga "Touch". When I was in the first grade of elementary school, I asked my parents to join the senior league in Edogawa Ward. He has participated in the softball world championships mainly as a pitcher when he was in the sixth grade of elementary school. Since April 2010, he has been a sports caster on Nippon Television's "Going! Sports & News" and is in charge of the corner "Kazuya Kamenashi's professional baseball project" as a "baseball special supporter". In the program, he challenged a home run for two and a half years under the title of "Home Run Project" and achieved the broadcast on January 14, 2013. In the subsequent project, "Fastball Project," we aimed to increase the speed of the ball under the guidance of professional baseball pitchers. From 2011 to 2018, he was appointed as a "baseball special supporter" in the NTV professional baseball broadcast. His member color is pink.

Tatsuya Ueda

Tatsuya Ueda was born in Kanagawa. He's 38 years old. He has a old sister. His hobby is playinh piano and playing boxing. He has been enthusiastic about boxing since around 2007 and goes to the gym himself. In 2012, he appeared in the drama "Boys on the Run" and used this experience to play the role of a genius boxer. In addition, he is also a fan of mixed martial arts and made a guest appearance on "RIZIN.20" broadcast on Fuji TV on December 31, 2019. When I saw Tsubasa Imai dancing on TV, I thought it was cool, so I persuaded my parents and sent my resume to join Johnny's office in June 1998. April 6, 2019-April 11, Japan of "Political Mother The Choreographers Cut" choreographed and musiced by Hofesh Shechter, a dancer who was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Choreography. He starred in the first performance. Won the first victory in the event plan "Akasaka 5-chome Mini Marathon" held in the TBS variety special program "All-Star Thanksgiving '16 Spring" that was broadcast live in April 2016. His member color is blue.

Yuichi Nakamaru

Yuichi Nakamaru was worn in Kanagawa. He's 38 years old. He has two young　sisters. His hobby ia making fruit art and drawing picture. When I was in the third grade of junior high school, a girl in the same class recommended him to join Johnny's office, sent a resume, and entered Johnny's office. The first Waseda University graduate as a talent belonging to Johnny's office. He is showing off his special skill, the human beatbox, on live shows and TV programs. I like to draw illustrations from an early age. Even after entering the office, I was praised by the president, Johnny Kitagawa, so I decided to work on the draft of the T-shirt design with Studio Ghibli in "24 Hours TV 29" in 2006, and it was a full-scale trigger. Start illustration at. After that, the character "He" from the official mobile site "Nakamaru's Page", the goods and sweet bun packages sold at the solo stage "Nakamaru-kun's Fun Time", and the "World Roots Expedition" where he is the MC. He designed the mascot character "Roots-kun". His member color is purple.