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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
- Kazuya Kamenashi
- Tatsuya Ueda
- Yuichi Nakamaru