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KAT-TUN

(L-R) Tatsuya Ueda, Kazuya Kamenashi, Koki Tanaka

(L-R) Jin Akanishi, Yuichi Nakamaru, Junnosuke Taguchi
Background information
Genre(s) Japanese pop
Years active 2001-present
Label(s) J-One Records
Associated
acts		 Shuuji to Akira, Kanjani8, NEWS
Website johnnys net, KAT-TUN - J-One Records
Members
Kazuya Kamenashi
Jin Akanishi
Junnosuke Taguchi
Koki Tanaka
Tatsuya Ueda
Yuichi Nakamaru

KAT-TUN (hepburn: katūn, sounding similar to "cartoon") is a J-pop group from Johnny & Associates, made up of six young Japanese men:

The group's name is an acronym formed by the members' surname initials.

Like most of Johnny's other groups, KAT-TUN not only sings and dances, but the members also act and star in commercials. They are one of the most popular talent idol groups in Japan at the moment, and have released a debut CD that set records in album sales.

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[edit] History

KAT-TUN
KAT-TUN

KAT-TUN is a unit of Johnny's Jr., a large group of boys which make up the Junior branch of the Johnny & Associates entertainment company. They made their professional debut with their single "Real Face", released in March 2006. They previously released a concert DVD which features approximately 10-15 of their songs.

Before joining KAT-TUN, each member belonged to different Junior units. In 2001, KinKi Kids member Koichi Domoto personally picked 6 Johnny's Jr. members to be his back dancers in the NHK music program, Pop Jam. He chose Kamenashi, Akanishi, Taguchi, Tanaka, Ueda and Nakamaru to be his back dancers and gave them the unit name KAT-TUN.

Initially, KAT-TUN was only meant to be a dancing unit to support Koichi Domoto. However, KAT-TUN gained a great deal of attention so the formation was kept and KAT-TUN remains a solid unit.

[edit] Debut

Their debut was announced January 29, 2006. This was a long-awaited event for both the members and their fans. The debut was accompanied by a concert tour of Japan. They released a single (Real Face), an album (Best of KAT-TUN), and a DVD (Real Face Film) on the same day, March 22, 2006.

[edit] Debut Sales

With the release of their album, single and DVD, KAT-TUN broke numerous records. "Best of KAT-TUN" debuted with sales of 556,548 copies, "Real Face" debuted with 754,234 copies, and "Real Face Film" debuted with 374,202 copies. With these releases, KAT-TUN topped all three Oricon charts, only the second artist to do so in the history of the charts (the first artist to do so was Ayumi Hamasaki). They hold the records for the highest single debut sales as well as the record for highest DVD debut sales. Their single "Real Face" topped the Oricon charts for 3 weeks, making them the first artist in the millennium to do so. Their single sold over one million copies in nine weeks.

[edit] Members

[edit] Releases

KAT-TUN released their 3rd new single - "Bokura no Machi de" (In Our Town) on December 7, 2006, without one of their lead vocalists, Akanishi, who is currently on hiatus. The single includes the theme song from Tatta Hitotsu no Koi starring Kamenashi and Tanaka.

KAT-TUN: SIGNAL
KAT-TUN: SIGNAL

KAT-TUN released their 2nd single on July 19, 2006 entitled "SIGNAL" with its carrier single "Signal" featured on their new DoCoMo CM - DoCoMo Foma 902is

[edit] CD Single

  1. Real Face (March 22, 2006) - Weekly/Monthly #1 1,038,430 copies sold
  2. Signal (July 19, 2006) - Weekly/Monthly #1 566,233 copies sold
  3. Bokura no Machi de (December 7, 2006) - Weekly/Monthly #1 544,256 copies sold

[edit] CD Album

  1. Best of KAT-TUN (March 22, 2006), Weekly/Monthly #1 742,589 copies sold
  2. cartoon KAT-TUN Ⅱ You (April 18, 2007)

[edit] DVD/VHS

KAT-TUN has released two of their concerts in DVD/VHS format:

- Okyakusama wa Kami Sama- Concert 55Nin Ai no Request Kotaete!! (2003)

- KAT-TUN Live Kaizokuban (2005)

A DVD of their musical with another Johnny's group NewS, SUMMARY, was also released in 2005.

They have been featured in other DVD/VHS releases of Johnny's debuted groups' concerts and musicals (SHOCK Digest and DREAM BOY) in the past.

- Real Face Film (2006)

- DREAM BOYS 2006 (2006)

- Live of KAT-TUN Real Face(2007)

[edit] Photobook

KAT-TUN's only official photobook, entitled KAT-TUN 1st in New York (photographer Harumi Yoshimura) was published in December 2003 by Wani Books.

[edit] Activities

[edit] TV Shows

In 2005, KAT-TUN became a regular participant in the variety show Utawara HOT Hit 10 formerly known as Minna no Terebi, with another Johnny's member, Jun Matsumoto from ARASHI. They also host the Shōnen Club on NHK. Other TV shows they have appeared on include Yoru mo Hippare and Hadaka no Shōnen.

[edit] Radios

  • KAT-TUN Style

Host: Koki Tanaka and Junnosuke Taguchi

  • R-One KAT-TUN

Wednesday 24:00 - 24:30
Tatsuya Ueda and Yuichi Nakamaru

DREAMBOYS 2006: KAT-TUN & Kanjani8
DREAMBOYS 2006: KAT-TUN & Kanjani8

[edit] Musicals

KAT-TUN has appeared in numerous musicals. The most famous one is perhaps SHOCK (lead star Koichi Domoto). In 2004, they backed up Hideaki Takizawa in his first solo musical, DREAM BOY. The musical's lead was given to Kazuya Kamenashi in 2005, as Takizawa was busy shooting the Taiga drama Yoshitsune. SUMMARY is yet another musical in which KAT-TUN performed with other groups including NewS.

KAT-TUN's latest musical was called "DREAM BOYS 2006" which was co-starred by Kanjani8 (関ジャニ∞). Kamenashi played the lead role in Dream Boy 2006, with major supporting roles by Subaru Shibutani, Ryo Nikishido and Jin Akanishi.

[edit] Concerts

Since getting the opportunity to perform their own concert for the first time 2002, KAT-TUN regularly holds concerts during almost every season of the year in Japan. This helped them gain more popularity with the fans. It was considered remarkable for a Johnny's group which had not yet officially debuted to be able to hold its own concerts. Their first major concert was called LIVE KAIZOKUBAN, held in early 2005, which was followed by their debut concert tour called REAL FACE CONCERT TOUR in spring 2006.

[edit] Commercials

KAT-TUN regularly stars in TV commercials of two brands, Crunky (chocolate wafer/cookie snack) and +X (flavored chewing gum) by Lotte.

Kamenashi and Akanishi also starred in the Nintendo commercial for "Dance Dance Revolution: Mario Mix," a game based loosely on the hit arcade series, created for the Nintendo GameCube game console, as well as an Oronamin C commercial with Ueto Aya and various DoCoMo cellphone ads.

KAT-TUN has also appeared in commercials for a line of lipgloss and contact solutions by Rohto.

Akanishi and Tanaka starred in commercials for Rohto "OXY".

Kamenashi starred in a commercial for Rohto "Zi".

Latest DoCoMo 9 Series CM with new single 'Signal'.

Ueda starred the commercial for Rohto Fruits.

Taguchi starred in the commercial for Colo Galita

Taguchi and Nakamaru starred in the Sky Perfect TV commercial

[edit] Photo shoots

Every month, KAT-TUN is featured in various Japanese idol magazines (usually targeted for girls), such as Wink up, Potato, Duet, Popolo, Myojo and Non-No. Recently, individual members and the whole group have also started to appear in male fashion and television-related magazines as well.


[edit] External links

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