Tegomass

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Tegomass
Also known as Tegomasu
Genre(s) Japanese pop
Years active 2006–present
Associated acts NEWS
Members
Yuya Tegoshi
Takahisa Masuda

Tegomass (テゴマス) is a temporary unit intended to help promote Johnny's Entertainment internationally. The group is composed of Yuya Tegoshi and Takahisa Masuda of the group NEWS. The group's name comes from the start of each member's last names. The originally released the single Miso Soup in Sweden in November 2006 and held several promotions there. A month later in December, the duo are released the Japanese version of the single in Japan. Their next single, Kiss ~Kaerimichi no Love Song~, was released on May 16, 2007. Now, about a year later on June 18, 2008, the duo are scheduled to release a new single, Ai Ai Kasa, the ending theme for the airing anime Neo Angelique Abyss.

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[edit] Tegomass in Sweden

Tegomass did a promotion trip to Sweden from November 14-17 in 2006. On the 14th they were occupied with various interviews for TV and newspapers, but on the 15th they held a promotion even at SpyBar in Stockholm. Here Tegomass performed Miso Soup (in English) as well as Hajimete no Asa live on stage. After their performance Tegomass held a hand-shaking event for all the fans and the fans were also able to say a few words to them. The Swedish Edition of the single (includes Miso Soup in English and as karaoke-track) could be bought during this event, along with a Swedish edition of Shuuji to Akira's Seishun Amigo single. On the evening the same night (from around 7:30 PM to 10:00 PM) there was a release party, also at SpyBar, for journalists and fans over 20 years of age who signed up on the guestlist.

[edit] Kiss ~Kaerimichi no Love Song~

The songs on their latest single, "Kiss ~Kaerimichi no Love Song~", were used as the theme songs for the Lovely Complex anime, with the title track, "Kiss ~Kaerimichi no Love Song~", as the ending theme, and the second track, "Kimi + Boku = Love?", as the opening theme.

The promotion of this single caused mixed perception of this unit, which was said to be temporary but got more promotion than the main group - NEWS - in the short period of time after their debut.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Singles

  • [2006.11.15] Miso Soup (Swedish Edition)
  • [2006.12.20] Miso Soup (Japanese Edition) #1
  • [2007.05.16] Kiss ~Kaerimichi no Love Song~ (キッス~帰り道のラブソング~; Kiss ~Going Back Home Love Song~)#2
  • [2008.06.18] Ai Ai Gasa

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