Johnny's Jr.

Johnny's Jr. (ジャニーズJr., Janīzu Jr.^?) is a part of Johnny & Associates that focuses only on boys who have not yet officially debuted either with a unit or as a solo act. The juniors are mostly younger than 30, with the exception of Sano Mizuki.

Johnny's Jr. Groups

A.B.C-Z

Koichi Goseki (五関晃一, Goseki Kōichi^?)
Shota Totsuka (戸塚祥太, Totsuka Shōta^?)
Ryoichi Tsukada (塚田僚一, Tsukada Ryōichi^?)
Fumito Kawai (河合郁人, Kawai Fumito^?)
Ryosuke Hashimoto (橋本良亮, Hashimoto Ryōsuke^?) (moved from J.J.Express in 2008. Before he joined, this group was Known as A.B.C.)

B.A.D. (Beautiful American Dream)

This group is the leader of Kansai Jr.

Junta Nakama (中間淳太, Nakama Junta^?)
Akito Kiriyama (桐山照史, Kiriyama Akito^?)

BUTOUKAN

舞闘冠(Butoukan), 舞 = dance, 闘 = fight, 冠 = crown/ best.
produced by Hideaki Takizawa.
was announced as a group on 23 December 2007 in Shounen Club.

Tomoyuki Yara (屋良朝幸, Yara Tomoyuki^?) (leader, also in MA)
Kento Senga (千賀健永, Senga Kento^?) (also in Kis-My-Ft2)
Ryoichi Tsukada (塚田僚一, Tsukada Ryōichi^?)(also in A.B.C-Z)
Bun'ichi Hamanaka (浜中文一, Hamanaka Bun'ichi^?) (from VETERANS)
Ryōta Yamamoto (山本亮太, Yamamoto Ryōta^?) (also in THEYBudou)

FiVe

Rikiya Nakaegawa (中江川力也, Nakaegawa Rikiya^?), guitarist (leader)
Ryota Uesato (上里亮太, Uesato Ryota^?), bassist
Koji Makino (牧野紘二, Makino Koji^?), drummer
Daisuke Ishigaki (石垣大祐, Ishigaki Daisuke^?), keyboardist (also member of Question?)

7 WEST

From Kansai Jr. Later they were called Nakayama Yuma w/ 7 WEST.

Nozomu Kotaki
Daiki Shigeoka
Yuto Shingaki
Shinpei Takemoto
Yuma Nakayama (debuted as a member of Nakayama Yuma w/ B.I.Shadow and NYC)
Ryusei Fujii
Tomohiro Kamiyama

Hip Hop Jump

Current Members:

Juri Tanaka (田中樹, Tanaka Juri^?) Born June 15, 1995. Younger brother of Koki Tanaka. Born in Chiba, Japan. More info - here
Keigo Hagiya (萩谷慧悟, Hagiya Keigo^?) Born November 7, 1996. Born in Saitama, Japan. More info - here
Rikito Murata (村田力斗, Murata Rikito^?) Born July 9, 1995. Born in Kanagawa, Japan. More info - here
Shoki Morohoshi (諸星翔希, Morohoshi Shoki^?) Born October 13, 1994. Born in Kanawa, Japan. More info - Here
Kento Kadoi (角井健人, Kadoi Kento^?) Born January 7, 1997. Born in Hokkaido, Japan. More info - Here
Jesse Lewis (ルイス・ジェシー, Ruisu Jeshī^?) Born June 11, 1996. Born in Tokyo, Japan. More info - Here

Past Members:

Myūto Morita (森田美勇人, Morita Myūto^?)Born October 31, 1995. Born in Tokyo, Japan. More info - here
Camu Cade (カミュー・ケイド, Camū Keido^?) Born July 7, 1992. Born in California, USA. No longer in Johnny's.

Jr.A

resulted from the musical PLAYZONE.

Noeru Kawashima (川島如恵留^?) Born November 22, 1994. Born in Tokyo, Japan (leader)
Ryuya Shimekake (七五三掛龍也^?) Born June 23, 1995.
Myūto Morita (森田美勇人^?) Born October 31, 1995. Born in Tokyo, Japan.
Hiroki Nakada (仲田拡輝^?) Born January 4, 1994.

Little Gangs

From Kansai Jr.

Matori Hayashi (林真鳥, Hayashi Matori^?).
Hidetaka Ishida (石田英剛, Ishida Hidetaka^?).
Backes Kento (バッケス健人, Bakkerusu Kento^?).
Masaya Uemura (上村雅哉, Uemura Masaya^?).
Ryuuya Yoshida (吉田涼也, Yoshida Ryuuya^?).
Kyōhei Yokoyama (横山京平, Yokoyama Kyōhei^?).
Kenta Yamaguchi (山口健太, Yamaguchi Kenta^?).
Myūji Ono (小野美勇士, Ono Myūji^?).
Jōichirō Fujiwara (藤原丈一郎, Fujiwara Jōichirō^?).

Shadow WEST

From Kansai Jr.

Koji Mukai (向井康二^?)
Kazuya Kitada (北田和也^?)
Toma Kaneuchi (金内斗馬^?)
Junya Asada (朝田淳弥^?)
Nairu Koja (古謝那伊留^?)

M.A.D. (Musical Academy Dancing)

Kota Matsumoto
Yu Ikeda
T.J. Hirotoshi Maeda
Yuta Fukuda
Yudai Tatsumi
Yukihiro Kato
Ryo Kawamura
Kotaro Takeuchi
Yuki Koshioka
Yuya Noda (ex- Question? member)
Yusuke Matsuzaki
Ikki Onodera (ex-Mis Snow Man; quit)

Mis Snow Man

Tatsuya Fukasawa (深澤辰哉, Fukasawa Tatsuya^?) born May 5, 1992
Daisuke Sakuma (佐久間大介, Sakuma Daisuke^?) born July 5, 1992
Shota Watanabe (渡辺翔太, Watanabe Shota^?) born November 5, 1992
Yuma Sanada (真田佑馬, Sanada Yuma^?) born November 21, 1992
Yuki Nozawa (野澤祐樹, Nozawa Yuki^?) born December 30, 1992
Ryota Miyadate (宮舘涼太, Miyadate Ryuta^?) born March 25, 1993
Hikaru Iwamoto (岩本ひかる, Iwamoto Hikaru^?) born May 17, 1993
Ryouhei Abe (阿部亮平, Abe Ryouhei^?) born November 27, 1993

Past member:

Ikki Onodera (小野寺一希, Onodera Ikki^?) born January 16, 1993 (moved to M.A.D. in June 2009 and left Johnny's later in early 2010)

Musical Academy (MA)

In 2008 they had a corner at the Shounen Club Premium show called "MA Dancin' with Japan'08", where they did a dance challenge.

Tomoyuki Yara (屋良朝幸, Yara Tomoyuki^?)
Tsuyoshi Yonehana (米花剛史, Yonehana Tsuyoshi^?)
Shingo Machida (町田慎吾, Machida Shingo^?), leader
Jun Akiyama (already left Johnny's)

MA-Mix

This group concentrates on dancing.
It consists of 2 members from MA and 3 members from M.A.D.
This group has a corner at the Shounen Club Premium show called "Meet The MA-Mix!", where they show off their dancing talent.
This corner has replaced "MA Dancin' with Japan'08".

Tsuyoshi Yonehana (米花剛史, Yonehana Tsuyoshi^?)
Shingo Machida (町田慎吾, Machida Shingo^?)
Tatsumi Yudai
Yuta Fukuda
Yuki Koshioka
Yusuke Matsuzaki

Question?

Yoshihiro Yodogawa (淀川由浩, Yodogawa Yoshihiro^?) Plays Drums, vocals, born September 9, 1983
Kazuyori Fujiie (藤家和依, Fujiie Kazuyori^?) Plays Bass, vocals, born December 3, 1984
Akun Igo (伊郷アクン, Igō Akun^?) Plays Guitar, vocals, born April 19, 1988
Daisuke Ishigaki (石垣大祐, Ishigaki Daisuke^?) Plays Piano, vocals, born June 28, 1985
Hiromi Goto Plays Violin, vocals (was earlier a temporary member. Became permanent when Yonemura left)

Past members:

Daijiro Yonemura (米村大滋郎, Yonemura Daijirō^?) Plays Guitar, vocals, born August 8, 1984 (left Johnny's in late summer of 2009)
Yuya Noda Plays Guitar, vocals, born July 13, 1984 (left Question? in 2005 and became a member of M.A.D.)

Snow Prince Gasshoudan

"Gasshoudan" means chorus. The group was created for the movie " Snow Prince Kinjirareta Koi no Melody" (Snow Prince Melody of Forbidden Love), which stars Morimoto Shintaro.

Shintaro Morimoto (森本慎太郎, Morimoto Shintaro^?) (Younger brother of Ryutaro Morimoto) Born July 15, 1997
Shintaro Kishimoto (岸本慎太郎, Kishimoto Shintaro^?) Born September 6, 1996
Reia Nakamura (中村嶺亜, Nakamura Reia^?) Born April 2, 1997
Kei Kurita (栗田恵, Kurita Kei^?) Born April 9, 1997
Yuuya Ootsuka (大塚祐哉, Ootsuka Yuuya^?) Born October 11, 1997
Ryuichi Tanimura (谷村龍一, Tanimura Ryuichi^?) Born December 21, 1998
Aoi Okada (岡田蒼生, Okada Aoi^?) Born January 12, 2000
Yuuki Haba (羽場友紀, Haba Yuuki^?) Born July 5, 2000
Ryou Hashimoto (橋本涼, Hashimoto Ryou^?) Born October 30, 2000
Mizuki Inoue (井上瑞稀, Inoue Mizuki^?) Born October 31, 2000
Aoi Chino (千野葵, Chino Aoi^?) Born October 7, 2001
Wataru Miura (三浦わたる, Miura Wataru^?) Born June 6, 1998

Taiga Team

Taiga Kyomoto (京本大我, Kyōmoto Taiga^?) born December 3, 1994
Kentaro Yasui (安井謙太郎, Yasui Kentarô^?) born July 21, 1991
Casey Anderson (アンダーソンケーシー , Andāson Kēshī^?) born January 15, 1995
Sho Takada (高田翔, Takada Sho^?) born September 14, 1993
Kishi Takayoshi (岸孝良, Takayoshi Kishi^?) born September 18, 1993
Takuya Ishikawa (石川拓哉 , Ishikawa Takuya^?) born February 10, 1995

Ryo Masuda (増田良, Masuda Ryo^?) born September 26, 1993 (he must study for his school, so he is for a short time a supporting member)

They Budou

Takahashi Ryu
Hayashi Shota
Eda Tsuyoshi
Yamamoto Ryota (also a member of Butoukan)

VETERAN

Masashi Itou (伊藤政氏, Itou Masashi^?) [left June 2011]
Masahiro Kikuoka (菊岡正展, Kikuoka Masahiro^?)
Bunichi Hamanaka (浜中文一, Hamanaka Bunichi^?) (also a member of Butoukan)
Tatsuki Muro (室龍規, Muro Tatsuki^?)
Ryūta Muro (室龍太, Muro Ryūta^?)
Kunta Yamasaki (山碕薫太, Yamasaki Kunta^?)

KyoOtoko [京男]

Ryota Senzaki (千崎涼太, Senzaki Ryota^?)
Reiya Watanabe (渡辺黎哉, Watanabe Reiya^?)
Masaya Muro (室将也, Muro Masaya^?)
Naoto Nitta (仁田直人, Nitta Naoto^?)

Ex-Johnny's Junior Group

M.A.I.N.

Jun Matsumoto (debuted as a member of Arashi)
Masaki Aiba (debuted as a member of Arashi)
Toma Ikuta (after Arashi debut, he became a member of B.I.G.) born October 7, 1984
Kazunari Ninomiya (debuted as a member of Arashi)

B.I.G. (Bad Image Generation)

formed in 1999.

Toma Ikuta (later became a member of Four Tops) born October 7, 1984
Tomohisa Yamashita (later became a member of Four Tops)
Shunsuke Kazama (later became a member of Four Tops)
Jun Hasegawa (later became a member of Four Tops)
Koki Tanaka (in 2001 became a member of KAT-TUN)
Koichi Goseki (五関晃一, Goseki Kōichi^?)
Fukuda Yuta

B.I.G.WEST

Somehow faded away some time after Ryo Nishikido released a single with Noriyuki Higashiyama as Secret Agent.

Ryo Nishikido later became a member of NEWS
Shota Yasuda later became a member of V.West
Ryuhei Maruyama later became a member of V.West

V.West (Five-West)

formed in 1999.
This group was formed as the Kansai version of Five. In 2002 also became part of Johnny's Jr. Group named Kanjani8.

Hiroki Uchi = vocals (debuted in 2003 as a member of NEWS in addition to activities with Kanjani8, suspended from both in 2005)
Shota Yasuda = guitar
Ryuhei Maruyama = bass
Kiyohito Mizuno = guitar (left Johnny's before Kanjani8 was formed)
Toru Imayama = drums (left Johnny's before Kanjani8 was formed)
Tadayoshi Okura = drums (joined this group in 2002, replacing Toru Imayama)

KAT-TUN

formed in 2001.
debuted as a 6 person group in 2006.

Kazuya Kamenashi (亀梨和也, Kamenashi Kazuya^?, born February 23, 1986)
Jin Akanishi (赤西仁, Akanishi Jin^?, born July 4, 1984) = now he's doing solo, and his initial A is taken over by Kamenashi, and will be Ka instead of K
Junnosuke Taguchi (田口淳之介, Taguchi Junnosuke^?, born November 29, 1985)
Koki Tanaka (田中聖, Tanaka Koki^?, born November 5, 1985)
Tatsuya Ueda (上田竜也, Ueda Tatsuya^?, born October 4, 1983)
Yuichi Nakamaru (中丸雄一, Nakamaru Yūichi^?, born September 4, 1983)

Four Tops

formed in 2002.

Tomohisa Yamashita (debuted in 2003 as NEWS's leader) born April 9, 1985
Toma Ikuta (still a Johnny's Jr. and active in doing dramas) born October 7, 1984
Shunsuke Kazama (still a Johnny's Jr.) born June 17, 1983
Jun Hasegawa (still a Johnny's Jr.) born October 29, 1985

Kanjani8

formed in 2002.
debuted in 2004 as Kanjani8.

You Yokoyama
Subaru Shibutani
Shingo Murakami
Ryuhei Maruyama
Shota Yasuda
Ryo Nishikido (debuted in 2003 as a member of NEWS in addition to activities with Kanjani8)
Tadayoshi Okura
Hiroki Uchi (debuted in 2003 as a member of NEWS in addition to activities with Kanjani8, suspended from both in 2005)

K.K.Kity

This group was formed by Koichi Domoto from Kinki Kids under the name J-Support. Later the name of this group changed into K.K.Kity.

Keiichiro Koyama (debuted in 2003 as a NEWS member) born 1 May 1984
Shigeaki Kato (debuted in 2003 as a NEWS member) born July 11, 1987
Hironori Kusano (debuted in 2003 as a NEWS member, but was suspended from the company in 2006) born February 15, 1988
Kyohei Iida (became a member of Kis-My-Ft2) (left in 2006)
Kotaro Takeuchi (became a member of M.A.D)
Wataru Yokoo (became a member of Kis-My-Ft2)

Kis-My-Ft

This group changed their members several times before they became Kis-My-Ft2 in 2005.

Hiromitsu Kitayama (北山宏光, Kitayama Hiromitsu^?)
Kyohei Iida (飯田恭平, Iida Kyohei^?) (left in 2006)
Kento Senga (千賀健永, Senga Kento^?)
Kohei Matsumoto (moved to J.J.Express)
Wataru Yokoo (横尾渉, Yokoo Wataru^?)
Taisuke Fujigaya (藤ヶ谷太輔, Fujigaya Taisuke^?)
MaoTomita (left)

Kis-my-ft2

Officially announced their CD debut on February 12, 2011 but postponed due to the Great Tohoku Earthquake. Kis-My-Ft2 will be having their CD debut with “Everybody Go”, the theme song to “Ikemen desu ne (You’re Beautiful)”, on August 10 ; and are no longer a Johnny's Jr. Group.

Hiromitsu Kitayama (北山宏光, Kitayama Hiromitsu^?)
Kento Senga (千賀健永, Senga Kento^?)
Toshiya Miyata (宮田俊哉, Miyata Toshiya^?)
Wataru Yokoo (横尾渉, Yokoo Wataru^?)
Taisuke Fujigaya (藤ヶ谷太輔, Fujigaya Taisuke^?)
Yuta Tamamori (玉森裕太, Tamamori Yuta^?)
Takashi Nikaido (二階堂高嗣, Nikaidō Takashi^?) *

* The Ni kanji (二^?) in his name is the kanji for the number 'two'.

Ya-Ya-yah

Kota Yabu (debuted as Hey! Say! JUMP) born January 31, 1990
Hikaru Yaotome (debuted as Hey! Say! JUMP) born December 2, 1990
Taiyo Ayukawa (Left in 2007) born January 18, 1991
Shoon Yamashita (Was left a Jr. when the group disbanded. Recently left in 2010) born December 20, 1988
Naoya Akama (Left in 2004), born April 5, 1991
Masaki Hoshino (Left in 2004), born October 10, 1987
Yuuki Yoshida (Left in 2002), born November 16, 1987
Yasuhiro Ando (Left in 2002), born January 21, 1987

J.J.Express

Yuya Takaki / 高木雄也 - (debuted as Hey! Say! JUMP) born March 26, 1990
Kei Inoo / 伊野尾慧 - (debuted as Hey! Say! JUMP) born June 22, 1990
Daiki Arioka / 有岡大貴 - (debuted as Hey! Say! JUMP) born April 15, 1991
Yuto Nakajima / 中島裕翔 - (debuted as Hey! Say! JUMP) born August 10, 1993
Ryutaro Morimoto / 森本龍太郎 - (debuted as Hey! Say! JUMP) born April 6, 1995
Koudai Asaka born August 24, 1992, left Johnny's in 2008
Ryousuke Hashimoto born July 15, 1993 (became a member of A.B.C-Z)
Taku Kamei born September 9, 1991, left Johnny's in 2007
Tatsuya Fukusawa born May 5, 1992 (became a member of Mis Snow Man)
Kouhei Matsumoto, left Johnny's in 2005
Tamamori Yuta (became a member of A.B.C. Jr, which later combined with Kis-My-Ft to make Kis-My-Ft2)

Tap Kids

Yuto Nakajima / 中島裕翔 - (debuted as Hey! Say! JUMP's member) born August 10, 1993
Ryutaro Morimoto / 森本龍太郎 - (debuted as Hey! Say! JUMP's member) born April 6, 1995
Kanda Noriyuki

Kitty Jr.

Ryosuke Yamada / 山田涼介 - (debuted as Hey! Say! JUMP's member) born May 9, 1993
Taiga Kyomoto / 京本大我 born December 3, 1994
Takumi Ito

TOP Kids

They all became members of Hey! Say! 7 WEST.

Tomohiro Kamiyama (神山智洋, Kamiyama Tomohiro^?)
Ryūsei Fujii (藤井流星, Fujii Ryūsei^?)
Nakayama Yuma (中山優馬(なかやまゆうま), Nakayama Yuma^?)

B.I. Shadow

Haven't debut

Kento Nakajima (中島健人, Nakajima Kento^?)(Was born on March 13, 1994 in Tokyo, Japan. He acted with Fuma Kikuchi, and Misaki Takahata on Scrap Teacher and he was filming in the Japanese Drama Koishite Akuma☆Vampire Boy with the main character and band member Yuma Nakayama. He is also a member of Nakayama Yuma w/ B.I.Shadow.
Fuma Kikuchi (菊池風磨, Kikuchi Fuma^?) (Was born March 7, 1995 in Tokyo, Japan. He acted with Kento Nakajima, and Misaki Takahata on Scrap Teacher. He is also a member of Nakayama Yuma w/ B.I.Shadow.
Hokuto Matsumura (松村北斗, Matsumura Hokuto^?) (Was born June 18, 1995 in Japan. He was the last to join B.I. Shadow before Kouchi Yuugo. His specialty is karate and he has a black belt. He has been doing karate since his the first year of elementary school. He ranked second in the prefecture tournament.
Kouchi Yuugo (高地優吾, Kouchi Yuugo^?) (Was born on March 8, 1994 in Japan. He won in the contest in School Kakumei, the possibility of starring in a regular-show, but instead of that he formed part of B.I. Shadow and debuted as Nakayama Yuma with B.I. Shadow.

OSSAN

from Kansai Jr.

Hiroaki Ōta (大田裕明, Ōta Hiroaki^?)
Ryota Senzaki (千崎涼太, Senzaki Ryota^?)
Koki Satake (佐竹滉輝, Satake Koki^?)
Tasuku Adachi

At first this group name was OSSan as the members, which were put together by You Yokoyama were:

Hiroaki Ōta (大田裕明, Ōta Hiroaki^?)
Ryota Senzaki (千崎涼太, Senzaki Ryota^?)
Koki Satake (佐竹滉輝, Satake Koki^?)
Hiroki Nagao (長尾宥希, Nagao Hiroki^?)

In 2008 Hiroki Nagao left the group. Later Tasuku Adachi joined as a member and the name changed to OSSAN.

In December 2008, Koki Satake decided to quit the agency, which caused the breakup of the band.

BOYS (Bokutachi Osaka Yankee Shonen)