Kanjani Eight

Kanjani Eight
Origin Osaka, Japan
Genres Pop, enka, rock
Years active 2002 (2002)–present
Labels Teichiku Records, Imperial Records
Website www.teichiku.co.jp/artist/kan8
Members
Past members
Hiroki Uchi

Kanjani Eight (関ジャニ∞（エイト） Kanjani Eito?, stylized as Kanjani∞) is a seven-member Japanese boy band from Japan's Kansai region. They are managed by the multimedia talent agency, Johnny & Associates, and signed to Imperial Records. The group was formed in 2002 and made their CD debut in 2004 as "Johnny's modern enka group", though after the year 2006, their sound and style has become a mix of pop and rock. Like the rest of the acts managed under Johnny & Associates, Kanjani Eight also perform in various other areas of the Japanese entertainment industry such as variety show hosting, television, movie, and stage acting, and radio talk show hosting.

Contents

History

Combination of two groups: 2002–2003

Kanjani Eight was the combination of the four top leading Kansai Juniors of the "Junior golden age" and the newly popular V. West (Five West), a rock band Kansai Junior unit. Prior to the creation of the group, Subaru Shibutani, Yuu Yokoyama, Shingo Murakami, and Ryo Nishikido were one of the top leading juniors of the time, headlining many Junior hosted programs and acting in dramas. After the debuts of Arashi and Tackey & Tsubasa, the golden era was suddenly coming to an end and so was their popularity. By the year 2001 all their activity had slowed down to magazine photoshoots.

On the contrary, a new Kansai Junior unit named V. West was taking off in popularity, more so than their eastern counterpart FiVe. The group consisted of Ryuhei Maruyama, Shota Yasuda, Hiroki Uchi, Kiyohito Mizuno, and Tooru Imayama.[1] The group became so popular that by 2001 they had their own television show, Weekly V. West.[2] But, when Mizuno and Imayama left Johnny's & Associates, worry had begun to creep within unit as to their fate within the talent agency. Suddenly, Tadayoshi Ohkura had been added to the group as a support drummer and then a member soon after.[3]

In 2002, after the end of Weekly V. West, a new program was created to replace it on Kansai TV Channel 8 entitled J3Kansai (prounced as J Cube Kansai). This show brought together the top leading Kansai Juniors of the golden age and V. West creating the new Junior group, Kanjani, a portmanteau of the words Kansai Johnny's.[4] With the success of the stage play, Another, the group became official garnering the name Kanjani Eight. The "8" stood for the channel that the show J3Kansai aired on. Tadayoshi Ohkura was added as an official member in the 9th episode finalizing the group as an eight-member group.[5]

Kanjani Eight, as a newly formed group, held their first concert in December 2002, titled " Kanjani Eight Xmas Party 2002 ". This concert ended up becoming a yearly tradition before ending in 2005. It was also the birthplace of the group's signature act, Kanjani Sentai Eight Ranger.[6]

In 2003, Kanjani Eight members Nishikido and Uchi were called to go to Tokyo to become a part of NEWS, another Johnny & Associates group.[7]

Debut: 2004–2005

Although Nishikido and Uchi were already members of NEWS, they went on to also debut as members of Kanjani Eight when the group released their debut single titled "Naniwa Iroha Bushi" in the Kansai area on August 25, 2004. The single became a local hit, capturing the traditional feel of their hometown region through the pop-enka tune. Shibutani had said, in regards to the feel of the song, " The song has a Kawachi Workman's bass, so it's entirely something new. It'd make me happy to see others dancing when they hear it." [8] Despite the release of the CD, their debut was lack luster leaving many to question if the debut actually was real. The members themselves had found out of the debut through a newspaper article; Shibutani had said that he was "very surprised" when he found out.[9]

Even though there was questions about the group's debut, "Naniwa Iroha Bushi" had risen to the number-one spot on the Oricon's Enka charts and reaching number-eight on the Oricon's generic music charts. When the single made its nationwide debut on September 22nd, it had hit number-one on both the Oricon Enka and General Music charts. [10]

Much of 2004 activities were Kansai region focused in comparison their fellow acts who had the luxuries of nationwide exposure. Kanjani Eight had become hometown idols with majority of their popularity within the region but outside the area they were almost unknown. The release of their second single, "Osaka Rainy Blues", further exemplified the fact with the CD single debuting number-nine on the Oricon. To this date, "Osaka Rainy Blues" is the group's lowest single in sales.[11]

2005 had marked the launch of Kanjani Eight's popularity even though it had opened up with the lackluster sales of their second single, "Osaka Rainy Blues". The group had been starring in three regular programs, now being aired nationwide, and were starting to get recognition as a debut Johnny's act.[12][13][14] But with growing success came a scandal and in 2005 Hiroki Uchi was arrested for disorderly conduct and underage drinking, being 18 at the time.[15]

The scandal had a significant impact on Kanjani Eight as well as NEWS, the other group he was active in. Johnny's & Associates removed Uchi from both units and put him under an indefinite hiatus from all activities.[15] Also, the drama special about the WWII Kamikaze pilots starring the group, Yakusoku, was canceled.[16] Kanjani Eight continued on that year to do their first Osaka-jō Hall performance with one member less in the summer of 2005.[17]

KJ1 F.T.O: 2006

After the nationwide exposure and scandal in 2005, Kanjani Eight were pushing forward without looking back. Their late 2005 single, "Sukiyanen, Osaka/Oh! Enka/Mugendai" had shown signs of the group's growing success opening at number-two on the Weekly Oricon charts and in March 2006, the group had released their first nationwide debut album, KJ1 F.T.O, the title standing for Kanjani 1: Funky Town Osaka. The album had hit number-two on the Oricon on its debut.

Now known nationally and having an official album release under their belts, Kanjani Eight had begun their first tour. Named after the album's title, the F.T.O.N, Funky Tokyo Osaka Nagoya, concert tour spanned the three cities for six days and twenty performances in total. Soon after the small spring concert tour, the band launched their first nationwide tour, entitled Nationwide 1-St Tour 2006 followed up with a part two winter concert which was appropriately named after the release of their first number-one single, "Kan Fu Fighting". Both tours were a total of 46 performances.

As with all Johnny's, music and television appearances were not the only thing on the group's active schedule. 2006 had also marked the acting debut leads for Ohkura, Maruyama, and Yasuda. By the end of 2006, the group had been in more than four dramas including the Kansai TV drama special showcasing the entire band in three separate stories.

Kanjani Eight had also be active in several stage plays, returning once again for the third year in a row to headline the popular Johnny's & Associates produced play, Dream Boys, with KAT-TUN. This year also marked the end of their summer special stage play series with the return of Another as Another's Another. Their final summer special stage play had a total of 58 performances and marked the last time Kanjani Eight would ever perform at Osaka Shochiku-za Theater.

KJ2 Zukkoke Dai Dassō: 2007

2007 would be marked as the year of Kanjani Eight's success as a group and as a Johnny. The year had opened up with the chart-topping single, "Kan Fu Fighting", which was then followed by the release of their second single, "Zukkoke Otoko Michi". "Zukkoke Otoko Michi" debuted at number-one on the Weekly Charts[18] and number-three for the month of April. The single went later on to be the number-one8 top selling single of 2007. Despite the popularity of the song, it still wasn't as substantial as the success of "Kanfuu Fighting" which had been number-nine on the 2007 yearly charts.

The release of "Zukkoke Otoko Michi" also marked the change of labels from Teichiku Records to its subsidiary, Imperial Records partly due to the change of sound that the band had. Teichiku is an Enka label and the change to Imperial allowed the band to be on a label with a broader sound as Imperial is Teichiku Entertainment's pop/rock label.

June 2007 was the release of their second full-length album, KJ2 Zukkoke Dai Dassō. The album was a significant departure in sound from their first release, focusing the funk and rock side of things, but still didn't stop record sales as it had debut number-one on the Oricon[19][20] and number-two overall for the month of June.

Majority of 2007 was spent on the road as the group had opened up 2007 holding a concert series as Kyocera Dome entitled Eh?! Honma?! Bikkuri!! Dome Concert in Osaka (Eh? Really?! Shocking!!). The concert tour was extended to a full-length nationwide tour of the same name, breaking records of being the first pop group ever to perform in all forty-seven prefectures in the same concert tour. The Eh! Honma! Bikkuri!! Tour 2007 had lasted five months and was a total of 113 performances.

In between all the concert activities, many members in Kanjani Eight were involved in other side projects. Yokoyama had starred in the Fuji TV drama, Haikei, Chihiue-sama (拝啓、父上様 Dear, Father?) as well as the drama adaptation of the manga, Yūkan Club. Nishikido had starred in the Attention Please drama special and in 1 Liter of Tears. Ohkura had a role in the franchise revival of Hissatsu Shigotonin as well as a supporting role in the TBS drama, Utahime. Maruyama also held a role in the TBS special, Wachigaiya Itosato (輪違屋糸里?).[21]

Directly following up the concert was the release of their seventh single, "It's My Soul". The song had followed the style of its preceding single and album, and managed to hit number-one on the Oricon in its debut week[22] and number-two overall for the month of October. The single managed to hit twenty-second most sold single of 2007.

2007 had ended with the release of the documentary photobook and the concert DVD, 47, which was from the Tokyo Dome performance of their nation-wide 2007 tour. 47 ended up becoming the top selling music DVD of 2008 on the Oricon charts, staying on for a solid 57 weeks.[23][24]

Puzzle: 2008–2009

2008 continued the flow of the band's high-speed activity for the first half of the year. The release of their eighth single, "Wahaha!!", met with success reaching number-one on the Weekly Oricon charts,[25] Billboard Japan Hot 100, Billboard Japan Hot Single Sales, and reaching number-two7 on the top singles of 2008 (Oricon).[26]

Right after their 4-city, 24-performance spring tour, Kanjani Eight hosted the NTV special, Touch! Eco 2008: Ashita no Tame ni... 55 no Chōsen? Special (Touch! eco 2008 明日のために…55の挑戦?スペシャル Touch! Eco: For the Sake of Tomorrow... 55 Challenges? Special?), a 13-hour television special spreading the awareness of ecology and the impact of energy waste and littering to the planet. Soon after, they hosted the sequel to their variety special, Sore Yuke! Daidaman, Daidaman Z.

Much of 2008 after June was spent with mild activities from the group. After the successful summer tour, the group released their ninth single, "Musekinin Hero". The single marked a milestone in the group's rising stardom by breaking over 300,000 units sold. The single had reached number-one on the charts and number-eleven on the 2008 yearly charts.[27][28][29]

In 2009, Kanjani Eight had released their third album Puzzle after nearly two years since the release of Zukkoke Dai Dassō. Puzzle was a complete departure in sound compared to their previous two albums, containing more of mixture of R&B, rock, and pop songs. The album took only three months to complete and was released in April instantly garnering the number-one spot on the Oricon.[30] The album ended up the number-one1 best-selling album in the first half 2009. After a very successful concert tour, a DVD was released from their Tokyo Dome performance. The DVD had reached number-one on the General and Music DVD Oricon charts.

Their tenth single, "Kyū Jō Show!!", was released in November after nearly a year since their last single. The CD single hit number-one on the Oricon weekly charts and number-two overall for the month of November, despite the number-one spot, it did not beat the success of "Musekinin Hero".[31]

In December 2009, Kanjani Eight released their eleventh, twelveth, and thirteenth single. "Gift" was released as three separate singles, white, red and green, with different songs on each one. The single release is the band's first Christmas themed song and is said by the group to be a "Gift to the fans". It was released on the day before Christmas Eve (White), Christmas Eve (Red), and Christmas Day (Green). With these releases, Kanjani Eight became the first (and so far only) group to occupy the top three spots in the Oricon singles chart at once.[32]

8Uppers: 2010

In a news article concerning Hiroki Uchi becoming involved with the Japanese production of Guys and Dolls, the president of Johnny & Associates, Johnny Kitagawa, stated that Uchi has been permanently removed from both Kanjani Eight and NEWS and will instead focus on solo work and acting.[33]

It was announced on July 6, 2010 that the group's fourteenth single "Wonderful World!!" debuted at number-one on the Oricon weekly singles chart.[34] Kanjani Eight released their fifteenth single "Life (Me no Mae no Mukō e)" (LIFE 〜目の前の向こうへ〜?) on August 25, 2010, and it went on to top the Oricon weekly singles chart.[35]

Fight: 2011–present

It was announced on October 7 2011, that Ryo Nishikido withdrew from NEWS to focus on activities with Kanjani8.[36]

Sub-units

Within Kanjani Eight are several subunits created by the members for various reasons, either for a creative outlet or for other special reasons such as concerts. Out of all the units created between them, only SanKyōDai and SubaruBand have made it onto actual albums.

SubaruBand – A rock band that is composed of Shibutani (vo), Maruyama (ba), Yasuda (g), and Ohkura (dr). The group made its first appearance in 2002 at the Kanjani Eight Xmas Party. The songs are composed by Yasuda, lyrics written by Shibutani, and arranged by the band. Notable songs are "One", "High Position", and "Down up ↑"

SanKyōDai – An acoustic band as well as a full sounding band with Maruyama and Ohkura on support. Its main members are Yuu (Yokoyama), Chipa (Yasuda), and Baru (Shibutani) and their first appearance was at the 2003 Kanjani8 Xmas Party. Up until the Christmas 2005 show, SanKyoudai had released new song, these songs being, "Purin" (Pudding), "Amechan" (Candy), "Mikan" (Oranges), and "Onigishi" (Onigiri). Lyrics are written by Yuu and songs composed by Chipa.

YamaDa – A manzai duo created by Maruyama and Yasuda in which Maruyama plays the boke and Yasuda plays the tsukkomi.

There are also other lesser known subunits that the group has created such as OhYamaDa (band), SanBaka (Shibutani, Yokoyama, Murakami), Yasuba (Yasuda and Shibutani), and others.

Kanjani Sentai Eight Ranger

Main article: Kanjani Sentai Eight Ranger

Discography

Main article: Kanjani Eight discography

Studio albums

Mini albums

  • 2004: Kansha ni Eight

Concerts/Stage

Main article: List of Kanjani Eight concerts

Concert Tours

  • 2002 - 2005 X-mas Party
  • 2005 Zenyasai 1st Live
  • 2006 F.T.O.N. (Funky Tokyo Osaka Nagoya)
  • 2006 1st Nationwide tour
  • 2007 Kanjani8 Dome Concert in Osaka: Eh? Honma?! Bikkuri!
  • 2007 Kanjani8 Nationwide 47 Prefecture Tour: Eh? Honma?! Bikkuri! Tour 2007
  • 2008 Kanjani8 Live Tour 2008! 8 Da Yo! Zenin Shugo!
  • 2008 Kanjani8 Live Tour 2008: Natsu Da! Tsūa Da! Wahaha!
  • 2009 Kanjani8 Tour 2009 Puzzle
  • 2009 Kanjani8 Dome Concert 2009–2010
  • 2010 Kanjani8 ∞Uppers Live Concert 2010-2011

Stage Performances

  • 2002 Another
  • 2003 Dōton Boys
  • 2004 Summer Storm
  • 2004 Magical Musical Dream Boy
  • 2005 Hey! Say! Dream Boy
  • 2005 Magical Summer
  • 2006 Another's Another
  • 2006 Dream Boys

Filmography

Variety Programming

  • 2002 - 2003 J3 Kansai
  • 2004 - 2005 Urajani
  • 2005 Mugendai no Gimon
  • 2005 - 2007 Suka J
  • 2003 - 2007 Honjani
  • 2007 Oishinsuke
  • 2007 - 2008 Mucha Buri
  • 2008 - 2009 Can!Jani
  • 2009 Kanpani

Current Programming

Television Dramas

Publications

Photobook

  • 2007 Kanjani Eight "E! Honma!? Bikkuri!! TOUR 2007 Close-up Document Photobook

Manga

  • Honma ni Kanjani Eight!! (ほんまに関ジャニ∞!! Honma ni Kanjani 8!!?)

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External links

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Albums
Kansha ni Eight · KJ1 F.T.O · KJ2 Zukkoke Dai Dassō · Puzzle · 8 Uppers · Fight
Singles
"Naniwa Iroha Bushi" · "Osaka Rainy Blues" · "Sukiyanen, Osaka/Oh! Enka/Mugendai" · "Osaka Obachan Rock/Osaka Romanesque" · "Kan Fu Fighting" · "Zukkoke Otoko Michi" · "It's My Soul" · "Wahaha" · "Musekinin Hero" · "Kyū Jō Show!!" · "Gift" · "Wonderful World!!" · "Life (Me no Mae no Mukou e)" · "T.W.L/Yellow Pansy Street" · "My Home" · "365 Nichi Kazoku" · "Tsubusa ni Koi"
TV Shows
Honjani · Urajani · Mugendai no Gimon · Suka J · Muchaburi · Kanjani Eight no Janiben · Soreyuke! Daidaman · Can!Jani · Kanpani · Ariehen Sekai · Bouken Japan: KanjaniMap · Dasshutsu Game Dero! · Nazotoki Battle Tore! · Kanjani no Shiwake Eight
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