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KAT-TUN is a J-pop group from Johnny & Associates that is made up of six young Japanese males, name:
Kamenashi Kazuya, 亀梨和也, (born February 23, 1986)
Akanishi Jin, 赤西仁, (born July 4, 1984)
Taguchi Junnosuke, 田口淳之介, (born November 29, 1985)
Tanaka Koki, 田中聖, (born November 5, 1985)
Ueda Tatsuya, 上田竜也, (born October 4, 1983)
Nakamaru Yuichi, 中丸雄一, (born September 4, 1983)
The sound intended from the Japanese pronunciation of KAT-TUN is the word 'cartoon'. The first letters of their family names form the group's name.
Typically like all other Johnny's group, KAT-TUN does not only sing and dance but the members also act and star in commercials. They are one of the most popular talent idols group in Japan at the moment, although they have not made their official debut yet.
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HISTORY
KAT-TUN is a unit of Johnny's Jr., a very large group of boys that have not yet made their professional debut (usually a debut is synonymous with a CD release).
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 join each other under the unit name of KAT-TUN.
Initially, KAT-TUN was only meant to be a dancing unit to support Koichi Domoto. However, KAT-TUN gained a lot of attention so the formation was maintained and KAT-TUN remains a solid unit.
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MEMBERS
Kamenashi is affectionately called Kame and is one of the two most popular members of KAT-TUN. He is generally considered cute and charming. He does public speaking very well and is often appointed as the main speaker whenever KAT-TUN does their MC in TV shows or concerts. Kame-chan usually leads KAT-TUN's participation in the musicals. With Jin, he is the main vocalist of the group.
Akanishi has some affectionate nicknames from fans. Jin is one of them, but there is also Bakanishi (baka literally means stupid; because he often acts childishly) *~* [PuddingBerry : omg, this wikipedia is AWESOME]. Like Kame, he is one of the two most famous KAT-TUN members. He plays the guitar, sings extremely well, has sexy dance moves and writes quite a lot of song ("Care", "Hesitate", "Love or Like"). He starred in Gokusen 2 with Kame and now also the drama Anego (2005 summer season).
Taguchi is known as Junno. This tallest member of KAT-TUN is currently addicted to tap dancing. His trademarks are the acrobatic stunts he performs in their shows and also his smile. In 2004, Junno injured his knee and has had to take a few months' break from group activities after surgery. Junno has also acted alongside his senior from SMAP Nakai Masahiro's film "Mohouhan" (The Copycat) in 2002. Junno is left-handed.
Tanaka naturally gets called Koki. His role in the group is as the main rapper. He writes most of the rap lyrics in their recent original songs and has started to write his own solo rap songs. His style is hip-hop. Although Koki looks really tough, he is actually sweet and kind. Koki pairs up with Nakamaru most of the time and they have a comedic unit called TaNaka (TAnaka - NAKAmaru).
Ueda, the appointed leader of the group, is one of KAT-TUN's most striking members. Because he tends to change his image a lot he has been criticized for being "unstable" in terms of personality. He is learning the English language and plays the guitar. He once said he wanted to marry young and preferred Caucasian girls.
Nakamaru, or Maru, the oldest member, is very funny. He proves that by being in the TaNaka comedy unit with Koki. Maru's trademark skill is his human beatbox (sound of beats he creates with his mouth) that gets incorporated in KAT-TUN's songs a lot. Because of this skill, he seems to be gaining more popularity recently.
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ACTIVITIES
TV Shows
In 2005, KAT-TUN become regular participants in the variety show Minna no Terebi. They also host the Shounen Club on NHK. Other TV shows that they have also appeared in include Yoru Mo Hippare and Hadaka no Shounen.
In early 2005, Akanishi and Kamenashi starred in the popular high-school themed TV drama series, Gokusen 2 alongside senior actress Yukie Nakama and other young actors. The show received much attention from the media and elevated not only Akanishi and Kamenashi's own popularities but also the group.
During the spring of 2005, Akanishi went on to play a role as an intern in a comic book based drama, titled Anego
Kamenashi currently stars along side NEWS member Yamashisa in a new TV drama series Nobuta Wo Produce.
Musical
KAT-TUN has appeared in numerous musicals. The most famous one is perhaps SHOCK (lead star Koichi Domoto). More recently, they backed up Hideaki Takizawa in his first solo musical, Dream Boy. The musical's lead was given to Kamenashi in 2005, perhaps much to the dismay of Takizawa's fans. Summary is yet another musical in which KAT-TUN performed with other groups.
Concerts
Since getting the opportunity to perform their own concert for the first time 2002, KAT-TUN now regularly holds concerts in almost every season of the year in Japan. This has helped them gain more popularity with the fans. It is considered remarkable for a non-debuted Johnny's group to be able to hold its own concerts. [PuddingBerry : this part gave me goosebumps of JOY]
Commercials
KAT-TUN regularly stars up until now in the TV commercials of two brands, Crunky (chocolate wafer/cookie snack) and Plus-X (flavored chewing gum) by Lotte.
They have recently appeared in a commercial/campagin for a line of lipgloss by Rohoto.
Photo Shoot
Every month, KAT-TUN is featured in various Japanese idol magazines (usually targeted for girls), such as Wink Up, Potato, Duet, Popolo and Myojo.
Recently, individual members and the whole group have also started to appear in male fashion and television-related magazines as well.
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POPULARITY
KAT-TUN is not only famous in Japan, but also in other parts of Asia and they are known to J-pop enthusiasts in Europe and the USA, thanks to technology (particularly the Internet, there are various websites, fanlisting and forums dedicated to KAT-TUN). Despite the fact that a professional debut is still missing from their career, KAT-TUN's popularity is very big. This can be seen from how their first concert tickets were immediately sold out and how they still continue to hold their own concerts every year. The coverage they get from the media is also very significant. The attention they get is the same as the attention a senior and debuted Johnny's group receive. ^^
Credits :: Wikipedia
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This is so cool ^^! Reading this makes me know more about
KAT-TUN... lol.. coz i didn't even know that they became
KAT-TUN because of Koichi Domoto >___<"
I hope this helps KAT-TUN fans ^^" much or less....~*
~~ CIAO!