Akanishi Jin calls for support through video message

The results of the first day of the “Marching J” fundraiser held by talent agency Johnny & Associates on April 1st. Today marked the second day of the event.


On April 2nd, popular group SMAP participated in the charity event held outside of Yoyogi Gym 1 in Tokyo. The event is raising money to support disaster relief in Japan. A total of 127,000 people visited the event on its second day, exceeding the 101,000 visitors of the first day. SMAP’s Katori Shingo (34) commented, “I was reminded of how amazing Johnny’s is”. Kimura Takuya (38) was moved by

Jin Akanishi Joined Twitter?

To all Jin fans, it seems that your hero has now joined the twitter community.
He already has more than 18,000 followers, including

Akanishi Jin: "I will not leave KAT-TUN!"

In preparation for his solo performances, Akanishi Jin has been traveling to the U.S.A. and during a serious interview, he had his hood pulled low over his head, showing his usual cool and answering the

BoA’s skinship scandal with Japanese idol Akanishi Jin? “They are just friends”

With news of scandal between singer BoA and Japanese idol Akanishi Jin brewing, BoA’s company has came out to clarify, “They are just friends.”

An article was posted up on a Japanese magazine on 6th April reporting that, “BoA and popular idol KAT-TUN member Akanishi Jin were seen in intimate behaviour and even hugging at a party in a club last month on the 23rd in Tokyo.”

The article wrote, “BoA had a good time with Akanishi Jin in the club lounge VIP seat during the party. And they hugged on several occasions.” With that, her company revealed through a phone conversation, “BoA was just enjoying herself with a few of her friends. And Jin was just one of her friends.”


Netizens’ response to BoA’s skinship scandal are “Absurd”, “You mean she cannot enjoy herself with friends at a club?”, “Seems like unreliable news source”, “Speculations from the media gone overboard” etc.

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Next KAT-TUN single to lack Akanishi

Last month, it was announced that KAT-TUN member Jin Akanishi (25) is set to spend several months in the United States to further his solo career, meaning that he will be unable to participate in KAT-TUN's upcoming Asia tour. Now, it is being reported that he is also absent from the group's next single, "Going!," being released on May 12.

The song was recorded in late March, around the time of Akanishi's U.S. concert announcement. Because Akanishi will be missing from the group's tour and from any promotional events for the single, it was decided that the other five members would record the song without him.

Despite Johnny's Jimusho's statements to the contrary, there is much speculation that Akanishi is leaving KAT-TUN, fueled even more by this news. Akanishi is expected to stay in

3 Johnny's to star in a drama together... maybe

According Tokyo Sports, Fuji TV is planning on a special end of the year program, tentatively titled "Super TV," which will feature a drama starring some very big names.

For the first episode they've roped in Kimura Takuya, Kamenashi Kazuya, and Akanishi Jin.

Fuji wants this to be a very high quality production, so the drama is expected to have a large, movie-sized budget - at least 300,000,000 yen (approx $3.2 million). They plan on recovering costs by holding screenings at independent theaters, releasing a DVD, and even selling it overseas.

Allegedly, Kimura was decided first and after he expressed a desire to work with them, Kamenashi and Akanishi were chosen.

The drama will be an original script about three brothers whose family was split up when they were young. After the passing of their father, they come together again and start life anew. With new lives comes new loves as all three of them fall for the landlord's daughter. In this funny and heart-warming story, the brothers will butt heads, but their love for each other will continue to grow.