KAT-TUN are “Perfect” on MUSIC STATION!

KAT-TUN brought their “Perfect” perfection to the April Fools’ Day broadcasting of MUSIC STATION today, and the boys gave an exciting performance for the special episode!


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KAT-TUN announces a big live event + first 5 Dome tour + new album!

It’s been announced that KAT-TUN will be holding a live event at “Higashiougijima Higashi Park,” located inside of “Higashiougijima (artificial island)” in Kawasaki port in July. The park is directly across from the “Kombinat” (a big industrial complex) in Kawasaki City, so the atmosphere is sure to be unique.


According to Johnny’s Entertainment, they plan to have a

KAT-TUN does The D-Motion on M! Countdown!

Popular J-pop boyband KAT-TUN would be holding their first concert in Korea, and to get things heated up for fans, they made a special appearance on today’s episode of M! Countdown.


Although their performance is

KAT-TUN to hold first Korea concert

A press release from Mnet said that the six-member boy band will hold their two-day concert at the Jamsil Indoor Stadium in Seoul on August 6 and 7, as one of the stops on their Asia Tour titled

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

New Single Releases for Arashi and KAT-TUN

Exciting news for both fandoms!


Arashi’s new single, ‘MONSTER’, will be the theme for Ohno’s new drama, "Kaibutsu-kun". It comes with two editions, Regular and Limited which features a bonus DVD with the music video.
Release date: MAY 19
Monster [Limited Edition] - currently sold out
Monster [Regular Edition]


KAT-TUN’s new single, "Going!" will be the theme song for Kamenashi’s new sportscasting gig, and comes in 3 editions; LE A, LE B and RE. The LE A comes with the music video and making of footage, and the LE B comes with two bonus tracks, solos by Nakamaru and Koki.
Release date: MAY 12
Going! [Limited Edition A]
Going! [Limited Edition B]
Going! [Regular Edition]


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Johnny's Jr. group Kis-My-Ft2 to Go Abroad with KAT-TUN

It is announced that the seven-member unit "Kis-My-Ft2" of Johnny's will go abroad in July 2010.
They will be go along with their senior group KAT-TUN's world tour "WORLD BIG TOUR" this time, and the member Hiromitsu Kitayama (北山宏光) said: "It's a chance to meet fans around the world, I am so excited!!" "We will try to impress fans while supporting KAT-TUN. Let's do it with vigor! " added Taisuke Fujigaya (藤ヶ谷太輔).


Kis-My-Ft2 has started their nationwide tour since March 30, and is supposed to hold 12 performances in 6 cities until May 5, mobilizing 138,000 people in total. They have visited different places in the country since the last tour, Kitayama revealed that "We are aiming for the best entertainers and want to be shining." With the title "Amusement Park", the stage features a runway of roller coaster's railway. They also performed a series songs of senior member, such as the new song of KAT-TUN "Love yourself~君が嫌いな君が好き~", "Paradaisu Ginga (パラダイス銀河)" of Hikaru Genji, "Kamenbutoukai (仮面舞踏会)" of Shonentai, and "Zanbara (ざんばら) " of Masahiko Kondo, as well as they charmed the audience with roller skates performance just as Hikaru Genji did.


"We want to become a group unprecedented in Johnny's history and challenge a variety of things!" the new star proved that they had infinite possibilities. It is also amazing that they are going to open the overseas market without CD debut before.


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KAT-TUN Concerts may Qualify for Guinness

On Friday, popular boy band KAT-TUN completed their record-setting run of eight consecutive days of concerts at the Tokyo Dome. With a full house of about 55,000 fans at each show, a total of roughly 440,000 people attended the concerts.

Last year, KAT-TUN performed four consecutive days at the Dome. At the time, it tied for the record with British rocker Sting, who also did a four-day stretch there in 1988. However, KAT-TUN's recent concerts have now doubled that record.

Their management agency, Johnny's Jimusho, is hoping to have this achievement officially recognized as a Guinness World Record under "most consecutive concerts at a venue with a capacity of 50,000." It appears that someone affiliated with Guinness happened to be at the Tokyo Dome, so the agency has requested verification of the record.

With the success of these concerts, KAT-TUN has scheduled many more to extend their tour. They had originally planned for these 8 shows to be followed by 3 at Osaka Dome on May 29-31 and 2 more at Tokyo Dome on June 14-15. They have now added 17 more shows in 6 other cities, starting in July.




Source: Sankei Sports