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Full info about Tanaka Koki’s withdrawal from the agency and KAT-TUN

Tower Records: “J Storm has confirmed the withdrawal of Tanaka Koki from KAT-TUN. The group will continue with Kamenashi Kazuya, Taguchi Junnosuke, Ueda Tatsuya and Nakamaru Yuichi. It’s a very dissapointing news for the fans but let’s hope for both parts to reach success.”

Sanspo: “The agency communicated this news with a FAX sent at 8:24PM on October 9th. Tanaka Koki is known for his bad behavior and for breaking the agency’s rules. It seems that the major trigger happened when it was publicly revealed that he had other work activities without permission of the agency. In the new year, it was revealed that he had opened a bar in Minami, Aoyama (Tokyo) with his elder brother as manager, he also interacted quite a lot with his fans in the bar and visited the place as costumer. After he was scolded by the agency, he withdrew from the management position in the summer. Shortly after he decided to experience a part-time job as bartender, also without permission. Aside from the rumors and issues with women, there was an outflow of private photos over the internet. During the spring, information of a summer tour was published on their official website but was removed after a few days. This was taken as a severe punishment and warning for Tanaka’s misbehavior. Let’s remember that during the first hiatus of Akanishi Jin in 2007, Koki said this about him, “Do you know what hardships you put us through during the time you were gone!”. We consider that this wouldn’t have happened if their “love as a group” had been stronger. The original formation of KAT-TUN had its first lost in 2010 when Akanishi Jin decided to pursue a solo career, 3 years after, they decide to continue as four. ”

http://jenewsdaily.com/blog/2013/10/...y-and-kat-tun/

Tanaka Hyouga comments about the withdrawal of his brother, “Stop hurting our family”

On October 10th, Tanaka Hyouga (22) commented about the news regarding the withdrawal of his elder brother Tanaka Koki (27) from KAT-TUN. In his personal twitter account he called out for fans, “I want you to quit hurting my family with this matter”.

After the reported withdrawal of his brother, he received a lot of questions from users and fans of Koki, “I don’t know anything about this article, I can’t give an appropriate answer because I don’t know it, I’m sorry”. He added, “I believe my brother will continue to shine even after he changes of stage”.

He asked to respect his opinion and the privacy of his home, “I don’t care about me but I want you to stop hurting my family with this matter. I’m sorry for being selfish. I hesitated a lot about writing this but I’ll ask for your kindness”.

http://jenewsdaily.com/blog/2013/10/...ng-our-family/

That would explain a lot on why their supposedly organised Summer tour was canned

I still can't believe JOKER is officially gone from the group =(