[KAT-TUN] HEARTBREAK CLUB - The KAT-TUN Thread XIII - ♥

[ll moments ll]

ll moments ll presents : KAT-TUN (Part 1) in a post.

this post is dedicated to those who actually care. LOL. THANK U. & UR WELCOME.
DON'T LIKE READING?! i'm sorry.

Spoiler:

okay, let's see. where to begin~

THE JUNIOR ERA.
if you been keepin up with KAT-TUN post-2006, you can see that wow, they're huge! why are they popular? why does Japan care? I DON'T GET IT IRENE, PREASE TO ENLIGHTEN ME?!

as stated in my intro post to this thread, these 6 boys were assembled under DOMOTO KOICHI of the KinKi Kids. the KinKi Kids are one of the most successful Johnny's groups to emerge from JE. & Domoto Koichi also has a title of being one of four dance kings. and he also had a show POP JAM he hosted. KAT-TUN was a temporary thing & all they had to do was dance.


Kamenashi imitates his creator, Koichi.

well, darn, they got popular. must've been the TV exposure, i suppose. at the time they became Juniors, the head of the Johnny's Juniors was no one special at the time.....oh wait, no, he was kind of a big deal. that person was TAKIZAWA HIDEAKI. Takizawa at the time was the golden child & star of Johnny's. he was slated to become the biggest thing ever (....but that didn't happen, unfortunately. which is a shame because Tackey is one of the most stellar Johnny's to emerge, imo.)

Tackey must've been seen as the macho man & prick in JE at the time. but in reality, Tackey really cares about his kouhai (....he still does to this day). this is where KAT-TUN comes in. after being under Koichi, KT never really liked each other and many of their sempais never really gave 2 cents about them. but, Tackey was the one that gave them their first moment to shine (this was either at a Johnny's Junior concert or Tackey & Tsubasa's debut...memory fails me.)


apparently Takizawa prefers Kame over Jin.

i guess having Tackey as a good papa/sempai also made KT give back to the Juniors as seen today with having the most Juniors perform at their own concerts. also, Kame always seems to collaborate with his kouhai, whether it be from Nakajima Yuuto to Yamada Ryosuke.

OKAY ANYAWAY. KT AS JUNIORS. this is probably where old fans squee & giggle, such as myself. because modern KAT-TUN is often seen as "cold & too-cool-for-school" (THEY MATURED, U GUYS. I'M SORRY IF THEY DON'T LIKE DOING KIDDY STUFF ANYMORE?)


some classic Bakanishi.


Jin needs to imitate a penguin.


Junno pulls a pun...look what Jin does.

with shows like "Shounen Club", KAT-TUN really got attention due to...well Kamenashi Kazuya & Akanishi Jin. AKAKAME. or AKAME. or OTP for some fans. now, you must be like, "BUT KAME & JIN AREN'T THAT CLOSE ANYMORE?" well, yes, it's true. their friendship seemed to have gone under sometime after Gokusen 2, in which the 2 friends have co-starred together. they even had pinky rings to signify their friendship as well.

my theory is that Kame got more & more famous, since he did grab "Nobuta. wo Produce" in the fall (& we all know what happened there, right? Kame pretty much became a household name at the time since "Seishun Amigo" sold 1.5 million copies.), while Jin started going into a different direction. Bakanishi pretty much ended here. i like to call it "OMFG. PLZ DIAF JIN." era. he totally like....had this attitude problem, it seems. but i guess boys will be boys. Jin's totally okay now though. IF U HAD TOLD ME AROUND 2006 THAT JIN WAS MY FAVORITE JOHNNY I WOULD'VE DROP-KICKED U. FOR REAL FACE.

but anyway, more Junior stuff, yes? they worked with another JE group a lot during their Junior year. that group was KANJANI8. K8 is like the 180 of KT. LOL. seriously. but somehow these 2 together is just LULZ & awesome.


KT & K8 perform "Kizuna" (Kame written/composed) at DREAM BOYS 2006.


KT/K8 ROCK MEDLEY


KT/K8 JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL~ MR. ROMANTIC CONTEST.
I RECOMMEND THIS VIDEO OH-SO-MUCH. LMAO.


out-takes from JUNIOR FIGHT IV (watch out for Yokoyama Yuu, YamaPi, KoyaShige, & Toma!! ) did i mention Tackey thought of this? btw. i can't find the original JUNIOR FIGHT IV, but this is funnier anyway. LMFAO NAKAMARU.

& SOME PICTURES (LOL):









I. LOVE. THIS. PHOTO. UNFF.







okay that's all from me now. ~laziness trickling in~

& i suggest watching "KAT-TUN Live Kaizokuban". it's their Junior tour (& the tour that influences TOUR 2008 QUEEN OF PIRATES), but so good! due to TV & concerts KAT-TUN quickly became the most successful Johnny's Junior unit!

i will talk about debut & stuff in part 2~

[Beauty4123]

what did i get myself into!

but thank you irene! i will be checking this out FOR SURE karen should too, lol.

[KarenPang]

^ YES I DID Lisa 8D & I hope you got enlightened after reading what you wrote Eirynne

a bit off topic but eh , I don't recall reading that Koichi's considered 1 of the 4 dance kings in Johnny's ?

I know Tsubasa's but Koichi ?! :O

that's if I'm missing something out here

[ll moments ll]

DUDE, KOICHI IS AN AMAZING DANCER/PERFORMER. O_O

Akira Akasaka (Hikaru GENJI) | busted for drug-possession though.
Noriyuki Higashiyama (Shounentai)
Koichi Domoto (KinKi Kids)
Tsubasa Imai (Tackey & Tsubasa)

== 4 DANCE KINGS

[KarenPang]

oops sorry for that , I just knew I missed that piece of info somewhere

yeah I know Koichi can dance really well *point to Ayakashi

[KarenPang]

Tsuyaka updates

http://tsuyaka.livejournal.com/31618.html

oh finally the tour's over & Ueda Ueda Ueda you're an awesome tease & such a DoS you're

More on Helpless Night: (From a CK radio interview)

• It's a love song
• A bit on the R&B style

And from CK's blog

It's a song with an opposite feeling to Jin's WONDER

wow that's very cool

if it's something like an answer call song & etc (think On My Mind & On Your Mind) , I will love that

• Monthly The Television (HQ previews of Akanishi)
• Ayafuya Rei Jin 8D screenshots & fanart
• Myojo 2009.10
• Popolo 2009.10
• Kame concert papa pics (previews)

http://kokoro-chi.livejournal.com/46711.html

ehhh

bitter or sweet ? What's that all about ?

[KarenPang]

top 50 albums of '09

20 *,243,305 ***,415 Break the Records -by you & for you- / KAT-TUN 09/04/29

[ll moments ll]

^ sales updated! thanks.

LISA DID U READ?!!?!

[Beauty4123]

haha, i just finished reading now, irene! it was written very well, too i didn't know tackey was supposed to be one of the big guys in JE and stuff. and about the akame relationship, they even had pinky rings?! sucks that their not like that anymore. i'm gonna watch the videos once i watch orthros no inu and BUZZER BEAT for the week those pictures you posted are cute, too! especially the last one

[ll moments ll]

^ i think JE screwed up with transitioning to debut with Tackey big time. it was a "too late" type of ordeal. he was huge in the late '90s (with his peak probably at "Majo no Jouken"), but he made his debut at 2002. by then, we could already see popularity shifts to YamaPi/Akakame in the Junior era.

oh well, i don't think Tackey minds it too much anyway. he was supposed to debut solo, but he wanted to debut with Tsubasa. so, he got his way in the end. even if they're not that active as a unit.

Akakame/Akame - i think they just grew apart; people change. but, i still think they care about each other, being in the same group & all. the ~love~ is just not that obvious. KT member ai is not that obvious, but it's there.

i can do part 2 over the weekend~

[KarenPang]

I look forward to read part 2 of what you might write in due time , Eirynne

Akame - yeah it's sad that they're not as close as they once were . I guess people do drift apart as time goes by & that's why to me , I don't consider friendship as a everlasting long thing if you know what I mean

[ll moments ll]

perhaps i shall write about the members individually....since pretty much everyone who has jumped ship to the KT fandom already knows debut & on~

whatever. i'll just...put random stuff together.

[Beauty4123]

whatever you put together, i'm sure it'll be great, irene

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by ll moments ll

perhaps i shall write about the members individually....since pretty much everyone who has jumped ship to the KT fandom already knows debut & on~

whatever. i'll just...put random stuff together.

do it Eirynne do it !

especially the whole Ueda Vs Ryo incident(s) 8D , I think it's on par with the many fights that happened on Utaban ie. Ohno Vs SMAP's Nakai

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Tsuyaka updates - http://tsuyaka.livejournal.com/31843.html

I'm sorry I can't help but being distracted by that giant yellow ball in the preview pics of The Television LOL xD & cool with more promo pertaining to Helpless Night

[ll moments ll]

oh whoa, i think "Helpless night" will be a totally old-school R&B song then? because when i think of MOTOWN, i definitely think of Jackson 5....& all that.

idk if i will put Ueda vs. Ryo since it's staged & all.

EDIT;; if you don't believe the fan-reports of KT being horny as hell bunch of guys, maybe this will get your attention.



oh. my. god. jin. well, i do like that shout-out to BOSS/Johnny-san.

[KarenPang]

:O :O :O

Luckily it's NOT night time on where I'm at the mo

I honestly have no idea as to how many times I got morally corrupted & then some by the guys since I got to know them since last May man LMAO

probably countless by now 8D

Nearing Tour’s Final Concert ! How Are They Spending their Days Off ?

from asianfanatics.net

This year the popular group KAT-TUN started their tour in Okinawa [the southernmost prefecture in Japan] and spent the whole summer gradually making their way north across the country. Tomorrow they will perform their final concert in the decidedly cooler lands of Hokkaido, the northernmost prefecture in Japan.

Before moving to Hokkaido they performed in Niigata. A certain KAT-TUN member sent the following message right after the live performance there!

“We just finished out Niigata concert.
It was the first time for KAT-TUN to perform live in Niigata,
and we really had a great time. I think our fans enjoyed our performance too.
We got to eat lots of tasty rice [Niigata is a major producer of rice], and so we were able to make the most out of our stay there.

Next we’ll be heading to Sapporo, Hokkaido, for our last concert.

I’m thinking about getting a massage tomorrow.”

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Maru wrote that message & seems like he's a fan of massages

cool

[ll moments ll]

things like this makes me a Jin fan. I DON'T EVEN....WHY. D:

he was so cool & collected. & i love embarassed Koki.
& LMFAO. UEDA AS "JIN" WAS PRICELESS ALSO.

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by ll moments ll

things like this makes me a Jin fan. I DON'T EVEN....WHY. D:

he was so cool & collected. & i love embarassed Koki.

LOL yeah I know Eirynne

what happened to Kame ?!?!?!

I think he needs to wear the Kimono getup & do a 1582 lapdance or something for you in private 8D 8D

I can't believe I wrote that omg :O

& LMFAO. UEDA AS "JIN" WAS PRICELESS ALSO .

My fave DoS in the group is AWESOMEEEEEEE

[Namie♡TOP SECRET]

What sort of music is KAT-TUN

[KarenPang]

Originally Posted by I♥Kuu4ever

What sort of music is KAT-TUN

oh they generally do rock music with splashes of hip pop , R&B , jazz , soul & etc all thrown in for good measures alongside with rapping & beatboxing from the guys

because Rock music's my fave genre , that's where KAT-TUN comes into the pic