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| Lychankimmy | Dec 24 2007, 10:05 PM |
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KAT-TUN (hepburn: katn, sounding similar to "cartoon") is a J-pop group from Johnny & Associates, made up of six members: Kamenashi Kazuya, wҲ, (born February 23, 1986) Akanishi Jin, , (born July 4, 1984) Taguchi Junnosuke, ڴ֮, (born November 29, 1985) Tanaka Koki, }, (born November 5, 1985) Ueda Tatsuya, oҲ, (born October 4, 1983) Nakamaru Yuichi, һ, (born September 4, 1983) The group's name is an acronym formed by the members' surname initials. Similar to other Johnny's groups, KAT-TUN is considered an idol group and therefore, not only sings and dances, but the members also act and star in dramas, movies and commercials. They are arguably the most popular talent idol group in Japan at the moment. All five singles released since their debut in 2006 debuted at Number 1 on the Oricon music charts, a feat only accomplished twice before in Japanese music history. Their debut was marked by a tripartite release consisting of their debut single, "Real Face", a "Real Face Film" DVD and their debut album. All three shattered records in album sales. Their most recent single, "Keep the Faith", released on November 21, 2007, has further set a new record for Asian/Jpop singles on the United World Chart, coming in at number 6. Prior to this, the highest position for a single was #11 gained by Utada Hikaru's "Flavour of Life." History 2001 C 2006: Formation & Pre-Debut Activities Before joining KAT-TUN, each member belonged to different Junior units. In 2001, KinKi Kids member Koichi Domoto personally picked six juniors to be his back dancers in the NHK music program, Pop Jam. He chose Kamenashi, Akanishi, Taguchi, Tanaka, Ueda and Nakamaru to be his back dancers and gave them the unit name KAT-TUN. Initially, KAT-TUN was only meant to be a dancing unit to support Koichi Domoto. However, KAT-TUN gained a great deal of attention so the formation was kept and KAT-TUN remains a solid unit. In 2002, KAT-TUN held their first concert, Okyakusama wa Kamisama - Concert 55man nin Ai no request ni Kotaete, making them the first Junior group to hold their own concerts before officially debuting. In the same year, they held eleven concerts in a day. This breaks the record for the most concerts held in a day for Japan. In 2003-2004, their popularity rose to that of a debuted group, to the point that they performed on Music Station multiple times before they debuted. In 2005, KAT-TUN released their first major DVD concert LIVE KAIZOKUBAN, which topped the Oricon yearly chart for the best-selling DVD. 2006 C 2007: Debut & Akanishi's Hiatus Their debut was announced on January 29, 2006. This was a 5-year long-awaited event for both the members and their fans. They made their professional debut with their single Real Face, released in March 2006, accompanied by an album Best of KAT-TUN, and a DVD Real Face Film. These were released on their own label, J-One Records. Along with their debut, was a concert tour of Japan. Within the first week, Best of KAT-TUN sold 556,548 copies, Real Face sold 754,234 copies, and Real Face Film sold 374,202 copies. These releases topped all three weekly Oricon charts. They are the second artist to do so, right after Ayumi Hamasaki. KAT-TUN holds the records for the highest weekly single debut sales, as well as the record for highest weekly DVD debut sales. Their single Real Face topped the Oricon charts for 3 weeks, making them the first artist in the millennium to do so in Japan. It sold over one million copies in nine weeks, making Real Face the highest selling single of the year. The lyrics to Real Face were written by Shikao Suga, and the music was written by Tak Matsumoto. On March 17 & 18, KAT-TUN became the first group to hold their own concert in Tokyo Dome before debut. They performed to 110,000 people over two days and about 630,000 people in total through their first national tour 'Real Face' right after debut. KAT-TUN's first three singles all managed to exceed 400,000 in sales during the first week. They are the first artist in the history of Japan to have all three singles from debut to exceed 500,000 in sales In 2007, KAT-TUN held the records for the two first highest week sales and put 2 singles in the top 10 for two years in a row. After 8 years 11 months from the debut of KinKi Kids, KAT-TUN is the second artist to have all five of their singles from debut to be chart-toppers, and all of them exceeded 300,000 in sales during their first week. Meanwhile, KAT-TUN's second DVD in this year, released simultaneously with their 5th single, is their fifth consecutive release to top the musical DVD chart. It also has set the opening week record of the year[3]. They also take the yearly No.1 position in the music DVD charts for the third time in a row. On April 4th, KAT-TUN began to host their own variety show cartoon KAT-TUN, which airs every Wednesday from 11:55 PM to 12:26. Akanishi's Hiatus Akanishi Jin went on hiatus from the group from October 12, 2006 to April 19, 2007 to study English abroad in the U.S., leaving KAT-TUN as a 5 member group for 6 months. This caused a media frenzy in Japan considering the fact that Akanishi is one of KAT-TUN's two most popular members and is one of their two main vocalist together with Kazuya Kamenashi as well. They released the single Bokura No Machi De and the album Cartoon KAT-TUN II YOU during his hiatus. Despite the fact that one of the lead vocalist was missing, the releases still managed to top the charts. 2008 They are releasing their sixth single LIPS on February 6th as the theme song to Kazuya Kamenashi's upcoming drama One Pound Gospel.  (JP) KAT-TUN OFFICIAL WEBSITE!! Johnny's J-web Translation..!! |
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