NAOTO is now part of EXILE GENERATION
 

http://exile.jp/profile/naoto.html

just take a look..i think it is him or?
he entered J SOUL BROTHERS after having a good time with ayu
and now he is an official member of EXILE

WHOA!! right, it's him!!!
So, he's part of EXILE's performer, eh?
Hmm, good for him, then :D

good for him...

Exile and J Soul Brothers merged, that is why hes there. Great for him career-wise

http://www.nt2099.com/J-ENT/news/asi...-member-group/

wow yeah, that's really great for him. ^^

Actually...this may be good for Naoto but....hmmm...I hope someone with extensive knowledge on J-pop boy bands reads this thread....hmmm....KarenPang? :D :roflmao

Is this good for Exile though? I don't know much about J-pop bands, but korean boy/girl bands of 10+ members usually ended up failing.

Nesmith freaks me out a little bit...

but thats cool for naoto! though i feel like exile is a bit excessive lately, its great for him ^^;;

Wow, cool for naoto, he was my favourite dancer of hers, he will probably earn lots of money now, too, right? I mean, EXILE counts the dancers as full members, right? and they are the only artist that surpassed ayu on this money chart there was(xD)

wow!!

i was always asking myself what happened with him LOL




good luck for him!! :D
but im guessing he doesnt need it!!

Well, as far as I know, Super Junior and Girls' Generation have moderate success now. They WERE wildly popular, but the hype has dwindled down rapidly. (right?)

There haven't been (again, as far as I know) any male bands with more than ten members (Hikaru Genji?). Morning Musume and AKB48 have moderate success (although I think MoMusu is more popular), but this is considering they're girls. Their main target is the older men (the 30+ ones) and the young children, since I don't think their fashion sense is something the teens and 20-somethings want to follow.

As for EXILE, they can target all female demographics, and even some of the male ones, too. So they may experience a jolt of popularity.

BUT

I think that in the end, it'll fail. The hype isn't gonna keep them around that long I think. If I'm thinking right, with four talented male vocalists and ten background dancers, I don't think it'll work out. TOO much talent isn't good.

EXILE is totally different from a boy idol group. They have a more mature image about them (and I don't mean that in a derogatory way to boy idol groups). That's just how I feel when I look at EXILE and say...KAT-TUN or Arashi.

i wonder if he will be as famous if he stuck with ayu..

awesome, i think he will be pretty good

yah, in that profile pic he look pretty scary XD

The hair style he started out with was the best I think. Also the one in CDL 05-06 and AT06, the ghetto gangster hairstyle with those corn rows or w/e hahaha. They obviously wouldn't fit J Soul Brothers though. I hope he becomes famous now that he is part of EXILE actually.

wow I didn't know that! It's good for him! I didn't know he sings!

Hes a performer/dancer for EXILE, they count as band members

Yep. They are the entertainers. It's funny how they don't sing but are part of the band and just as popular as its vocalists.

Yes, it really is, I was like OOOOOOOOOOKKKK(o.0) when I found that out xD