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9 members in any group is tough (HSJ another prime eg. but at least their popularity is quite evenly matched except for Daiki & Yamada who're the main crowd drawers) and also I think the group dynamics affected NEWS to a certain extent
It was quite obvious after Taka , Uchi & Kushino left , the main ones that drew NEWS a lot of fans were Yamapi and Ryo
It might seem sad seeing NEWS go from 9 to 4 members but I feel they're doing good now even though I know when Yamapi & Ryo (he feels like a different person in NEWS unlike when he's with Kanjani8 where he's more himself when with the other 6 noisy ones LOL) announced they were leaving , Koyama was exceptionally sad and really considered to just disband NEWS together
I'm glad in the end they decided to stick it out. Chankapana was a great comeback single song for 4 nin NEWS & that goes for their comeback self titled album too
If you could , you should give NEVERLAND a listen . It's surprisingly good . White & QUARTETTO weren't that good , imo
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