Baby, Be Their Baby ! -NEWS Official 7th Thread-

Welcome To The Seventh Official NEWS Thread !

NEWS has never been the boy band that flew under the radar of the media. There was always something that kept them in the spotlight, but even though the reasons were never necessarily good, it kept them known. Thanks to their Women’s Volleyball Championship debut and debut single being sold only in 7/11 stores, NEWS became a concrete group within the Jimusho. Now with their hiatus officially behind them and a string of successful dramas within the group, NEWS keeps rising in the popularity sphere.

Even in the beginning, NEWS was a controversial group within Johnny’s Jimusho. Many fans were upset when many of their favorite Juniors weren’t allowed to debut whilst the least popular ones did. Some of the most popular Juniors groups were split apart to complete this nine boy band, which further angered fans. Yet this didn’t halt their success as their 7/11 single, “NEWS Nippon”, sold amazingly well. But before their official debut, one member, Moriuchi Takahiro decided to focus more on his studies and left Johnny’s altogether. Thus leaving NEWS as an eight member group now.

However, even though their first album “touch” did well and their career kept escalating, a setback occurred in July of 2005. One member, Hiroki Uchi, Ryo’s bandmate in Kanjani8, got caught under suspicion of underage drinking and was suspended from the agency. NEWS has once again lost another member, knocking them down to seven members. Then unfortunately, half a year later, Hironori Kusano was also caught for underage drinking and was suspended. During this time, NEWS scandals and problems were broadcasted everywhere, keeping them in the media for all the wrong reasons. Therefore in May of 2006, the group was put on hiatus.

NEWS’s return wasn’t announced until December of 2006 and their return single wasn’t released until March of 2007. That single went on to become their second best selling single, showing just how much fans missed NEWS and awaited their return. Now the group was back and obviously doing better than ever as six member group. Later that year, they released a single and album on the same day, both hitting the number one spots which was a feat that not many J-pop artists have accomplished in their career. Now in 2008 the popularity continues to rise, thus allowing them to perform for the first time in the Tokyo Dome for a concert, and have the second longest number one streak in Johnny’s after Kinki Kids.

If anything, the group NEWS are fighters. No matter how many thing held them back, they’ve fought through it and achieved more than they thought they’d be able to.





_MEMBERS
Yamashita Tomohisa (山下智久)

- NEWS’ Leader
- Mentioned that in the beginning, he only had talked to and only talked to Ryo Nishikido, the others he didn’t know and wasn’t comfortable around.
- Is a regular columnist for Seventeen magazine.
- Many of his fellow Johnny’s have questioned if he is human or not due to his extremely silly demeanor around them but quiet and mysterious demeanor around less familiar people.
- Currently attending Meiji Universtiy for a Business degree and will be graduating in September of this year.
- He also tends not to smile because he says he “Doesn’t know how to.” However, he’s been smiling a lot more recently.

Nishikido Ryo (錦戸亮)

- Among his sempai, Ryo is closest with Matsujun as they tend to meet up a lot. They’ve even done photoshoots together.
- He’s a big fan of Leah Dizon, but got embarrassed when he met her in person.
- International fans have victimized him by accusing him of being spiteful and rude and vindictive, when in actuality, he only has a sharp tongue.
- Known for his occasional perverted nature, Ryo has said that if he woke up in a woman’s body, the first thing he’d do would be to feel the breasts.
- Has learned to play the guitar and plays it in many of his lives, including his solo “code”.

Masuda Takahisa (増田貴久)

- Every time NEWS has a meeting, Massu makes sure to wake up three hours earlier to have a “slow and refined” breakfast.
- But even though he gets up early every time, he’s somehow always late.
- He loves to clean things and have everything in it’s place because of his OCD.
- Ever since being chased and bitten by a dog when he was young, Massu has had a fear of dogs. He also has a fear of bugs.
- Despite his cute looks, Massu has lots of muscle on his body and apparently arms of steel.

Tegoshi Yuya (手越祐也)

- Although him and Massu are best friends and he’s younger, Tego has been known to boss Massu around. Once forcing Massu to take the smaller bed in the hotel room so he could get the larger.
- People have said that his face has changed over the years that it appears he’s had plastic surgery, however, he denies the he has.
- He has acrophobia now because he somehow got stuck on the 4th floor of an apartment complex and needed to jump off to get out. He landed safely but has been afraid of heights since.
- Like Ryo is a big fan of Leah Dizon, Tego loves him some ero-kakkoii Kumi Koda.
- He entered Johnny’s only eight months before NEWS debuted officially and has since been regarded as one of the Jimusho’s best singers.
- Despite his cute looks, Tego is surprisingly erotic.

Kato Shigeaki (加藤成亮)

- One of his current goals is to become fluent in English, therefore he listens to a lot of Western music.
- He’s known to has a “Trigger Finger” as he’s the fastest texter in NEWS.
- For a while, he’s been known as the most “under loved” member of NEWS. But when they returned from their hiatus, he’s been promoted a lot more and with an image change, has grown in popularity.
- Shige’s an avid writer, and writes his J-web from the point of view of a cat named Waghai. And although he loves cats, he’s unfortunately allergic.
- Although he can be a little shy, Shige doesn’t have a problem takin’ it off.
- His best friend in NEWS is Koyama and when Koyashige gets together, it’s nothing but MADNESS.

Koyama Keiichiro (小山慶一郎)

- He’s recently graduated from Meiji University where he majored in Asian Studies.
- Being the oldest, the other NEWS members feel that he behaves like their mother or older brother by watching out for them.
- His home is a Ramen shop that he runs with his family on his off days.
- Although he is the big brother of the group, he tends to get picked on.
- He has a bad habit of not replying to phone calls, e-mails, or texts on times and ends up worrying everyone.


_DISCOGRAPHY
Singles
01. NEWS Nippon (NEWS ニッポン) - 2003.11.07
02. Kibou ~Yell~ (希望 ~Yell~) - 2004.05.12
03. Akaku Moyuru Taiyou (紅く燃ゆる太陽) - 2004.08.11
04. Cherish (チェリッシュ) - 2005.03.16
05. TEPPEN - 2005.07.13)
06. Sayaendou / Hadashi no Cinderella Boy (サヤエンドウ／裸足のシンデレラボーイ) - 2006.03.15
07. Hoshi wo Mezashite (星をめざして) - 2007.03.21
08. weeeek - 2007.11.07
09. Taiyou no Namida (太陽のナミダ) - 2008.02.27
10. SUMMER TIME - 2008.05.08



Albums
01. touch - 2005.4.27
02. pacific - 2007.11.07



DVDs
01. [2004.04.07] NEWS Nippon 0304 (NEWSニッポン 0304)
02. [2005.04.19] SUMMARY of Johnny's World with KAT-TUN
03. [2007.08.08] Never Ending Wonderful Story




GFX and Thread Set Up by Irene. <3
Intro by moi. <3


HAPPY POSTING!!

[minna]

YAY to the new thread

the graphics are so great


omg wait NOOOO not you too tegoshi




*defeat*
yamapi has a perm...and tego is starting to have one....


oh wait well I think tego it's not bad...XD

[Amai Yume]

Tego looks like...well let's just hope it changes
Are these recent pics? Please tell me no b/c I'm not feelin these looks on the boys...

Yup, these are recent pics.
I love their looks right now. Especially Tego's. His blond hair is to die for.

[Amai Yume]

Pi and Tego's hair = not enjoyable
However Massu still looks good
And Shige looks good too although he looks kinda weird in that first pic.
Argh, I hope once new single /album promotion tmie rolls around, we get some new hairstyles
Back to Hoshi wo Mezashite please!

[♥ you!]

slkmnslkdfghfgn Pi's hair ;-;.

Well I finally got around to listening to a NEWS album it was pretty good :] I loooove pasific.

[Beauty4123]

shige ryo

NEWS is such a hot group, lol.

Ew - Hoshi wo Mezashite was fug!
I just got used to Koyama's dark hair, so I love it now.
And Pi's hair long like that was DEES-gusting.
Tego's hair was too long, the length and color now are gorgeous.
Massu's hair - well he hardly ever changes it, so I don't care. lol But I did love the color from Hoshi wo Mezashite.
SHIGE'S HAIR SHOULD NOT CHANGE FROM THE CUT HE HAS NOW! It's absolutely perfect! Although long haired Shige was gorgeous with a perm.
Ryo's hair - I liked it in HwM, so I don't care if he changes it.

[Amai Yume]

When they performed on some show I forget which one and they performed Sayaendou / Hoshi wo Mezashite, they ALL looked HOT!!! And their looks made them look really unified as a group.
I prefer Tego's hair when it's darker but lately it's looked nice too.
Pi's hair should not look like that...not very flattering IMO - back to straight

[Beauty4123]

i found this video of ryo singing his solo "CODE".

http://www.veoh.com/videos/v1572944c...8477149&rank=6

so HOTT.

and this video with ryo is just so hilarious. lucky girl.

http://www.veoh.com/videos/v10205005...8477149&rank=8

[Neo Daydream]

yay! new NEWS thread ^^ nice job yet again, Kaori-chan! ^^

[minna]

ok I'm the only one here that thinks tego's ''curled'' hair is not THAT bad


Pi is 1 000 000 x worts....

[Amai Yume]

I don't think Tego is like so horrible that I can't live anymore but he just had it looking much nicer
And yes, Pi's is much worse...I demand he fire his stylist

P.S. Tegomass NINKI Number 1!!!!

Tegomass - Ai Ai Gasa - 95.10 - Number One

[minna]

if he doesn't we'll go do it for him ok? XDDDD



YAY! THAT'S soo great!!!!!!!

IMHO, they all look perfect.
Tego needs to have blond hair all the time and never change it.
And Pi, I'm glad he did something different.

[Amai Yume]

Originally Posted by minna

if he doesn't we'll go do it for him ok? XDDDD



YAY! THAT'S soo great!!!!!!!

We'll go to Japan and fire his stylist and our mission will be to bring back Pi's hot hair!
We can interview new stylists for ideas to ensure this doesn't happen again

[minna]

Originally Posted by Amai Yume

We'll go to Japan and fire his stylist and our mission will be to bring back Pi's hot hair!
We can interview new stylists for ideas to ensure this doesn't happen again

yeah we should start searching a new stylist

[Amai Yume]

Originally Posted by minna

yeah we should start searching a new stylist

yep yep yep
I love Pi but this new hair just isn't gonna cut it.
Tego's isn't bad but I would much prefer it looking darker. And even if it's not darker, straight at the minimum.

[minna]

well the curls aren't that bad XD if you compare to Pi
I find it quite ok // cute


and the blonde too~~



but again, everyone has it's opinion

[Amai Yume]

yeah, one look probably won't please everyone
But I think he looked sooooo HOT in Gachibaka! so I would love for him to look like that again. I think he's looked great pretty much with any color but I prefer his straight.