KAT-TUN???

Lumix · #1 2nd April 2006, 12:53 AM

I just wonder - what's so special about them? It seems that J-girls are dying when they see them.. I find miyavi, Gackt or HYDE more addicting. I saw their live of Real Face and I was more laughing than anything else

I'd just like to know the secret.

Glamorous_Sky · #2 2nd April 2006, 01:10 AM

I like them. I think they have nice voices, compared to most boy bands out today. It doesn't hurt that I think they're cute, either. XD!

ll moments ll · #3 2nd April 2006, 04:21 AM

i like KAT-TUN too. my friend got me really into them. :3

but i think it's the Johnny's Ent factor. those JE boys are really popular nowadays. they've been around for 5 years, so they have a really strong fanbase even before they debut. they're really no stranger to the entertainment business, it's just Johnny Kitagawa decided to let them release music right now.

also, 5 out of the 6 members have been in J-Dramas too. Kame was recently in "Nobuta wo Produce." The theme song "Seishun Amigo" was sung by him and Yamashita Tomohisa (of another JE group NEWS) & it sold 1.5 million copies.

elepop · #4 2nd April 2006, 05:13 AM

Didn't they came from Korea? Kinda like SE7EN?

Anyway. Girls like them either because they are "handsome" or something else. LOL.

ayu_fan929 · #5 2nd April 2006, 06:18 AM

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Originally Posted by asongforXX

Didn't they came from Korea? Kinda like SE7EN?

Anyway. Girls like them either because they are "handsome" or something else. LOL.

i think ur mixing them up with Dong Bang Shin Ki

elepop · #6 2nd April 2006, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by ayu_fan929

i think ur mixing them up with Dong Bang Shin Ki

No, I know who KAT-TUN and Dong Bang Shin Ki are.

My friend that is a big fan of KAT-TUN told me that they are from Korea.

ll moments ll · #7 2nd April 2006, 05:50 AM

nope, all the boys are Japanese. =)

true. i do notice them for their looks, but some are really talented. i know Kame, Jin, Ueda, & Koki have taken part in writing and composing songs for KAT-TUN. (most use pen names though; Kame goes by K2 & Koki is JOKER. kinda like how Ayu uses CREA, LOL!)

they're great actors too. Kame won Best Supporting Actor for Gokusen 2 and Best Actor for Nobuta wo Produce.

tl1029530921 · #8 2nd April 2006, 06:08 AM

i've never ehard of them until their official debut but they have some really nice songs...my favorites are Rhodesia and Never Again.

bluegie · #9 2nd April 2006, 08:08 AM

I just searched for their profiles on Wikipedia and I get confused about who's who... LOL. They all have long hair (except one bald guy), and they look the same to me somehow (except the bald guy again cuz he's so distinctive... what is his name btw cuz I believe he had long hair as well before).

I'm gonna download real face and see if they are really that talented

ll moments ll · #10 3rd April 2006, 01:54 AM

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Originally Posted by bluegie

I just searched for their profiles on Wikipedia and I get confused about who's who... LOL. They all have long hair (except one bald guy), and they look the same to me somehow (except the bald guy again cuz he's so distinctive... what is his name btw cuz I believe he had long hair as well before).

XD the bald guy's name is Koki Tanaka. he's the rapper in the group.

most JE groups start as backdancers. KAT-TUN was only meant to be a backdancing group for Koichi Domoto (of KinKi Kids) but they gained popularity and Koichi let them go.

if anyone was wondering about their name, it's initials from the members last names: Kamenashi Kazuya, Akanishi Jin, Taguchi Junnosuke, Tanaka Koki, Ueda Tatsuya, Nakamaru Yuichi.

i could post pictures or whatever if anyone's interested.

Hazuki · #11 3rd April 2006, 02:44 AM

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Originally Posted by ll moments ll

XD the bald guy's name is Koki Tanaka. he's the rapper in the group.

most JE groups start as backdancers. KAT-TUN was only meant to be a backdancing group for Koichi Domoto (of KinKi Kids) but they gained popularity and Koichi let them go.

if anyone was wondering about their name, it's initials from the members last names: Kamenashi Kazuya, Akanishi Jin, Taguchi Junnosuke, Tanaka Koki, Ueda Tatsuya, Nakamaru Yuichi.

i could post pictures or whatever if anyone's interested.

I din't know much about the KAT-TUN guys before. Especially the KinKi Kids stuff o_o
Awesome how it's the letters from their names.

They did a DDR CM dint they? I think I remember 2 of them just because of that.

ayu_fan929 · #12 2nd April 2006, 09:19 PM

^oh. then maybe ur friend mixed them up??

elepop · #13 2nd April 2006, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by ayu_fan929

^oh. then maybe ur friend mixed them up??

It's possible but she's such a fan-girl, lol.

bluegie · #14 2nd April 2006, 09:26 PM

yeah... your friend must have messed up about KAT-TUN (and yeah my cousin's friend told her that ayu is from korea as well... baka). From what I've seen in the musicstation talk, they've been in JE performance (as bgd dancers) since like 11 or 12 years old. Including before training, I assumed they joined JE when they're really really young (8 - 10 years old). It's unlikely that the parents would send them from Korea to Japan just to hope that they could be popular in JE... rite...?

bluegie · #15 3rd April 2006, 02:25 AM

i looked at their talk on MS... and MS showed the title of the bald guy as 上田竜也 -->Ueda Tatsuya... now I'm confused... LOL

ayu_fan929 · #16 3rd April 2006, 04:27 AM

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Originally Posted by bluegie

i looked at their talk on MS... and MS showed the title of the bald guy as 上田竜也 -->Ueda Tatsuya... now I'm confused... LOL

i saw the entire show. MS lagged a bit when showing the members' reactions to their pre-debut days. they eventually show the rite person.

ll moments ll · #17 3rd April 2006, 03:13 AM

Ueda was never bald. XD but Koki has the least hair right now. LOL.

yup, Kamenashi Kazuya & Akanishi Jin were in the Mario DDR CM (it's so cute! 8D). i think skal uploaded it once with other KAT-TUN CMs. =)

bluegie · #18 3rd April 2006, 07:50 AM

soka.. so that shaved guy is koki. Oh well are they the next generation of SMAP?

monsoonbaby · #19 3rd April 2006, 09:47 AM

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soka.. so that shaved guy is koki. Oh well are they the next generation of SMAP?

Next generation of SMAP? Both are of different style, how can it be? (But well...they are considered having the most potiential to become the next Super-group after SMAP and KINKI KIDS). Seems like lots of people mixed them up with DBSK! They are TOTALLY different!! My friend also mixed them up because she said that one of the guy look like Junno....... -_-??
Eventhough I am a fan but I have to say that Real Face is a cool song but the PV is funny (the later part when they are at the studio and so do their performance, the cheoreography sucks), but don't backaway just because of that LOL (my fren does...). They are really talented, IMO, they have best singing skill in JE, and they do write their own songs, especially Ueda and Jin. I never like any group from JE, because I think eventho they dance well and act good but their sing horribly, until KAT-TUN. Maybe it's because I have been watching Shounen Club for ages and finally got affected

P.S: I want to make a KAT-TUN thread, but I am not sure if anyone care to reply the thread so KAT-TUN fans or Johnny's Ent. fans, what do u think?

bluegie · #20 3rd April 2006, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by monsoonbaby

P.S: I want to make a KAT-TUN thread, but I am not sure if anyone care to reply the thread so KAT-TUN fans or Johnny's Ent. fans, what do u think?

I didn't read the last paragraph... LOL. Anywayz, you should make it. I'm sure you can grab at least 6 to 7 people attention to the thread in the beginning. Even tho it sounds a bit small, it will grow into a bigger thread (or community) eventually

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