Akanishi Kun

Hello, everyone~!

Last year, I talked about the Japanese boys band called Arashi on this blog when I went to their concert. Since then, they've been one of my favorite artists. When my friend who had already liked them at the time asked me if I would like to go to their concert, I didn't think that I would be really into them at all. Lately, listening to their music literally relieves my fatigue. (How I've chased them on TV, magazines, and so on really reminds me of the days I liked the American boys band, Backstreet Boys. To some degree, I still do.)

In addition to the fact that I've become addicted to Arashi more and more and I even introduce them to my friends, new boys band that debuted from the same office as Arashi has just been added to my favorite artists' list! Oh, I definitely have a tendency to be passionate about boys bands. Whatever! Hahaha. I'm sure it's an important part of my life that makes me happier and happier everyday.

It's "KAT-TUN". They are very very famous already in Japan, of course. And even in Asian countries. You might think that why the name of them is KAT-TUN(ka-toon), it actually derives from the initial letters of each members. They are Kamenashi Kazuya, Akanishi Jin, Taguchi Junnosuke, Tanaka Kouki, Ueda Tatsuya, Nakamaru Yuuichi. Now you see why? The name also has a message that people want to see more just like when you start turning pages of manga(cartoon), and the Japanese "勝運"(katsu-un), 勝 means winning and 運 means luck.

Well, I think they actually need no introduction. If you watch them, you'll see why. They all are good at dancing, and singing! They have different characters from those that the members of Arashi have. A video you can watch below is called "Don't U ever stop". I hope you'll enjoy! Fortunately, you can listen to it with English subtitle!



My favorite member is, as the title of this post says, Akanishi-kun. His dancing is amazingly awesome, and even sexy! He's also good at singing. I'm sure that he's talented from the beginning, but at the same time, he's worked really really hard to be where he is today because it seems to me that he understand almost exactly what he's good at, and what he should to please audiences. Some people say that he tries to be cool too much, but I think that he is looking at himself really critically and always thinks about how to improve his own performances. That's what every professional does, right?



This song is called "Pinky". I wasn't interested in Kat-tun at all until I found this video. I guess I easily become mesmerized when I watch someone dance really really well.

This song is performed by one of the members, Akanishi Jin, who seems to be the most popular among them. He actually went to the US, Los Angeles, for learning English at the moment when the band itself started gaining huge popularity. (I don't know if it was a good choice to visit Los Angeles, though. There's too many Japanese people, don't you think?) He's back now, and he writes songs in English thanks to the staying. Though his decision to visit the US was criticized as selfish, it seems to me that he's just trying to be himself and to bring the band to the next level. (He said that he doesn't want his band just to be famous in Japan, and he wants to be "global". I guess that's why he went to the US.)

I ended up buying their latest album today, and I literally enjoy listening to it. I hope you'll have fun watching videos!