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Tegoshi Yuya (手越 祐也)


Nicknames: Tego, Tegocha, Tesshi, Tegorin, Tegonyan, Goshi

Birthday: 1987 November 11
Star Sign: Scorpio
Chinese Zodiac: Rabbit

Blood Type: B

School: Waseda University (Human Informatics and Cognitive Sciences, Psychology?)

Trivia:

- During live performances he likes to twirl his index finger at the camera
- His bandmates often describe him as being "harmlessly self-centered."

- It is well known that bandmate Ryo Nishikido likes him a lot, often doting on him and coining the nickname Tegonyan

- His mother and grandmother post his posters all around the house (his biggest fans XD)
He likes to bite his lips.

- He owns a Papillon dog named Tinny, which he dotes on. (his supposed “girlfriend”)

- He is called the RainMan because when doing photoshoots outdoors, he usually goes first and when he does, it always rains.
It happened in the Hoshi wo Mezashite ,Gekidan Engimono, and when they were filming the final scenes of Shissou .The same thing also happened on the first day of My Boss My Hero.

- He formed a "black hair alliance" with Nishikido Ryo and Ryo will only sing a duet with him if he reverts to his old black hair. (Ryo thinks Japanese should have natural black hair...:P)

- He admits that he does not have Fashion Sense and asks Ryo to be his Fashion Guru. (XD)

- Tegoshi took intense dance lessons with Massu during the hiatus because he was tired of people saying that he can't dance.

- He is a text addict and texts everyone "Good Morning" and "Good night" everyday.

- George Miller handpicked him for his role in Happy Feet. When asked why he chose Tegoshi Yuya, he answered "Because he is full of confidence, and it is the very element I want to enforce to the youth."

- "Tegoshi's locker is like a girl's because it has a lot of cute stuff in it, perfume, mirror and pictures of NEWS, TegoMassu, Koichi Senpai and it is very neat and colorfully arranged." -Massu

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Takahisa Masuda (増田 貴久 )




* Nickname: Massu
* Date of Birth: July 4, 1986
* Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
* Height: 171 cm (5 feet, 7 inches)
* Weight: 64 kg
* Star Sign: Cancer
* Blood Type: O
* Groups in Johnny's Entertainment: NEWS, Tegomass

* He is obsessed with cleanliness.
* He is very careful with money.
* He wakes up 3 hours before a meeting time to have a "slow and refined" breakfast. xD
* He sometimes teaches the other NEWS members to dance.
* His favorite color is yellow and orange.
* He likes pigs.
* He has perfect eye vision.
* He likes to wear yellow. ( Him and Ueda both xD)
* He loves to eat and learned how to cook from his sister.
* He is scared of dogs because he once got bitten when he was younger. aww ,poor Massu♥
* He used to take piano when he was younger but he quit after 2 years.
* He took care of Yuya Tegoshi when they were in Sweden and sees him as a brother.
* He is scared of bugs.
* He is talented in sports.
* He was in the soccer club for six years during elementary school, and was in the basketball club during middle school.
* His favorite food is gyoza.
* He is very passive in love, the type of person who can't confess himself. If possible he'd like the girl to confess. He's also bad at asking for e-mail or phone numbers.
* He is skilled at rollerblade BMX.
* His dream was to be a "big star".
* "He has a great smile." said by Yamashita Tomohisa.
* He really respects Takizawa Hideaki (Takki & Tsubasa) and Kimura Takuya (SMAP).

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Name:Ninomiya Kazunari 二宮和也
Nickname: Nino, Kazu
Profession: Actor, singer, songwriter, showhost
Birthdate: 1983 June 17
Birthplace: Katsushika City, Tokyo, Japan
Height: 168cm
Weight: 49kg
Star sign: Gemini
Blood type: A

-- He’s considered a self-centered person from a card reading
-- In hotels, he takes off his shirt and walks around naked before entering the bathroom, Sho who’s in the same room hope that he will enter the bathroom then take off his shirt
-- After名古屋concert, just as everyone got ready to bathe before going to bed，Nino imitated Ohno’s solo concert performance wearing only an underwear, and everyone was cruel enough to refuse to sleep with him
-- he realised that his left pointer is as long as his middle finger, but it’s not like that on his right hand
-- he still remembers the Music Station performance in year 1999, October 8th, because they all have to wear those transparent suit while singing, when they sweat, it looks like they’re only wearing underwears singing and dancing on the stage
-- he had to portray a character which is his total opposite (as he considers)—— a very smart yet cool person
-- he’s getting closer with Ohno, even during concert MC he kept talking secretly to Ohno behind the rest, this made Kame, who was in front, complain that he was really ‘mad’
-- during 名古屋 concert when Nino and Ohno are changed and prepared to get on stage again, Nino sang to Ohno in those two nights
--Because Nino has serious posture problem, his mom bought him a waistband to help correct this problem, but then his mom didn’t know how to use it, so he too never used it
-- Lately, his ‘sitting height’ have grown 1cm taller,
-- Loves to play games, he won’t even stop when there’s an earthquake, his longest record is 9 hours
-- When he watches his own performances，he calls himself ‘Kimura Takuya #2’
-- he hates sweet food
-- he loves saving money
-- in June, he knew that they will debut, got to know that they’re named ‘Arashi’ together with Sho
-- while they were having 109109 concert, they had to do ‘V no Arashi’ and didn’t have the time to practice their dance steps, Nino was so anxious he felt like crying
-- Although it’s publicly shown that he’s 168cm, but in reality he’s only 166
-- There was once while in Jr concert, he said thank you and goodbye to the fans while using the mike he was still in the toilet, didn’t manage to come out in time
-- Bathing, it’s the first thing he does every morning
-- he always forgets his things
-- when he was filming “Abunai no houkago”, he lost 6.5kg in a month
-- he usually bathes after he washed his hands
-- right foot first while wearing shoes
-- while wearing pants, both legs go in together, cause he sits down to wear them
-- prosedure to wearing his shirt: right hand, head, left hand
-- loves ice-skating
-- he got lost in the backstage during his first time in Jrs concert。
-- he once saw a stranger (man) inside the mirror in a hotel, when there isn’t anyone else in the room
-- while he was in elementary4, there were 9 girls who gave him chocalates. Other than those from his class, there were some girls from the other classes, some were his seniors. That day, he became his boy classmates’ idol
-- he loved to press other people’s doorbells during elementary days
-- he uses left hand when he was young, but then his grandad taught him to use right hand. Now he uses both hands perfectly well, when he eats, usually he uses left hand, he uses right hand to play guitar
-- when he was young, he was forced by his grandad to show the ‘V’ sign while taking pictures
-- loves to study, he wanted to enter Todai’s Economics studies
-- In "Music Jump", he was considered Push-up King
-- people always say he looks like a kind of dog
-- he can sleep practically anywhere, he tried sleeping by the riverbank for 6 hours
-- his longest sleeping record was 21 hours
-- became bald once because of movie shooting
-- fractured his bones before. Thoughts? Very painful, and the medical bills really hurt

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Name: 櫻井翔 Sakurai Sho


Profession: Actor, singer and tv host, newscaster
Birthdate: 1982-Jan-25
Birthplace: Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Height: 171cm
Weight: 60kg
Blood type: A

--A newscaster for News Zero. Covering the olympics at the moment for NTV xD
--Injured his thumb during dream a-live con. First time breaking a bone at the age of 26
--Attended Keio University. Majored in economics
--Has the highest education in Arashi and has influenced juniors such as Tegoshi, Koyama, Yamapi to get a good education
--Sister is 5 years younger and brother is 13 years younger
--Used to be known with a temper in his junior days
--Very charismatic. Usually talks a lot in variety shows, interviews, mc talks etc
--Fluent in English
--Not very skilled at drawing. Have u all seen his panda?? It looked like a cow
--Cares about Aiba a lot
--Once said in his sleep "Let Aiba sleep!". This was in 2002 and Ohno was in the same room
--In Arashi, his colour is red
--Does most rapping in Arashi
--Composes songs and can play a bit of piano
--Had the first solo concert in Arashi. It was called 'The Show"
--Still lives with his family ^.^
--His father is a politician and his mother is an english literature teacher
--Reads a lot of newspapers
--Has a belly button piercing xD
--Is said to be a very fast thinker
--Not very athletic. He was called the 'sports idiot'
--His favourite food right now is soba

Profile
* Name: Ueda Tatsuya (上田竜也)

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* Nicknames: Tat-chan, Ueda, Uebo, Uepi, Uepopu
* Date of birth: October 4, 1983
* Horoscope: Libra
* Birthplace: Kanagawa, Japan
* Height: 171 cm (5 ft. 6.1 inches)
* Weight: 53 kg (120 lb/8.3 st)
* Blood type: B
* Talents: Basketball, guitar, piano, boxing
* Hobbies: Basketball, shopping, guitar, boxing
* Favorite Colour: Black and red
* Favorite Season: Winter
* Favorite Flower: Rose
* Favorite Part of Body: Hands
* Favorite Animal: Dolphin
* Favorite Food: Spaghetti, Steak, Sashimi, Caesar's salad
* Favorite Things to Do: Read manga (Japanese comics) in the bathtub, play basketball & guitar, boxing
* Favorite School Subject: History
* Favorite Word: "Effort"
* Favorite Phrase: "Will you marry me?"
* Favorite Johnny's Senpais: Tsuyoshi Domoto, Tsubasa Imai

Trivia
* He is the only member of KAT-TUN who hasn't starred in a whole drama yet, but he had small roles in NTV's dramas "Kowai Nichiyobi" and "Shijou Saiaku no Deito".
* He practiced kintore (muscular training) for boxing, sport he practices normally (he has said he has even gone to the gym five times a week); he got interested in this sport while acting in Dream Boys.
* In Cartoon KAT-TUN, guest Kataoka Tsurutaro encouraged him to get his boxing license after checking the great strength of his left hook and right straight.[6]
* As a child, he witnessed a man being killed.
* He went to an all-boy's school.
* He is a sensitive person, and is easily hurt by what others say.
* Akanishi, who joined Johnny's six months after Ueda, thought Ueda was a senpai that was on the same level as Hideaki Takizawa.
* At the beginning of KAT-TUN's formation, bandmate Kazuya Kamenashi befriended him (later on, the two got into fist fights at least twice, one before KAT-TUN's first concert in 2002, which nearly resulted in the splitting of the group because Kamenashi wanted to quit as a result. A reenactment of the fight can be seen on the 2002 concert DVD).
* According to various j-web entries and interviews, he is close to Nakamaru outside of work.
* Ryo Nishikido from NEWS/Kanjani8 used to be cruel to Ueda. Though the fights between them in Shounen Club were scripted, Ryo has admitted he may have taken it too far.
* He studied both English and French, but he has seemed to forgotten most of them.
* He used to want to be a teacher, but decided against it after realizing that he might be assigned to an all-girls school (he says he would be too nervous).
* He wants to name his future daughter "Elizabeth", but because Japanese people would find it difficult to pronounce, he'd shorten it to "Eri/Eli".
* He comes from a wealthy family because it was revealed that he usually spends times in a luxury onsen with his family.[7]
* When he was a kid, he went to calligraphy school on Monday's, Sorobans (a traditional way to calculate) on Tuesdays, swimming on Wednesday, painting on Thursdays, English on Fridays, cram school on Saturdays.[8]
* He was once abandoned in the mountains as punishment.[9]
* His name, Tatsuya, and Kamenashi's name, Kazuya, are coincidentally the names of the twin main characters from the baseball manga, Touch.
* He once pushed Crystal Kay on an episode of Cartoon KAT-TUN because he didn't know the rules of the game.[10]
* During a concert, his spike bracelet got stuck into Kamenashi's arm; nobody noticed until they saw blood in the floor, and Ueda thought it was his until they saw Kamenashi's arm.
* His Gackt necklace cost around 240.000 yen, and the bracelet was 110.000 yen.
* In "KAT-TUN wo Abake", he was voted the most mysterious member in KAT-TUN because he always seemed to be on his own world.[11]
* He is scared of heights.
* He has four Golden Retriever as pets;[12] Earo, Tia, Eri and another one that died. He loves animals.
* He wrote and composed all thirteen songs for his solo concert.

Quotes

* "With different people I'm with, I change into one of my many me's and use that"
* "I wish I can have a hot and serious relationship."
* "I see fairies"

Yamashita Tomohisa!!!



* Name: Tomohisa Yamashita (山下 智久, Yamashita Tomohisa)
* Nicknames: Yamapi (山P, Yamapi)
* Height: 1.755 m (5 ft 9 in)
* Blood Type: A
* Shoe Size: 27 cm
* Education: Currently attending Meiji University, Faculty of Business, majoring in Marketing

Biography

He entered Johnny & Associates when he was 11 years old. He is affectionately called YamaPi (short for Yamashita and pink) by his friends, which is a nickname given to him by Hideaki Takizawa. His closest friends call him by the name "Pi", which was first used by his best friend Akanishi Jin.

When he was young, he loved to go to the park and play with the sandpit. His father left the family when he was young, that's why he changed his name. When he was transferred to another school, a boy expressed his love to him. Apparently, the boy mistook him for a girl. The sports that he learned from kindergarten to Primary 4 are karate and baseball. Yamapi got a purple belt for Karate. He joined the Athletes club in Junior High for swimming and short running in which he got a record of 7.6 seconds in 50m short run.

Due to his pretty face, his fellow juniors and closest friends admit that during their junior days, Yamapi is always given special treatment by the sempais as he is "too cute to bully". Ikuta Toma said in an interview that whenever they see Yamapi they cant stop cooing "cute". Garnering impressive attention even before debuting,Yamashita was often seen performing at the centre . To this,Kamenashi Kazuya once said that in Jimusho there are the Johnny Juniors and then, there is "Yamapi".

In his pursuit to communicate better with his foreign fans especially from Taiwan, Yamashita studied Mandarin.

He dreams to one day retire and raise a family in Hawaii along with best friends Nishikido Ryo and Jin Akanishi

Johnny's Junior

Since joining Johnnys, he has been a member of Jr. groups B.I.G., Four Tops, and most recently NEWS. Yamashita began to appear in television dramas soon after he joined Johnnys. In 2000, at age 15, his performance in Ikebukuro West Gate Park earned him an award for "Best New Comer". That same year, he was voted first place in the Annual Junior Awards for "Best Boyfriend", "Most Beautiful", to name a few for the first time.

When Takizawa made his debut with Tsubasa Imai as Tackey & Tsubasa in 2002, he left as the leader of Johnny's Juniors. Around the same time, Yamashita and the three most popular Tokyo Juniors Toma Ikuta, Jun Hasegawa, and Shunsuke Kazama formed Four Tops. Four Tops then began to host the Junior television program, The Shōnen Club.

Post-Debut

In September 2003, eight other boys from Johnny's Juniors were chosen to form the group NEWS with Yamashita as the leader. NEWS's formation came as a shock to not only the fans of Four Tops but its own members as well. Yamashita later revealed that at the time, aside from Ryo Nishikido, he had barely talked to any of the other group members since they were all juniors in relation to his status within Johnny's and he had been informed that the group would merely be a temporary one-month unit. In fact, he also shared that he had never met Yuya Tegoshi before, and their first meeting ever was as fellow band mates. At the time Yamashita had been with Johnny's for around 7 years, whereas Tegoshi had only been around for 10 months.

NEWS made its formal debut on May 12, 2004. Since its debut, NEWS has had all consecutive #1 singles on the Oricon Ranking Chart. To date all 11 singles and albums have all debuted #1.

In October 2005, Yamashita and Kamenashi Kazuya from KAT-TUN formed Shuuji to Akira to promote their drama, Nobuta wo Produce. It was named after their characters in the show, Shuuji and Akira. They also released a single, Seishun Amigo, as Shuuji to Akira, which sold over one million copies in four weeks. Seishun Amigo was the number one best selling single on the Oricon Yearly Single Rankings for 2005. NEWS, however, was temporarily disbanded and all group activities suspended after the suspension of two of its members for underage drinking.

In spring 2006, Yamashita starred in Kurosagi, a drama based on the manga of the same name. For this purpose, Yamashita recorded his first single as a solo artiste "Daite Señorita" which was #1 in the Oricon ranking.He received artist of the year along with T& T and KATTUN.His single was 4th best selling single of 2006 selling more than 600,000 records which twice the amount of NEWS's record.Much to his success rumors have speculated that Yamashita Tomohisa is set to pursue a career as a solo artist but was later proven to be untrue as stated that, Tomohisa prefers to stay with the group not as their leader but simply as a member. His modesty and well grounded nature is much recognized not only by his band members but throughout the JE fandom.

As of June 2006, he became part of an unofficial group within Johnny's Entertainment called "No Border", which includes members: Matsumoto Jun of Arashi, Murakami Shingo of Kanjani8, Satou Atsuhiro of Hikaru Genji, Ikuta Toma of Johnny's Junior's, Domoto Koichi of Kinki Kids, Yamaguchi Tatsuya of TOKIO and Takizawa Hideaki of Tackey & Tsubasa. The group was formed when the 8 members from different JE groups met up for dinner and decided to name themselves No Border. They are known to interact freely, bypassing the sempai-kouhai relationships formed by JE. There is a 7 part round-robin on their jwebs about the formation of the group. Each member has a specific color - White, Black, Red, Pink, Purple, Gold, Blue, Grey. However, who holds which color is still unknown.

In the latter half of 2006, Yamashita and Thai brother duet Golf & Mike teamed up with Kitayama Hiromitsu (Kis-my-ft2), Inoo Kei (J.J. Express), Totsuka Shota (A.B.C.), and Yaotome Hikaru (Ya-Ya-Yah), to form a temporary unit called Kitty GYM, though there has never been a second T. This unit was made to cheer on the Japan Women's Volleyball team, and they released a single in August called "Fever to Future" under the name "GYM" which stands for Golf, Yamashita, and Mike, respectively.

Yamashita returned as a member of NEWS on 31 December 2006 on Johnny's Countdown 2006-2007 and released Hoshi wo Mezashita which as expected debuted to the number 1 spot.

Early 2007, Yamashita along with KAT-TUN's Koki Tanaka and Taisuke Fujigaya of Kis-my-ft2, starred in Byakkotai, a two-part mini-drama.

Kurosagi, a movie spun-off from the sucessful TBS drama, was released on 8 March 2008. Yamashita starred in the film, making this his first starring role in a movie. With only a budget of 2 million US dollars,the movie grossed approximately 15.5 million dollars. Such success is expected to result to more movie offerings for Tomohisa. Yamashita announced on March 15, 2008 that he was 6 credits short from graduating from Meiji University. He will aim to graduate in September 2008.

Yamashita Tomohisa stars in Code Blue along with other popular actresses Aragaki Yui and Toda Erika.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Takaki Yuya desu! Yoroshiku!


Profile
* Name: Takaki Yuya
* Birthdate: 1990-03-26
* Birthplace: Osaka
* Blood Type: O
* Height: 175cm
* Weight: 53kg
* Agency: Johnny's Entertainment
* Former groups: J.J. Express, Hey! Say! 7
* Admired senior: Domoto Koichi, Akanishi Jin
* Fav. Food: Pizza, Gratin Pineapple
* Disliked Food: Paseri
* Fav. Color: Orange
* Weak Point: Scared of bugs and pigeons
* Charming Point: Lips (tend to be move like Akanishi Jin's)

Career
*On June 12, 2004, he entered Johnny & Associates as a trainee.
*On April 3 2007, he began activities with Hey! Say! 7 starting with a public performance at a KAT-TUN concert.
*On September 21, 2007, he began performing as a member of Hey! Say! JUMP.

Trivia
* He joined Johnny & Associates after he attended Kinki Kids' G Concert.
* He has an older sister and a younger brother.
* Show: Hyakushiki (Guest)

TV Shows
* Gokusen 3 (NTV, 2008) as Ogata Yamato
* Shabake (Fuji TV, 2007) as Eikichi

Television
As Hey! Say! 7 (Temporary Group) (3 April 2007 - 23 September 2007)

* Shōnen Club
* Ya-Ya-yah
* Music Station

As Hey! Say! JUMP (24 September 2007 - Present)

* Shōnen Club
* HEY!HEY!HEY! (24 September 2007, 12 November 2007)
* Music Station (26 October 2007)
* Heisei Families (14 October 2007 - Ongoing) - Ryosuke Yamada, Ryutaro Morimoto and Yuto Nakajima
* Hi! Hey! Say! (3 November 2007 - Ongoing) - Kota Yabu, Hikaru Yaotome

Concert

As Hey! Say! 7 (Temporary Group) (3 April 2007 - 23 September 2007)

* TOUR2007　cartoon KAT-TUN II You (3 April 2007 - 17 June 2007)
* ARASHI AROUND ASIA＋　in　Dome (29 April 2007 - 30 April 2007)
* Johnny's Kansai Jr's First Concert (6 May 2007)
* Kanjani8 TOUR 2007 (3 May 2007 - 25 September 2007)
* Johnny's Jr's Big Adventure (15 August 2007 - 24 August 2007)
* Johnny's Jr's Hey Say '07 in Yokohama Arena (23 September 2007 - 24 September 2007)

As Hey! Say! JUMP

* Johnny's Jr's Hey Say '07 in Yokohama Arena (24 September 2007)
* FNS Music Festival 2007 (5 December 2007)
* Music Station Super Live 2007 (21 December 2007)
* Hey! Say! JUMP Debut Concert in Tokyo Dome (22 December 2007)
* Hey! Say! JUMP Spring Concert 2008 (April)

Commercials

As "Hey! Say! JUMP"

* Deca Sports (12 March 2008 - )

As "Hey!Say!BEST"
* O'zack (22 March 2008)

Awards
* 22nd Japan Gold Disc Awards------Best 10 New Singles and Best 10 New Artists

YABU KOTA



*Name: Kota Yabu
*Profession: Singer
*Date of birth: January 31, 1990 (1990-01-31) (age 18)
*Birthplace: Yokohama City
*Height: 178 cm
*Weight: 53 kg
*Blood type: A
*JPop group:ya ya yah, Hey! Say! JUMP, Hey! Say! BEST

*His older sister was an Arashi(Johnny's Group) fan and she sent an application to the Johnny's Agency without telling him.

*After the audition he successfully joined the agency as a trainee, but the dance lessons that took place every week were so hard, he told his mom that he wanted to quit. But after his mom said "I'll buy you a soccer badge" he decided to stay.

*He was named Kota because his parents wanted him to have a large(Ko) heart.

*He became the lead singer for a Junior Unit Ya-Ya-yah.

*He hates tomatoes, cucumbers and green peaches.

*He loves playing soccer.

*His favorite color is red.

*He can play the piano and the guitar.

*He is loved by many seniors from his agency.

*He and Jin Akanishi (KAT-TUN) are very close, they even bought a puppy together.

*He has an older brother and an older sister.

*He looks up to Domoto Koichi of the group Kinki Kids as a mentor.

*He is close to Akanishi Jin of KAT-TUN who was rumored to have even called Yabu's mother and ask her if he could adopt him as his younger brother. Akanishi even said to Yabu, "Stay beside me until you're 14 years old".

*On September 23, 2001, he entered Johnny & Associates as a trainee. Inoo Kei, a member of the same group as him, was also there during that time.

*He had the most talented dance skills and high pitched voice which let him get to the top member of Johnny's Junior.

*Two months later, he was chosen to be the leader of Ya-Ya-yah. They released a CD which was very unusual because they were still members of Johnny's Junior.

*He was voted for "Most wanted as a little brother" and "Most wanted as a pet" in idol magazines

*From the time he joined the agency (2001) to the year 2004, he had the most high pitched voice in the history of Johnny's. Many people called his voice "An Angel's Voice". Using that voice and his talent for singing, soon after he joined the agency he was told to sing solos and medleys on TV.

*For the musical, PLAZONE 2002, he was given his first solo song, Boku wa tada…. Not many trainees can get a solo song.

*In The Shounen Club, the most popular TV show for Johnny's Jr, over 100 Johnny's Jr.s performed but his performances stood out the most. Even his seniors, NEWS, KAT-TUN, and other Johnny's Jr. groups became backdancers for Yabu.

*In NEWS's first single, NEWS Nippon, he sang the high pitched notes and his voice is recorded in the CD.

*In 2006, he wrote the lyrics to a song for the first time which was Asu e. In that lyrics, he put one or two chinese letter from the Ya-Ya-yah members' names. (Kota's Ko means vast or large, Hikaru's Hikaru means light, Taiyo's Taiyo means sun, Shoon's Sho means fly)

*On September 21, 2007, he began performing as a member of Hey! Say! JUMP.

yasuda shota:


Profile:
Name: Yasuda Shota (安田章大)
Nick Names: Yassu, Yassan, Kachin, Shota, Chipa
Profession: Actor and singer
Birthdate: 1984-Sep-11
Birthplace: Hyogo
Height: 166cm
Weight: 54kg
Star sign: Virgo
Blood type: A
Group in Johnny's Entertainment: Kanjani8
Talent agency: Johnny's Entertainment

Dramas:
Yasuko to Kenji (NTV, 2008, ep5)
Double (KTV, 2006)
Dive to the Future (KTV, 2006)
Jitensha Shonenki (TV Tokyo, 2006)
Chocolat (TBS, 2003)
Kowai Nichiyobi 2000 (NTV, 2000, ep9)
Shichinin no Samurai J ke no Hanran (七人のサムライ J家の反乱) (TV Asahi, 1999)

History:
Yasuda entered Johnny & Associates in 1997 together with fellow members Ryo Nishikido and Tadayoshi Okura. Also at the audition was Ryūhei Maruyama. As a result, these members have been close friends for a long time during their Kansai Jr days even before Kanjani8 was formed. Yasuda's application had been sent in by his older sister. In it, she had written that Yasuda's specialty was that he could "do anything" (nandemo dekiru).

In 1999, Yasuda was chosen to be a guitarist for V.WEST. The Kansai Jr band was popular among Jr fans and had its own show Shuukan V.WEST (Weekly V.WEST) on Kansai TV. On the show, the members usually take part in challenges where they have to pick up a new skill and exhibit it at the end of the show. During this time, true to his sister's claim, Yasuda excelled and first earned his nickname "Nandemo dekiru-ko" (The kid that can do anything). After V.WEST's first live at Zepp Osaka in 2001, Yasuda and fellow remaining members, Hiroki Uchi (vocalist) and Ryūhei Maruyama(bassist) were absorbed to form a new Kansai Jr unit Kanjani8 in 2002. The new unit took over An 8th member, Tadayoshi Ōkura, was added and assigned to the drums as V.WEST's drummer had left Johnny's.

In February 2008, Yasuda held his solo concert entitled "818" which was named after the time of his birth. For the event he designed the unique concerts goods including the tanktop and the underwear.