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Jin Akanishi (赤西仁, Akanishi Jin?) (born July 4, 1984) is a Japanese idol, singer-songwriter, actor, seiyū and television personality. Akanishi is a member of the popular J-pop boy band, KAT-TUN, and one of the group's main vocalists. Since the group's debut in 2006, it has achieved 10 consecutive number ones (including studio albums) on the Oricon charts.[1]

Akanishi is also a budding actor with roles in the second season of popular NTV school drama, Gokusen, and Yukan Club. He is also a co-host of KAT-TUN's own variety show, Cartoon KAT-TUN, and used to host a radio program called R-One KAT-TUN with bandmate Junnosuke Taguchi from October 2007 to March 2008. Akanishi is also arguably one of the more popular members of the group being frequently cited as one of the most appealing male celebrities in Japan today

Early life
Born in Chiba Prefecture on July 4, 1984, Akanishi is the eldest child. His family consists of his parents and a younger brother, Reiho. His given name, Jin ("benevolence"), comes from one of the five Confucian virtues. He is also the childhood best friend of Tomohisa Yamashita and the two remain close today. When he was still in grade school, a classmate sent in a photo of him to idol magazine, Myojo, and he was featured in the "Cool Classmates" corner of the issue. Akanishi's interest in the entertainment industry was piqued after seeing then-Johnny's Jr. member Ryo Nishikido singing on television and his mother sent in an application to Johnny's Entertainment on his behalf. Though he technically failed his audition on November 8, 1998, he was told to stay when he tried to return his number plate to a man who happened to be Johnny Kitagawa himself.

[edit] Recording career

[edit] 2001-present: KAT-TUN
After he was made a Johnny's Jr. member in 2000, Akanishi was part of a number of groups like Musical Academy Dancing, J2000 and B.A.D. before being drafted into a six-member unit in 2001 with other juniors Kazuya Kamenashi, Junnosuke Taguchi, Koki Tanaka, Tatsuya Ueda and Yuichi Nakamaru. Though the group was originally meant to only be backup dancers for Koichi Domoto of KinKi Kids, the sextet's unexpected popularity led their agency to allow them to expand into a separate group called KAT-TUN, an acronym formed by the first letter of the members' surnames. Despite the group's popularity (they even released DVDs of their live concerts in 2003 and 2005 -- a first for JE groups that hadn't debuted), they were not allowed to make their bow until five years later.

Much to the Japanese public's surprise, Akanishi announced in a press conference on October 13, 2006 that he was leaving the country to study English abroad for an indefinite amount of time.[5] Despite his absence, KAT-TUN were obliged to continue its activites and released their third single and second studio album, "Bokura no Machi de" and Cartoon KAT-TUN II You, which both topped the charts.[6] Akanishi finally returned from Los Angeles after six months on April 19, 2007 and quickly resumed work by joining his bandmates on their nationwide tour on April 21.[7] All of KAT-TUN's subsequent singles and albums have since debuted at number 1 and the band has sold more than 5 million records in just over two years.[8]

Akanishi is also a songwriter having written songs for KAT-TUN and for himself, including "care", "Hesitate", "Love or Like" and "Lovejuice". He can play the guitar and has composed both music and lyrics for "Murasaki (ムラサキ, Murasaki?)", "ha-ha", and "Pinky". He also collaborated with bandmate Ueda to create the song "Butterfly".

[edit] Acting career
Akanishi made his debut as an actor in 1999 in a cameo appearance in the second episode of NTV's romance comedy, P.P.O.I., and also had small roles in TV Asahi's Best Friend, Omae no yukichi ga naiteiru and in NHK series, Haregi, Koko Ichiban. He also started appearing in musicals from 2000 taking on supporting roles in Millennium Shock (2000), Show Geki Shock (2001-2002), Dream Boy (2004) and Dream Boys (2006). Akanishi returned to the small screen in 2005 in the second season of the award-winning and popular NTV school drama, Gokusen, starring opposite Yukie Nakama and bandmate Kazuya Kamenashi. The show won "Best Drama" at the 44th Television Drama Academy Awards and ended its run with an average viewership rating of 27.8%.[9] He also had a supporting role in NTV's romance series, Anego, the same year. In 2007, Akanishi starred in his first lead role in Yukan Club, a school comedy series, alongside bandmate Junnosuke Taguchi and was voted "Best Actor" at the 11th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix.[10] He made his debut as a voice actor in 2008 for the Japanese dub of Speed Racer, providing the voice for protagonist Speed played by Emile Hirsch.[11]

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Dramas
Yukan Club as Shochikubai Miroku (NTV, 2007)
Anego as Kurosawa Akihiko (NTV, 2005)
Gokusen 2 as Yabuki Hayato (NTV, 2005)
Xmas Nante Daikirai as Kitagawa Sho (NTV, 2004)
Omae no yukichi ga naiteiru (TV Asahi, 2001)
Haregi, Koko Ichiban (NHK, 2000)
Taiyou wa Shizumanai (Fuji TV, 2000)
Best Friend (1999)
Kowai Nichiyoubi (1999)

[edit] Voice acting
Speed Racer (2008)

[edit] Musicals
Dream Boy 2004
Dream Boys 2006
Shock

[edit] Commercials
NTT Docomo [FOMA902i series]
SKY PerfecTV!
Lipsbalm Rohto Mogitate
Nintendo Gamecube Dance Dance Revolution (together with Kamenashi Kazuya)
Oronamin C
Lotte Gum +X (Green Apple, Blue Citrus, Pink Berry)
Crunky Chocolate
OXY ( with Koki of KAT-TUN) [

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7/19/10
afgdiva
aww i love jin he is too HOT!!!
6/13/09
tha_kame
huuuaaa.. thanks for the app... jin so sexy and beautiful..
5/20/09
joyx_o08
waa. loving Jin againnn :]
5/5/09
am11emoua
i love the movie you did...MAKEOVER>....
4/20/09
setteann
Jin is damn hot...
2/22/09
zozo
hi, thnx 4 the invite~~~ XDXD
2/7/09
babiluv48
vote for jin to have more activities this year, so far kame is winning jin's name in kanji 赤西仁 http://johnnys.cosotto.com/ranking/johnnysranking
1/23/09
shivas57
awww... kawaii ;P
1/13/09
Kayla
Nice picture. Jin looks sexy :]
11/26/08
hArUhI19
thanks for the invite~~!!
11/25/08
Paper-Hearts
Thanks for the invite! xD
11/25/08
silverwing
thanks for the invite
10/31/08
s0phieepoo
Thanks for the add. YAY JIN~~ ♥
10/29/08
shilou_29
yey thnx for the invite..yey jin will have a drama bandages yehey...