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ニュース
Nyūsu

NewS was formed on September 2003 and consisted of nine members from different Johnny's Jr. groups. The name 'NewS' was derived from the four global directions North, East, West and South and Tomohisa Yamashita was chosen as the leader of the group. On November 7, 2003, their first single was released, NewS Nippon. It was a limited release, available only at 7-Eleven stores (corresponding to the release date of Nov 7) as the 2003 Volleyball Championship's official song.

A month later in December, member Takahiro Moriuchi left Johnny's Entertainment, thus resulting in an eight member group. On May 12, 2004, NEWS released their official debut single, Kibou ~Yell~, changing the usual styling of their name from 'NewS' to 'NEWS', the single was ranked #1 on the Oricon Charts. The success of this single lead to the release of another single, Akaku Moyuru Taiyou, just three months later.

Then later releasing their 6th single on 15 March 2006, it was announced that NEWS was to be put on hiatus due to the temporary suspension of two of their members. NEWS held a 'NEWS Spring Tour 2006' before stopping their activities officially on 1 May 2006. Members who were not related to the scandals were allowed to carry on with their solo activities, but no group activities would be carried on during this period until further notice.
--Wikipedia

Members
Tomohisa Yamashita
Ryo Nishikido
Keiichiro Koyama
Takahisa Masuda
Shigeaki Kato
Yuya Tegoshi

Related Links
NewS Extras
WikiRoll


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