KAT-TUN
KAT-TUN is a Japanese male idol group produced by Johnny Kitagawa under Johnny & Acossiated. Their debut single, Real Face, was released on March 22, 2006 under J-One Record.
Trivia
- The name “KAT-TUN” came from the first letter of each of the members’ names.
- This group was formed in 2001 by Domoto Koichi they worked as his backup dancers.
- Their debut single, Real Face, sold 754,234 copies in its first week and became most copies of a debut single sold in the first week giving it the #1 position in the yearly charts. Its total reported sale is 1,038,923 copies.
- In 2006 Akanishi Jinwas going to go on hiatus from KAT-TUN to study English in the US during 6 months. He returned to this group on April 19, 2007.
- In 2010, Akanishi Jinleft the group to pursue his solo career.
- In October of 2013, Tanaka Koki’s exclusive contract with Johnny & Associates was terminated due to “bad behavior and repeated violation of rules,” leaving the group as a four-member group.
Members
- Kamenashi Kazuya
- Nakamaru Yuichi
- Taguchi Junnosuke
- Ueda Tatsuya
Former Member
- Akanishi Jin
- Tanaka Koki
Discography
Single
- [2006.03.22] Real Face
- [2006.07.19] SIGNAL
- [2006.12.07] Bokura no Machi de (僕らの街で)
- [2007.06.06] Yorokobi no Uta (喜びの歌)
- [2007.11.21] Keep the faith
- [2008.02.06] LIPS
- [2008.05.14] DON’T U EVER STOP
- [2008.12.03] White X’mas
- [2009.02.11] ONE DROP
- [2009.03.11] RESCUE
- [2010.02.10] Love yourself ~Kimi ga Kirai na Kimi ga Suki~ (Love yourself ~君が嫌いな君が好き~)
- [2010.05.12] Going!
- [2010.11.17] CHANGE UR WORLD
- [2011.02.02] ULTIMATE WHEELS
- [2011.05.18] WHITE
- [2011.08.03] RUN FOR YOU
- [2011.11.30] BIRTH
- [2012.06.27] TO THE LIMIT
- [2012.09.12] Fumetsu no Scrum (不滅のスクラム)
- [2013.02.06] EXPOSE
- [2013.05.15] FACE to Face
- [2014.06.04] In Fact
Album
- [2006.03.22] Best of KAT-TUN
- [2007.04.18] cartoon KAT-TUN II You
- [2008.06.04] KAT-TUN III -QUEEN OF PIRATES-
- [2009.04.29] Break the Records -by you & for you-
- [2010.06.16] NO MORE PAIИ
- [2012.02.22] CHAIN
- [2014.06.25] come Here
Mini Album
- [2013.11.27] Kusabi (楔-kusabi-)
DVD
- [2003.02.26] Okyakusama wa Kamisama – Concert 55 Man Nin Ai no Request ni Kotaete!!
- [2004.08.11] DREAM BOY
- [2005.04.20] SUMMARY of Johnny’s World
- [2005.05.03] KAT-TUN Live Kaizokuban
- [2006.03.22] Real Face Film
- [2006.06.28] DREAM BOYS
- [2007.04.11] Live of KAT-TUN “Real Face”
- [2007.11.21] TOUR 2007 cartoon KAT-TUN II You
- [2009.01.01] KAT-TUN LIVE TOUR 2008 QUEEN OF PIRATES
- [2009.12.16] KAT-TUN LIVE Break the Records
- [2010.12.29] KAT-TUN -NO MORE PAIИ- WORLD TOUR 2010
- [2012.11.21] KAT-TUN LIVE TOUR 2012 CHAIN TOKYO DOME
- [2014.05.14] COUNTDOWN LIVE 2013 KAT-TUN
Stage Play
- [2004] DREAM BOY
- [2004] SUMMARY of Johnnys World
- [2005] Hey!Say! Dream boy!
- [2006] DREAM BOYS
- [2007] DREAM BOYS 2007
- [2008] DREAM BOYS 2008
- [2011] DREAM BOYS 2011
Photo Book
- [2003.12] KAT-TUN 1st. in NEW YORK
- [2009.08] KAT-TUN LIVE DOCUMENT PHOTO BOOK”BREAK the RECORDS”
Book
- [2010.08] Kazuya Kamenashi VS Jin Akanishi KAT-TUN Dattai no Shinjitsu
Media Appearance
Variety Show
- [2007.04.04 – 2010.03.24] Cartoon KAT-TUN
- The Shonen Club
CM
- [2002] Lotte Crunky
- [2003] Lotte Crunky
- [2003] Lotte +X Green Apple and Red Berry
- [2004] Lotte Crunky
- [2004] Lotte +X Blue Citrus
- [2005] Lotte +X Pink Berry
- [2005] Lotte Crunky
- [2005] Rohto Lip Gloss
- [2005] World Grand Champions Cup 2005
- [2005] Rohto C³
- [2005] Lotte +X
- [2005] Lotte +X Gold Pineapple
- [2006] SKY PerfecTV!
- [2006] Mario DDR (Kamenashi Kazuya & Akanishi Jin)
- [2007] 903iTV DoCoMo (Kamenashi Kazuya)
- [2007] DoCoMo DCMX (Tanaka Koki)
- [2007] Lotte Crunky (Kamenashi Kazuya)
- [2007] Lotte +X Magic Kiwi
- [2008] Lotte +X gum
- [2008] OXY (Tanaka Koki & Akanishi Jin)
- [2010] Panasonic Lamdash shaver (Kamenashi Kazuya)
- [2010] AOKI 3D suit (Kamenashi Kazuya)
- [2011] AOKI 3D suit (Kamenashi Kazuya)
- [2011] Panasonic Lamdash (Kamenashi Kazuya}
- [2011] Suzuki Solio
External Links
- KAT-TUN Official Site
- KAT-TUN Official Johnny’s Net
Gallery
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