K.K.Kity

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K.K.Kity was a J-pop group formed by Koichi Domoto, part of the Johnny's Jr. group, initially under the name J-Support. Later the name of this group changed into K.K.Kity.

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Members

History

In 2001 Koichi Domoto made a project for a TV show. Here he selected some of the Johnny's Juniors to become a Johnny's Jr. group with 6 members. He gave them the name J-Support and chose Keiichiro Koyama as the leader, because he was the eldest.

To know them better, Koichi interviewed them one by one. He also gave them a song, Private Hearts, that he composed himself. And as their producer he gave them some tasks to increase their ability, like doing a backflip as part of their performance. He also gave them the opportunity to perform at his show.

Later on, their name changed into K.K.Kity considering the letters of the member's family name.

Activities

As all Johnny's Junior's activities, they back danced for their senpais at concerts. They also performed their senpai's song and also their own song in the Shounen Club show aired from NHK.

Beside that, the K.K.K (Koyama, Kato and Kusano) were also regular members at a TV Show called Ya-Ya-yah.

Break Up

As J-Support they all sang and danced equally. Later on K.K.K became the main vocalists.

In 2003 K.K.K debuted as members from NEWS.

Later on, Kyohei Iida and Wataru Yokoo became members of another Johnny's Jr. group called Kis-My-Ft2 , while Kotaro Takeuchi became a member of M.A.D. .

Songs

These songs were later recorded by NEWS and are in their first single NewS Nippon.

This song has become a Kis-My-Ft2 song.

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References

  1. "NEWSとキスマイがコラボ!? 期待するファン「Private Hearts聞きたい〜!」". zakzak . 2018-09-25. Retrieved 2018-12-23.
  2. 田中誠 (2004-01-01). "元日第2部 今年も燃えるジャニーズJr. ファンが支え!". 読売新聞 朝刊2部. p. 31.

See also

Other Johnny's Jr. groups