Johnny's Jr.
Johnny's Jr. are those who are under the talent agency, Johnny's Jimusho.
Johnny's Jr. consists of young boys, probably around early teens, being "trained" to sing and dance. When they reach a certain age they move on to work as part of a group, duo, trio or even solo.
Some of the Johnny's Jr. audition were also aired on several TV Shows such as 8ji daJ!, Ya-Ya-yah! and School Kakumei.
Contents
Kanto Jr.
Groups
- A.B.C-Z: Totsuka Shota, Tsukada Ryoichi, Goseki Koichi, Kawai Fumito, Hashimoto Ryosuke
- B.I.Shadow : Nakajima Kento, Kikuchi Fuma, Matsumura Hokuto, Kouchi Yuugo
- Butoukan : Yara Tomoyuki, Senga Kento, Tsukada Ryoichi, Hamanaka Bunichi, Yamamoto Ryota
- FiVe : Nakaegawa Rikiya, Uesato Ryota, Makino Koji, Ishigaki Daisuke
- Jr.BOYS
- Kis-My-Ft2 : Fujigaya Taisuke, Senga Kento, Miyata Toshiya, Yokoo Wataru, Fujigaya Taisuke, Tamamori Yuta, Nikaido Takashi
- M.A.D.
- MADE
- Mis Snow Man
- MA
- Question?
- They Budou
- MA-Mix
- Snow Prince Gasshoudan
- Hip Hop JUMP
Not in any group
- Sano Mizuki (佐野 瑞樹)
- Kazama Shunsuke
- Hasegawa Jun
- Toshin Yoshikazu
- Anderson Casey
- Kyomoto Taiga
- Uekusa Yuta
- Masuda Ryo
- Yasui Kentaro
- Kawashima Noeru
- Morita Myuto
- Takada Sho
- Kobayashi Mizuki
- Mori Ken
- Akiyama Daichi
- Hanawa Daiki
- Tanaka Seiji
- Kazuki Tokutani
- Muraji Shunosuke
- Hanzawa Akatsuki
- Takuya Ishikawa
- Ito Takumi
- Kanda Noriyuki
- Shinkawa Ryo
- Sato Yuuki
- Konno Takayuki
Kansai Jr.
The first group to debut from Kansai Jr. are Kanjani8. Though the members from KinKi Kids are also from Kansai area, they weren't called as Kansai Jr. in their Junior days.
Groups
- B.A.D.: Nakama Junta, Kiriyama Akito
- BOYS: Hamada Takahiro, Nakata Daichi
- 7 WEST: Fujii Ryusei, Kamiyama Tomohiro, Kotaki Nozomu, Shigeoka Daiki, Shingaki Yuto, Takemoto Shinpei
- Veteran: Itou Masashi, Kikuoka Masahiro, Hamanaka Bunichi, Muro Tatsuki, Muro Ryūta, Yamasaki Kunta
- Shadow WEST: Kaneuchi Toma, Watanabe Reiya, Mukai Kouji, Kitada Kazuya, Hirano Yuuki
- Senzaki-tachi
- Gang-Star
- Little Gangs: Matori Hayashi, Ishida Hidetaka, Shinya Yuuki, Uemura Masaya, Yoshida Ryuya, Yamaguchi Kenta, Ono Myuji, Fujiwara Jouichiro
Not in any group
- Uchi Hiroki ex. NEWS and Kanjani8 member
- Ohta Hiroaki (大田裕明)
- Mishima Kenta
- Konishi Makoto
- Oishi Yu
- Katsuki Yuya
- Okura Shimon
Special Group
Ex. Johnny's Jr. Group
- A.B.C. Jr.
- Four Tops
- Heike-ha
- Hey! Say! 7
- Kis-My-Ft
- Kitty Jr
- Tap Kids
- Three Tops
- Ya-Ya-yah
- J.J.Express
- B.A.D. BOYS
- B.I.G. West
- OSSaN
- Top Kids
- V.WEST
- I.N.G. Shinkoukei
Already left the agency
History
But have not yet released a debut single or album. Back at the time before Shonentai debuted, this group of people were called as Johnny's Shonentai. Later they were than called as Johnny's Junior.
At some point, because of his popularity despite being a Jr., Takizawa Hideaki became the leader of Johnny's Jr. After he debuted, Yamashita Tomohisa became the leader. And the next leader was Yabu Kota, which was in the group, Ya-Ya-yah. But with his debut on September 2007, the Johnny's Jr Leader now is Nakayama Yuma, who has debuted with Nakayama Yuma w/B.I.Shadow and NYC, yet still takes part in Johnny's Jr. activities.
At first there only was Johnny's Jr. with the main base being in Tokyo. But later more and more kids from the Kansai region joined the agency, so that they were seperated into Kanto Jr. and Kansai Jr..
Though KinKi Kids was the first group to debut with members from the Kansai Region in 1997, they weren't from the Kansai Jr. The first to debut from Kansai Jr. was Kanjani8 in 2004. They keep their Kansai image and work in both Kanto and Kansai region.
Work
As Juniors they back danced and support the performances of those Johnny's Jimushi member, who already debutet. Besides they also perform in TV shows, like The Shounen Club, in concerts, in musicals and stage plays and also act in dramas. They also appear in magazines and do radio shows.
Concerts
- Kansai Johnny's Jr. @ Osaka Shochiku Summer concert 2008 (2008 Aug 19th-28th)
- A.B.C-Z Kis-My-Ft2 First Concert (2008 Oct 11th-13th, Nov 8th-9th)
- Minna Crea ni Kite Kurie! (2010 May 11th-19th): by A.B.C-Z
- All Kansai Johnny's Jr. Summer Concert 2010 in Osaka Jo Hall (2010 July 28th-29th)
- 年末ヤング東西歌合戦！ 東西Jr.選抜大集合2010！ A.B.C-Z＋ジャニーズJr.選抜 VS 中山優馬＋関西Jr.選抜 (2010 Nov 26th-27th)
- Uchi Hiroki with Question? LIVE 2010 (2010 Dec 14th-15th, 17th-19th)
- Kansai Johnny's Jr. X'mas Concert 2010 (2010 Dec 4th-25th):
- 4-5th, 10-12th, 17-19th, 21-22nd, 24th: by 7WEST
- 7-9th, 13-16th, 20th, 23th, 25th: by B.B.V. (B.A.D. + BOYS + Veteran)
- Kis-My-Ft2 CONCERT TOUR 2010～2011 (2010 Dec 28th-29th, 2011 Jan 6th-7th, Feb 11th-12th)
- Kansai Johnny's Jr. Happy New Year Concert 2011 (2011 Jan 2nd-3rd)
Trivia
- Sano Mizuki, born in 1973, is the oldest Johnny's Jr. member. He works more on Musicals and Stage Plays.
- Ikuta Toma won the 'best supporting actor' title in 2007. Since than he has acted in many dramas, wich made him more known as an actor. In 2010 he acted in 3 movies and a drama. Because of this since 2010 he is not categorized under Johnny's Jr. on the agency's official web-site any more. He now has his own page.
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