Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Japanese Music: KAT-TUN

KAT-TUN ga daisuki.
I love KAT-TUN! :)

KAT-TUN is a Japanese boy band made up of five members - KAmenashi Kazuya, Taguchi Junnosuke, Tanaka Koki, Ueda Tatsuya, and Nakamaru Yuichi. They've released 6 albums and 18 consecutive #1 singles since their debut in 2006, and they'll be releasing their 19th single, Fumetsu no Scrum, tomorrow. Yay! I'm looking forward to it. :)

L-R: Junnosuke Taguchi, Koki Tanaka, Yuichi Nakamaru, Tatsuya Ueda, Kazuya Kamenashi

Once in my life, I would like to watch KAT-TUN live in concert. I'm telling you, they hold awesome concerts. In fact, they were the first ever and only artists to perform for eight consecutive days at Tokyo Dome with their Break the Records Concert Tour in 2009. Imagine this: Tokyo Dome has a seating capacity of 55,000 people, and they filled it with screaming fans for eight consecutive days. (Actually, the concert tour had more than eight shows, but only eight were consecutive.) Now that's what I call breaking the records!

Here's a TV show that featured KAT-TUN's latest concert tour, Chain, held in early 2012. It's in Japanese, but you can still see short video clips of the concert. Ah, I wish I could have been there. :D



4 comments:

  1. Yay - you're back! =D I've just read through your latest posts and thank you sooo much for your language notes! I'll also have to check that band out...I'm completely lost in Gackts music so it would be refreshing to find something new =)

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    1. It's good to be back, thanks! Yes, do check out KAT-TUN. I just heard that Fumetsu no Scrum, the new single they released today, hit #1 on Japan's Oricon music chart making it their 19th consecutive #1 single. :D

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  2. I miss Jin in the KAT-TUN. It's not complete without Akanishi but im happy for him pursuing his new career in states. :)

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    1. I thought Bakanishi's voicing(?) gave a nice flair to KAT-TUN's songs. :) But yes, he also seems to be happy pursuing his dreams. :)

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