Snow Prince Gasshoudan
Snow Prince's Pimp Post!!
Snow Prince, you say? Yeah, it is yet another one of Johnny-san's great name creations -_- Let me explain: スノープリンス合唱団 =Snow Prince Gasshoudan = Snow Prince Choir. That's a bit long, so it's shortened to Snow Princes or even SnoPuri hereafter ^-^b
Well, at least they are "prince" and not "princess" *coughMisSnowMancough*
ain't they cute? who could possibly resist those smiles =D
The group was formed in the second half of 2009 for Morimoto Shintaro's (the not-so-baby-anymore-brother of Morimoto Ryutaro of Hey!Say!Jump) movie "Snow Prince~Kijirareta Koi no Merodi~" aka "Snow Prince~Melody of a Forbidden Love~".
Have a summary of the plot from asianmediawiki:
10-year-old Sota lives with his grandfather and a dog named Chibi in a small snowy village. They live in such a poverty that Sota cannot even afford to go to school, but however hard the situation is, Sota never holds a bad feeling against anyone around and keeps his dream alive to become a painter. He has been friends with Sayo, a girl brought up in a wealthy family, ever since they were little despite the difference of their family position, which Sayo’s father has uneasy feelings against. In spite of the difficulties he faces, Sota manages to complete a piece of painting which he wishes to give Sayo. He and Chibi goes down a snowy night path to Sayo’s house to find that her father’s storage is on fire... What waits for Sota and Chibi gently reminds that genuine happiness always exists in your heart.
So it's really all heart-warming and tear-jerking and you should watch it, MoriShin is a great chibi-actor after all *nods*.
Morimoto Shintaro sang the theme song "Snow prince", and well, maybe he wasn't thought as old enough to sing it alone... anyways, he got 10 more chibis to sing it with him. Thus, the group was called "Morimoto Shintaro with Snow Prince Gasshoudan" several times as well. "Snow Prince" is a really beautiful song that was based on Claude Debussy's "Claire de Lune" and it was performed at Shounen Club, Music Station and other music shows like Utaban several times.
Have the Choir Version:
www.wat.tv/video/snow-prince-gasshoudan-snow-1zqsl_2h9st_.html
Download the PV: utaimashou.livejournal.com/5331.html
It is a pretty song, right? Perfect for the christmas season, at least <3
With Snow Prince Gasshoudan Johnnys Entertainment set a new record: At the time of the single release the avarage age of the boys was 10.5. That is like, elementary school 4th grade or something?! The youngest one was 8, the oldest one 14. "Wait, DEBUT at 8??" you say now? No, it's not that easy. All those boys are still Juniors, even though they have released a CD. (If may I remind you of Ya-ya-yah, B.I.Shadow/Nakayama Yuma and you name it...) SnoPuri was/is temporary unit, they were supposed to last from like November 2009 until February 2010. was/is and supposed to, because they just didn't disappear after february.... not completely, at least :D
Back in 2009 when it first appeared, among junior-fans at least well-known names like Tanaka Juri (baby-brother of KAT-TUN's Tanaka Koki), Muraji Shonosuke and Konno Takayuki (playing traditional instruments/singing at Takizawa Hideaki's musical Enbujo) were under the name of Snow Prince Gasshoudan in magazines, but as far as I know they never sang together.
This is what I can prove with the magazine scans I have:
200908 Wink Up:
(click right "show graphic" to see real size)
200911 Duet:
(click right "show graphic" to see real size)
at times they appear in almost the same combination,
but are named "Johnnys Jr" again for whatever reason...
200910 Wink Up:
(click right "show graphic" to see real size)
In the December 2009 magazines we see a change of line-up, and these ones
disappear completely from the group:
And finally we get the Snow Princes who are the ones to release the single:
(click right "show graphic" to see real size)
Snow Prince Limited Edition - CD Contents:
* Snow Prince
* Snow Prince Choir Version
* Snow Prince (Original karaoke)
* Snow Prince Choir Version (Original karaoke)
DVD Contents (app. 20mins):
* Snow Prince Music Clip
* Snow Prince Music Clip Making
Snow Prince Regular Edition - CD Contents:
* Snow Prince
* Christmas Song Medley
* Bitter Moon
* Christmas Song Medley (Original Karaoke)
(click right "show graphic" to see real size)
(click right "show graphic" to see real size)
On Kohaku Uta Gassen:
(click right "show graphic" to see real size)
201001 Duet:
(click right "show graphic" to see real size)
201003 Myojo:
coming soon >_>
201001 Potato:
(click right "show graphic" to see real size)
They get to appear on television a lot then, but it is MoriShin who gets most of the attention because of his movie ne. As mentioned before, even after the promotion ended the group wasn't dissolved immediatly as announced, but continued to be called Snow Prince Gasshoudan in Shounen Club throughout 2010. I need to check if this statement is actually true xD Somewhere along the way they lost a member though (Horinouchi Tatsuya that is), but well, Johnny-san must have tought, I have enough of 'em Juniors, so he added two new ones to the mix:
Currently those boys are not called Snow Prince Gassoudan anymore. Or are they?
Has the new year message 2011 actually not been the last time?
(click right "show graphic" to see real size)
...but they continue to appear together none the less:
Junior Calender 2011-2012
(click right "show graphic" to see real size)
2011 saw even more new developement. They are not featured in magazines as a group for some time already, and now we have something called Morimoto Shintaro +HipHopJump+SnowPrinces mixed with random chibis... Morimoto Shintaro with HipHopJump! There is a new song for this group of Juniors anyways: "1 for you".
Translation, anyone? runpuri.livejournal.com/5826.html#cutid1
I really think it is one of the better junior songs, it has a great melody and violin and rap AND dance, something I'd like to see the SnoPuris perform without HipHopJump~ well, is there anyone among the SnoPuris who could do Juri's rapping? =D
Aaand not to forget Takkichannel, where SnoPuri appears as well!!
have the translation of the mixed junior talk thingy:
runpuri.livejournal.com/4812.html#cutid1
and BBQ time with Tackey:
cumiechiki.livejournal.com/16577.html :D
From the most recent Takkichannel 20110429, the Kabuki Juniors:
(click right "show graphic" to see real size)
Kishi Yuta, Kurita Kei, Otsuka Yuya, Nakamura Reia, Konno Takayuki, Muraji Shonosuke, Kishimoto Shintaro, Haba Yuki, Hashimoto Ryo, Chino Aoi, Inoue Mizuki, Okada Aoi.
Looks a lot like Snow Prince Gasshoudan, right?
But instead of Miura+Tanimura we have Konno+Muraji again. Makes sense, as it's for Tackey's musical =D
Did anyone notice the one boy who's not been mentioned in this post yet? xD
yepp, it's the first one, this Kishi Yuta... I have never heard of him before, but according to a Japanese Junior Wiki he's been a Junior since August 2009 already!
This is what generasia.com tells us about im:
Kishi Yuta (岸優太, Johnny's Junior)
(SMAPxSMAP 100 Juniors Special 2010.05.31, the left one)
The younger Kabuki Snow Princes:
Chibi Ranger Chino Aoi + Haba Yuki~
<3
Wink Up July 2011: The older Kabuki Indians Snow Princes!
Inoue Mizuki (looks so different with short hair o_o), Okada Aoi (has grown so much o.o), Hashimoto Ryo (didn't really change <3)
Kurita Kei (hehe xD), Otsuka Yuya (aaaaw :3), Nakamura Reia (his hair got long!)
I'll update with moooore pictures and information about every single member later ne~
feel free to point out mistakes :3
edit (2011.05.22):
thanks for the comments! Pictures are fixed!
Links to picspam for KishiShin, Otsuka Yuya + Yuki Haba + HASHIMOTO RYO added! :D
credits and for more go to shatteredtenshi + king_kun + tesshiro + yaoi_no_yutsu + yabu_takeshi + kamichan_ya3 + ryo_anne + runpuri and communities like juniors_freshjr + boys_paper (and generasia.com+asianmediawiki.com and the like ^^')
edit 2011.08.01: Okada Aoi Pimp Post added!
Snow Prince, you say? Yeah, it is yet another one of Johnny-san's great name creations -_- Let me explain: スノープリンス合唱団 =Snow Prince Gasshoudan = Snow Prince Choir. That's a bit long, so it's shortened to Snow Princes or even SnoPuri hereafter ^-^b
Well, at least they are "prince" and not "princess" *coughMisSnowMancough*
ain't they cute? who could possibly resist those smiles =D
The group was formed in the second half of 2009 for Morimoto Shintaro's (the not-so-baby-anymore-brother of Morimoto Ryutaro of Hey!Say!Jump) movie "Snow Prince~Kijirareta Koi no Merodi~" aka "Snow Prince~Melody of a Forbidden Love~".
Have a summary of the plot from asianmediawiki:
10-year-old Sota lives with his grandfather and a dog named Chibi in a small snowy village. They live in such a poverty that Sota cannot even afford to go to school, but however hard the situation is, Sota never holds a bad feeling against anyone around and keeps his dream alive to become a painter. He has been friends with Sayo, a girl brought up in a wealthy family, ever since they were little despite the difference of their family position, which Sayo’s father has uneasy feelings against. In spite of the difficulties he faces, Sota manages to complete a piece of painting which he wishes to give Sayo. He and Chibi goes down a snowy night path to Sayo’s house to find that her father’s storage is on fire... What waits for Sota and Chibi gently reminds that genuine happiness always exists in your heart.
So it's really all heart-warming and tear-jerking and you should watch it, MoriShin is a great chibi-actor after all *nods*.
Morimoto Shintaro sang the theme song "Snow prince", and well, maybe he wasn't thought as old enough to sing it alone... anyways, he got 10 more chibis to sing it with him. Thus, the group was called "Morimoto Shintaro with Snow Prince Gasshoudan" several times as well. "Snow Prince" is a really beautiful song that was based on Claude Debussy's "Claire de Lune" and it was performed at Shounen Club, Music Station and other music shows like Utaban several times.
Have the Choir Version:
www.wat.tv/video/snow-prince-gasshoudan-snow-1zqsl_2h9st_.html
Download the PV: utaimashou.livejournal.com/5331.html
It is a pretty song, right? Perfect for the christmas season, at least <3
With Snow Prince Gasshoudan Johnnys Entertainment set a new record: At the time of the single release the avarage age of the boys was 10.5. That is like, elementary school 4th grade or something?! The youngest one was 8, the oldest one 14. "Wait, DEBUT at 8??" you say now? No, it's not that easy. All those boys are still Juniors, even though they have released a CD. (If may I remind you of Ya-ya-yah, B.I.Shadow/Nakayama Yuma and you name it...) SnoPuri was/is temporary unit, they were supposed to last from like November 2009 until February 2010. was/is and supposed to, because they just didn't disappear after february.... not completely, at least :D
Back in 2009 when it first appeared, among junior-fans at least well-known names like Tanaka Juri (baby-brother of KAT-TUN's Tanaka Koki), Muraji Shonosuke and Konno Takayuki (playing traditional instruments/singing at Takizawa Hideaki's musical Enbujo) were under the name of Snow Prince Gasshoudan in magazines, but as far as I know they never sang together.
This is what I can prove with the magazine scans I have:
200908 Wink Up:
(click right "show graphic" to see real size)
200911 Duet:
(click right "show graphic" to see real size)
at times they appear in almost the same combination,
but are named "Johnnys Jr" again for whatever reason...
200910 Wink Up:
(click right "show graphic" to see real size)
In the December 2009 magazines we see a change of line-up, and these ones
disappear completely from the group:
Tanaka Juri (田中樹, HipHopJump)
(click right "show graphic" to see real size)
Birthdate: June 15, 1995 (age 15)
Admired Sempai: Yamashita Tomohisa (NEWS), KAT-TUN
MORE
Shimekake Ryuya (七五三掛龍也, Johnny's Junior)
Birthdate: June 23, 1995 (age 15)
Admired Sempai: Akanishi Jin (ex. KAT-TUN)
MORE
Konno Takayuki (今野貴之, Johnny's Junior/HipHopJump?)
Birthdate: April 4, 1998 (age 13)
Admired Sempai: Takizawa Hideaki (Tackey & Tsubasa)
MORE
Yoshino Shota (吉野翔太)
(click right "show graphic" to see real size)
Birthdate: August 10, 1996 (age 14)
Admired Senpai: Takizawa Hideaki
Akiyama Daichi (秋山大地)
Birthdate: 21.01.1997
Admired Senpai: don't know yet
MORE
Muraji Shonosuke (村治将之助)
Birthdate: September 18, 1997 (age 13)
Admired Senpai: Takizawa Hideaki & Imai Tsubasa
And finally we get the Snow Princes who are the ones to release the single:
(click right "show graphic" to see real size)
Snow Prince Limited Edition - CD Contents:
* Snow Prince
* Snow Prince Choir Version
* Snow Prince (Original karaoke)
* Snow Prince Choir Version (Original karaoke)
DVD Contents (app. 20mins):
* Snow Prince Music Clip
* Snow Prince Music Clip Making
Snow Prince Regular Edition - CD Contents:
* Snow Prince
* Christmas Song Medley
* Bitter Moon
* Christmas Song Medley (Original Karaoke)
(click right "show graphic" to see real size)
(click right "show graphic" to see real size)
On Kohaku Uta Gassen:
(click right "show graphic" to see real size)
201001 Duet:
(click right "show graphic" to see real size)
201003 Myojo:
coming soon >_>
201001 Potato:
(click right "show graphic" to see real size)
Morimoto Shintaro (森本慎太郎, Leader)
(click right "show graphic" to see real size)
Nicknames: Shin-chan,Taro
Birthdate: July 15, 1997 (age 13)
Birthplace: Kanagawa
Blood Type: A
Star sign: Cancer
Height: 161cm
Weight: 47kg
Family: Older brother Hey!Say!JUMP member Morimoto Ryutaro, father, mother and younger sister.
Admired Sempai: Takizawa Hideaki (Tackey & Tsubasa)
Hobby: Soccer, reading manga, games
Skills: Soccer, Karate, baseball
Favorite Sport: Soccer
Favorite Color: Black, Red
Favorite Food: Salmon sushi
Dislike: Vegetables
Favorite Drink: Cola
Favorite type of girl: Cute, friendly
Favorite Song: "Everything" by Arashi,"Kimagure JET" and "Kisek" by Takizawa Hideaki
Favorite Movie: "Jaws"
Good friend with: Otsuka Yuya
- Dramas:
- Dramas:
[2007] Juken no Kamisama (as Saionji Tadatsugu)
[2008] Battery (as Harada Seiha)
[2009] Koishite Akuma (as Miura Shota)
[2009] Hataraku Gon! (as Gondawara Haru)
[2010] Hidarime Tantei EYE (ep 4) (as Shimada)
- Movie: [2009] Snow Prince ~Kinjirareta Koi no Melody~
- Movie: [2009] Snow Prince ~Kinjirareta Koi no Melody~
Kishimoto Shintaro (岸本慎太郎)
(click right "show graphic" to see real size)
Birthdate: September 6, 1996 (age 14)
Admired Sempai: Yamashita Tomohisa (NEWS), Hashimoto Ryosuke (A.B.C-Z)- MORE
Nakamura Reia (中村嶺亜)
(click right "show graphic" to see real size)
Birthday: April 2, 1997 (age 14)
Admired Sempai: Tegoshi Yuya (NEWS)
MORE: kananyan.livejournal.com/46060.html
Kurita Kei (栗田恵)
(click right "show graphic" to see real size)
Birthday: April 9, 1997 (age 14)
Blood Type: AB
Height: 150cm
Weight: 30kg
Admired Sempai: Katori Shingo (SMAP)
Hobby: Baseball
Special skill: Tap dance
Otsuka Yuya (大塚祐哉)
(click right "show graphic" to see real size)
Birthdate: October 11, 1997 (age 13)
Admired Sempai: Yamada Ryosuke (Hey!Say!JUMP), Kitayama Hiromitsu (Kis-my-Ft2)
- MORE: kananyan.livejournal.com/43780.html
Horinouchi Tatsuya (堀之内竜也)
(click right "show graphic" to see real size)
Birthday: November 20, 1997 (age 13)
Height: 145cm
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Blood Type: A
Star sign: Scorpio
Special skill: Hip hop dance
Hobby: Golf
Admired Sempai: Akanishi Jin (ex. KAT-TUN), Tanaka Juri (HipHopJUMP)
Favorite Food: Meat and Ramen
Dislikes food: Tomato
Favorite color: gold
Strong Point: Has Big Eyes
Not a Junior anymore? He disappeared around September 2010, but no official statement has been made.
Okada Aoi (岡田蒼生)
(click right "show graphic" to see real size)
Nickname: Okapi
Birthday: January 12, 2000 (age 11)
Height: 141cm
Weight: 26kg
Blood Type: A
Admired Sempai: Tsukada Ryoichi (A.B.C-Z)
MORE thanks to motusama <3
Haba Yuki (羽場友紀)
(click right "show graphic" to see real size)
Birthday: July 5, 2000 (age 10)
Admired Sempai: Sakurai Sho (Arashi)
MORE: kananyan.livejournal.com/44852.html
Hashimoto Ryo (橋本涼)
(click right "show graphic" to see real size)
Birthday: October 30, 2000 (age 10)
Admired Sempai: Kamenashi Kazuya (KAT-TUN)
- MORE: kananyan.livejournal.com/45719.html
Inoue Mizuki (井上瑞稀)
(click right "show graphic" to see real size)
Name: Inoue Mizuki (井上瑞稀)
Birthday: October 31, 2000 (age 10)
Blood Type: AB
Height: 135cm
Weight: 25kg
Admired Sempai: Takizawa Hideaki (Tackey & Tsubasa), Nakayama Yuma (NYC)
- Dramas:
- Dramas:
[2010] "Natsu no Koi wa Nijiiro ni Kagayaku" (click right "show graphic" to see real size)
Curry CM with Aiba Masaki
Chino Aoi (千野葵)
(click right "show graphic" to see real size)
Name: Chino Aoi (千野葵)
Birthday: October 7, 2001 (age 9)
Blood Type: A
Height: 121cm
Weight: 22kg
Admired Sempai: Takizawa Hideaki (Tackey & Tsubasa)
They get to appear on television a lot then, but it is MoriShin who gets most of the attention because of his movie ne. As mentioned before, even after the promotion ended the group wasn't dissolved immediatly as announced, but continued to be called Snow Prince Gasshoudan in Shounen Club throughout 2010. I need to check if this statement is actually true xD Somewhere along the way they lost a member though (Horinouchi Tatsuya that is), but well, Johnny-san must have tought, I have enough of 'em Juniors, so he added two new ones to the mix:
Tanimura Ryuichi (谷村龍一)
(click right "show graphic" to see real size)
Birthdate: December 21, 1998 (age 12)- Admired Senpai: Nakayama Yuma, Morimoto Shintaro
- MORE: kananyan.livejournal.com/44519.html
Miura Wataru (三浦わたる)
(click right "show graphic" to see real size)
Birthdate: June 6, 1998 (age 12)- Admired Senpai: Tamamori Yuta, Aiba Masaki (Arashi), Yamada Ryosuke (Hey!Say!JUMP)
- MORE: kananyan.livejournal.com/44519.html
Currently those boys are not called Snow Prince Gassoudan anymore. Or are they?
Has the new year message 2011 actually not been the last time?
(click right "show graphic" to see real size)
...but they continue to appear together none the less:
Junior Calender 2011-2012
(click right "show graphic" to see real size)
2011 saw even more new developement. They are not featured in magazines as a group for some time already, and now we have something called Morimoto Shintaro +HipHopJump+SnowPrinces mixed with random chibis... Morimoto Shintaro with HipHopJump! There is a new song for this group of Juniors anyways: "1 for you".
Translation, anyone? runpuri.livejournal.com/5826.html#cutid1
I really think it is one of the better junior songs, it has a great melody and violin and rap AND dance, something I'd like to see the SnoPuris perform without HipHopJump~ well, is there anyone among the SnoPuris who could do Juri's rapping? =D
Aaand not to forget Takkichannel, where SnoPuri appears as well!!
have the translation of the mixed junior talk thingy:
runpuri.livejournal.com/4812.html#cutid1
and BBQ time with Tackey:
cumiechiki.livejournal.com/16577.html :D
From the most recent Takkichannel 20110429, the Kabuki Juniors:
(click right "show graphic" to see real size)
Kishi Yuta, Kurita Kei, Otsuka Yuya, Nakamura Reia, Konno Takayuki, Muraji Shonosuke, Kishimoto Shintaro, Haba Yuki, Hashimoto Ryo, Chino Aoi, Inoue Mizuki, Okada Aoi.
Looks a lot like Snow Prince Gasshoudan, right?
But instead of Miura+Tanimura we have Konno+Muraji again. Makes sense, as it's for Tackey's musical =D
Did anyone notice the one boy who's not been mentioned in this post yet? xD
yepp, it's the first one, this Kishi Yuta... I have never heard of him before, but according to a Japanese Junior Wiki he's been a Junior since August 2009 already!
This is what generasia.com tells us about im:
Kishi Yuta (岸優太, Johnny's Junior)
(SMAPxSMAP 100 Juniors Special 2010.05.31, the left one)
Birthday: September 29, 1995 (age 15)
Birthplace: Saitama
Blood Type: A
Height: 160cm
Admired Sempai: Ohno Satoshi (Arashi)
Hobby: Listening to Music
Talent:Sports
Favorite Food: Yukke
Dislike Food: Gream peas
Favorite Color: Pink
Favorite Sports: Baseball
Favorite Animal: Dogs
The younger Kabuki Snow Princes:
Chibi Ranger Chino Aoi + Haba Yuki~
<3
Wink Up July 2011: The older Kabuki Indians Snow Princes!
Inoue Mizuki (looks so different with short hair o_o), Okada Aoi (has grown so much o.o), Hashimoto Ryo (didn't really change <3)
Kurita Kei (hehe xD), Otsuka Yuya (aaaaw :3), Nakamura Reia (his hair got long!)
I'll update with moooore pictures and information about every single member later ne~
feel free to point out mistakes :3
edit (2011.05.22):
thanks for the comments! Pictures are fixed!
Links to picspam for KishiShin, Otsuka Yuya + Yuki Haba + HASHIMOTO RYO added! :D
credits and for more go to shatteredtenshi + king_kun + tesshiro + yaoi_no_yutsu + yabu_takeshi + kamichan_ya3 + ryo_anne + runpuri and communities like juniors_freshjr + boys_paper (and generasia.com+asianmediawiki.com and the like ^^')
edit 2011.08.01: Okada Aoi Pimp Post added!