PIMP POST: Ueda Tatsuya (KAT-TUN) Part I
THE UEDA TATSUYA PIMP POST
BECAUSE
UEBO-HIME NEEDS MORE LOVE
(Also, if 99 PICTURES AND NEARLY A DOZEN VIDEOS don't rope you in, I don't know what will.)
X-posted to my journal (lune_etsoleil) ueda_daily and kattunlove
THE WHO
Generic Uebo-hime stuff. Some of these you probably already know. (Sigh!) Still, these little nuggets of information are still useful if you're planning on writing fanfiction. (THAT WAS A HINT, BTW)
PROFILE
NAME
Tatsuya Ueda
NICKNAMES
Tat-chan, Uebo-hime
DATE OF BIRTH
October 4, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH
Kanagawa, Japan
HOROSCOPE
Libra
HEIGHT
170 cm
WEIGHT
51 kg
BLOOD TYPE
B
FAMILY
Parents, grandmother and an older sister
TALENTS
Basketball, guitar, piano, speaks English and French
HOBBIES
Basketball, shopping, guitar
PETS
4 Golden Retrievers (credits to: gothicauthor )
IDEAL TYPE OF GIRL
Older, joyful, can cook and clean, is outgoing and has a pretty smile
ENTERED JOHNNY'S
August 1998
FAVORITES
COLOR
Black and red
SEASON
Winter
FLOWER
Rose
PART OF BODY
Hands
ANIMAL
Dolphin
FOOD
Spaghetti, steak, sashimi, Ceasar's salad
THINGS TO DO
Read manga in the bathtub, play basketball and guitar
SCHOOL SUBJECT
History
WORD
"Effort"
PHRASE
"Will you marry me?"
JOHNNY'S SENPAIS
Tsuyoshi Domoto and Tsubasa Imai
BIOGRAPHY
♥ Ueda Tatsuya is the U of KAT-TUN, and was the official leader of the group until he stepped down shortly after it's formation. He tends to change his image a lot.
♥ It is rumored among his fans that it is highly possible that Ueda could be the mysterious SPIN who has written countless KAT-TUN songs such as "Le Ciel" and "GOLD", because he is learning French as well as English, and therefore could well have written the French lyrics in "Le Ciel". However, no other concrete evidence has surfaced to support this rumor.
♥ He is most famous for his solo performance "Love in Snow," as well as his piano and guitar skills, among KAT-TUN fans. So far, he is the only member of KAT-TUN who hasn't starred in a drama yet.
♥ Recently he is doing kintore (muscle training) for boxing which seems to be an influence from Dream Boys. He was voted No. 1 for "Who is the most suspicious?" ("KAT-TUN wo Abake," a segment shown in the April 16, 2006 episode of Shounen Club, a Johnny's Entertainment variety show), because he always seems to be in his own world.
TRIVIA
♠ As a child, he witnessed a man being killed.
♠ He went to an all-boy's school.
♠ He joined Johnny's because he admired Imai Tsubasa so much.
♠ He is a sensitive person, and is easily hurt by what others say.
♠ Band-mate Akanishi Jin who joined Johnny's 6 months after Ueda thought at first that Ueda was a senpai of the same level as Takizawa Hideaki.
♠ He was once talent-scouted by another talent agency.
♠ Band-mate Kazuya Kamenashi befriended him when they formed KAT-TUN and always looks out for him. One of his wishes is for Ueda to have a solo concert one day.
♠ According to various j-web entries and the Kaizokuban Interviews, he is closest to band-mate Nakamaru Yuichi outside of KAT-TUN.
♠ Nishikido Ryo from NEWS/Kanjani8 is sometimes cruel to Ueda. After Kamenashi Kazuya asked Ryo not to question Ueda about his ambitions, telling him that Ueda gets upset that he isn't sure about it, Ryo publicly questioned him again. Then, early this year, Ryo announced that he hates Ueda most of all the Johnny's. However, it has come to light that this rivalry was actually started by Shounen Club, a Johnny's Entertainment variety show. Despite the fact that the rivalry was mostly scripted, Ryo (famed for his cutting remarks) has admitted that he might have taken the incident too far by not thinking before speaking.
♠ He learned to play the piano as a child, but now prefers the guitar and sometimes plays in KAT-TUN's songs, such as "Rhodesia" and "Butterfly" (both solo pieces with the former sung along with Koki Tanaka and the latter with Akanishi Jin).
♠ He speaks/is learning both English and French (the same as his idol, Gackt).
♠ He used to want to be a teacher, but decided against it after realising that he might be assigned to an all-girls school (he says he would be too nervous).
♠ His current long-term ambition is to direct classical music, while at present he has a share in creating KAT-TUN's music.
♠ He wants to name his future daughter "Elizabeth", but because Japanese people would find it difficult to pronounce, he'd shorten it to "Eri/Eli".
♠ On the basketball team in school, he says he was very good.
♠ He sometimes wears blue contact lenses.
♠ He is most famous for his song "Love in Snow" sung during KAT-TUN's Kaizokuban concert. Like "Love in Snow", most of his solos are ballads, like "Pieces" and "Kakigoori", while others are rock songs, such as "Sparking" and "Lost".
♠ He comes from a wealthy family (according to SUMMARY backstage and the cartoon KAT-TUN episode of April 11, 2007)- he travels on private planes from time to time. Nakamaru Yuichi of KAT-TUN further commented that Ueda goes to Hawaii every year for vacation.
QUOTES
♥ "With different people I'm with, I change into one of my many me's and use that."
♥ "I hate stupid girls."
♥ "I'm a guy who likes to look cool whatever he does."
♥ "My ambition is to become popular with the girls of the entire nation. I'll attain it by the time I'm 24."
♥ "I see fairies."
♥ "I wish I can have a hot and serious relationship."
♠ INFO ♠
Wikipedia
♠ IMAGES ♠
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♠ FILE AND IMAGE HOSTING ♠
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♠ VIDEOS ♠
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♠ FANFICTION ♠
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If you see an image, video or tidbit of information that you feel should be attributed to you, please say so. I would be more than happy to include you in the credits. :)