Opening and the profiles
And so finally..
The 1st LJ fan community dedicated to MA is open!
*throws confetti*
We're deeply sorry to keep you guys waiting for so long and thanks for waiting patiently. Please continue to bear with us from now on, too. m(_ _)m
To celebrate the community's opening, we present you the most random profiles ever, lots of cute/cracky/dashing piccies and a dl post containing all the clips I was able to scrape together now, more will follow later, I promise. ^^
So please enjoy your time here, we don't any specific rules for you, use the common sense we know you guys have, lj-cut big posts and picture entries, tag entries somehow so it's easier to search for certain types of entries, comment when you take something as it's common courtesy, comment anyway because we love your comments ♥, don't claim stuff your own if it isn't, no bashing MA or any of the members and so on.
Have fun and let us all share our love for Musical Academy! ♥
Your mods,
Suvi/subi and Claudia/sakuraminamoto
And now, the first part of the big MA pimp post:
Profiles:
Our random comments (please feel free to ignore XD) tagged with /S and /Cla respectively.
Akiyama Jun/秋山 純
Birthdate: 1980.6.4
Birthplace: Tokyo
Bloodtype: A
Height: 180cm
Nickname: Akki (アッキー)
Joined JE: 1992.10.10
JE units (present and previous): J-Eleven, MASK, Musical Academy
- he is one fourth French (his grandmother is French)
- is a Teikyo University graduate, major: Economics
- has a ferret called Bura (ブラ), Machida wilfully calls it Paul (ポール) (XDDD /S)
- was a child actor before joining JE
- has asked Yara sometimes to change the choreographies because they were too hard for Akki to be learned
- rumour has it that he was about to be "fired" from MA to make room for other members (... WHAT???? O___O /Cla, o_O;, maybe Koichi protested XD /S)
- Toushin Yoshikazu and members of A.B.C. tease Akiyama often, too
- is good friends with Koichi, he often hugs or carries Koichi around like a princess at lives
- actress Akiyama Erisa is his little sister (they have the same face XDDD /Cla)
- is a big fan of Hanshin Tigers
- can juggle
- is really good at tap dancing, Yara envies him for his skills
- his face has very strong features for a Japanese (probably due to his French blood), and he's been often told he looks like Michael Tomioka (a veteran American DJ/VJ active in Japan). Koichi and Tsuyoshi often tease him for his face.
- many Jrs are scared of his mother. (XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD I want to meet Madame Akiyama XD /Cla)
- he's concerned with the shape of his body (he's of bigger frame than most Japanese people) and he often diets.
- when the measures for "Fame" (2006) costumes were made, his hips measured 100cm
(poor Jun... I understand how he feels... but nevertheless, it amuses me to no end XD /Cla, I bet he still weighs 10 kg less than me even though we're of the same height XDD /S)
- played Koune (original character) in Naruto musical (sorry, no pictures)
- voice-acted the young Hercules' part in the Japanese version of Hercules Disney animation movie
- during SHOCK 2006, he bought off mail order a pair of slimming tights in order to make his legs look thinner. Anyway, they did not really work, and at the end of the "Shock" season the tights had loosened. One day he forgot to wear them and while changing in the dressing room, the other members of MA saw he was wearing hotpink underwear (the reason is that the black tights would leave black traces on them, so he didn't want to wear very good underwear). He wore the slimming tights during "Shock" 2007 too (he said it doesn't feel like "Shock" without wearing them), and Machida was scared to see Akki's pink underwear again. (poor Maachin *pats* XDD /S)
- throughout the pregnancy, his parents thought he would be a girl and decided to name him "Erisa". Only when he was born did they realize it was a boy instead, and they had no idea how to name him. Since it was June, they decided to name him Jun and chose a kanji that means "pure". They later gave the name "Erisa" to his younger sister.
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Machida Shingo/町田慎吾
Birthdate: 1981.3.25
Birthplace: Tokyo, lives in Chiba-ken (?)
Bloodtype: A
Height: ? (I don't have any official data but roughly estimating somewhere around 170cm /S)
Nickname: Maachin (まーちん)
Joined JE: 1994.10.16
JE units (present and previous): J-Eleven, ジャニーズSr., MASK, TOKYO浜松町, ヤラえもんズ, Musical Academy
- joined JE the same time as Ohno of Arashi, they are friends
- can juggle
- was one of MA's first era members but has once quitted JE (somewhere around 2001), however, he returned and is nowadays MA's leader
- likes Koichi very much, he gets all hyped up if Koichi is in the same dressing room or if he gets email from Koichi
- has meandered about his love for Koichi at live
- if someone in MA has to dress as a woman, it's him
- cosplayed Shingo Mama and female high school student at MA's 1st LIVE
- his mother is a fan of Shounentai
- is acknowledged for his good dancing, sometimes called Jr.'s dance leader, did choreographies for MA's 1st LIVE
- has done lyrics for their original songs
- likes dogs and cats
- has been in 23 musical and stage play productions since '97 (nice CV, Maachin /S)
- played Sasuke in Naruto musical (pictures here)
- his mother was a stalker of Katori Shingo (SMAP). (...scary... /Cla)
- his favourite food is chocolate crepes, the food he hates is green peas
- he likes soccer, but he doesn't like baseball, because he's scared to be hit by the balls
- according to Yara's JWEB, he once fell asleep in the Shounen Club Premium's make-up room
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Yonehana Tsuyoshi/米花剛史
Birthdate: 1982.10.5
Birthplace: Kanagawa-ken
Bloodtype: B
Height: ? (again no official data but a couple of cms less that Machida /S)
Nickname: Pana (パナ)
Joined JE: 1995.10.22
JE units (present and previous): ジャニーズSr., TOKYO, Musical Academy
- joined JE the same time as Arashi's Sho
- became a member of MA in September 1999
- Jr.'s acrobat leader
- MA's tsukkomi-responsible
- once said to A.B.C.'s Goseki that he wouldn't lose to Goseki in cuteness and took a straight perm, though returning to his old style after a short while (.......Yone and cuteness are contraries XDDD /Cla)
- jumped 2m68.3cm in magazine's Jr. championships in standing long jump and won the 1st place
- his hobby is billiards
- has played billiards together with KAT-TUN's Taguchi Junnosuke
- played Gaara in Naruto musical (piccies over here and here)
- during 2007's Shock he seemed to be looking a lot at his mobile or at a mirror, so the remaining three of MA and Toma gave him a "personal use hand-mirror" as a present
- lately no one else besides Toma and Sho has been calling him Pana
- the song in the fireworks episode of MA Collaboration Map (SCP 2006.08.20) was composed by him
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Yara Tomoyuki/屋良朝幸
Birthdate: 1983.2.1
Birthplace: Chiba-ken
Bloodtype: AB
Height: 163cm
Nickname: Yaracchi (やらっち)
Joined JE: 1995.4.23
JE units (present and previous): ジャニーズSr., TOKYO浜松町, ヤラえもんズ, Musical Academy, 年男ユニット
- he's only 163cm tall even though his official profile says he's 165cm tall, he revealed the truth during a concert MC). He stopped growing in middle school and he's very concerned about his height. (kawaiiiiiii >_< I could fit him in my pocket /Cla)
- his father is from Okinawa. There's a tradition in the Yara family that all male borns have to be given the 「朝」 kanji as initial for their first names, read either "Tomo" or "Cho". The 「幸」 character comes from his mother's name.
- his hairdo during KinKi Kids '04-'05 concert tour was made by Yonehana
- he has won a 10 km run in Jr. contest
- then, he partecipated in the Gold Coast Marathon and completed it with brilliant results
- is close with Goseki of A.B.C.
- he composed one of MA's original songs, "Kenritsu Musical Academy High School".
- played Tyrone's role in FAME in 2005, which was the first musical MA starred in (they had a replay season in 2006)
- played Naruto in Naruto musical (too many pics aagh Yara wth)
- once in a break during a concert, he pierced his ear. He said that he suddenly wanted to pierce it and then got back onstage to dance with a safety pin in his ear. Incidentally, it was Yonehana who pierced his ear.
- just like Yonehana, he excels in acrobatics
- right after the Naruto musical, he drastically cut his hair.
- does the choreographies for MA
- did choreography for MA's backdancing for the song "Snake" during Koichi's solo tour Mirror, except for 8 measures which were choreographed by Koichi
- also did the choreography for Koichi solo song, Get it on, during KinKi Kids 2006-2007 Harmony of Winter -iD- tour, it was his first time to choreograph to Koichi and female dancers only and not for MA
- choreographed Murakami Shingo's solo, Forward, for K8's nation-wide 47-prefecture tour
- joined JE same time as Takki and Tsubasa
- likes reptiles and sharks (really, sharks. NO FAKE. XD; /S) and has a one-meter long cornsnake called Chura, he has posted pictures of Chura several times on his JWEB
- was selected to the special Inoshishi unit for Countdown '06-'07, he did a backflip in hakama at the concert
- appeared as a guest in 2nd Jan Jr. concert and performed one self-produced song with A.B.C. backdancing. The song was Koichi's old solo, Jealous Train, and Yara later performed it on SC. The concert performance was decided just one week before, when Johnny contacted him by phone. Afterwards he was praised by Okamoto Ken'ichi, who said Yara had a good sense.
The 1st LJ fan community dedicated to MA is open!
*throws confetti*
We're deeply sorry to keep you guys waiting for so long and thanks for waiting patiently. Please continue to bear with us from now on, too. m(_ _)m
To celebrate the community's opening, we present you the most random profiles ever, lots of cute/cracky/dashing piccies and a dl post containing all the clips I was able to scrape together now, more will follow later, I promise. ^^
So please enjoy your time here, we don't any specific rules for you, use the common sense we know you guys have, lj-cut big posts and picture entries, tag entries somehow so it's easier to search for certain types of entries, comment when you take something as it's common courtesy, comment anyway because we love your comments ♥, don't claim stuff your own if it isn't, no bashing MA or any of the members and so on.
Have fun and let us all share our love for Musical Academy! ♥
Your mods,
Suvi/subi and Claudia/sakuraminamoto
And now, the first part of the big MA pimp post:
Profiles:
Our random comments (please feel free to ignore XD) tagged with /S and /Cla respectively.
Akiyama Jun/秋山 純
Birthdate: 1980.6.4
Birthplace: Tokyo
Bloodtype: A
Height: 180cm
Nickname: Akki (アッキー)
Joined JE: 1992.10.10
JE units (present and previous): J-Eleven, MASK, Musical Academy
- he is one fourth French (his grandmother is French)
- is a Teikyo University graduate, major: Economics
- has a ferret called Bura (ブラ), Machida wilfully calls it Paul (ポール) (XDDD /S)
- was a child actor before joining JE
- has asked Yara sometimes to change the choreographies because they were too hard for Akki to be learned
- rumour has it that he was about to be "fired" from MA to make room for other members (... WHAT???? O___O /Cla, o_O;, maybe Koichi protested XD /S)
- Toushin Yoshikazu and members of A.B.C. tease Akiyama often, too
- is good friends with Koichi, he often hugs or carries Koichi around like a princess at lives
- actress Akiyama Erisa is his little sister (they have the same face XDDD /Cla)
- is a big fan of Hanshin Tigers
- can juggle
- is really good at tap dancing, Yara envies him for his skills
- his face has very strong features for a Japanese (probably due to his French blood), and he's been often told he looks like Michael Tomioka (a veteran American DJ/VJ active in Japan). Koichi and Tsuyoshi often tease him for his face.
- many Jrs are scared of his mother. (XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD I want to meet Madame Akiyama XD /Cla)
- he's concerned with the shape of his body (he's of bigger frame than most Japanese people) and he often diets.
- when the measures for "Fame" (2006) costumes were made, his hips measured 100cm
(poor Jun... I understand how he feels... but nevertheless, it amuses me to no end XD /Cla, I bet he still weighs 10 kg less than me even though we're of the same height XDD /S)
- played Koune (original character) in Naruto musical (sorry, no pictures)
- voice-acted the young Hercules' part in the Japanese version of Hercules Disney animation movie
- during SHOCK 2006, he bought off mail order a pair of slimming tights in order to make his legs look thinner. Anyway, they did not really work, and at the end of the "Shock" season the tights had loosened. One day he forgot to wear them and while changing in the dressing room, the other members of MA saw he was wearing hotpink underwear (the reason is that the black tights would leave black traces on them, so he didn't want to wear very good underwear). He wore the slimming tights during "Shock" 2007 too (he said it doesn't feel like "Shock" without wearing them), and Machida was scared to see Akki's pink underwear again. (poor Maachin *pats* XDD /S)
- throughout the pregnancy, his parents thought he would be a girl and decided to name him "Erisa". Only when he was born did they realize it was a boy instead, and they had no idea how to name him. Since it was June, they decided to name him Jun and chose a kanji that means "pure". They later gave the name "Erisa" to his younger sister.
_______________________________________________
Machida Shingo/町田慎吾
Birthdate: 1981.3.25
Birthplace: Tokyo, lives in Chiba-ken (?)
Bloodtype: A
Height: ? (I don't have any official data but roughly estimating somewhere around 170cm /S)
Nickname: Maachin (まーちん)
Joined JE: 1994.10.16
JE units (present and previous): J-Eleven, ジャニーズSr., MASK, TOKYO浜松町, ヤラえもんズ, Musical Academy
- joined JE the same time as Ohno of Arashi, they are friends
- can juggle
- was one of MA's first era members but has once quitted JE (somewhere around 2001), however, he returned and is nowadays MA's leader
- likes Koichi very much, he gets all hyped up if Koichi is in the same dressing room or if he gets email from Koichi
- has meandered about his love for Koichi at live
- if someone in MA has to dress as a woman, it's him
- cosplayed Shingo Mama and female high school student at MA's 1st LIVE
- his mother is a fan of Shounentai
- is acknowledged for his good dancing, sometimes called Jr.'s dance leader, did choreographies for MA's 1st LIVE
- has done lyrics for their original songs
- likes dogs and cats
- has been in 23 musical and stage play productions since '97 (nice CV, Maachin /S)
- played Sasuke in Naruto musical (pictures here)
- his mother was a stalker of Katori Shingo (SMAP). (...scary... /Cla)
- his favourite food is chocolate crepes, the food he hates is green peas
- he likes soccer, but he doesn't like baseball, because he's scared to be hit by the balls
- according to Yara's JWEB, he once fell asleep in the Shounen Club Premium's make-up room
_______________________________________________
Yonehana Tsuyoshi/米花剛史
Birthdate: 1982.10.5
Birthplace: Kanagawa-ken
Bloodtype: B
Height: ? (again no official data but a couple of cms less that Machida /S)
Nickname: Pana (パナ)
Joined JE: 1995.10.22
JE units (present and previous): ジャニーズSr., TOKYO, Musical Academy
- joined JE the same time as Arashi's Sho
- became a member of MA in September 1999
- Jr.'s acrobat leader
- MA's tsukkomi-responsible
- once said to A.B.C.'s Goseki that he wouldn't lose to Goseki in cuteness and took a straight perm, though returning to his old style after a short while (.......Yone and cuteness are contraries XDDD /Cla)
- jumped 2m68.3cm in magazine's Jr. championships in standing long jump and won the 1st place
- his hobby is billiards
- has played billiards together with KAT-TUN's Taguchi Junnosuke
- played Gaara in Naruto musical (piccies over here and here)
- during 2007's Shock he seemed to be looking a lot at his mobile or at a mirror, so the remaining three of MA and Toma gave him a "personal use hand-mirror" as a present
- lately no one else besides Toma and Sho has been calling him Pana
- the song in the fireworks episode of MA Collaboration Map (SCP 2006.08.20) was composed by him
_______________________________________________
Yara Tomoyuki/屋良朝幸
Birthdate: 1983.2.1
Birthplace: Chiba-ken
Bloodtype: AB
Height: 163cm
Nickname: Yaracchi (やらっち)
Joined JE: 1995.4.23
JE units (present and previous): ジャニーズSr., TOKYO浜松町, ヤラえもんズ, Musical Academy, 年男ユニット
- he's only 163cm tall even though his official profile says he's 165cm tall, he revealed the truth during a concert MC). He stopped growing in middle school and he's very concerned about his height. (kawaiiiiiii >_< I could fit him in my pocket /Cla)
- his father is from Okinawa. There's a tradition in the Yara family that all male borns have to be given the 「朝」 kanji as initial for their first names, read either "Tomo" or "Cho". The 「幸」 character comes from his mother's name.
- his hairdo during KinKi Kids '04-'05 concert tour was made by Yonehana
- he has won a 10 km run in Jr. contest
- then, he partecipated in the Gold Coast Marathon and completed it with brilliant results
- is close with Goseki of A.B.C.
- he composed one of MA's original songs, "Kenritsu Musical Academy High School".
- played Tyrone's role in FAME in 2005, which was the first musical MA starred in (they had a replay season in 2006)
- played Naruto in Naruto musical (too many pics aagh Yara wth)
- once in a break during a concert, he pierced his ear. He said that he suddenly wanted to pierce it and then got back onstage to dance with a safety pin in his ear. Incidentally, it was Yonehana who pierced his ear.
- just like Yonehana, he excels in acrobatics
- right after the Naruto musical, he drastically cut his hair.
- does the choreographies for MA
- did choreography for MA's backdancing for the song "Snake" during Koichi's solo tour Mirror, except for 8 measures which were choreographed by Koichi
- also did the choreography for Koichi solo song, Get it on, during KinKi Kids 2006-2007 Harmony of Winter -iD- tour, it was his first time to choreograph to Koichi and female dancers only and not for MA
- choreographed Murakami Shingo's solo, Forward, for K8's nation-wide 47-prefecture tour
- joined JE same time as Takki and Tsubasa
- likes reptiles and sharks (really, sharks. NO FAKE. XD; /S) and has a one-meter long cornsnake called Chura, he has posted pictures of Chura several times on his JWEB
- was selected to the special Inoshishi unit for Countdown '06-'07, he did a backflip in hakama at the concert
- appeared as a guest in 2nd Jan Jr. concert and performed one self-produced song with A.B.C. backdancing. The song was Koichi's old solo, Jealous Train, and Yara later performed it on SC. The concert performance was decided just one week before, when Johnny contacted him by phone. Afterwards he was praised by Okamoto Ken'ichi, who said Yara had a good sense.