Butoukan pimp post!
Just so you guys know ... I didn't write this. I started working on it months ago and never bothered to finish (you can still find the original here, ahaha), so this is all spheksophobia's work, minus the fanfic section. Go thank her for this. &hearts
&hearts Butoukan Pimp Post &hearts
In 2007, Takizawa Hideaki of Tackey & Tsubasa announced that he was working on a special project involving a new dance unit. He had many juniors audition, but only four made the cut: Yara Tomoyuki of Musical Academy, Hamanaka Bunichi from the land of the Kansai Jrs, Yamamoto Ryota of MAD, and Senga Kento of Kis-My-Ft2. Tsukada Ryoichi of ABC was later added.
Basically, Tackey was bored, so the jimusho gave him something to occupy himself with. Enter Butoukan (舞闘冠) which means "dance, fight, and take the crown," because: 舞 = dance, 闘= fight, 冠= crown/best.
the members
yara tomoyuki
Name: 屋良朝幸
Nickname(s): Yaracchi, Yaraemon
Date of Birth: February 1, 1983
Place of Birth: Chiba, Japan
Joined Johnny's: April 23rd, 1995
Current Groups: MA, Butoukan
Also see MA pimp post
The leader of the group. He choreographs most things for Butoukan and others. He's also very, very short. He's about 5' 4"-ish. He was also in Dream Boys 2007 with Kamenashi Kazuya and Tanaka Koki (both of KAT-TUN). And, did I mention short?
tsukada ryoichi
Name: 塚田僚一
Nickname(s): Tsuka-chan
Date of Birth: December 10, 1986
Place of Birth: Kanagawa, Japan
Current Groups: ABC (currently ABC-Z with the added member, Hashimoto Ryosuke), Butoukan
Also see ABC pimp post
Tsuka is such a big sweetie. ♥ He is their resident acrobatics genius and he has a really strong ass. Really buff. He likes to show off his muscles during Nekketsu every chance he gets. (Not that I mind one bit.) And, he apologizes in a really tiny voice a lot.
hamanaka bunichi
Name: 浜中文一
Nickname(s): Bun-chan
Date of Birth: October 5, 1987
Place of Birth: Osaka, Japan
Current Groups: Veterans, Butoukan
Also see Kansai Jr pimp post and Kanju profiles
The only Kansai junior of the group~ He's a bit of a space case, but he's so hilariously so. ♥ He admires Yara and is admired by Okazaki Takumi after having sent Okazaki an image of his hengao. He seems cold at first, but he's really just shy and wants to be loved.
Bun is the only one in the group who cannot do a backflip. They have fun trying to talk him into doing one in their PV making of. ♥
yamamoto ryota
Name: 山本亮太
Nickname(s): Yama-chan, Ryo-chan
Date of Birth: November 14, 1989
Place of Birth: Chiba, Japan
Joined Johnny's: September 23rd, 2001
Past Group(s): ABC Jr, Arashi kumi
Current Groups: MAD, Butoukan, THEY Budou
Favorite Color: Yellow
Favorite Type of Girl: Consistent, truthful
Is there an MAD pimp post anywhere? Look what I found~ :D
Yes, that would make him 19 at this moment. WHO HERE BELIEVES ME? Okay, so I don't know exactly how accurate things like his favorite color or favorite type of girl are since these are things I found off of google. He apparently went to the same high school that both Tamamori Yuta of Kis-My-Ft2 and Senga went to. He is a sort of/kind of/really a bit of a spazz.
Yamamoto obviously has a huge crush on Yara proclaims that he will one day beat Yara at dancing. ♥
Also, if you have not seen NEWS's pacific con dvd, he is in there. The camera pans to him a lot in Ai Nante. Thank you, NEWS.
senga kento
Name: 千賀健永
Nickname(s): Sen-chan
Romanji: Senga Kento
Date of Birth: March 23, 1991
Place of Birth: Aichi, Japan
Bloodtype: AB
Joined Johnny's: April 13, 2003 (or, um, May. idk, different places say different things)
Past Group(s): ABC Jr
Current Groups: Kis-My-Ft2, Butoukan
Also see Kis-My-Ft2 pimp post
Senga is the baby of the group. In one word, he is... special. In one of the 2007 episodes of Shonen Club in Osaka, he was forced into doing his sea turtle monomane (which he does again during another shokura episode!). He also does a monomane of... Michael Jackson. Idek, man.
He also sweats a lot. They poke fun at him a lot because of this (and just about everything else he does). Bun says he's always pointlessly sweating. Though, apparently he does not sweat as much anymore. Lol. In one Kisumai talk, he said that rather than sweating, his body just gets really hot now.
media
pre-Butoukan updates
2007.09.02 (wherein jrs are interviewed) [raw]
2007.10.14 [raw]
2007.11.04 [ subbed talk + yara's solo]
2007.11.11 [raw]
2007.12.09 [raw]
Now and Forever PV [ subbed] [youtube] [mp3]
2007.12.23 Xmas SP talk/making of/pv [ subbed]
2008.02.10 Now and Forever perf [ subbed]
2008.4.06 Now and Forever [ subbed] [veoh]
2008.05.04 c=normal (minus Senga and Tsuka) [veoh]
- talk [veoh]
2008.06.01 Now and Forever [ subbed] [youtube]
2008.06.08 Sweet Butterfly [veoh] [youtube]
- Letter exchange: Bun & Senga [veoh]
- both [ subbed]
- rock medley [ subbed]
2008.07.06 c=normal [veoh] [youtube]
- talk [veoh]
2008.07.13 Sweet Butterfly [veoh] [youtube]
2008.09.14 Now and Forever [veoh]
- talk [veoh]
2008.10.05 Grateful World [ raw and mp3]
2008.11.02 Grateful World (minus Yara and Bun) [ raw]
2008.12.21 Xmas SP talk/medley [ subbed]
- medley only [ raw]
2009.01.04 Yuki no Furu hi [ raw and mp3]
2009.02.01 Yuki no Furu hi [ talk + perf]
2009.03.08 Grateful World [ perf]
translations
Besides lyrics, there aren't any Butoukan only translations as of yet. But, I'll throw around some links anyways.
lyrics
Now and Forever translated by goro_chan
c=normal translated by poseok
Sweet Butterfly translated by goro_chan
other
October 2008 Duet - Yara In which Yara mentions his date with Yamamoto~ Tsuka is also mentioned. (Also, he wants another snake, one that's bigger than Chura.) translated by enshinge
[December 2008 Wink Up] - MAD ...Okay, I'll be honest. There isn't really anything that interesting in this talk, but there was Yamamoto. They talk about Arashi Around Asia tour. translated by enshinge
[February 2009 Wink Up] - Kis-My-Ft2 In which Senga is forced into doing an ondo version of Inori and Tsuka's childishness is revealed. translated by enshinge
Oh, you might as well just go through enshinge's tag list.
fanfiction
Boys Will Be Boys (snowqueenofhoth) - Tsukada/Senga, R
The Darker the Night, the Brighter They Shine (spheksophobia) - Yamamoto-centric, G
Hebi (sourangel) - Yara/Yamamoto, R
I Wish I May, I Wish I Might (spheksophobia) - Yamamoto-centric, G
Love Is a Weed &hearts (diamondsjack) - Yamamoto/Senga, G
Play? No, this is serious! (curiosa_cabinet) - Tsukada/Senga, R
Sex =/= Talent (diamondsjack) - Yara/Yamamoto, PG-13
Space Oddity 1 2 (pastdazed) - Butoukan gen, PG-13
Success Is 99 Percent Failure (hanabi94) - Butoukan orgy, R
Unfinished Surprises (spheksophobia) - Butoukan/Yamamoto, G
Untitled #1 (fall 2008 rarepair meme) - Yara/Yamamoto, PG-13
Untitled #2 (fall 2008 rarepair meme) - Yara/Yamamoto, PG-13
I know there's more Butoukan fic out there. Link me?
other places of interest
butoukan (Butoukan)
musical_academy (MA)
ambitious_boys (Johnny's Juniors)
crazy_accel (ABC)
kis_my_ft2 (Kis-My-Ft2)
kansaichibiko (Kansai Johnny's Juniors)
shokura (Shonen Club)
&hearts Butoukan Pimp Post &hearts
In 2007, Takizawa Hideaki of Tackey & Tsubasa announced that he was working on a special project involving a new dance unit. He had many juniors audition, but only four made the cut: Yara Tomoyuki of Musical Academy, Hamanaka Bunichi from the land of the Kansai Jrs, Yamamoto Ryota of MAD, and Senga Kento of Kis-My-Ft2. Tsukada Ryoichi of ABC was later added.
Basically, Tackey was bored, so the jimusho gave him something to occupy himself with. Enter Butoukan (舞闘冠) which means "dance, fight, and take the crown," because: 舞 = dance, 闘= fight, 冠= crown/best.
the members
yara tomoyuki
Name: 屋良朝幸
Nickname(s): Yaracchi, Yaraemon
Date of Birth: February 1, 1983
Place of Birth: Chiba, Japan
Joined Johnny's: April 23rd, 1995
Current Groups: MA, Butoukan
Also see MA pimp post
The leader of the group. He choreographs most things for Butoukan and others. He's also very, very short. He's about 5' 4"-ish. He was also in Dream Boys 2007 with Kamenashi Kazuya and Tanaka Koki (both of KAT-TUN). And, did I mention short?
tsukada ryoichi
Name: 塚田僚一
Nickname(s): Tsuka-chan
Date of Birth: December 10, 1986
Place of Birth: Kanagawa, Japan
Current Groups: ABC (currently ABC-Z with the added member, Hashimoto Ryosuke), Butoukan
Also see ABC pimp post
Tsuka is such a big sweetie. ♥ He is their resident acrobatics genius and he has a really strong ass. Really buff. He likes to show off his muscles during Nekketsu every chance he gets. (Not that I mind one bit.) And, he apologizes in a really tiny voice a lot.
hamanaka bunichi
Name: 浜中文一
Nickname(s): Bun-chan
Date of Birth: October 5, 1987
Place of Birth: Osaka, Japan
Current Groups: Veterans, Butoukan
Also see Kansai Jr pimp post and Kanju profiles
The only Kansai junior of the group~ He's a bit of a space case, but he's so hilariously so. ♥ He admires Yara and is admired by Okazaki Takumi after having sent Okazaki an image of his hengao. He seems cold at first, but he's really just shy and wants to be loved.
Bun is the only one in the group who cannot do a backflip. They have fun trying to talk him into doing one in their PV making of. ♥
yamamoto ryota
Name: 山本亮太
Nickname(s): Yama-chan, Ryo-chan
Date of Birth: November 14, 1989
Place of Birth: Chiba, Japan
Joined Johnny's: September 23rd, 2001
Past Group(s): ABC Jr, Arashi kumi
Current Groups: MAD, Butoukan, THEY Budou
Favorite Color: Yellow
Favorite Type of Girl: Consistent, truthful
Is there an MAD pimp post anywhere? Look what I found~ :D
Yes, that would make him 19 at this moment. WHO HERE BELIEVES ME? Okay, so I don't know exactly how accurate things like his favorite color or favorite type of girl are since these are things I found off of google. He apparently went to the same high school that both Tamamori Yuta of Kis-My-Ft2 and Senga went to. He is a sort of/kind of/really a bit of a spazz.
Yamamoto obviously has a huge crush on Yara proclaims that he will one day beat Yara at dancing. ♥
Also, if you have not seen NEWS's pacific con dvd, he is in there. The camera pans to him a lot in Ai Nante. Thank you, NEWS.
senga kento
Name: 千賀健永
Nickname(s): Sen-chan
Romanji: Senga Kento
Date of Birth: March 23, 1991
Place of Birth: Aichi, Japan
Bloodtype: AB
Joined Johnny's: April 13, 2003 (or, um, May. idk, different places say different things)
Past Group(s): ABC Jr
Current Groups: Kis-My-Ft2, Butoukan
Also see Kis-My-Ft2 pimp post
Senga is the baby of the group. In one word, he is... special. In one of the 2007 episodes of Shonen Club in Osaka, he was forced into doing his sea turtle monomane (which he does again during another shokura episode!). He also does a monomane of... Michael Jackson. Idek, man.
He also sweats a lot. They poke fun at him a lot because of this (and just about everything else he does). Bun says he's always pointlessly sweating. Though, apparently he does not sweat as much anymore. Lol. In one Kisumai talk, he said that rather than sweating, his body just gets really hot now.
media
pre-Butoukan updates
2007.09.02 (wherein jrs are interviewed) [raw]
2007.10.14 [raw]
2007.11.04 [ subbed talk + yara's solo]
2007.11.11 [raw]
2007.12.09 [raw]
Now and Forever PV [ subbed] [youtube] [mp3]
2007.12.23 Xmas SP talk/making of/pv [ subbed]
2008.02.10 Now and Forever perf [ subbed]
2008.4.06 Now and Forever [ subbed] [veoh]
2008.05.04 c=normal (minus Senga and Tsuka) [veoh]
- talk [veoh]
2008.06.01 Now and Forever [ subbed] [youtube]
2008.06.08 Sweet Butterfly [veoh] [youtube]
- Letter exchange: Bun & Senga [veoh]
- both [ subbed]
- rock medley [ subbed]
2008.07.06 c=normal [veoh] [youtube]
- talk [veoh]
2008.07.13 Sweet Butterfly [veoh] [youtube]
2008.09.14 Now and Forever [veoh]
- talk [veoh]
2008.10.05 Grateful World [ raw and mp3]
2008.11.02 Grateful World (minus Yara and Bun) [ raw]
2008.12.21 Xmas SP talk/medley [ subbed]
- medley only [ raw]
2009.01.04 Yuki no Furu hi [ raw and mp3]
2009.02.01 Yuki no Furu hi [ talk + perf]
2009.03.08 Grateful World [ perf]
translations
Besides lyrics, there aren't any Butoukan only translations as of yet. But, I'll throw around some links anyways.
lyrics
Now and Forever translated by goro_chan
c=normal translated by poseok
Sweet Butterfly translated by goro_chan
other
October 2008 Duet - Yara In which Yara mentions his date with Yamamoto~ Tsuka is also mentioned. (Also, he wants another snake, one that's bigger than Chura.) translated by enshinge
[December 2008 Wink Up] - MAD ...Okay, I'll be honest. There isn't really anything that interesting in this talk, but there was Yamamoto. They talk about Arashi Around Asia tour. translated by enshinge
[February 2009 Wink Up] - Kis-My-Ft2 In which Senga is forced into doing an ondo version of Inori and Tsuka's childishness is revealed. translated by enshinge
Oh, you might as well just go through enshinge's tag list.
fanfiction
Boys Will Be Boys (snowqueenofhoth) - Tsukada/Senga, R
The Darker the Night, the Brighter They Shine (spheksophobia) - Yamamoto-centric, G
Hebi (sourangel) - Yara/Yamamoto, R
I Wish I May, I Wish I Might (spheksophobia) - Yamamoto-centric, G
Love Is a Weed &hearts (diamondsjack) - Yamamoto/Senga, G
Play? No, this is serious! (curiosa_cabinet) - Tsukada/Senga, R
Sex =/= Talent (diamondsjack) - Yara/Yamamoto, PG-13
Space Oddity 1 2 (pastdazed) - Butoukan gen, PG-13
Success Is 99 Percent Failure (hanabi94) - Butoukan orgy, R
Unfinished Surprises (spheksophobia) - Butoukan/Yamamoto, G
Untitled #1 (fall 2008 rarepair meme) - Yara/Yamamoto, PG-13
Untitled #2 (fall 2008 rarepair meme) - Yara/Yamamoto, PG-13
I know there's more Butoukan fic out there. Link me?
other places of interest
butoukan (Butoukan)
musical_academy (MA)
ambitious_boys (Johnny's Juniors)
crazy_accel (ABC)
kis_my_ft2 (Kis-My-Ft2)
kansaichibiko (Kansai Johnny's Juniors)
shokura (Shonen Club)