Akanishi and Nakamaru were standing next to each other, and in between photo shoots they started comparing their heights. Koki also joined in, and eventually he and Nakamaru stood back to back. Akanishi tried rather forcefully to align the two’s heads. Nakamaru was taller than Koki, so he was the first to complain. “Ow! Koki’s head bit me!” It was ( Read more... )

On July 30th in Tokyo, actress Nakama Yukie (29) and KAT-TUN member Kamenashi Kazuya (23) attended an event for the movie ‘ごくせん THE MOVIE / Gokusen THE MOVIE’. Looking out at the 1000 fans dressed in yukata [summer kimono], Kamenashi smiled broadly and said “By having the chance to appear in Gokusen, and also thanks to the movie becoming a big hit ( Read more... )

Ueda got on top of the stand, and then he placed both of his hands out in front, looking very well-mannered. He seemed to have gotten fond of the pose, and did a test jump while still posing. After that it was time for the real thing. His jump made it seem as if he were floating in midair, and it also provided a great photo-op! But upon his request ( Read more... )

It was again time to take individual photos of each member. For this photo the members had to leap into the air and strike a pose to convey an energetic, overflowing image ( Read more... )

Speaking of shooting, Kamenashi was 100 percent ready for it. The theme was water, and he was asked to act as if he was grasping water delicately. Monitoring himself, he said, "the angle of my arm is a little unnatural, I think," and started to fix his pose considering the detail of the distance between the lens and his arm. For an actual take, ( Read more... )

The video game proceeded to the second round, and the next game was ‘karuta’ [カルタ; A traditional Japanese card game similar to ‘concentration’ or ‘pelmanism’. There are two types of cards, each called ‘yomifuda (読み札; reading cards)’ and ‘torifuda (取り札; cards up for grabs)’. Depending on the type of karuta that is played, on the yomifudas are ( Read more... )

As the photo shoots were proceeding smoothly, Ueda was at the catering booth getting ready to eat. While he was stuffing himself [Tanaka] Koki came to the booth after finishing his shooting. He seemed flabbergasted at how much Ueda was eating. “Why are you eating like there’s no tomorrow!?” A few minutes later Ueda took a look at the ‘Salisbury ( ( Read more... )

From Wednesday this week KAT-TUN started their ‘KAT-TUN SUMMER ’09 Break the Records Tour’. Recently photo shoots were taken of the pamphlets and merchandise that will go on sale during the tour. The official video reports of those goods were also released! Starting from today we will begin a 7-issue series highlighting those reports ( Read more... )

The ‘letter N’ of KAT-TUN a.k.a. Nakamaru told of a drastically unfortunate accident that recently happened. [The group name ‘KAT-TUN’ was formed by taking the first letter of each member’s surname and mixing them up ( Read more... )