Kamenashi Kazuya: The idol’s work begins right away from home

The new drama "FINAL CUT" starring Kamenashi Kazuya landed on the 9th stage of Fujidai Winter Fire on January 9th. He played the role of the protagonist Nakamura Keisuke in revenge for the mother. This drama involves the pursuit of ordinary people by media and social networks. When talking about the feelings of shooting, Kamenashi said: "I am a practitioner in the media industry, but it is often difficult to judge how to treat the media. People sometimes carelessly It’s not out of subjective malice to become the perpetrator and the victim in time.”

"Extreme Master 2" is the memory of many Japanese TV fans.

has joined the Jennis firm in 1998. Kamenashi has also experienced the emergence of "Extreme Freshman 2". After "Big Boar Transformation" became popular, it has always maintained a constant production of film and television dramas, songs and other forms of programs. He has also been selected as the "Most Popular Artist of Genesis" on several occasions. His personal development can be described as smooth sailing, but the ups and downs of the KAT-TUN combination has made him talk-ridden. The successive withdrawals of the members have caused the group to face ups and downs again and again, and Kamenashi, the backbone of KAT-TUN, has always adhered to the role of "idol artist". If there is a textbook paradigm of "idols", Kamenashi can probably be counted as one of them.

played baseball since childhood.

became an idol and became a sports anchor

Kamenashi Kazuya in childhood.

was a baseball boy in elementary school.

Kamenashi Kamenashi was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1986, the third of the four sons in the family. When he was a teenager, Kamenashi Kazuya was very athletic, especially fond of baseball. When he was in elementary school and junior high school, he joined the soft and hard junior baseball teams in Edogawa District, and represented the district in world-class competitions. At that time, Kamenashi also dreamed of becoming a professional baseball player and would follow all professional baseball games. This hobby became one of his personal symbols after he entered the Genesis Company.

In 1998, relatives passed the personal resume of Kamenashi Kazuya to the Jennis firm. After 12-year-old Kamenashi finished his baseball training, he was taken by his father to participate in the selection without knowing it. He described himself at the time as "rolling up his sportswear sleeves and being in sharp contrast with other fashion-dressed people, feeling very embarrassed." After

joined the club, attending the Jennis Baseball Tournament became a constant routine for Kamenashi. Because of his outstanding performance in the competition, he has been selected as the sports anchor of the sports news program "Going! Sports&News" of Japanese TV since 2010. Participating in the program gave Kamenashi the opportunity to interact with many professional baseball players. Since 2011, he has assisted in broadcasting professional baseball live broadcasts on Japanese TV. However, Kamenashi Kazuya also revealed in a variety show that baseball players are just childhood ideals. After joining Genesis, his life goals have changed drastically. When he started broadcasting sports news, he had no idea about the world of professional baseball. After receiving a job as a sports anchor, Kamenashi immediately purchased the roster of baseball players at the time, and started playing baseball games. The practice of understanding the skills and levels of players through game settings was very effective.

"Big Boar Transformation"

He "debuted" earlier than the group

KAT-TUN

2005's "Shuji and Akira"

In 2001, the show hosted by the predecessor of Dennis Domoto Koichi needed a dancer, and the KAT-TUN group came into being. After selection, Kamenashi Kazuya was selected for this six-member group. There are still five years before his official debut.

At the beginning of 2005, Kamenashi Kazuya and fellow member Akanishi participated in the TV series "Gokudo Fresh Master 2", which was a huge success, and the two "airborne" to the audience. In the middle of the year, "The Big Boar" co-starring with Tomohisa Yamashita made Kamenashi Kazuya the pinnacle of idol actors. Due to the popularity of the characters in the play, the two used the names of the people in the play to form a limited-time combination "Xiu Er and Akira" and released the single CD of the theme song "Youth Amigo". In this way, Kamenashi had his first CD before he officially appeared as a member of KAT-TUN.

He mentioned in a magazine interview that he originally insisted on debuting as KAT-TUN, but the company president Jenny said to him: "The release of "Youth Amigo" is for your group. If your album does not sell well, KAT-TUN doesn’t need to make a debut.” The single’s sales exceededOne million copies, and sold close to 2 million copies during the year, and successfully won the 2005 annual championship in the singles category of the Japanese Gazette. At the beginning of 2006, the KAT-TUN combination that had been running for five years finally made its official debut.

It’s hard to be an idol when the

combination has ups and downs

Kamenashi, who is an idol, also attaches great importance to his "idol feeling". He said: "I usually live as my ideal idol image. I will remove it when broadcasting shows. Jewelry, but you will definitely wear earrings when you are in a concert. When you stand on stage, you must feel that'that is Kamenashi'.” Kamenashi Kazuya is usually very busy at work, and he is used to staying home all day when he is resting. "Even if I go out to buy things, I have to turn on the'Kamenashi' switch. When I am about to go out and start picking clothes, the working state begins." The

KAT-TUN combination has developed quite well after its debut, but since Akanishi was in 2006 Decided to study abroad in the year, the existence of the combination has been subject to constant topics from the beginning. This has become a topic that Kamenashi, who is at the center of the portfolio, cannot avoid. Since Akani officially withdrew from the combination in 2010, Tanaka was also expelled in 2013 for violating the company regulations and passively withdrew from the combination. After two years of activity as a four-person group, at the end of 2015, Junnosuke Taguchi also announced his withdrawal. Although the member's withdrawal has nothing to do with Kamenashi, Kamenashi publicly apologized several times. When asked by reporters "whether you think you are a leader leading the group forward," Kamenashi said bluntly: "This question cannot say how'I' is personally. All members should have a sense of what'I' should be." KAT- The TUN combination suspended all activities in May 2016 and entered the "charge period". Outsiders have speculated whether the combination will be completely dissolved. At the end of 2017, KAT-TU announced its resurrection as a trio.

[Friends]

Zeng and Shan P made an appointment in the park

in 2017's "Korme and Mountain P"

's popular "Shuji and Akira" limited-time combination in 2017, 11 years later, co-starred with "I "The Destined Man" is an opportunity, renamed "Turtle and Mountain P" and is released again. The personal relationship between Kameashi and Tomohisa Yamashita was also talked about. The two frankly confessed that there was a period of sexual encounters in the park when they were adolescent, but they got better after they got older. The two live not far away and share fruits like neighbors.

In addition to Tomohisa Yamashita, Kamenashi has a good relationship with other seniors in the company. On several occasions in the show, he revealed the care of his predecessors such as Kondo Masahiko and Kimura Takuya, and he did not hesitate to show his love for his juniors. In "FINAL CUT", Takagi-o, who plays the protagonist, is also his company's younger generation. When referring to Takagi, Kamenashi said: "I am getting older, and now it is time to create opportunities for younger generations. Personal concert On such occasions, I am willing to let more of the younger generations of Jennis who have not yet debuted as back dancers and give them more opportunities to show their faces. The same is true for Takagi in this drama."

Author/Shaoguang