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KAT-TUN (カトゥーン, Katūn) is a Japanese boy band formed by Johnny & Associates (Johnny's) in 2001. The group's name is an acronym that was exclusively based on the first letter of each member's family name until the departure of Jin Akanishi in 2010. As of 2010, KAT-TUN stands for Kazuya KAmenashi, Junnosuke Taguchi, Koki Tanaka, Tatsuya Ueda and Yuichi Nakamaru. Their debut on March 22, 2006 was marked by a tripartite release of a CD single, album and music DVD on their exclusive record label J-One Records. Since then, all of their single, album and music DVD releases have debuted at number one on the Oricon music and DVD charts.

Current members

* Kazuya KAmenashi (亀梨 和也, Kamenashi Kazuya) (born February 23, 1986)[24]
* Junnosuke Taguchi (田口 淳之介, Taguchi Junnosuke) (born November 29, 1985)[24]
* Koki Tanaka (田中 聖, Tanaka Kōki) (born November 5, 1985)[25]
* Tatsuya Ueda (上田 竜也, Ueda Tatsuya) (born October 4, 1983)[27]
* Yuichi Nakamaru (中丸 雄一, Nakamaru Yuichi) (born September 4, 1983)[27]

Former member

* Jin Akanishi (赤西 仁, Akanishi Jin) (born July 4, 1984)[26]

Discography

Studio albums

* [2006.03.22] Best of KAT-TUN
* [2007.04.18] cartoon KAT-TUN II You
* [2008.06.04] KAT-TUN III -QUEEN OF PIRATES-
* [2009.04.29] Break the Records -by you & for you-
* [2010.06.16] NO MORE PAIИ

#1 singles

* [2006.03.22] Real Face
* [2006.07.19] SIGNAL
* [2006.12.07] Bokura no Machi de (僕らの街で)
* [2007.06.06] Yorokobi no Uta (喜びの歌)
* [2007.11.21] Keep the faith
* [2008.02.06] LIPS
* [2008.05.14] DON'T U EVER STOP
* [2008.12.03] White X'mas
* [2009.02.11] ONE DROP
* [2009.03.11] RESCUE
* [2010.02.10] Love yourself ~Kimi ga Kirai na Kimi ga Suki~ (Love yourself ~君が嫌いな君が好き~)
* [2010.05.12] Going!
* [2010.11.17] CHANGE UR WORLD

DVDs

* [2003.02.26] Okyakusama wa Kamisama - Concert 55 Man Nin Ai no Request ni Kotaete!! (お客様は神サマーConcert 55万人愛のリクエストに応えて！！)
* [2004.08.11] DREAM BOY
* [2005.04.20] SUMMARY of Johnny's World
* [2005.05.03] KAT-TUN Live Kaizokuban (海賊帆)
* [2006.03.22] Real Face Film
* [2006.06.28] DREAM BOYS
* [2007.04.11] Live of KAT-TUN "Real Face"
* [2007.11.21] TOUR 2007 cartoon KAT-TUN II You
* [2009.01.01] KAT-TUN LIVE TOUR 2008 QUEEN OF PIRATES
* [2009.12.16] KAT-TUN LIVE Break the Records

The above releases only include group activities. For solo releases, please visit individual members' pages. Note that KAT-TUN has also been prominently featured in other Johnny's groups' concerts and musical releases as well (such as Shock Digest and Dream Boys).

Other activities

TV Shows

KAT-TUN had regularly appeared on NHK's Johnny's Jr. show The Shōnen Club and became the regular hosts and leaders of the show until 2006 when they made their official debut. From 2005 to January 2007, KAT-TUN was a regular participant in the variety show Utawara Hot Hit 10 with Jun Matsumoto. From October 8, 2006, members Tanaka Koki & Nakamaru Yuichi hosted the show YouTachi! YOUたち! together, until the show ended on September 30, 2007. From April 4, 2007 to March 24, 2010, KAT-TUN hosted their own talk show Cartoon KAT-TUN every Wednesday.

Musicals

As a group, KAT-TUN has appeared in Koichi Domoto's Shock musical, Summary of Johnnys World with NEWS and Ya-ya-yah. KAT-TUN also appeared in Dream Boys from 2004 to 2006. From 2007 to 2009, Kamenashi Kazuya and Tanaka Koki were the only two of KAT-TUN to appear in the musical.

* [2004] DREAM BOY
* [2004] SUMMARY of Johnnys World with NEWS
* [2005] Hey!Say! Dream boy! with Kanjani8
* [2006] DREAM BOYS with Kanjani8
* [2007] DREAM BOYS 2007 (Kamenashi, Tanaka)
* [2008] DREAM BOYS 2008 (Kamenashi, Tanaka)
* [2009] DREAM BOYS 2009 (Kamenashi, Tanaka)

Concerts

Since their first concert in 2002, granted after overwhelming amounts of fan requests to Johnny's, KAT-TUN regularly holds concerts during almost every season of the year in Japan. This has helped them gain more popularity with their fans. It was considered remarkable for a Johnny's group which had not yet officially debuted to be able to hold its own concerts.

KAT-TUN was the first Japanese artist to perform for four days in a row at Tokyo Dome during their Queen of Pirates tour. The following year, they broke their own record becoming the first artists ever to perform for eight consecutive days at Tokyo Dome during their Break The Records: By You & For You 2009 tour. Now, Johnny & Associates submitted this new record to Guinness Book of World Records for KAT-TUN to be recognized as the Japanese boy band who broke the records in Tokyo Dome performances.

* [2002] Concert 55
* [2005] Looking Concert
* [2006] Real Face Concert
* [2007] TOUR 2007 cartoon KAT-TUN II You
* [2008] KAT-TUN LIVE 2008 QUEEN OF PIRATES
* [2009] KAT-TUN LIVE Break the Records
* [2010] KAT-TUN LIVE Part1: Arena Tour
* [2010] KAT-TUN LIVE Part2: World Big Tour

Commercials

KAT-TUN regularly stars in TV commercials to endorse for NTT docomo, SKY PerfecTV!, Rohto and Lotte.

* [2002] Lotte Crunky
* [2003] Lotte Crunky
* [2003] Lotte +X Green Apple and Red Berry
* [2004] Lotte Crunky
* [2004] Lotte +X Blue Citrus
* [2005] Lotte +X Pink Berry
* [2005] Lotte Crunky
* [2005] Rohto Lip Gloss
* [2005] World Grand Champions Cup 2005
* [2005] Rohto C³
* [2005] Lotte +X
* [2005] Lotte +X Gold Pineapple
* [2006] SKY PerfecTV!
* [2006] Mario DDR (Kamenashi Kazuya & Akanishi Jin)
* [2007] 903iTV DoCoMo (Kamenashi Kazuya)
* [2007] Lotte Crunky (Kamenashi Kazuya)
* [2007] Lotte +X Magic Kiwi

Events

From August 26 to August 27, 2006, KAT-TUN were the main personality supporters for the NTV 24 Hour Television: "Love Saves the Earth" charity program. · Close