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Johnny's Jr. (ジャニーズJr., Janīzu Jr.) is a part of Johnny & Associates that focuses only on boys who have not yet officially debuted either with a unit or as a solo act. The juniors are mostly younger than 30, with the exception of Sano Mizuki.

Johnny's Jr. Groups

A.B.C-Z

  • Koichi Goseki (五関 晃一, Goseki Kōichi)
  • Shota Totsuka (戸塚 祥太, Totsuka Shōta)
  • Ryoichi Tsukada (塚田 僚一, Tsukada Ryōichi)
  • Fumito Kawai (河合 郁人, Kawai Fumito)
  • Ryosuke Hashimoto (橋本 良亮, Hashimoto Ryōsuke) (moved from J.J.Express in 2008. Before he joined, this group was Known as A.B.C.)

B.A.D. (Beautiful American Dream)

This group is the leader of Kansai Jr.

  • Junta Nakama (中間 淳太, Nakama Junta)
  • Akito Kiriyama (桐山 照史, Kiriyama Akito)

BUTOUKAN

舞闘冠(Butoukan), 舞 = dance, 闘 = fight, 冠 = crown/ best.
produced by Hideaki Takizawa.
was announced as a group on 23 December 2007 in Shounen Club.

  • Tomoyuki Yara (屋良 朝幸, Yara Tomoyuki) (leader, also in MA)
  • Kento Senga (千賀 健永, Senga Kento) (also in Kis-My-Ft2)
  • Ryoichi Tsukada (塚田 僚一, Tsukada Ryōichi)(also in A.B.C-Z)
  • Bun'ichi Hamanaka (浜中 文一, Hamanaka Bun'ichi) (from VETERANS)
  • Ryōta Yamamoto (山本 亮太, Yamamoto Ryōta) (also in THEYBudou)

FiVe

  • Rikiya Nakaegawa (中江川 力也, Nakaegawa Rikiya), guitarist (leader)
  • Ryota Uesato (上里 亮太, Uesato Ryota), bassist
  • Koji Makino (牧野 紘二, Makino Koji), drummer
  • Daisuke Ishigaki (石垣 大祐, Ishigaki Daisuke), keyboardist (also member of Question?)

7 WEST

From Kansai Jr. Later they were called Nakayama Yuma w/ 7 WEST.

  • Nozomu Kotaki
  • Daiki Shigeoka
  • Yuto Shingaki
  • Shinpei Takemoto
  • Yuma Nakayama (debuted as a member of Nakayama Yuma w/ B.I.Shadow and NYC)
  • Ryusei Fujii
  • Tomohiro Kamiyama

Hip Hop Jump

Current Members:

  • Juri Tanaka (田中 樹, Tanaka Juri) Born June 15, 1995. Younger brother of Koki Tanaka. Born in Chiba, Japan. More info - here
  • Keigo Hagiya (萩谷 慧悟, Hagiya Keigo) Born November 7, 1996. Born in Saitama, Japan. More info - here
  • Rikito Murata (村田力斗, Murata Rikito) Born July 9, 1995. Born in Kanagawa, Japan. More info - here
  • Shoki Morohoshi (諸星翔希, Morohoshi Shoki) Born October 13, 1994. Born in Kanawa, Japan. More info - Here
  • Kento Kadoi (角井健人, Kadoi Kento) Born January 7, 1997. Born in Hokkaido, Japan. More info - Here
  • Jesse Lewis (ルイス・ジェシー, Ruisu Jeshī) Born June 11, 1996. Born in Tokyo, Japan. More info - Here

Past Members:

  • Myūto Morita (森田 美勇人, Morita Myūto)Born October 31, 1995. Born in Tokyo, Japan. More info - here
  • Camu Cade (カミュー・ケイド, Camū Keido) Born July 7, 1992. Born in California, USA. No longer in Johnny's.

Jr.A

resulted from the musical PLAYZONE.

  • Noeru Kawashima (川島如恵留) Born November 22, 1994. Born in Tokyo, Japan (leader)
  • Ryuya Shimekake (七五三掛龍也) Born June 23, 1995.
  • Myūto Morita (森田 美勇人) Born October 31, 1995. Born in Tokyo, Japan.
  • Hiroki Nakada (仲田拡輝) Born January 4, 1994.

Little Gangs

From Kansai Jr.

  • Matori Hayashi (林 真鳥, Hayashi Matori).
  • Hidetaka Ishida (石田 英剛, Ishida Hidetaka).
  • Backes Kento (バッケス健人, Bakkerusu Kento).
  • Masaya Uemura (上村 雅哉, Uemura Masaya).
  • Ryuuya Yoshida (吉田 涼也, Yoshida Ryuuya).
  • Kyōhei Yokoyama (横山 京平, Yokoyama Kyōhei).
  • Kenta Yamaguchi (山口 健太, Yamaguchi Kenta).
  • Myūji Ono (小 野美勇士, Ono Myūji).
  • Jōichirō Fujiwara (藤原 丈一郎, Fujiwara Jōichirō).

Shadow WEST

From Kansai Jr.

  • Koji Mukai (向井康二)
  • Kazuya Kitada (北田和也)
  • Toma Kaneuchi (金内斗馬)
  • Junya Asada (朝田淳弥)
  • Nairu Koja (古謝那伊留)

M.A.D. (Musical Academy Dancing)

  • Kota Matsumoto
  • Yu Ikeda
  • T.J. Hirotoshi Maeda
  • Yuta Fukuda
  • Yudai Tatsumi
  • Yukihiro Kato
  • Ryo Kawamura
  • Kotaro Takeuchi
  • Yuki Koshioka
  • Yuya Noda (ex- Question? member)
  • Yusaki Matsuzaki
  • Ikki Onodera (ex-Mis Snow Man; quit)

Mis Snow Man

  • Tatsuya Fukasawa (深澤 辰哉, Fukasawa Tatsuya) born May 5, 1992
  • Daisuke Sakuma (佐久間 大介, Sakuma Daisuke) born July 5, 1992
  • Shota Watanabe (渡辺 翔太, Watanabe Shota) born November 5, 1992
  • Yuma Sanada (真田 佑馬, Sanada Yuma) born November 21, 1992
  • Yuki Nozawa (野澤 祐樹, Nozawa Yuki) born December 30, 1992
  • Ryota Miyadate (宮舘 涼太, Miyadate Ryuta) born March 25, 1993
  • Hikaru Iwamoto (岩本 ひかる, Iwamoto Hikaru) born May 17, 1993
  • Ryouhei Abe (阿部 亮平, Abe Ryouhei) born November 27, 1993

Past member:

  • Ikki Onodera (小野寺 一希, Onodera Ikki) born January 16, 1993 (moved to M.A.D. in June 2009 and left Johnny's later in early 2010)

Musical Academy (MA)

In 2008 they had a corner at the Shounen Club Premium show called "MA Dancin' with Japan'08", where they did a dance challenge.

  • Tomoyuki Yara (屋良 朝幸, Yara Tomoyuki)
  • Tsuyoshi Yonehana (米花 剛史, Yonehana Tsuyoshi)
  • Shingo Machida (町田 慎吾, Machida Shingo), leader
  • Jun Akiyama (already left Johnny's)

MA-Mix

This group concentrates on dancing.
It consists of 2 members from MA and 3 members from M.A.D.
This group has a corner at the Shounen Club Premium show called "Meet The MA-Mix!", where they show off their dancing talent.
This corner has replaced "MA Dancin' with Japan'08".

  • Tsuyoshi Yonehana (米花 剛史, Yonehana Tsuyoshi)
  • Shingo Machida (町田 慎吾, Machida Shingo)
  • Tatsumi Yudai
  • Yuta Fukuda
  • Yuki Koshioka

Question?

  • Yoshihiro Yodogawa (淀川 由浩, Yodogawa Yoshihiro) Plays Drums, vocals, born September 9, 1983
  • Kazuyori Fujiie (藤家 和依, Fujiie Kazuyori) Plays Bass, vocals, born December 3, 1984
  • Akun Igo (伊郷 アクン, Igō Akun) Plays Guitar, vocals, born April 19, 1988
  • Daisuke Ishigaki (石垣 大祐, Ishigaki Daisuke) Plays Piano, vocals, born June 28, 1985
  • Hiromi Goto Plays Violin, vocals (was earlier a temporary member. Became permanent when Yonemura left)

Past members:

  • Daijiro Yonemura (米村 大滋郎, Yonemura Daijirō) Plays Guitar, vocals, born August 8, 1984 (left Johnny's in late summer of 2009)
  • Yuya Noda Plays Guitar, vocals, born July 13, 1984 (left Question? in 2005 and became a member of M.A.D.)

Snow Prince Gasshoudan

"Gasshoudan" means chorus. The group was created for the movie " Snow Prince Kinjirareta Koi no Melody" (Snow Prince Melody of Forbidden Love), which stars Morimoto Shintaro.

  • Shintaro Morimoto (森本慎太郎, Morimoto Shintaro) (Younger brother of Ryutaro Morimoto) Born July 15, 1997
  • Shintaro Kishimoto (岸本慎太郎, Kishimoto Shintaro) Born September 6, 1996
  • Reia Nakamura (中村嶺亜, Nakamura Reia) Born April 2, 1997
  • Kei Kurita (栗田恵, Kurita Kei) Born April 9, 1997
  • Yuuya Ootsuka (大塚祐哉, Ootsuka Yuuya) Born October 11, 1997
  • Ryuichi Tanimura (谷村龍一, Tanimura Ryuichi) Born December 21, 1998
  • Aoi Okada (岡田蒼生, Okada Aoi) Born January 12, 2000
  • Yuuki Haba (羽場友紀, Haba Yuuki) Born July 5, 2000
  • Ryou Hashimoto (橋本涼, Hashimoto Ryou) Born October 30, 2000
  • Mizuki Inoue (井上瑞稀, Inoue Mizuki) Born October 31, 2000
  • Aoi Chino (千野葵, Chino Aoi) Born October 7, 2001
  • Wataru Miura (三浦わたる, Miura Wataru) Born June 6, 1998

Taiga Team

  • Taiga Kyomoto (京本 大我, Kyōmoto Taiga) born December 3, 1994
  • Kentaro Yasui (安井謙太郎, Yasui Kentarô) born July 21, 1991
  • Casey Anderson (アンダーソン ケーシー, Andāson Kēshī) born January 15, 1995
  • Sho Takada (高田 翔, Takada Sho) born September 14, 1993
  • Kishi Takayoshi (岸孝良, Takayoshi Kishi) born September 18, 1993
  • Takuya Ishikawa (石川 拓哉, Ishikawa Takuya) born February 10, 1995


  • Ryo Masuda (増田良, Masuda Ryo) born September 26, 1993 (he must study for his school, so he is for a short time a supporting member)

They Budou

  • Takahashi Ryu
  • Hayashi Shota
  • Eda Tsuyoshi
  • Yamamoto Ryota (also a member of Butoukan)

VETERAN

  • Masashi Itou (伊藤政氏, Itou Masashi) [left June 2011]
  • Masahiro Kikuoka (菊岡正展, Kikuoka Masahiro)
  • Bunichi Hamanaka (浜中文一, Hamanaka Bunichi) (also a member of Butoukan)
  • Tatsuki Muro (室龍規, Muro Tatsuki)
  • Ryūta Muro (室 龍太, Muro Ryūta)
  • Kunta Yamasaki (山碕 薫太, Yamasaki Kunta)

KyoOtoko [京男]

  • Ryota Senzaki (千崎涼太, Senzaki Ryota)
  • Reiya Watanabe (渡辺黎哉, Watanabe Reiya)
  • Masaya Muro (室将也, Muro Masaya)
  • Naoto Nitta (仁田直人, Nitta Naoto)

Ex-Johnny's Junior Group

M.A.I.N.

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B.I.G. (Bad Image Generation)

formed in 1999.

B.I.G.WEST

Somehow faded away some time after Ryo Nishikido released a single with Noriyuki Higashiyama as Secret Agent.

V.West (Five-West)

formed in 1999.
This group was formed as the Kansai version of Five. In 2002 also became part of Johnny's Jr. Group named Kanjani8.

  • Hiroki Uchi = vocals (debuted in 2003 as a member of NEWS in addition to activities with Kanjani8, suspended from both in 2005)
  • Shota Yasuda = guitar
  • Ryuhei Maruyama = bass
  • Kiyohito Mizuno = guitar (left Johnny's before Kanjani8 was formed)
  • Toru Imayama = drums (left Johnny's before Kanjani8 was formed)
  • Tadayoshi Okura = drums (joined this group in 2002, replacing Toru Imayama)

KAT-TUN

formed in 2001.
debuted as a 6 person group in 2006.

  • Kazuya Kamenashi (亀梨 和也, Kamenashi Kazuya, born February 23, 1986)
  • Jin Akanishi (赤西仁, Akanishi Jin, born July 4, 1984) = now he's doing solo, and his initial A is taken over by Kamenashi, and will be Ka instead of K
  • Junnosuke Taguchi (田口 淳之介, Taguchi Junnosuke, born November 29, 1985)
  • Koki Tanaka (田中 聖, Tanaka Koki, born November 5, 1985)
  • Tatsuya Ueda (上田 竜也, Ueda Tatsuya, born October 4, 1983)
  • Yuichi Nakamaru (中丸 雄一, Nakamaru Yūichi, born September 4, 1983)

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formed in 2002.

Kanjani8

formed in 2002.
debuted in 2004 as Kanjani8.

K.K.Kity

This group was formed by Koichi Domoto from Kinki Kids under the name J-Support. Later the name of this group changed into K.K.Kity.

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  • Kyohei Iida (became a member of Kis-My-Ft2) (left in 2006)
  • Kotaro Takeuchi (became a member of M.A.D)
  • Wataru Yokoo (became a member of Kis-My-Ft2)

Kis-My-Ft

This group changed their members several times before they became Kis-My-Ft2 in 2005.

  • Hiromitsu Kitayama (北山 宏光, Kitayama Hiromitsu)
  • Kyohei Iida (飯田 恭平, Iida Kyohei) (left in 2006)
  • Kento Senga (千賀 健永, Senga Kento)
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  • Wataru Yokoo (横尾渉, Yokoo Wataru)
  • Taisuke Fujigaya (藤ヶ谷 太輔, Fujigaya Taisuke)
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Kis-my-ft2

Officially announced their CD debut on February 12, 2011 but postponed due to the Great Tohoku Earthquake. Kis-My-Ft2 will be having their CD debut with “Everybody Go”, the theme song to “Ikemen desu ne (You’re Beautiful)”, on August 10 ; and are no longer a Johnny's Jr. Group.

  • Hiromitsu Kitayama (北山 宏光, Kitayama Hiromitsu)
  • Kento Senga (千賀 健永, Senga Kento)
  • Toshiya Miyata (宮田 俊哉, Miyata Toshiya)
  • Wataru Yokoo (横尾渉, Yokoo Wataru)
  • Taisuke Fujigaya (藤ヶ谷 太輔, Fujigaya Taisuke)
  • Yuta Tamamori (玉森 裕太, Tamamori Yuta)
  • Takashi Nikaido (二階堂 高嗣, Nikaidō Takashi) *

* The Ni kanji (二) in his name is the kanji for the number 'two'.

Ya-Ya-yah

  • Kota Yabu (debuted as Hey! Say! JUMP) born January 31, 1990
  • Hikaru Yaotome (debuted as Hey! Say! JUMP) born December 2, 1990
  • Taiyo Ayukawa (Left in 2007) born January 18, 1991
  • Shoon Yamashita (Was left a Jr. when the group disbanded. Recently left in 2010) born December 20, 1988
  • Naoya Akama (Left in 2004), born April 5, 1991
  • Masaki Hoshino (Left in 2004), born October 10, 1987
  • Yuuki Yoshida (Left in 2002), born November 16, 1987
  • Yasuhiro Ando (Left in 2002), born January 21, 1987

J.J.Express

Tap Kids

Kitty Jr.

TOP Kids

They all became members of Hey! Say! 7 WEST.

  • Tomohiro Kamiyama (神山 智洋, Kamiyama Tomohiro)
  • Ryūsei Fujii (藤井 流星, Fujii Ryūsei)
  • Nakayama Yuma (中山優馬(なかやま ゆうま), Nakayama Yuma)

B.I. Shadow

Haven't debut

  • Kento Nakajima (中島 健人, Nakajima Kento)(Was born on March 13, 1994 in Tokyo, Japan. He acted with Fuma Kikuchi, and Misaki Takahata on Scrap Teacher and he was filming in the Japanese Drama Koishite Akuma☆Vampire Boy with the main character and band member Yuma Nakayama. He is also a member of Nakayama Yuma w/ B.I.Shadow.
  • Fuma Kikuchi (菊池 風磨, Kikuchi Fuma) (Was born March 7, 1995 in Tokyo, Japan. He acted with Kento Nakajima, and Misaki Takahata on Scrap Teacher. He is also a member of Nakayama Yuma w/ B.I.Shadow.
  • Hokuto Matsumura (松村 北斗, Matsumura Hokuto) (Was born June 18, 1995 in Japan. He was the last to join B.I. Shadow before Kouchi Yuugo. His specialty is karate and he has a black belt. He has been doing karate since his the first year of elementary school. He ranked second in the prefecture tournament.
  • Kouchi Yuugo (高地 優吾, Kouchi Yuugo) (Was born on March 8, 1994 in Japan. He won in the contest in School Kakumei, the possibility of starring in a regular-show, but instead of that he formed part of B.I. Shadow and debuted as Nakayama Yuma with B.I. Shadow.

OSSAN

from Kansai Jr.

  • Hiroaki Ōta (大田 裕明, Ōta Hiroaki)
  • Ryota Senzaki (千崎 涼太, Senzaki Ryota)
  • Koki Satake (佐竹 滉輝, Satake Koki)
  • Tasuku Adachi

At first this group name was OSSan as the members, which were put together by You Yokoyama were:

  • Hiroaki Ōta (大田 裕明, Ōta Hiroaki)
  • Ryota Senzaki (千崎 涼太, Senzaki Ryota)
  • Koki Satake (佐竹 滉輝, Satake Koki)
  • Hiroki Nagao (長尾 宥希, Nagao Hiroki)

In 2008 Hiroki Nagao left the group. Later Tasuku Adachi joined as a member and the name changed to OSSAN.

In December 2008, Koki Satake decided to quit the agency, which caused the breakup of the band.

BOYS (Bokutachi Osaka Yankee Shonen)

from Kansai Jr.

  • Daichi Nakata (中田 大智, Nakata Daichi) (quit in 2011)
  • Takahiro Hamada (濱田 崇裕, Hamada Takahiro)

Other Juniors

  • Mizuki Sano (佐野 瑞樹, Sano Mizuki)
  • Toma Ikuta (生田 斗真, Ikuta Toma) born October 7, 1984
  • Shunsuke Kazama (風間 俊介, Kazama Shunsuke) born June 17, 1983
  • Jun Hasegawa (長谷川 純, Hasegawa Jun) born October 29, 1985
  • Hiroki Uchi (ex-NEWS and ex-Kanjani8 member)
  • Shoon Yamashita (山下 翔央, Yamashita Shoon) born December 20, 1988 (quit in 2010)
  • Leon Yamashita (山下 莉央, Yamashita Reon) born May 7, 1992 (quit in 2009)
  • Yuta Uekusa (植草 裕太, Uekusa Yuta) born February 14, 1995(left)
  • Watanabe Haruki, baton
  • Takahiro Hamada (濱田 崇裕, Hamada Takahiro)
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