It was revealed at today's Kis-My-Kt2 concert that the Johnny's Junior group will be making their long overdue debut this May. Instead of being signed to Johnny's related labels such as Johnny's Entertainment or J Storm, Kisumai will be taking a page out of Tackey and Tsubasa's book and signing with Avex. Also, I'm not sure what kind of release this will be. I read somewhere that said as of right now it's unsure whether this is going to be and album or a single. And then I read another place that said this is totally going to be a single. But you can be sure the moment their album or single is announced I'll write about it here.
I can't say that this news is shocking. When I read this news I didn't even bat an eye. Mostly because them debuting soon became so obvious I've been expecting it everyday. I even said in two posts how they should just debut already and it's going to be any day now. But dedicated Kisumai fans have been saying that for YEARS. Literally years. I remember when I first became a Johnny's fan in 2008 there were a bunch of annoying fans crying over Kis-My-Ft2. I'd imagine the same thing happened with KAT-TUN fans, since both groups were in nearly identical pre-debut situations.
I never really got the appeal of Kisumai before. Well, I don't really get it now. But after actually listening to FIRE BEAT and hearing how incredible the song was, I understand the fuss that was made over them. Do I get why they have to wear ridiculous roller skates when they perform? No, and I never will. That's actually probably a main part of why I didn't care about them. Half because I don't care about Juniors until they debut. And half because whenever I saw Kis-My-Ft2 perform on Shounen Club in roller skates I'd laugh and then skip their performances. I wonder if there's any chance of them dropping that now that they're officially debuting? Probably not because by now that's their schtick. Which is completely lame.
I'm not a fan of Kisumai as you can tell. But I am 100% excited for them to debut. This will mark the first Johnny's debut since becoming a fan. Well, first if you don't count NYC. Which I don't. They're only a sub-group, and weren't even supposed to last past the Nakayama Yuma w/ BI SHADOW / NYC Boys single. And this is really a momentous event for me fandom wise. JE isn't like female idol agencies, where they make one-shot groups and sub-groups all the time. No, it takes Johnny's years to form new groups. And to actually be a fan when it's all happening is incredibly exciting. And maybe that's makes me a loser, but I get really into my idol music fandom. I mean, I can't wait until 6 years from now when S/mileage is insanely popular and taking over Japan, that I can proudly say, "You see them, in a small way I helped with their debut." Just like with Kisumai I can say, "Yeah, I'll never forget they day they formed. All of their fans finally shut up for 5 minutes." Whether I look back fondly on the memory or curse the day it happened is really up to the group themselves. Let's hope their music actually ends up being good. Or at least end up like KAT-TUN. Where I only listen to their singles because their album songs just aren't as good. Let's hope they end up having some real personality and have entertaining shows. I can't wait to see who is the Kei-chan, Shige, MatsuJun, Koki, Taguchi, or Hikaru of the group. Since I don't really think Kisumai are all that much to look at, let's hope they make up for it with personality. Well, Fujigaya Taisuke is a little cute. Cute in that I have an interesting face sort of way.
Well, I'm off now to learn Kisumai's member's names and a little bit about each member.
2 comments:
those boys are ugly.
I agree with you. However, you should try and focus on something else about them then. Their music and personality might end up being amazing. I'm not going to judge them as a group solely on their looks, that be be both shallow and silly.
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