Hey! Say! JUMP member, Yabu Kota (21) has announced that he passed the entrance exam for the Department of Human Informatics and Cognitive Sciences (an e-learning course in the School of Human Sciences) at Waseda University.

Though Yabu gave up seeking after a higher education because of how Hey! Say! JUMP's debut's came about after he graduated high school in 2008, he revealed, "From the�beginning, I've never hated studying, and I always had a feeling of wanting to go to�college these past 4 years. I will try my best to cope with both work and study."

He will enter Waseda University in this April.

His seniors, NEWS' Tegoshi Yuya (24) (currently temporary�absence�from school) and KAT-TUN's Nakamaru Yuichi (28) also belong in the same department at Waseda University.

Source: Daily Sports Online

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