KAT-TUN have announced that they will go on temporary hiatus starting in May.

This announcement was made on February 13 via a video message by Kamenashi Kazuya, Ueda Tatsuya and Nakamaru Yuichi. They will go on hiatus after wrapping up their 10th anniversary dome tour "KAT-TUN 10TH ANNIVERSARY LIVE TOUR 10Ks!" on May 1 at Tokyo Dome. Ueda explained that the group will not be breaking up, but this will serve as a "recharging period". Kamenashi added, "We want to use this time for KAT-TUN's future." Nakamaru also stated, "We wanted to make this announcement ourselves so that there would be no misunderstandings."�

On their first tour without�Taguchi Junnosuke, Kamenashi commented, "By gathering here with everyone, I want to reaffirm and deepen our ties, and break a new start into our 11th year. So please come, by all means." He ended the video message with, "To coincide the tour, we will release our new album, so�please pick one up to celebrate our 10th years together."�

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