Kanjani8's new song "Tomo yo" has been picked up as the theme song for NTV's drama series 'Ore no Hanashi wa Nagai' starring Ikuta Toma. In the drama, Ikuta plays 'Mitsuru,' a single and unemployed 31-year-old man who lives with his mom. When his sister temporarily moves her family into their mom's home, Mitsuru's lifestyle living with his mother begins to change.  The theme song "Tomo yo" is a support song for "friends" who live in th

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Kanjani8 have revealed the schedule for their 47-Prefecture tour.Titled 'Kanjani8 47-Precture Tour Upd8,' this tour will kick off the group's journey as a five-member group after member Nishikido Ryo leaves Johnny & Associates at the end of the month. It's scheduled to kick off in November at Osaka Shochikuza and wrap up in April of next year at Aim Universe in Okinawa. Check out the tour schedule below!  [Kanjani8 47-Precture Tour

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It's been announced that Nishikido Ryo will leave Kanjani8 as well as Johnny & Associates at the end of the month. Kanjani8 just wrapped up their 15th anniversary dome tour 'Juugosai' on September 4. On the agency website, Nishikido explained that his decision to leave was influenced by the change in environment after Shibutani Subaru's withdrawal last year as well as Yasuda Shota's injury. Apparently, this was already determined before the tour

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Kanjani8, who will be celebrating 15 years since their debut this year, will hold a dome tour called 'Juugosai' this summer. This will be their eighth five-major dome tour in their career. For the upcoming tour, the group is scheduled to hold 12 shows at the five dome venues. [Juugosai]Sunday, July 14 - Sapporo Dome (Hokkaido)Friday, July 19 - Nagoya Dome (Aichi)Saturday, July 20 - Nagoya Dome (Aichi)Sunday, July 21 - Nagoya Dome (Aichi)Saturday,

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Kanjani8's new single "crystal" will be released on March 6. "crystal" is described as a digital rock number, and it will be used in member Nishikido Ryo's starring drama 'Trace ~Kasouken no Otoko~' to premiere on January 7. The single will be released in three different versions: Limited Edition, Regular Edition, and Complete Production Edition. The Limited Edition DVD will contain the PV for the title track as well as solo angles of e

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Johnny's Entertainment will hold their annual countdown concert 'Johnny's Countdown' at Tokyo Dome on December 31. Like last year, the event will be hosted by TOKIO's Kokubun Taichi, and V6's Inohara Yoshihiko. Besides the 'Johnny's shuffle medley' and the 'group change medley,' we will see special medleys by Arashi and Kanjani8, who will be celebrating their 20th and 15th anniversaries next year respectively. In addition, NEWS, who wil

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MUSIC STATION has revealed the artist line up for its November 9th broadcast.Next week's episode will feature performances by Aimyong, Kanjani8, KICK THE CAN CREW feat. Okamura Yasuyuki, Kiritani Kenta, Sheena Ringo & Miyamoto Hiroji, Nogizaka46, and BTS. Check out the full set list below! Aimyong - "Konya Konomama"Kanjani8 - "Koko ni"KICK THE CAN CREW feat. Okamura Yasuyuki - "Juusho"Kiritani Kenta - "Ouchi wo Tsukurou"Sheena Ringo & Miyamoto H

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The first artist line up for 'MUSIC STATION Ultra FES 2018,' which will air on September 17, have been announced. The theme of this year's program is '10-hour dancing live broadcast of hit songs.' At this time, 15 artists have been announced, and they are Arashi, A.B.C-Z, KAT-TUN, Kanjani8, Kis-My-Ft2, King & Prince, Sandaime J Soul Brothers from EXILE TRIBE, Johnny's WEST, Sexy Zone, Takahashi Yu, NEWS, V6, Hey! Say! JUMP, Yuzu, and WAN

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Kanjani8 will release their new single "Koko ni" on September 5.  Kanjani8 just kicked off their nationwide tour on July 15 as a 6-member group after Shibutani Subaru's withdrawal. The release of this single was announced on the July 15 broadcast of their program 'Kanjam Kanzenen SHOW.' More details on "Koko ni," which was provided by WANIMA, will be revealed later. Source: natalie

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On July 2, Johnny's & Associates revealed via their official website that Kanjani8 member Yasuda Shota had a tumor removed from his brain back in February of last year.They stated, "In February of 2017, Yasuda received surgery to remove benign tumors from his brain called meningioma. The surgery was a success, and he continues to do well today.  While he was steadily recovering, he fell down on April 9, 2018 due to dizziness and fracture

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