World Big Tour 2010 in Taipei concert report posted!

1. KAT-TUN Concerts: Kame, Yuichi, Koki, Ueda, Taguchi will be going on tour from May to August. The first part is an arena tour in Japan, the second part will include Tokyo Dome and Kyocera Dome, as well as stops to Thailand, South Korea and Taiwan. Jin will not be with them, instead he’ll be continuing his solo concert in LA for 2 show dates. See Tour page for dates and locations. No, they are NOT splitting up. Me thinks they just love having drama in their group, cos they think they’ll be boring otherwise. 2. Koki will return as Ren (the super stylish fashion designer despite the traditional setting) in Hissatsu Shigotonin 2010, though it’ll only be a drama special and not a series. Drama SP page will be updated when I know the date and timing. 3. Kame and baseball again+ No more Cartoon KAT-TUN… what do we do with no weekly dose of them???: Various baseball stuff I think. And him as sports caster (old news, I know). Details on Variety page. And unless you’ve been living in a well, Cartoon KAT-TUN has ended after 3 seasons.

This is very much a belated update. Sorry for neglecting the site.

1. Release Date for “Bandage” set
The movie that Jin’s been promoting for a very long time now, “Bandage”, will be shown in theatres in Japan from 16 January 2010.

2. Jin’s Collaboration with Crystal Kay
In the BtR tour, Jin’s solo was a collaboration with Crystal Kay, titled “Wonder”. It’s not his only collaboration with her though, as it turns out. In her upcoming album release on 2nd September, “Best of Crystal Kay”, a new collaboration is included, titled “Helpess Night”. I think it’s only in the first press limited edition.

3. End of BtR Tour, Photobook soon in stores!
Today is the last day of the Break the Records Summer Tour. The guys are in Hokkaido if you didn’t know. About a week later, Live Document Photobook “Break the Records” will be out in stores. It features backstage photos and stuff like that.

Sorry for the lack of updates! Been really busy.

Taguchi special guest star
Taguchi will guest star in episode 3 of the TBS drama, Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Koen-mae Hashutsujo (こちら葛飾区亀有公園前派出所), which stars SMAP’s Katori Shingo. The series itself begins airing on 1st August, while the specific episode will be on air on 15th August. Taguchi mentioned during concert MC that he’s some samurai spirit… I don’t exactly know lol. Watch it to find out! XD

New solos for Kame and Ueda in BtR Summer Tour
Kame’s solo is now a self-penned slow number. Towards the end of the Okinawa leg of the tour, I think in the last show, Ueda also changed his solo to one of the songs from his previous Mouse Peace solo tour.

Next up is the Miyagi/Sendai leg, from 31st July to 2nd August!

Belated post but…

1. Summer Tour 2009
It’ll be held in July and August, in smaller arenas, and not in Tokyo and Osaka since those places already had Dome concerts. See here for list of dates & venues.

2. Dream Boys 2009
Previously mentioned here, Kame will be acting in Dream Boys in September (Tokyo) and October (Osaka) together with Shibutani Subaru from Kanjani 8 and Tegoshi Yuya from NEWS.

Today, the first day’s concert of the 2009 Dome tour was completed!

Today, they also announced that there’ll be a Live Document Photobook, “Break the Records”. 208 pages, B4 size, 2100 yen. Released in August 2009. Think it’s focused on the 10 days at Tokyo Dome. *didn’t see anything about Osaka*

**edit 28 July: the photobook will be released on 31st August 2009!

So apparently, サプライズ (Surprise on 日本テレビ NTV) may be showing live footage from the 18 May concert, from 19:00～19:58. Either that or it’s just random KAT-TUN promo thing. I dunno.

[edit: 14 may] Confirmed!: And rumour for now: Kame guest starring in episode 3 of “Mr. Brain” (ie: Kimura Takuya’s drama, which also has Mizushima Hiro). Supposedly, he’s a doctor / was in a white coat according to fan reports. [edit: 14 may] News reports say he’s a young physician in a university hospital. The third episode will be shown on 6 June.