K.K.Kity was a J-pop group formed by

Koichi Domoto is a Japanese idol, singer, actor, singer-songwriter, composer, lyricist, television personality, Voice acting in Japan, voice actor. Along with Tsuyoshi Domoto (with whom he has no blood-relation), he is a member of the duo KinKi Kids, who holds ...

, part of the

Johnny's Jr. is a Japanese talent agency, formed by Johnny Kitagawa in 1962, which trains and promotes groups of male entertainers known as . History 1962–1989 In 1962, Kitagawa launched his first group, Johnnys. In its early days, Kitagawa's agency rent ...

group, initially under the name J-Support. Later the name of this group changed into K.K.Kity.

Members

* Keiichiro Koyama born 1 May 1984 * Shigeaki Kato born July 11, 1987 * Hironori Kusano born February 15, 1988 * Kyohei Iida * Kotaro Takeuchi * Wataru Yokoo

History

In 2001 Koichi Domoto made a project for a TV show. Here he selected some of the Johnny's Juniors to become a

group with 6 members. He gave them the name J-Support and chose Keiichiro Koyama as the leader, because he was the eldest. To know them better, Koichi interviewed them one by one. He also gave them a song, ''Private Hearts'', that he composed himself. And as their producer he gave them some tasks to increase their ability, like doing a backflip as part of their performance. He also gave them the opportunity to perform at his show. Later on, their name changed into K.K.Kity considering the letters of the member's family name.

Activities

As all Johnny's Junior's activities, they back danced for their senpais at concerts. They also performed their senpai's song and also their own song in the

Shounen Club is a Japanese music variety show that airs on NHK BS Premium. The show premiered on NHK BS 2 on April 9, 2000 and continues to this day. Worldwide, it airs on NHK World Premium and TV Japan (US) as Pop Music Club It features the juniors of Joh ...

show aired from NHK. Beside that, the K.K.K (Koyama, Kato and Kusano) were also regular members at a TV Show called Ya-Ya-yah.

Break Up

As J-Support they all sang and danced equally. Later on K.K.K became the main vocalists. In 2003 K.K.K debuted as members from

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. Later on, Kyohei Iida and Wataru Yokoo became members of another

group called

Kis-My-Ft2 is a seven-member Japanese boy band under Johnny & Associates, with members Hiromitsu Kitayama, Kento Senga, Toshiya Miyata, Wataru Yokoo, Taisuke Fujigaya, Yuta Tamamori and Takashi Nikaidō. The group was a former Johnny's Jr. unit which de ...

, while Kotaro Takeuchi became a member of M.A.D..

Songs

* Private Hearts (composed by

) * Stand Up (English version) These songs were later recorded by NEWS and are in their first single ''NewS Nippon''. * 千年のLove Song (Sennen no Love Song) This song has become a Kis-My-Ft2 song.

References

External links

Official Japanese Website

Official Johnny's Asia Website