J-Pop Artist of the Week #61 [Idol/J-Pop]: Kis-My-Ft2 (Week of July 1st-7th)

[Mandilinn]

The J-Pop Artist of the Week threads are back and suggestions are open! Please PM me if you have an artist you'd like to see featured next week or in the future!

 

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This Week's Artist:

Kis-My-Ft2

 

 

Kis-My-Ft2 (also known as Kisumai or Kisumai Futto by Japanese fans) is a 7-member pop idol group from Johnny & Assosciates. They were formed in 2005 from two units, Kis-My-Ft and A.B.C. Jr. The name comes from the first letter of each of the member's last names. They were an 8-member group until member Iida Kyohei left to focus on studies.

 

The group is unique in that all the members do tricks and acrobatic moves on roller skates. They are modeled after an older group from their agency, Hikaru GENJI, who also used to perform on roller skates. The group held their first solo concert in 2008, and had their own tour in 2009. In August 2011, the group officially debuted under Avex and the same year they held their first concert at Tokyo Dome. 

 

Members

 

 

 

Kitayama Hiromitsu (Image Color: Red)
 

 
Senga Kento (Image Color: Blue)
 

 
Miyata Toshiya (Image Color: Purple)
 

 
Yokoo Wataru (Image Color: Orange)
 

 
Fujigaya Taisuke (Image Color: Pink)
 

 
Tamamori Yuta (Image Color: Yellow)
 

 
Nikaido Takashi (Image Color: Green)
 

 
Former Members
 
Iida Kyohei

 

 

 

 

 

Music

 

Everybody Go

We never give up

SHE! HER! HER!

Wanna Beeee

Shake it Up

Ai no Beat (Dance Ver.)

Ai no Beat (Rock Ver.)

Unmei Girl

Ki・Su・U・Ma・I ~KISS YOUR MIND~

S.O.S. (Smile on Smile)

Kimi to no Kiseki

SNOW DOME no Yakusoku

Luv Sick

Hikari no Signal

 

If you like this group, please suggest more songs!

 

Recent Releases

 

[Album] Kis-My-Journey

Release Date: July 2nd, 2014

Editions: CD-Only, CD+DVD (2 Versions)

 

1. “3rd†Overture

2. Seven Journey

3. 3.6.5

4. Striker

5. Daisuki Desu

6. FORM

7. LU4E ～Last Song～

8. Only One...

9. FIRE!!! / Fujigaya Taisuke

10. Tana Kara Botamochi

11. Tsubasa

12. Hikari no Signal

13. Bokura no Yakusoku

14. Agetekuze! (Bonus Track)

 

Please support this group by purchasing their music from CD Japan, HMV, or Yesasia![/url]

 

Websites and Social Media

 

Official Website (Avex)

Official Website (Johnny's)

 

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If you like this, please visit the K-Pop Artist of the Week and the C-Pop Artist of the Week!

[Mandilinn]

Previous Weeks

 

 

Female Soloists

 

 

Kana Nishino

Miliyah Kato

Yuka Masaki

Jasmine

MiChi

Seiko Matsuda

Lecca

AI

AISHA

MISIA

Akina Nakamori

JUJU

Mika Nakashima

alan

ALI PROJECT

Hitomi Shimatani

Kanon Wakeshima

Rihwa

hitomi

Shishido Kavka

 

 

Male Soloists

 

 

Daichi Miura

Yuya Matsushita

Tetsuya Komuro

Ken Hirai

Keisuke Kuwata

Naoto Inti Raymi

KOHH

KREVA

 

 

Duos

 

 

CHEMISTRY

m-flo

BREATHE

 

 

Dance/Vocal Units

 

 

EXILE

E-Girls

w-inds.

BRIGHT

AAA

J Soul Brothers

TRF

LEAD

 

 

Non-Dance Groups

 

 

Kalafina

ROOT FIVE

 

 

Idols

 

 

Kanjani8

ARASHI

Fairies

Tokyo Girls Style

 

 

Bands

 

 

Sakanaction

SPYAIR

ONE OK ROCK

GIRL NEXT DOOR

BACK-ON

NEGOTO

YMO

Akai Koen

ORANGE RANGE

 

 

Special Weeks and Features

 

 

Zainichi Korean Artists

Top 3 Highest-Selling Japanese Rock Bands

The Queens of J-Pop

Artists Who Used to Be Idols

 

 

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Could not find half of the old threads, so I'll have to completely re-do some of these. Please be patient!

[Myth]

A correction for the op: the picture you used for Yokoo Wataru is actually Kitayama Hiromitsu. Also, "Fire Beat" and "Inori" have PVs.

 

Anyway.

 

 

Two PVs were released to promote Kis-My-Journey: "Seven Journey" and "3.6.5".

 

Of the songs listed in the op, I suggest "Unmei Girl" for its pop perfection, "My Resistance -Tashikanamono-" because it's a nice, uplifting attempt of a ballad, and "Ai no Beat (Dance Ver.)" and "Ki・Su・U・Ma・I ~KISS YOUR MIND~" for the undeniable addictiveness.

 

99% of Kis-My-Ft2's music isn't readily available on YouTube, not even short versions, soooo I have to use SoundCloud and other things.

 

The opening track after the intro to Good Ikuze! (easily their best album), "Black & White". It caught a lot of people off guard because this isn't a song anyone expected to open the album with, and it's very well off the wall relative to the singles they promote.

https://soundcloud.com/ladyloreley/kis-my-ft2-black-white

 

"Take Over" from Kis-My-1st is pretty similar in style, but it's simply not as good.

https://soundcloud.com/patsuri/kis-my-ft2-take-over

 

They only have two albums, but the first songs tend to be pretty decent, actually.

https://soundcloud.com/bishiland/kis-my-ft2-girl-is-mine

 

Hiromitsu has always been my favorite, but all the best solos always go to Taisuke, as evidence in "xLunaSx", "Think u x.", and "Love meee".

https://soundcloud.com/princessslala/xlunasx

https://soundcloud.com/iris-c-garay-huaman/4-think-u-x-fujigaya-taisuke

https://soundcloud.com/patsuri/love-meee-fujigaya-taisuke

 

If I had to pick a favorite for Hiro, it would probably be "Give me..."

 

As far as the singles they've released for their most recent album, I can't honestly say I'm a huge fan of them. "SNOW DOME no Yakusoku" is cute, but... I've never preferred  Kis-My-Ft2 B-sides over the title track up until this era, like "Zutto ～You Are My Everything～" and "Motetai ze Tonight".

 

https://soundcloud.com/jflop-kflop/you-are-my-everything

https://soundcloud.com/jflop-kflop/03a

 

The album will likely be uploaded soon and I'll give my opinion on that when it drops.

 

They also have a subunit with the four deadweights (Kento, Toshiya, Takashi, and Wataru) called Busaiku, but that is a tragedy and you shouldn't look for the song.

[evil4life]

always had a love/hate relationship with Kis-my-ft2 and other Johnnys groups like Sexy Zone where only 3 of the members sing, are larger in the single covers, and even have distinct outfits from the rest of the members who act as backup dancers

[Stargazer1]

always had a love/hate relationship with Kis-my-ft2 and other Johnnys groups like Sexy Zone where only 3 of the members sing, are larger in the single covers, and even have distinct outfits from the rest of the members who act as backup dancers

Johnny has been doing that for years. The same can be said about Hey Say Jump and Kat-tun. 

 

 

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I like their first two releases and pre-songs. However, I really got bored with them and have dropped them. 

[Rio Watanabe]

that one guy who looked like jaejoong