Akanishi Jin
| Jin Akanishi 赤西 仁 |
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Akanishi at the Tokyo Girls Collection in 2013
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赤西 仁 (Akanishi Jin) July 4, 1984 Chiba Prefecture, Japan |
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| Spouse(s) | Meisa Kuroki (m. 2012) |
| Children | Theia (b. September 2012) |
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| Years active | 1998–present |
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| Website | jinakanishi |
Jin Akanishi (赤西 仁 Akanishi Jin?, born July 4, 1984) is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter and actor. He has been active since 1998, first as one of the two lead vocalists of the popular J-pop boy-band KAT-TUN. Since the group's official debut in 2006, they have achieved 14 consecutive number ones (including studio albums) on the Oricon charts. In 2009, Akanishi started his solo career, and since then has released two studio albums (Japonicana, #JustJin), and two mini albums (Test Drive, Mi Amor).
In addition to his music career Akanishi has acted in a few films. He had the main role in the movie Bandage, and his Hollywood international debut was 47 Ronin. He has also appeared in several Japanese dramas, such as the popular NTV school dramas Gokusen 2 and Yukan Club.
Akanishi was born in Chiba Prefecture, Greater Tokyo Area, Japan on July 4, 1984, as the eldest of two sons. He has a younger brother Reio, who also works in the entertainment industry as an actor under the stage name Fuuta. Akanishi moved to Tokyo in the first grade.
In 1997, when he was still in grade school, a classmate sent in a photo of him to idol magazine Myojo, and he was featured in the "Cool Classmates" corner of the issue. Akanishi expressed interest in the entertainment industry and his mother thus sent in an application to Johnny's Entertainment on his behalf in 1998. Though he technically failed his audition on November 8, 1998, he was told to stay when he tried to return his number plate to a man who happened to be Johnny Kitagawa himself.
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