Band Profile
KAT-TUN is a J-POP boyband group from Johnny's Entertainment. It has six members: Kamenashi Kazuya, Akanishi Jin, Taguchi Junnosuke, Tanaka Koki, Ueda Tatsuya, and Nakamaru Yuichi, which, with their initials, makes up the name KAT-TUN. The dash in the middle of the name represents their fans. Another two meanings of the name are: 1) The name sounds like "cartoon" and all of the members like anime or cartoons. 2) KAT-TUN, in Japanese, means "fortune to win". KAT-TUN was formed in April of 2001 by one half of the Kinki Kids, Domoto Koichi, and is still popular today. The group was originally meant to be his backup dancers, but they have proven themselves far more worthy than that, and have come a long way since then. After the formation of NewS, KAT-TUN took over the role as the leaders of Johnny's Junior, as they had not debuted yet. They have appeared on many different variety shows and have had more than a hundred concert performances, along with several DVDs.