Akanishi Jin or Jin Akanishi (赤西 仁, Akanishi Jin), is a Japanese idol, singer-songwriter, actor, seiyū, and former radio host. Akanishi is a member of the popular J-pop group, KAT-TUN, and is the one of the two lead vocalists. Since the group’s debut in 2006, it has achieved 14 consecutive number ones (including studio albums) on the Oricon charts.
Akanishi is also a budding actor with roles in the second season of popular NTV school drama, Gokusen 2, Anego and Yukan Club. He is also a co-host of KAT-TUN’s own variety show, Cartoon KAT-TUN, and used to host a radio program called “KAT-TUN Style” with bandmate Junnosuke Taguchi from October 2007 to March 2008.
In 2007, Akanishi starred in his first lead role in Yukan Club, a school comedy series, alongside bandmate Junnosuke Taguchi and was voted “Best Actor” at the 11th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix. He made his debut as a voice actor in 2008 for the Japanese dub of Speed Racer, providing the voice for protagonist Speed played by Emile Hirsch.
In 2009, Akanishi was cast as the lead actor in the movie, Bandage, directed by Takeshi Kobayashi and which is scheduled for release on January 16, 2010. This will be his big screen debut.
At the event of Tokyo Girls Collection on September 5, 2009, Jin appeared as a special guest to promote his new movie, Bandage, he performed the movie’s theme song which marked this as the solo debut under the temporary unit Lands with Takeshi Kobayashi, the producer of Mr. Children. His debut single under Lands, “Bandage”, was written and composed by Kobayashi. On November 30, 2009, it was announced that Lands would be releasing an album, “Olympos,” on January 13, 2010. It will include the single “Bandage” and 7 other songs.
Other Information
- Birth name : Jin Akanishi (赤西 仁)
- Also known as : Bakanishi
- Born : July 4, 1984
- Origin : Chiba Prefecture, Japan
- Genres : Pop
- Occupations : Singer-songwriter, actor, television personality
- Instruments : Vocals, Guitar
- Years active : 1998 – present
- Labels : J-One Records Johnny’s Entertainment
- Associated acts : KAT-TUN, Koichi Domoto, Crystal Kay, Lands
- Website : www.j-storm.co.jp/kattun
Discography
- 2010 : Olympos
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