Julie & Michi Divisions
I was thinking... in 2009, not only KAT-TUN got to work together with SMAP frequently, it was also the year that SMAP started aggressively mentioning Mori Katsuyuki, SMAP's ex-member, which name used to be a taboo to be mentioned on TV. And then, in 2010, Ikuta Toma officially graduated from "Jr" status and got his own page in Johnny's official
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V6 is still a mysterious case to the fans. Their fans are even not sure about V6's status now: Julie or Johnny-san's management. But some said that V6 was neutral = Johnny-san's management but then Okada's popularity soared with his movie Eien no Zero, Julie wanted to take V6 with her. But still the situation is unclear.
I think Iijima is not managing all the Jrs. Rather,she focuses on certain Jrs and push them forward. Fans know that Julie never cares about Jrs, she won't do anything to promote them, she only needs them as backdancers for her boys. But I am a fan of Dance Family Jrs (4U., TheyBudou, "MAD", and MADE), I think these Jrs are more inclined to Julie's faction becoz they mostly are backdancers for Arashi, NEWS, and KAT-TUN. 4U. is a different case as they are loved by Kinki Kids and Tackey & Tsubasa a lot so they often are backdancers for these two neutral groups.
In my opinion, it seems like Iijima favors younger Jrs than older Jrs. Except those who can act like Kanzama. Oh, and my new bias is Snow Man, a dance jr group, who were formed and loved by Tackey. I think their projects besides Tackey's almost interact with Iijima's faction. They got roles in Bakaleya movie, Bad Boys J, Kamen Teacher movie, and backdancers for Kisumai's concerts. So I hope at least they get under Iijima's faction if there are only two choices between Julie and Iijima. Still I hope Tackey will look after them for long.
I'm really curious about the young popular Jrs nowadays, who get pushed a lot with Marius and Sou of Sexy Zone. They created two units named Sexy Show and Sexy Boys. Fans predict that the new group that get debuted this year through Volleyball Tournament will consist of the members from Sexy Boys and Sexy Show. I wonder whether Iijima is the one who selects these boys to push forward.
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That'll make more sense, I was also wondering if its possible that she manage all the Jr-s. Is it possible that the Jr-s are divided into Julie and Iijima's factions too? The dancing faction and the acting faction? lol
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