Johnny's Jr. Youngest Ever Group Formed!
Johnny's Jr. member Morimoto Shintaro will play his first ever lead role in the upcoming movie 'スノープリンス 禁じられた恋のメロディ / Snow Prince Kinjirareta Koi no Melody [lit. 'Snow Prince Melody of Forbidden Love']'. The main theme song for the film titled 'スノープリンス / Snow Prince' will be sung by 'Snow Prince Gasshodan'. They will release their debut CD on December 2nd.
The limited period group is made up of 11 Johnny's Jr. members and will perform until January next year. The oldest member Kishimoto Shintaro is 13, while the youngest is 8 year old Chino Aoi. Four other members are 9 years old, so half the group is younger than 10. With an average age of 10.5, they have become the youngest group in Johnny's history. The previous title holder was Nakayama Yuma w/B.I.Shadow which debuted in April. Their average age was 14.6 at the time they released their debut single, so Snow Prince Gasshodan 'won' by a large margin.
The 11 members appeared wearing matching tuxedos and sang their debut song. Their 'pop opera' song used Debussy's 'clair de lune' as a motif. Debussy's masterpiece was also used in the film. The lyrics were written by playwright Nojima Shinji. The members who haven't yet reached puberty sang in high-tone voices, and the 200 fans warmly cheered them while calling out "Kawaii!"
During the photo session 12 year old leader Morimoto made the nervous younger members such as Chino relax by telling them "Come on, smile cheerfully!" Morimoto also revealed his thoughts about the group. "We rehearsed and played together. It was fun because it felt like I was with friends at school. [Since it is a limited period group] I hope we can get together again 10 years from now." The group's average age 10 years in the future will still be...20.5. A truly young group has been born.
Source: Music Japan Plus
Damn.