[interview] Jin Akanishi with Purple Sky Magazine

[annatanhe]

What do you do when you’re a member of a phenomenally successful Japanese boyband? If you’re Jin Akanishi, you go solo and tour the United States.

For the past nine years, Akanishi was one-sixth of KAT-TUN, a relatively new song-and-dance group conceived and managed by the institutional idol agency Johnny & Associates, Inc., which has produced

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[stealthelove]

lmao he wants fans to send him cooked meals through post then? hahaha XD im so happy he at the least talks to them and im VERY happy that him and Maru went to eat XDD <333 nakanishiiii ♥ love the last picture. i really wanted to see the sign everyone was on about. its amazing how CLOSE they are ! thanks for sharing THE anna;)! <33

[kanjou_spectrum]

“I went to dinner with one of KAT-TUN member, [Yuichi] Nakamaru. He’s chill.”
I'm sure he is.

& LOL'ing forever at that crazy fan sending him natto and onion.

Thank you for sharing ♥

[lil_brooke]

natto and onions? lmao XD what was that fan thinking? lolol anyway, im happy he gets to mention them, and maru.. nakanishi is awesome as always ♥

and oh jin.. just keep your feet on the ground and you'll come a long away.. thats for sure! 8DDv

[tatoeba]

That first sentence sounds so rude to me, idk. Same with how they make it sound like Jin's the only member of KAT-TUN who's done solo work. I know they didn't mean it that way, but it makes him look worse for leaving the group to pursue a solo career. But maybe that's just me. XD

"I went to dinner with one of KAT-TUN member, [Yuichi] Nakamaru. He’s chill."
Though this is the best. ♥

The photos are amazing, too. Especially the last one with the sign. ♥

Thank you for this! :)

[yokumiz]

yeah I had some uncomfortable feeling when I read her article. Her style of writing is a little...

but with him being in various interviews, we can't expect all the journalists are thinking and writing in the context we are familiar about...

[tatoeba]

Lol I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought so! I know we can't expect every magazine/writer to have the same opinions, but since they're interviewing him, it seems strange that they made him sound so...idk. Awful. Especially in those first few paragraphs.

[bellemainec]

Going to say me three...and point to revisionist history at work.

"Not long after KAT-TUN legitimately launched, Akanishi began to assert himself as a soloist. He went on hiatus from October 2006 until April 2007 to study English in Los Angeles; during this time, KAT-TUN released records without him."

Jin going on hiatus, cannot be counted as asserting himself as a soloist surely! *Unless* he had released a single/music/acted/danced/done something in the entertainment world...how could studying language be asserting himself as a soloist???? Seriously. although I am going to save this, and the next time Jin gets accused of "betraying" KAT-TUN I am going to say - but didn't they betray him by going on without him? If it's all about perspective... and this..could just be badly worded, but to me it seems like a real mistake

[yokumiz]

you are always faster than me^^

btw, the journalist has changed the line "release late next year" into "release early next year". I totally think it's Jin's fault delivering the wrong information when interviewed by pronouncing "later" as "late" XD

love the natto story and the pics.

[annatanhe]

Hahaha! Because Spring was saying on twitter why hasn't anyone posted this yet, and she was too busy to post, so since I was free... :D

Changed it! :D The power of Jin fans who kept questioning the journalist, "What do you mean by late next year"...

Must be his mumbling >-<