NEWS is a six member japanese musical group consisting of TOMOHISA YAMASHITA ,NISHIKIDO RYO KEIICHIRO KOYAMA TAKAHISA MASUDA YUYA TEGOSHI KATO SHIGEAKI
The group's name is an acronym baseb on the cardinal directions north,east,west N south
Formed in 2003 by JOHNNY KITAGAWA as a nine member group under the label JOHNNY'S ENTERTAINMENT.
In 2006,the group released their fifth consecutive number one single, SAYAEN
DO/HADASHI NO CINDERELLA BOY,as the current six member group due to the controversy surrounding then member HIROKA UCHI N HIRONORI
KOSANO.
NEWS PROFILE
TOMOHISA YAMASHITA born april 9,1985 is a japanese idol,singer,songwriter N actor.
HE
has been member N leader of popular J-Pop group NEWS since 2003.
YAmAPi graduated in september 2008 fro
m MEIJI UNIVERSITY's faculty of commerce with a degree in marketing.
YAMAPI KAwaII nE
NISHIKIDO RYO was born N raised in OSAKA on NOVEMBER 3,1984.He joined john
ny's jimusho on september 6,1997.Ryo is an actor and singer in both KANJANI 8 N NEWS.He had his major debut in both NEWS N KANJANI 8 in
2004.
on march 1,2009 the singer caused a minor traffic accident on TOKYO METROPOLITAN EXPRESSWAY,according to police RYO was driving his car on the
highway through the city when he crashed into another car onthe ROPPONGI RAMP.that car then ran into the onein
front,a 60 year old woman in the middle car suffered minor injuries to her neck and is expected to be in the hospital for a week,RYO later visited her to offer his apologies.
RYO SAN NICE VOICE,
LUV U
KEIICHIRO KOYAMA born
may 1,1984.
KOYAMA is the oldest m
ember of NEWS N is often seen as the mother figure of the group.
In 2007,he graduated from MEIJI UNIVERSITY's DEPARTMENT of HISTORY and GEOGRAPHY in MEIJI's FACULTY OF ARTs and LETTERS.
AS of today he remains active as a NEWS member N a host for the popular sunday variety show SHOUNEN CLUB alongside KATTUN member NAKAMARU YUICHI.
KOYAMA SAN FIGHT - TO (OHH)
TAKAHISA MASUDA born july 4,1986 in tokyo,japan.
Massu joined johnny's entertainment in november 1998,
in late 2003 massu became a member of the J-Pop group NEWS to promote the WOMEN's WORLD CUP of volleyball championships.When NEWS went on hiatus in 2006,he and fellow NEWS member,TEGOSHI formed the singing group TEGOMASS.the duo successfully released their single "MISO SOUP" in both SWEDEN N JAPAN.
MASSU kAWAII, LUV MASSU SAN
KATO SHIGEAKI born july 11,1987,is a member of the J-Pop group NEWS from JOHNNY's ENTERTAIMENT.
As with other NEWS members,he plays the guitar,composing some of NEWS songs,including his own solo KAKAO in 2007,which he composed
the lyrics to.
ShiGe went to AoYAMA HIGH SCHOOL N he is currently studying LAW at AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERCITY.
SHIGE SAN FIGHT- TO (oHH)
YUYA TEGOSHI born november 11,1987.
IN 2008,TEGOMASS released their third single AI AI GASA the ending theme song for the anime series NEO ANGELIQUE ABYSS,AI AI GASA debuted at 1 on the ORICON charts N placed 64 on the oRIcON Top 100 singles of 2008
TEGOSHI KAWAII, AI SHITERU TEGOSHI SAN