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Kazuya Kamenashi Reflects on KAT-TUN Disbandment on Oshare Clip
Kazuya Kamenashi appears on the June 21 broadcast of Nippon TV's Oshare Clip, discussing his feelings over a year after KAT-TUN's disbandment.
Reporting from 1 source: Eiga Natalie.
Why it matters
The episode offers Kamenashi's first extended public reflection on the end of KAT-TUN, framed by testimonials from co-stars who knew him before and during his idol career.
Key Facts
- Kazuya Kamenashi discussed KAT-TUN's disbandment on the June 21 broadcast of Nippon TV's Oshare Clip, over a year after the group ended.
- Kamenashi said his mission was to make KAT-TUN exist as KAT-TUN.
- Yuto Nakajima, Kamenashi's Nobuta wo Produce co-star, called Kamenashi's idol persona inimitable.
- Tomohisa Yamashita, Kamenashi's partner in the unit Shuji to Akira, described the difference between stage Kamenashi and the usual Kazuya-kun.
- Fuku Suzuki, who co-starred with Kamenashi in Youkai Ningen Bem, praised Kamenashi for always being himself.
He is joined by Yuto Nakajima, Tomohisa Yamashita, and Fuku Suzuki, who share their perspectives on Kamenashi as an idol and actor.
Kazuya Kamenashi, who joined KAT-TUN at 15 and saw the group through member departures to its disbandment, speaks openly about that period on the June 21 episode of Nippon TV's Oshare Clip. Over a year after the group ended, he says his mission was to make KAT-TUN exist as KAT-TUN.
Yuto Nakajima, his Nobuta wo Produce co-star, calls Kamenashi's idol persona inimitable. Tomohisa Yamashita, his partner in the unit Shuji to Akira, describes the difference between stage Kamenashi and the usual Kazuya-kun. Kamenashi recalls Yamashita as a being above the clouds, not a rival. Fuku Suzuki, who co-starred in Youkai Ningen Bem, praises Kamenashi for always being himself.
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- Eiga Natalie 亀梨和也「おしゃれクリップ」でKAT-TUN解散当時の心境明かす、中島裕翔や山下智久も参加