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Formerly a member of boy band KAT-TUN, 
Akanishi was with the group when they made 
their debut in 2006 and topped the Oricon album, 
single, and dvd charts simultaneously. 
Akanishi temporarily left the group in 2006 to study abroad 
in the United States and returned to KAT_TUN in 2007. 
In 2009, Akanishi formed a temporary unit LANDS 
with Takeshi Kobayashi (producer of Mr. Children) and 
Nobuaki Kaneko (drummer for Rize) for the movie Bandage 
and released an album, Olympos. In 2010, he became 
the first artist from Johnny's and Associates to 
perform in the United States -- headlining a "You & Jin" tour 
and later announcing he would leave KAT-TUN in July 2010. 
Following up with the all-English "Yellow Gold Tour 3010," 
Akanishi also earned a supporting role in the Hollywood film 
47 Ronin alongside Keanu Reeves. He will be playing 
the son of a head samurai.

According to Heyyaa.com, Akanishi plans to access the U.S. 
industry by merging his Jpop style with American trends.

While performing at the Nippon Budokan, Jin shared 
with his fans aspirations of debuting in the United  States: 
"I always thought it would be nice to be active 
around the world with my base here in Japan,” Jin said. 
“[This song] feels like the important first step towards this direction."

Check out Asia Pacific Arts' 2010 Yellow Gold Tour 
concert review and our 2010 You & Jin concert review.

For more information, go to Jin Akanishi's offiical US website. 

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