Jin Akanishi is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter and actor.
18 Facts About Jin Akanishi
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Jin Akanishi has been active since 1998 as one of the two lead vocalists of the J-pop boy-band KAT-TUN before starting a solo career in 2009.
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Jin Akanishi has a younger brother Reio, who works in the entertainment industry as an actor under the stage name Fuuta.
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Jin Akanishi expressed interest in the entertainment industry and his mother thus sent in an application to Johnny's Entertainment on his behalf in 1998.
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Much to the Japanese public's surprise, Jin Akanishi announced in a press conference on October 13,2006, that he was leaving the country to study English abroad for an indefinite amount of time.
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Jin Akanishi collaborated with bandmate Ueda to create the song, "Butterfly".
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At the event of Tokyo Girls Collection on September 5,2009, Jin Akanishi appeared as a special guest to promote his new movie, Bandage, and he performed the movie's theme song which marked this as the solo debut under the temporary band unit, LANDS, with Takeshi Kobayashi, the producer of Mr Children.
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On December 9,2010, it was announced that Jin Akanishi will be joining the Warner Music Group and Warner Music Japan on a global basis and became responsible for his recording career in both English and Japanese language.
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Jin Akanishi collaborated with Takayuki Yamada in August 2016 to form the unit called "Jintaka", which disbanded 2 months later.
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Jin Akanishi started appearing in musicals from 2000 taking on supporting roles in Millennium Shock, Show Geki Shock, Dream Boy and Dream Boys.
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Jin Akanishi returned to the small screen in 2005 in the second season of the award-winning and popular NTV school drama, Gokusen, starring opposite Yukie Nakama and former bandmate Kazuya Kamenashi.
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Jin Akanishi had a supporting role in NTV's romance series, Anego, the same year.
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In 2007, Jin Akanishi starred in his first lead role in Yukan Club, a school comedy series, with ex-bandmate Junnosuke Taguchi and was voted "Best Actor" at the 11th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix.
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Jin Akanishi made his debut as a voice actor in 2008 for the Japanese dub of Speed Racer, providing the voice for protagonist Speed played by Emile Hirsch.
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In 2009, Jin Akanishi was cast as the lead actor in the movie Bandage directed by Takeshi Kobayashi and released on January 16,2010.
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Jin Akanishi played the role of Chikara Oishi, the samurai leader's son, played by Hiroyuki Sanada and a close friend to Reeves' character, Kai.
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Jin Akanishi wed Japanese actress and model Meisa Kuroki in a private ceremony on February 2,2012, just two weeks after they'd released official statements denying they were seeing one another.
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Together, Jin Akanishi and Kuroki have a daughter, Theia Jin Akanishi, who was born September 23,2012, and a son, whose name has not yet been revealed to the public, who was born June 6,2017.