About all those date rumours...just wanted to say this:
I know that as a rule, no Johnny's Junior member is allowed to date. I am not sure if this applies to when they debut as well. This is why everyone made a big deal about Kimura Takuya's relationship with his now wife, Kudo Shizuka--not just because he is a big star, but because he broke a rule. However I heard a rumour that he threatened Johnny-san that he would quit if he did not allow their relationship to continue, get married, etc., and Johnny-san, because Kimura Takuya was too big of a money-making machine, did not dare defy him.
Anyway, of course the Juniors will date. They just would get into trouble by the company for doing so. I don't mean to be selfish, but I think that is a good thing. It prevents them from getting too big-head, you know what I mean, if they were allowed to publicize their relationship with someone. But since they are very popular, and good-looking, and they know that any girl would die to date them, well, they are guys after all. This all applies to NEWS members, I think. Again, it's smart to forbid dating. I'm not sure if everyone knows how CRAZY fangirls are in Japan. Like, very VISCIOUS. That's why about Ryo's rumoured girlfriend being harrassed, that is only too believable. If a fangirl had it in her power, she would do all she could to make any girlfriend of a Junior's life hell.
To give you an example of how MEAN some Japanese fangirls can be, when Tackey and Tsubasa first debuted, it was a relief to T&T because they were together (Johnny-san originally wanted them to debut separately, but Takizawa Hideaki did not want to let go of his best friend, so he tryed very very hard to persuade Johnny-san to let him debut alongside Imai Tsubasa as one group). Well, this one big Tackey fan, and not Tsuba fan, she wrote a letter to the company, which reached Tacky's hands, and it said something like: "I HATE IMAI TSUBASA! HE IS SUCH A BUG!" That really hurt Tackey's feelings. Well, this is what I heard somewhere a long time ago, but I believe it.
Okay, sorry for this being so long.
Sashimi:
Thank you for the confirmation. Massu still looked about the same then as he does now! But what is ks-my-ft (kiss my feet?!). I have never heard of them, that is strange. However, I do recall seeing many Juniors who would skate during a performance of their sempai, so is that what it is? A skating Johnny's group?
Elleyred:
I posted a Massu pic where he is smiling at the camera and all the others are giving him looks, you said that each NEWS member has a pic like that and asked for the rest. Here is Kusano's!! May I please request Yuya's from you?
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If anyone has the other NEWS members for this series of pics, other than Massu and Kusano, can you please post them here?
Thank you very much!