{"id":12326,"date":"2020-03-19T18:02:47","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T09:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.fromjapan.co.jp\/en\/?p=12326"},"modified":"2020-04-02T18:29:52","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T09:29:52","slug":"sixtones-and-snow-man-enter-the-reiwa-era-of-johnnys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.fromjapan.co.jp\/en\/music\/sixtones-and-snow-man-enter-the-reiwa-era-of-johnnys.html","title":{"rendered":"SixTONES and Snow Man – Enter the Reiwa era of Johnny\u2019s!"},"content":{"rendered":"

SixTONES and Snow Man are the first idol groups under Johnny & Associates to debut in the Reiwa era, ushering in a new generation of Japanese entertainment. Whether you’re a long-time Johnny\u2019s fan or a complete newbie to the genre, get ready to celebrate a new era of idols with SixTONES and Snow Man!<\/p>\n

SixTONES (\u30b9\u30c8\u30fc\u30f3\u30ba)<\/h2>\n

\"SixTONES<\/center>SixTONES (pronounced \u201cstones\u201d) are a six-member idol group under the Japanese entertainment company Johnny & Associates. The group first started activities in 2015 as a subunit of Johnny\u2019s Jr., the Johnny & Associates pre-debut trainee group. SixTONES graduated from their trainee status in 2018, and made their official debut alongside Snow Man in 2020. SixTONES were the first Johnny\u2019s talent group ever to create an official Instagram and YouTube account, sharing photos and videos of the group, as well as participating in live events across the social media platforms.<\/p>\n
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Snow Man (\u30b9\u30ce\u30fc\u30de\u30f3)<\/h2>\n

\"Snow<\/center>Snow Man are a nine-member idol group under the Japanese entertainment company Johnny & Associates. The group were originally formed in 2012, with Raul, Ren Meguro, and Mukai Koji joining in 2019. Snow Man made their official debut alongside SixTONES with the single D.D., which marked the first ever double debut in Johnny\u2019s history. The group are known for their dancing and acrobatic prowess, with the group focusing on honing their talents as stage performers.<\/p>\n
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Imitation Rain\/D.D. – SixTONES vs Snow Man<\/h2>\n

Imitation Rain\/D.D. is the joint debut single of SixTONES and Snow Man and went down in history as the first double debut from Johnny & Associates. SixTONES perform the single Imitation Rain, with Snow Man showing their skills on the track D.D.The single was released January 22, 2020 boasting the songwriting talents of X-Japan\u2019s Yoshiki and vice president of Johnny & Associates, Hideaki Takizawa. The single had CD sales of 772,902 on release day, eventually reaching one million sales over the following days and topping the Oricon Singles Charts.<\/p>\n

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SixTONES Members<\/h2>\n

\"My<\/center> <\/p>\n

<\/center>Jesse<\/strong><\/p>\n

Birthdate: June 11, 1993
\nHometown: Tokyo
\nHobbies: Watching films, Japanese comedy
\nSpecial Skills: One-liners, impressions<\/p>\n

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Taiga Kyomoto<\/strong><\/p>\n

Birthdate: December 3, 1994
\nHometown: Tokyo
\nHobbies: Writing song lyrics, visiting temples, playing guitar
\nSpecial Skills: Imitating his fellow members\u2019 singing<\/p>\n

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Hokuto Matsumura<\/strong><\/p>\n

Birthdate: June 18, 1995
\nHometown: Shizuoka
\nHobbies: Watching films, reading
\nSpecial Skills: Karate<\/p>\n

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Yugo Kochi<\/strong><\/p>\n

Birthdate: March 8, 1994
\nHometown: Kanagawa
\nHobbies: Futsal, cleaning
\nSpecial Skills: Soccer<\/p>\n

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Shintaro Morimoto<\/strong><\/p>\n

Birthdate: July 15, 1997
\nHometown: Kanagawa
\nHobbies: Chatting
\nSpecial Skills: Comedy<\/p>\n

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Juri Tanaka<\/strong><\/p>\n

Birthdate: June 15, 1995
\nHometown: Chiba
\nHobbies: Listening to music, watching videos
\nSpecial Skills: Tongue twisters, ball games<\/p>\n

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Snow Man Members<\/h2>\n

\"My<\/center> <\/p>\n

Hikaru Iwamoto<\/strong><\/p>\n

Birthdate: May 17, 1993
\nHometown: Saitama
\nHobbies: Vintage shopping, visiting temples, going to onsen
\nSpecial Skills: Choreography, bodybuilding, backflips<\/p>\n

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Raul<\/strong><\/p>\n

Birthdate: June 27, 2003
\nHometown: Tokyo
\nHobbies: Dancing, gaming, eating
\nSpecial Skills: Dancing, math<\/p>\n

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Tatsuya Fukazawa<\/strong><\/p>\n

Birthdate: May 5, 1992
\nHometown: Tokyo
\nHobbies: Cosplaying, collecting anime merch
\nSpecial Skills: Impressions, winning at crane games, speed eating<\/p>\n

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Shota Watanabe<\/strong><\/p>\n

Birthdate: November 5, 1992
\nHometown: Tokyo
\nHobbies: Beauty, skincare
\nSpecial Skills: Singing, barking like a dog<\/p>\n

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Koji Mukai<\/strong><\/p>\n

Birthdate: June 21, 1994
\nHometown: Osaka
\nHobbies: Snowboarding, photography
\nSpecial Skills: Speaking Thai, Thai boxing, tennis<\/p>\n

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Ren Meguro<\/strong><\/p>\n

Birthdate: 16 February 1997
\nHometown: Tokyo
\nHobbies: Crayfish fishing, visiting dagashi shops
\nSpecial Skills: Singing, playing soccer, swimming, marathons<\/p>\n

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Ryohei Abe<\/strong><\/p>\n

Birthdate: 27 November, 1993
\nHometown: Chiba
\nHobbies: Quizzes, studying, learning English
\nSpecial Skills: Meteorology, reciting 100 digits of pi<\/p>\n

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Ryota Miyadate<\/strong><\/p>\n

Birthdate: March 25, 1993
\nHometown: Tokyo
\nHobbies: Fashion, collecting shoes
\nSpecial Skills: Surfing, skateboarding<\/p>\n

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Daisuke Sakuma<\/strong><\/p>\n

Birthdate: July 5, 1992
\nHometown: Tokyo
\nHobbies: Watching anime, collecting anime merch
\nSpecial Skills: Acrobatic Wotagei<\/p>\n

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SixTONES and Snow Man are the first idol groups under Johnny & Associates to debut in the Reiwa era, ushering in a new generation of Japanese entertainment. Whether you’re a long-time Johnny\u2019s fan or a complete newbie to the genre, get ready to celebrate a new era of idols with SixTONES and Snow Man! SixTONES […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":12336,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"","ocean_second_sidebar":"","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"","ocean_custom_header_template":"","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"","omw_enable_modal_window":"enable","ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"on","ocean_gallery_id":[]},"categories":[149],"tags":[82,145,144,146],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fromjapan.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12326"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fromjapan.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fromjapan.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fromjapan.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fromjapan.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12326"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fromjapan.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12345,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fromjapan.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12326\/revisions\/12345"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fromjapan.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fromjapan.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fromjapan.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fromjapan.co.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}