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All 5 members of the male idol group Arashi introduced on Wednesday that they’ve based a brand new firm. The announcement is out there in each English and Japanese on the official web site of expertise company Starto Leisure, which additionally opened on Wednesday. The announcement doesn’t specify the connection between the Arashi new firm of the members and Starto Leisure.
Within the announcement, the members notice that they’re all now of their 40s however nonetheless “need to be extra unbiased than ever earlier than, make extra unbiased choices than ever earlier than and act extra independently than ever earlier than.”
Arashi based in 1999 below the company Johnny & Associates and consists of Jun Matsumoto, Satoshi Ohno, Sho Sakurai, Masaki AibaAnd Kazunari Ninomiya. Along with singles, the group has additionally launched 17 studio albums and several other compilation albums. The group’s more moderen studio album, That is Arashidebuted in 2020.
The group has suspended all joint actions and has been on hiatus since December 31, 2020. The members made the announcement in January 2019, virtually two years earlier than they started their group hiatus. Ohno has since retired from leisure, whereas the opposite members have continued their solo careers.
Arashi members, each as a bunch and as people, have been one in every of a number of teams related to Johnny & Associates who ceased industrial appearances after the company publicly admitted for the primary time in October 2023 that Johnny & Associates’ late founder Johnny Kitagawa sexually assaulted a lot of aspiring pop star teenagers between 1970 and 2010.
The renewed accusations in 2023 led to the resignation of then-president Julie Keiko Fujishima (with actor and persona Noriyuki Higashiyama taking on the place of president), the company that institutes compensation measures for victims of Kitagawa sexual abuse, the renaming of the company to Smile Up (a authorized entity centered on dealing with compensation for the victims), and the renaming of most of the company’s associated actions. In October 2023, a brand new expertise company was established below President Atsushi Fukuda to deal with the entertainers beforehand managed by Johnny & Associates, and that new company obtained the ultimate title Starto Leisure in December.
Arashi carried out theme songs for the live-action Hana Yori Dango (2005) And Hana Yori Dango 2 (return) tv collection, the live-action Honey and Clover tv collection and the Kochikame anime collection.
Members of the group have additionally carried out in tv collection and movies. Ninomiya performs a number one function within the live-action Gantz, Gantz II: Excellent reply, Homicide classroom, Homicide Classroom: CommencementAnd Ōoku: The internal chambers tasks. He additionally performed within the Tekkonkincree anime film. Matsumoto has appeared in a number of live-action movies Hana Yori Dango tasks, in addition to the live-action Gokusen And Kimi wa Pet tasks. Ohno starred within the stay motion Kaibutsu-kun collection, Sho Sakurai starred within the stay motion Yatterman And Honey and Clover films, and Masaki Aiba has performed a number one function within the live-action Bartender, Sakanoue animal clinic story)And My girlfriend collection.
Sources: Starto leisure by Music Natalie
