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Johnny’s Jimusho held a press conference in Tokyo on the 2nd in response to the sexual assault scandal involving founder Kitagawa Johnny. President Higashiyama Noriyuki and former V6 member Inohara Yoshihiko, president of Johnny’s Island, were in attendance. During the Q&A session, there were also Read More …
In a major news shocker happening in the Japanese entertainment world, Takizawa Hideaki (40) (actor and of Taki and Tsubasa fame) who was the Vice President of Johnny & Associates and President of Johnny’s Island has resigned. His successor will be former V6 member Inohara Read More …
Sure V6 is no longer a group but the eldest members of the group known as 20th Century, which consists of Sakamoto Masayuki (50), Nagano Hiroshi (49) and Inohara Yoshihiko (46) will continue on and they released a song “Yume no Shima Serenade” in March Read More …
Today marks the final live performance for V6 at their “Live TOUR V6 Groove” to be held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba on November 1st. Not only their final live performance but their final day as members of V6 as the group disbands after their Read More …
It was announced that V6 will be disbanding on November 1st. It was announced on the official Johnny’s website that Morita Go (42) will leave Johnny’s that same day, while Sakamoto Masayuki (42), Nagano Hiroshi (48), Inohara Yoshihiko (44), Miyake Ken (41) and Okada Junichi Read More …
V6 member Inohara Yoshihiko will be on a special TBS program titled “Uchuu Project” (Space Project) which will be broadcast on March 13th at 8:00 p.m. Inohara will take part in a astronaut training program in the Houston, Texas to cover the state-of-the-art space exploration. Read More …
NHK has announced that V6’s Inohara Yoshihiko (41) and NHK’s chief announcer Udo Yumiko (48), hosts of the NHK morning program “Asaichi” will graduate in March. While their successors are yet to be decided, the two have worked on the program since March 2010. Inohara Read More …