Johnny Kitagawa Achieves His 3rd Guinness World Record

On November 19th it was revealed that president of the agency, Mr. Johnny Kitagawa (81) has been certified with another Guinness World Record, this time as “Most Number of Singers who have achieved the No. 1 position Produced by an Individual “, making this his third Guinness World Record. In addition, one person who has contributed to this Guinness world record, KinKi Kids’ member, Domoto Koichi (33) announced today the production of “Endless SHOCK” (Tokyo Imperial Theater).

Mr. Johnny was watching over the meeting somewhere in the building when the good news was sent. Last year he was awarded with 2 other Guinness World Records; “Most Concerts Produced by an Individual (8,419)” and “Most No.1 Singles Produced by an Individual (232)”, followed by his third, “Most Number of Singers Produced by an Individual who have achieved the No. 1 position (35)”. It was revealed also that among those artist, Domoto Koichi is included to which he commented “I’m also happy for me then”.

The presentation of the certificate was decided in November 14th when a Chairman of Guinness World Records visited Japan. After watching the commemorative production “JOHNNY’S World” (Tokyo Imperial Theater), he handed over the certificate of approval some days later. Just recently, Johnny Kitagawa had stated he wanted to set 1 or 2 more Guinness World Record, all the more reason to feel modest and happy he added, “Keeping the #1 spot is a troublesome thing but as long as they want to keep making music and becoming number one then it’s a natural thing”.

On top of this happy announcement, there’s still the grieve over the death of Mori Mitsuko (92) who passed away just recently. “I was surprised to hear she passed away. I don’t want to remember. Like family, we were really close. Even now I feel like she’s here. I think we all feel that way”.

However, to overcome this grief, Mr Johnny has decided to aim for his 4th Guinness World Record, “Michael has more than 7, right? I think is important to set new records. While defending the 3 records we have, it’s important to always keep challenging new ones”. The challenge of this 81-year-old continues.

List of 35 Johnny’s who have achieved the No. 1 position

• 1974/10/28 — Go Hiromi ｢よろしく哀愁｣  (26)
• 1980/09/29 — Tahara Toshihiko ｢ハッとして!Good｣ (9)
• 1980/12/22 — Kondo Masahiko ｢スニーカーぶる～す｣ (7)
• 1984/04/09 — Shibugakitai ｢喝!｣ (26)
• 1985/12/23 — Shounentai ｢仮面舞踏会｣ (11)
• 1987/08/31 — Hikaru GENJI ｢STAR LIGHT｣ (10)
• 1988/09/05 — Otokogumi ｢DAYBREAK｣ (18)
• 1994/03/21 — SMAP ｢Hey Hey おおきに毎度あり｣ (3)
• 1996/02/26 — V6 ｢MADE IN JAPAN｣ (4)
• 1997/07/28 — KinKi Kids ｢硝子の少年｣ (2)
• 1998/02/02 — J-FRIENDS ｢明日が聴こえる/Children’s Holiday｣ (16)
• 1999/11/15 — Arashi ｢A・RA・SHI｣ (1)
• 2000/08/28 — Shingo Mama ｢慎吾ママのおはロック｣ (26)
• 2001/06/11 — TOKIO ｢メッセージ｣ (13)
• 2002/06/10 — Domoto Tsuyoshi ｢街｣ (13)
• 2003/11/24 — Tackey & Tsubasa ｢夢物語｣ (13)
• 2004/03/22 — &G (Inagaki Goro) ｢Wonderful Life｣ (26)
• 2004/05/24 — NEWS ｢希望～Yell～｣ (8)
• 2004/10/04 — Kanjani8 ｢浪花いろは節｣ (6)
• 2005/02/07 — Toraji・Haiji ｢ファンタスティポ｣ (26)
• 2005/11/14 — Shuji to Akira ｢青春アミーゴ｣ (26)
• 2006/04/03 — KAT-TUN ｢Real Face｣ (5)
• 2006/06/12 — Yamashita Tomohisa ｢抱いてセニョリータ｣ (16)
• 2006/09/11 — GYM ｢フィーバーとフューチャー｣ (26)
• 2007/01/01 — Tegomasu ｢ミソスープ｣ (20)
• 2007/08/13 — Hey! Say! 7 ｢Hey! Say!｣ (26)
• 2007/11/26 — Hey! Say! JUMP ｢Ultra Music Power｣ (11)
• 2008/04/07 — 20th Century ｢オレじゃなきゃ、キミじゃなきゃ｣ (26)
• 2008/05/12 — Domoto Koichi ｢No more｣ (20)
• 2009/01/19 — Takizawa Hideaki ｢愛・革命｣ (20)
• 2009/07/27 — NYC ｢悪魔な恋｣ (23)
• 2009/12/07 — LANDS ｢BANDAGE｣ (26)
• 2011/03/14 — Akanishi Jin ｢Eternal｣ (23)
• 2011/08/22 — Kis-My-Ft2 ｢Everybody Go｣ (18)
• 2011/11/28 — Sexy Zone ｢Sexy Zone｣ (23)

[Sanspo] [Nikkan Sports]

NOTES:
(*) Ranking of #1 releases by each artists
Kanjani8′s releases include also “Eight Ranger”
Domoto Tsuyoshi’s releases include all under his 4 names

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Hey! Say! JUMP Received a Guiness Award During Johnny's World

On Nov 12th, Yamada Ryosuke, Kota Yabu, and other members of Hey!Say!JUMP, A.B.C.-Z, and Sexy Zone, who appeared in the stage production of Johnny’s World, attended the press conference after their performance at Imperial Theater, Tokyo.

Johnny’s World is the commemorative work of Johnny Kitagawa for being the recipient of Guinness World of Records for “most number of concerts produced” last year. “I feel honored to be on Johnny’s World stage that is a culmination of Johnny’s talents that Johnny-san has built,” Yamada commented. 

Yamada also feels proud from the positive response that they are receiving, “when I think about our final performance, I think there’s a lot of change from us and that we continue to evolve every day,” he added.

Johnny’s World will run until Jan 27th next year wherein talents behind Johnny’s World talents will be spending Christmas and New Year together. 

When ABC-Z’s Fumito Kawai suggested that they do Christmas exchanged gifts, Yamada then demanded that Fumito should give them (the younger ones) a  New Year’s present since Fumito is older. “Age? It should be carried-out as to who debuted first,” Fumito replied that earned laughter among the group.

[TV-Asahi ]

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