Closer With NYC (Band)

中山 優馬 

Nakayama Yuma

( January 13th, 1994-Osaka, Japan)

山田涼介

Ryosuke Yamada

 (May 9th, 1993-Tokyo, Japan)

知念 侑李

Yuuri Chinen

 (November 30th, 1993-Shizuoka, Japan)

 

NYC is a Japanese boy band formed by Ryosuke Yamada and Yuuri Chinen of Hey! Say! JUMP and Johnny's Jr. Yuma Nakayama in 2010. Before that, seven-members unit NYC Boys (stylized NYC boys) was formed on June 7, 2009, to promote the FIVB World Grand Prix 2009, an event that began on July 31 and ended on August 23, 2009. They performed the theme song "NYC" in Tokyo and Osaka before each game.

History

On June 7, 2009, at the concert "Forum Shinkiroku!! Johnny's Jr. 1 Day 4 Performances Yaruzo!", it was announced that Ryosuke Yamada and Yuri Chinen of Hey! Say! JUMP would join Yuma Nakayama w/B.I.Shadow to form NYC Boys. On July 15, 2009, their first single "NYC/Akuma na Koi", "NYC" being the theme song for the FIVB World Grand Prix 2009, was released. During the announcement for forming NYC Boys, it was said that the group will be a temporary one, only active for the time of the Volleyball Tournament which was from July 31 to August 23, but even after the end of the tournament, the members of the group meet periodically to perform their songs.

In November, the media announced that they would be guest appearing on Japan's highest rated annual music television show, Kōhaku Uta Gassen, on December 31, 2009. Other guest appearances this year include FNS Kayosai on December 2, 2009. On January 1, 2010, media announced that the group would not be a temporary one anymore and that Ryosuke Yamada and Yuuri Chinen would be working as members of both Hey! Say! JUMP and NYC Boys in the future.

On March 3, 2010, it was announced on the Johnny's website that NYC without the boys (B.I.Shadow) will release a new single entitled "Yūki 100%" which is opening theme song for an anime entitled Nintama Rantarō. The coupling song entitled "Yume no Tane" will be the ending theme. Their single was released last April 7, 2010. The said song "Yūki 100%" topped Japan Billboards' Weekly Hot 100 and Oricon's Weekly Chart.

On October 20, 2010, NYC released a single titled Yoku Asobi Yoku Manabe. The single became #1 on the Oricon weekly charts in its first week of sales.

On March 9, 2011, the group released a new single with the name of 'Yume Tamago', which peaked first on the Oricon Daily Singles chart with 31,393 sales and ended up in fourth position on the Oricon Monthly singles chart with 154,140 sales, being certified gold by the RIAJ.

On February 2012, NYC released their 4th single which is titled Wonderful Cupid and contains Yuma Nakayama's solo song Glass no Mahou.

On May 2012, NYC released their 5th single which is titled HAINA!.

Members

NYC Current members

N: Nakayama Yuma
Y: Yamada Ryosuke
C: Chinen Yuuri

NYC Boys Former members

NYC

 N: Nakayama Yuma
Y : Yamada Ryosuke
C: Chinen Yuuri

Boys

Kento Nakajima
Kikuchi Fuma
Hokuto Matsumura
Yugo Kochi

Discography

Singles 

• 2009 : "NYC" Split single with Yuma Nakayama w/B.I.Shadow as NYC Boys

• 2010 : "Yūki 100%" (勇気100%, "Courage 100%")

   "Yoku Asobi Yoku Manabe" (よく遊びよく学べ, "Lots of Play, Lots of Study")

• 2011 : "Yume Tamago" (ユメタマゴ, "Dream Egg")

• 2012 : "Wonderful Cupid/Glass no Mahō" (ワンダフル・キューピット/がらすの・魔法, 

   "Wandafuru kyūpitto/Magic of Glass")

   "Haina!" (ハイナ！, "Haina!")

Concert

• Forum Shinkiroku!! Johnny's Jr. 1 Day 4 Performances Yaruzo! Concert (June 7, 2009)
• Johnny's Theater "Summary" 2010
• Hey! Say! JUMP & Yuuki 100％ Concert with NYC (April 10, 2011 - May 29, 2011)

External links

• Johnny's Net
• en.wikipedia.org

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 ]

Source:  http://jenewsdaily.wordpress.com

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Hey! Say! JUMP’s Yamada Ryosuke, Make His Solo Debut!!!

It’s been revealed that Hey! Say! JUMP’s Yamada Ryosuke (19) will be making his solo debut.

His debut song, “Mystery Virgin“, has already been picked up as the theme song for Yamada’s starring drama series, ‘Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo: Hong Kong Kowloon Zaiho Satsujin Jiken‘. 

It’s described as a dance number with a mysterious atmosphere that’s perfect for the drama.

Until now, Yamada has sang and danced to solo songs during the group’s concerts, but this will be the first time it will be released in CD form.

He expressed, “It’s like a dream to be in charge of the theme song for a commemorative program (special drama to commemorate the 60th year since the opening of NTV) by myself. I’m very happy.”

Yamada also stars in the musical ‘Johnny’s World‘ at Tokyo Imperial Theater, which commemorates Johnny Kitagawa’s recognition in the Guinness World Records. He declared, “As Hey! Say! JUMP’s Yamada Ryosuke, I want to continue to devote myself and do my best. 

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This song will be performed for the first time on the live broadcast of NTV’s ‘Ongaku no Saiten: Best Artist 2012‘ on November 28. The single will be released on January 9 of next year.

Source: http://www.tokyohive.com

Hey! Say! JUMP’s Yamada Ryosuke is starring in this special drama series that will mark the beginning of NTV’s 60th Anniversary Celebrations. It was revealed that filming ended in November 7th and also the broadcast time has being decided to be the same for all different parts of Asia for the first time in agency history.

Yamada looked back to the filming in October, “In order to make it similar to the 1st generation, I kept the hairstyle and was also wearing the same uniform Tsuyoshi-kun did”, referring to agency senpai, Domoto Tsuyoshi (KinKi Kids) who dignified him as 4th generation Kindaichi by giving him an “inheritance”.

Set in Hong Kong, action scenes are a brilliant flash of Jackie Chan since the beginning. This cast is among the largest scale cast ever seen. Through difficult tricks, 4th generation Kindaichi tries to challenge the saga.

Inherited by first Kindaichi, Domoto Tsuyoshi , second Kindaichi, Matsumoto Jun (Arashi) and 3rd Kindaichi, Kamenashi Kazuya (KAT-TUN), Yamada proudly stated, “It’s an honor to be involved in something that has so much history”.

He also talked about the attraction of actions scenes, “I tried a scene with skateboarding. I was fired up about including what I had learned in Japan, I’d heard about the cliffs but it was different once I actually saw them. Some of the stunts are done by another person but I worked hard to do as many action scenes as possible on my own”.

Source:  http://jenewsdaily.wordpress.com

Starring Hey! Say! JUMP’s member, Yamada Ryosuke (19), NTV special drama will be broadcasted in New Year next year, “Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo”.

Besides Japanese actors Kiritani Kenta (32) and Hey! Say! JUMP member, Arioka Daiki (21), cast also includes; Taiwanese actress Vivian Hsu (37), member of Korean group Big Bang V.I (21), Taiwanese actor Wu Chun (33) and Hong Kong actor Eric Tsang (59), create this an all-asian assemble.

Filming took place in Hong Kong, since September, during that time, bilateral relations over the Senkaku Islands had gotten worse but the bureau reported filming has ended with no trouble.

This time Kindaichi Shonen takes place in a fashion show in Hong Kong, where a series of murders occurred and from there on, the story will challenge the saga. ”I didn’t really feel a language barrier with other actors from Asia. I put a 100% of my strength in this play”, Yamada said with a sense of fulfillment.

Source: http://jenewsdaily.wordpress.com 

Chinen Yuuri (知念 侑李) Profile

* Japanese Name: 知念 侑李
* Romaji Name : Chinen Yuuri
* Nick Names: Chinen, Chii
* Birth Date: November 30th, 1993
* Zodiac: Sagittarius 

* Blood Type: AB

* Origin Shizuoka, Japan

* Nationality: Japanese

* Occupations Singer, Actor, Talent, Pop Idol, dancer

* Years active : June 2, 2003—present

* Associated acts Hey! Say! 7, Hey! Say! JUMP, NYC Boys

* Labels : Johnny & Associates

Trivia

* Hobby: Dancing (Jazz since he was three) and Soccer.
* Favorite Colour: Green
* Disliked Colour: Orange. Because it makes his head hurt when he sees it.
* Favorite Home Activity: Watching the Anime Channel.
* Favorite Cartoon: Tom and Jerry
* Favorite Japanese Anime: Dr. Slump
* Favorite Subject: PE because he says he is really good at gymnastics and it makes him look like a hero * when he is doing flips. He also likes Social Studies.
* Disliked Subject: English (He wonders why he has to learn it since he is Japanese.)
* Favorite Song: Hitomi no naka no Galaxy by Arashi
* Favorite Foods: Gyoza and Cucumber
* Disliked Foods: Mushrooms, Celery, Green Peppers, Shellfish and Eggplant.
* Favorite Sweet: Ice Cream
* Favorite Flavor: Vanilla
* Type of girl he likes: Quick thinker, Can dance and sing with him, Always happy, Nice, and Cute,cheerful & one who laughs a lot
* Strong Point: Challenges are what make him a stronger person.
* Weak Point: When challenges become too difficult or extreme,he throws them away.

* A Big Arashi fan. Arashi is his favorite band <3

* Admired Senpai: Ohno Satoshi

Appearances

• Merengue no Kimochi (with Ryosuke Yamada, NTV, October 11, 2008)
• Vainilla (with Ryosuke Yamada, August 15, 2009)
• VS Arashi (with Ryosuke Yamada, Fuji TV, August 15, 2009)
• Dasshutsu Game Dero! (with Ryosuke Yamada, December 8, 2010)

TV dramas

• Yukan Club (NTV, 2007) as Ryota (Episode 2)
• 1 Pound no Fukuin (NTV, 2008) as Yoshihiko (Episode 3)
• Sensei wa Erai! (NTV, 2008) as Umeno Wataru
• Scrap Teacher: Kyoushi Saisei (NTV, 2008) as Yoshida Eitaro
• Saikō no Jinsei no Owarikata: Ending Planner (TBS, 2012) as Hayato Ihara
• Sprout (NTV, 2012) as Narahashi Souhei

Variety shows

• Shōnen Club
• Hyakushiki
• School Kakumei! (April 2009 – present, NTV)
• Yan Yan JUMP

Movies

• Nanako to Nanao (NHK, 2004) as Nanao
• Nin x Nin: The Ninja Star Hattori (Toho, August 28, 2004) as Kenichi Mitsuba
• Sword of the Stranger (opened September 29, 2007) as Kotaro (voice)
• The Smurfs (September 9, 2011) as Brainy (voice)

Stage

• Playzone 2007: Change 2 Chance (performed with Shonentai, 2007) as Ken

Concerts

• Johnny's Jr. Hey Say 07 in Yokohama Arena (September 23, 24, 2007)
• Hey! Say! Jump Tokyo Dome Debut Concert (December 22, 2007)
• Summary (Summer 2008)
• Hey! Say! Jump-ing Tour (08-09)
• Hey! Say! Jump Tengoku Concert (summer 2009)
• Hey! Say! Jump Winter Tour (09-10)
• Hey! Say! Jump 2010 Ten Jump Concert (April and May 2010)
• Summary (Summer 2010)
• Summary 2011

Solos

• On The Wind
• Kawaii Kimi no Koto da Mono
• Ookiku nare boku
• Love Parade (originally Arashi's song)

Duets

• "Wish" with Akasaka Akira (Hikaru Genji) in Playzone 2007
• "Stars In Heaven" with Ryosuke Yamada (the song is also known as "Future Earth" or "Mirai no Chikyu ni Mukatte")
• "You & You" with Yuto Nakajima

Songs Written

• "Smile Song" - with Ryutaro Morimoto playing the tambourine and Hey! Say! JUMP singing
• "Ookiku nare boku"

References

• ^ From an interview piece in Sports Hochi sold December 5, 2005.

• ^ "NYC to Debut with "Nintama Rantaro" Theme Song!". MusicJapanplus. 3 March 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2010.

External links

• Johnny's Net
• Hey! Say! JUMP official website

Yamada Ryosuke (山田涼介) Profile

* Japanese Name : 山田涼介 (やまだ りょうすけ)

* Romaji Name: Yamada Ryosuke 

* Nickname: Yama-Chan, Yamada-Kun,  Ryo-Chan, Ryosuke.

* Ryo-Chan Birthdate: May 9th, 1993
* Birthplace:  Tokyo, Japan
* Lives: Kanagawa, Japan
* Nationality : Japanese
* Associated acts Hey! Say! JUMP, Hey! Say! 7, NYC
* Occupations Singer, dancer, actor, tarento, pop idol
* Talent agency: Johnny's Entertainment
* Blood Type: B

Trivia

* Fav. Food: Strawberry, Eggplant, Meat
* Least Fav. Food: Tomato, Fermented Soybean
* Hobbies: Cooking, Fishing
* Fav. Subject: Social Studies
* Fav. No.: 4
* Fav. Color: White, Black
* Fav. Sport: Soccer
* Group: Hey! Say! JUMP
* Former group: Kitty Jr., Tap Kids, Hey! Say! 7
* Admired senpai: Domoto Koichi
* PV's participated in: Seishun Amigo, Venus, Fever to Future.

* He loves collecting coins. (He thinks it's fun).
* He auditioned for Johnny's Jimusho on August 12th, 2004
* He debuted with the group Hey! Say! 7 which was later integrated into Hey! Say! JUMP on September 24th, 2007
* He doesn't want to have a girlfriend yet because he wants to be more successful in his career. 
* He doesn't like criticism. 
* Sometimes he's naughty and sometimes he's just quiet. 
* He is a loud person. 
* He is good at mimicking people. (monomane) 
* He treasures his two pet guinea pigs, a rabbit, and a hamster. 
* He is afraid of ghosts, dark places, and airplanes. 
* He likes girls who are kind and honest & who have a feminine style. 

* He plays Saxophone.
* He wanted to be Ultra man when he was a child but when he got older he wanted to be a soccer player.

Dramas

• Shirarezaru Bakumatsu no Shishi: Yamada Akiyoshi Monogatari as Yamada Akiyoshi (TBS, 2012)
• Risou no Musuko as Suzuki Daichi(NTV, 2012) 
• The Smurfs as Clumsy (voice) (September 9, 2011)
• Hidarime Tantei EYE as Tanaka Ainosuke(NTV, 2010)
• Hidarime Tantei EYE SP as Tanaka Ainosuke(NTV, 2009)
• Niini no Koto wo Wasurenaide as Kawai Yuji (NTV, 2009)
• Scrap Teacher as Takasugi Toichi (NTV 2008)
• Furuhata Chugakusei as Furuhata Ninzaburo (Fuji TV, 2008)
• Sensei wa Erai! as Gonjou Hayato(NTV, 2008)
• 1 Pound no Fukuin as Mukoda Katsumi (NTV, 2008)
• Tantei Gakuen Q as Amakusa Ryu (NTV, 2007)
• Tantei Gakuen Q Special as Amakusa Ryu (NTV, 2006)

Johnny's Jr. groups participated in

• Kitty Jr. (July 2006 - March 2007)
• Hey! Say! 7 (Temporary Unit) (April - September 2007)
• Hey! Say! 7 (September 2007–Present)
• Hey! Say! JUMP (September 2007–Present)
• NYC boys (June 2009 – March 2010)
• NYC (March 2010 – present)

Project Units

• Yuya Takaki to Nakamatachi (2008)
• Futari no Ryosuke-kun (2005)

Solo songs

• "Perfume"
• "Asia no Yoru"
• "Moonlight"
• "Mystery Virgin"

Appearances

• Merengue no Kimochi (with Yuri Chinen, NTV, October 11, 2008)
• VS Arashi (with Yuri Chinen, Fuji TV, August 15, 2009)
• Dasshutsu Game Dero! (with Yuri Chinen, December 8, 2010)
• Tensai! Shimura Doubutsuen (NTV, December 18, 2010)
• Tensai! Shimura Doubutsuen (NTV March 19, 2011)
• Dasshutsu Game Dero! (with Yuto Nakajima, January 16, 2012)

For Hey! Say! 7 or Hey! Say! JUMP-related appearances, see Hey! Say! JUM

Variety Shows

• Ya-Ya-yah (2004–2007, TV Tokyo)
• The Shōnen Club (2004–present, NHK)
• Youtachi (October 2006 - October 2007, NTV)
• Heisei Families (October 2007 - March 2008, NTV)* Hyakushiki~Hyaku de shiru hitotsu no chishiki~ (October 2007 - March 2008, FujiTV)
• Shikūkan Sedaibatoru Showa × Heisei Show wa Hey! Say! (April 2008 - March 2009, NTV)
• School Kakumei! (April 2009–present, NTV)
• Yan Yan JUMP (April 2011 – present, NTV)

Concerts

• Summary 2011 (August 2011)
• Hey! Say! JUMP & Yuuki 100％ Concert with NYC (April 2011)
• Hey! Say! JUMP Winter Concert (10-11)
• Summary (Summer 2010)
• Hey! Say! JUMP 2010 Ten JUMP Concert (April and May 2010)
• Hey! Say! JUMP Winter Tour (09-10)
• Hey! Say! JUMP Tengoku Concert (summer 2009)
• Hey! Say! JUMP-ing Tour (08-09)
• Summary (Summer 2008)
• Hey! Say! JUMP Tokyo Dome Debut Concert (December 22, 2007)
• Johnny's Jr. Hey Say 07 in Yokohama Arena (September 23, 24, 2007)
• Johnny's Jr. no Daiboken!@Meridian (August 15–24, 2007)
• Tour 2007 cartoon KAT-TUN II You (April 3 - June 17, 2007)
• News Concert Tour 2007 (February 17 - April 15, 2007)
• 2007 Kingashinnen Akemashite omedetou Johnny's Jr. Daishugou (January 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 2007)
• Tackey&Tsubasa Christmas concert 2006“2wo you 4our you”(December 17–24, 2006)
• youtachi no ongaku daiundokai (September 30, October 1, 2006)
• Johnny's Jr. no Daiboken! (August 15–26, 2006)
• Hideaki Takizawa 2005 concert~arigato 2005nen sayonara~ (December 23–25, 2005)
• Looking KAT-TUN 2005ing (August 26–28, 2005)
• Johnnys Theater Summary Digest (July 29 - September 4, 2005)
• Looking 05 Kat-Tun (May 29 - June 26, 2005)
• Ya-Ya-yah Haruyasumi Yokohama Arena Concert (March 26, 2005)
• Spring 05 Looking Kat-Tun (March 25–27, 2005)
• KAT-TUN Live Kaizoku (December 28, 2004 - January 10, 2005)
• Johnnys Theater “Summary”of Johnnys World (August 8–29, 2004)

Stage

• Endless Shock (January - February 2005)
• Dream Boys (January 2006)
• Takizawa Enbujyo (March - April 2006)
• One!-the history of Tackey- (September 2006)
• Takizawa Kabuki (April - May 2010)

DVD

• Endless Shock (Released on February 15, 2006)
• Dream Boys (Released on June 28, 2006)
• Takizawa Hideaki Arigato 2005nen Sayonara (Released on August 30, 2006)
• Takizawa Enbujyo (Released on July 18, 2007)
• One!-the history of Tackey- (Released on January 23, 2008)
• One-Pound Gospel (Released on September 3, 2008)
• Furuhata Chugakusei: Shougai Saisho no Jiken (Released on December 3, 2008)
• Tantei Gakuen Q (Released on March 4, 2009)
• Scrap Teacher: Kyoshi Saisei (Released on April 22, 2009)
• Niini no koto Wasurenaide (Released on October 28, 2009)
• Hidarime Tantei Eye SP (Released on March 17, 2010)
• Hidarime Tantei Eye (Released on May 26, 2010)
• Solo Debut "Mystery Virgin" (Release on Jan 9, 2012)

Serialization

• Yamada Ryosuke Monogatari (December 2007 - February 2008, in Myojo)
• Yamadas ( - Present, in Duet)
• Nozokimi Tantei Eye (January 27, 2010 - , in Gekkan The Television)

Awards 

• Gained a total of 20 Jr. Awards in 2008 (which beat Jin Akanishi's record of 16 Jr. Awards and still holds this record)

2007

• Won the "Star Ranking Week of Sep.17 2007" in [TV Guide]
• Won the "Most Popular Actor Award 2007" in [Myojo]

2008

• Won the "Star Ranking Week of Jan.9 2008" in [TV Guide]
• Won the "Most Popular Actor Award 2008" in [Myojo] - Two years in a row
• Won the "Most Ideal Lover" of the 14th Jr.Award 2008 in [Myojo]
• Won the "Best Photo of the Year Award 2008" in [Myojo]
• Won the "Most Ideal Lover Award 2008" in [Duet]
• Won the "The Cutest Male Idol" in [anan]
• Won the "Star Ranking Week of Dec.3 2008" in [TV Guide]
• Won the "Drama Of The Year 2008 Male Actor Award" in [TVnavi]

2009

• Won the "Best Photo of the Year 2009 Award" in [Myojo] - Two years in a row
• Won the "No.1 Favorite Male Celebrity Award" in [Nicola]
• Won the "Most Ideal Lover Award" in the Hey!Say!JUMP Ranking 2009 in [Myojo]
• Won the "Best Actor Award 2009" in [TVnavi]
• Won the "Most Ideal Lover Award 2009" in [Duet] - Two years in a row
• Won the "Favorite U-21 Male Celebrity Award" in [anan]
• Won the "Most Ideal Celebrity Lover 2009" in [Nicola]
• Won the "Most Ideal Big brother 2009" in [Nicola]
• Won the "Most Popular Actor Award 2009" in [Myojo] - Three years in a row

2010

• Won the "Most Ideal Lover Award" in the Entertainment Raking 2010 in [Nicola]
• Won the "Best Photo of the Year MVP 2010 Award" in [Myojo]
• Won the "Most Ideal Lover Award" in the Hey!Say!JUMP Ranking 2010 in [Myojo] - Two years in a row
• Won the "Most Ideal Lover Award" in the Renai Grandprix 2010 in [Myojo]
• Won the "Sexiest Male Celebrity" in the Renai Grandprix 2010 in [Myojo]
• Won the "Best Actor Award 2010" in [Myojo] - Four years in a row
• Won the "Most Ideal Lover Award 2010" in [Duet]-Three years in a row

External Links

• Japanese Wikipedia
• Hey! Say! JUMP official site