According to the Chinese Herald, the Janis firm, known as the "Japanese Male Idol Dream Factory", has suffered a heavy brain drain in recent years, and since the announcement of the dissolution of the National Heavenly League SMAP, there have been many popular Janis artists who have quit the club, withdrawn from the group or flew alone for various reasons. Since the death of founder Kitagawa in 2019, this trend has undoubtedly been accelerated.
Ryo Nishikido of Seki 8 retired from the club and flew solo, the old senior junior team retained the name of the group but the members Nishikori Kazuyoshi and Katsuhide Uekusa retired from the club, the popular group Arashi also retired at the end of 2020, and Nagase Tomo, who is starring in the last TV series, will also quit the club this month and turn into a behind-the-scenes... On March 12, Janis made the official announcement that the V6 group, which had just celebrated its 25th anniversary last year, was disbanded this year. This makes V6 the fifth band to disband under the Janis umbrella after SMAP, Arashi, TOKIO, and the Junior Team.
Although the disbanded groups chose euphemisms and flexible expressions such as "retaining the group name", "suspension of activities", and "establishment of another office" in order to reduce the shock to the fans, the fact that they could not continue to maintain their previous activities as a group was itself a sign of the end. V6, which announced its dissolution this time, will be officially re-established on November 1 this year, with Morita Tsuyoshi withdrawing from the firm on the same day, while the other five will remain at the firm and carry out activities in their own name.
V6 consisted of Masayuki Sakamoto (49), Hiroshi Nagano (48), Kohihiko Inohara (44), Tsuyoshi Morita, Ken Miyake (41), and Junichi Okada (40) in 1995. The "20th Century" composed of the older Sakamoto Masayuki, Nagano Hiroshi, and Einohara Kohihiko will continue to be retained, and the "Coming Century" composed of the younger Morita Tsuyoshi, Ken Miyake, and Junichi Okada will end completely due to morita's withdrawal.
In the era of a hundred flowers in Janis, with the age group of the V6 members, there is SMAP on the top and Lan on the bottom, all of which are unique in scenery, and it is not easy to break through. But they still became popular with songs such as "This is Love" and "Dance in a Circle", and the variety show "Campus Madness God List" starring in them was also very popular. Although the members have entered the middle age of the 40th generation in recent years, they have made good progress in various fields such as drama, hosting, and variety shows.
For example, Junichi Okada was promoted to the ranks of acting actors by starring in the Ōkawa drama "Officers and Soldiers", Masayuki Sakamoto starred in many musicals with great strength in the music industry, and Kohiko Inohara was promoted to the ranks of red and white gold medal hosts, etc., each of them already has the ability to fly solo. Coupled with the great harmony between the members, it is a rare combination of good reputation and strong strength and stability in the Janis firm.
The famous V6 Lady Group, from left, Seto Asaka, Mikashi Shiraishi, Aoi Miyazaki, and Riki Miyazawa
What is even more enjoyable is that four of the six members of V6 have married actresses. The first person in the group to marry was Kohiko Inohara, who announced his marriage to Seto Asaka Lightning in September 2007. In 2016, Hiroshi Nagano married Miho Shiraishi. In 2017, Junichi Okada married Aoi Miyazaki and became a couple star who starred in both Okawa dramas. In 2018, Morita just married the famous actress Riki Miyazawa, who was 5 years older than him, and became a hot topic for a while. It was such a happy combination that suddenly announced its dissolution, which suddenly became a news bomb that shocked Japan.
Judging by Janis's official announcement, the disintegration of V6 has been proposed since the spring of 2019. After many discussions, the six finally made this big decision. The article reads, "What the six of us have established is not strangers, friends, or family, but a very special and important relationship, because there are always smiles guarding us, and I believe that the bond with fans will not change in the future." For a long time, bit by bit will become a treasure that we will not destroy in this life. ”
According to the "Weekly Wenchun", which has always been accurate, the opportunity for this dissolution is that Morita Tsuyoshi wants to focus on the independent development of actors, because he was influenced by the late director Yukio Kanagawa, wanted to focus on stage plays and other performances, and challenged more jobs that Could not be tried in Janis in his personal capacity. The members of the group said that "if it is not 6 people, it is not V6", decided to respect his opinion and agreed to disband, after all, everyone has entered the second era of life, they all intend to rethink their future career plans, and hope that fans will continue to support.
In any case, V6, which is the mainstay of the firm, also announced its dissolution, which indeed marks the end of Janis, Japan's first male idol dream factory. (Original title: 25 years idol group V6 announced dissolution: DreamWorks Janis scenery is no longer)