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[Pimp Post] Junno's 25 Birthday

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Happy 25th Birthday, Junno!

Taguchi Junnosuke. Age 25. Bloodtype AB. KAT-TUN's first 'T' (and resident M). Colors orange (CTKT II You) and yellow (CTKT S3). The black tengu. A multi-talented 'prince', often said to be unable to read the atmosphere (KY = kuuki ga yomenai), he's known for his bright smiles, endless energy/enthusiasm and cold jokes (read: puns). May or may not be hiding his ~wicked~ ways aka is smarter than ~~fans~~ people give him credit for. Arguably one of the, if not the, best dancer in KAT-TUN, he gives every performance 110%. Tight-lipped about his private life/goals, he's chatty about practically everything else. Skilled at billiards (and quite a few other sports/hobbies), he's aiming to become a professional billiards player. Recently crazy about song-making, he would one day like to try his hand at a solo live.

Infamous gag: "Iriguchi, Deguchi, Taguchi desu~!"
Given to him by Yokoyama You, Junno has since made this gag memorable and a staple part of his image.

A basic Junno timeline with facts and my favorite pics of him below...

Chibi Days
Junno entered Johnny's & Associates on May 16, 1999. In the spring of 2000, he was placed in the Johnny's group B.A.D. (2nd generation) along with Akanishi Jin and Jimmy Mackey. He also participated in the baseball J2000 team for Johnny's. In 2001, he was put in a group meant to be backup dancers for Koichi Domoto in Pop Jam. Members were switched around some before it officially became the supposed-to-be temporary unit KAT-TUN. KAT-TUN, however, started to gain a lot of attention and was eventually made a solid unit. Junno had small parts in the TV shows Omae no Yukichi ga Naiteiru and Shounen wa Tori ni Natta in 2001. He had a supporting role in the movie Mouhouhan in 2002 with Nakai Masahiro (SMAP).

2003
As you can see, ridiculously cute, haha! Though not his best hairstyle year (I'm looking at the fluffy sort of hair with the highlights?). Mostly KAT-TUN activities going on for him.

2004
Junno injured himself during rehearsals for Dream Boy and had to take a hiatus from KAT-TUN in order to heal and recover. As such, he was absent from Shounen Club from around April to June. ;______; He underwent surgery in February and returned to KAT-TUN activities that same year in August (♥), and was able to participate in Summary and at the end of the year, Kaizokuban.

2005
Junno took over the role of Nakata Saburo in Ganbatte Ikimasshoi, co-starring Nishikido Ryo (K8/NEWS), from episode 3 onwards, a role different from any others he's played as Saburo is arrogant and always quick with teasing barbs. He performed Kurui Kaketa Haguruma during Kaizokuban, and also displayed his 'tappuringu' in which he tap dances and juggles at the same time. His solo songs during the 2005 Looking tour were Yoakemae and Bebop Time. For Yoakemae, he wore the boys' crew team uniform from Ganbatte Ikimasshoi with other KT members in similar outfits as support. It's not the strongest song and I can see why he never really performed it anywhere else. OTL Bebop Time is a nice jazz/swing number where Junno gets to show off his dancing skills. Very "him"/his style.

2006
Junno played Ootori Keiichiro in the TV specials Happy! 1 and 2. His solo song during the Real Face tour was the oriental themed Seishin, of which the only memorable parts are probably the costume with the dragon going down one sleeve and his dance stunt at the end. The radio show KAT-TUN Style first aired April 3 with Junno as one of the main hosts (his co-hosts being Koki, then Jin and back to Koki), and he is still currently doing the show.

2007
In the spring, he played the supporting role of Miura Seiji, love interest to the lead, in Hanayome to Papa. His solo song during the Cartoon KAT-TUN II You tour was the upbeat and there-are-no-words-to-really-describe-this Samurai Love Attack. In fall, he took on the flamboyant role of Bido Granmarie in Yukan Club alongside Akanishi Jin. For the role, he dyed his hair a yellow-yellow shade of blond and wore blue color contacts. The yellow was eventually toned down and it became a rather becoming shade on him.

2008
After being so active as an actor, things slowed down for him. He has some of his best hairstyles during this year after he ditched the blond, went brown and cut it gorgeously short. He then dyed it black, and most people refer to this period as his White X'mas hair. His solo song during the Queen of Pirates tour is Natsu no Basho, and this is where the quality of his solos really starts to pick up. A pleasant, summery song~

2009
Junno had a guest role as the samurai (ghost) Araki Kakunoshin in episode 3 of Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Koen-mae Hashutsujo (or KochiKame for short) with SMAP member Katori Shingo. Also has a fierce angry/fed-up moment that gives me chills. The good kind. -coughs- His solo song during the Break the Records tour is Wind, and this is when he takes a more hands-on approach to his solos by writing the lyrics and collaborating on the music for the first time. Junno debuted his bleached blond hair (a ~glorious~ period, lol) at Johnny's Sports Day on December 12 (he played first base).

2010
Much like 2008, Junno doesn't pursue many solo projects this year. He performed Love Music as his solo during the 2010 Tour with lyrics he wrote himself. He changed his outfit during the tour from a white suit to a striped vest and jeans. ♥ Later on, with the release of Change Ur World, he debuted his first original song that he made completely from scratch on his own. Junno created the music, wrote the lyrics and directed the recording of his song GIRLS. Eiji Kawai helped with fine-tuning the music, and NTT is credited as Maru provided the beat-box and Koki the rap/rap lyrics. So, thanks to Junno, the subunit NTT was born. Whether this subunit will continue is still up in the air.

I don't know what's in Junno's future, but here's hoping that he pursues ~~a lot of~~ some solo projects this year in 2011. :3 We're waiting on your next drama, Junno! ;) Or y'know, a solo live. -coughs-

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A fanmix (don't know if this can technically be called a fanmix... >.>;;) or compilation/what-have-you of Junno's live solo performances, hence why I didn't include Love Music or GIRLS. Songs marked with a (*) are original Junno solos. One song - Yoakemae - is from a fancam as Junno never performed that solo anywhere else except the Looking KAT-TUN 2005ing concert. It was kinda a way to promote Ganbatte Ikimasshoi as he sang the song dressed in the boys' crew team uniform from the drama and had back-up from the other members (also dressed in the same uniform). I also included Junno's tap dancing because... well, just because. I love his tap dancing. ♥ ONE DROP is performed with Hey!Say!Jump members Hikaru Yaotome and Kota Yabu. The Special Medley goes from Seishin to Wind to Natsu no Basho to Samurai Love Attack. If you upload the fanmix to iTunes, it should already have the art covers and all the song info, etc. :3 Enjoy~ ♥♥♥

Tracklist
01) 情熱の一夜 (Jounetsu no Ichiya) ~ Okyakusama wa Kamisama
02) 赤い靴 (Akai Kutsu) ~ Okyakusama wa Kamisama
03) Tap Jungle ~ October 3, 2004 Shounen Club
04) Bebop Time* ~ May 8, 2005 Shounen Club
05) 夜明け前 (Yoakemae)* ~ August 28, 2005 Looking KAT-TUN 2005ing Fancam
06) 狂いかけた歯車 (Kurui Kaketa Haguruma) ~ Kaizokuban
07) Tap Dancing ~ Kaizokuban
08) 誓心 (Seishin)* ~ Live of KAT-TUN "Real Face"
09) Samurai Love Attack* ~ Cartoon KAT-TUN II You
10) 夏の場所* (Natsu no Basho) ~ Queen of Pirates
11) ONE DROP ~ February 14, 2009 Hi! Hey! Say!
12) Wind* ~ Break the Records
13) Special Medley ~ May 14, 2010 Shounen Club

Happy birthday again, Junno!

Cross-posted to various places.

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FIRST!

LOL Just kidding with the first comment. I love the time taken for all these, and I love that you review him year by year *____*

Let the Junno-worship commence! My favourite part is when you didn't comment on Samurai Love Attack, because it's exactly what almost all of us feel for him - ie, there's no way to define Junno because Junno is Junno and he needs to description.

Great job, girl, let's all drape ourselves wet with Girls.

pleasepleaseperformthat *prays and chants*

ROFL, it's the first time someone ever did the 'first' thing on my journal. ♥ xD Anyways, I'm so glad you liked this post. <333 At first, it was just going to be a Junno timeline with pics (plus the fanmix), but then I thought it would be fun to add some quick facts as well. I wish I had been a bit funnier with the comments but I got lazy. OTL

there's no way to define Junno because Junno is Junno and he needs to description.
Perfectly said. ♥

Great job, girl, let's all drape ourselves wet with Girls.
Thank you~ ♥ And rofl, I'm always up for a GIRLS party. xD

pleasepleaseperformthat *prays and chants*
-prays and chants with you-

GAH. THE CUTENESS, IT BURNS.

Because of this man, I develop a legs fetish, a dancing/dancer fetish, and my utterly very manry Koki (my opinion, at least) has become such girly man next to him. But I thank him for that, because without him and his m-ness, who would know this side of Koki just for him :D

To me he's so effing cute/boyish, talented, precious and deserves some freaking enormous love from the fans (that come to see the concerts. Poor guy always had to look out for his fans D:) I wish people could see him more than a wallflower whose only purpose was to prettify~ KAT-TUN.

NTT needs to officially exists. Damn.

Awesome post, you ♥ /is downloading the mix and braces myself for the craziness coming my way lol

:D :D :D

Don't even get me started on his legs. *o* My goodness. The way this man just fills out a pair of jeans... mmm...

Poor guy always had to look out for his fans D:
Argh, if I'm ever able to get concert tickets, I hope I somehow score seats in an area where Junno can see me. I will be waving his uchiwa like crazy. Seriously. And he does so much more than prettify KAT-TUN. :( :( :( This is why he needs more exposure with solo things... -pokes Junno hard-

NTT needs to officially exists. Damn.
It does. It really does.

Thanks so much, bb! I love your comments, and I'm so glad you liked the post. :D And thanks for dling the mix as well, lol. ;)

;) ♥ ♥ ♥

Seriously, I cannot find anything imperfect on his body or the way he moves \*0*/

Ahh~ I was planning on going to the Arena tour, but then my traveling schedule got in the way *sighs* I couldn't go buy his uchiwa lol
If we ever met during the con season, let's definitely do that ;D

I hate being impatient, especially about NTT :(

Haha, Junno's solos are blasts. But tbh, I do love NnB onwards. He gets better and better since 2008 ♥

very very very LOVE ur post!
i like how you make a time-line of junno's facts & the pics as well! :)

junno=love. :)

Aww, thank you! ♥ I'm so happy you enjoyed it! *_________*

At first it was just going to be a timeline with pictures (plus the fanmix), then I thought it would be fun to add a few quick facts. I wish I had made them funnier, but I got lazy. OTL

junno=love. :)
So true. ;)

This is such a wonderful post. Thank you for sharing! ♥ I really hope he gets a drama next year. Hanayome was cute and Yukan was fun, but a serious role would be nice. :)

I'm curious about the fierce angry/fed-up moment. Was this in KochiKame or elsewhere? ^^;

Thank you for commenting! *o* I'm so happy you enjoyed it~

Honestly, since it's been so long, I'd be fine with any kind of role, but preferably a lead or supporting. :3

Well, I was talking about KochiKame, but there's also one moment in Hanayome. In KochiKame, it's when Katori Shingo's character is trying to cheer Junno's character up by saying they can still have a party with just the three of them. (There was another character in the room.) But Junno's character keeps saying it's fine, quietly at first, but Katori's character keeps being loud and silly before Junno's character gets fed up and yells. It's more his voice than anything, and I love it. xD Fierce Junno is ~amazing~ since we really don't get that a lot, lol.

In Hanayome, pretty much the same scenario. The girl keeps pushing a touchy subject before Junno's character yells that he doesn't want to talk about it anymore. Blew my mind when I first saw it. xD

Honestly, since it's been so long, I'd be fine with any kind of role.
This. ;_;

I went back and watched that bit and alkdalkdsaka YES. Though samurai ~~love attack~~ Junno in general is *_*

Thank you! Great post ^_^

Thanks! :)

Love the post. I hope he gets a drama next year as the lead. I'm also looking forward to a solo live.

Thank you! :D So happy you liked it~ Junno scoring a lead role in a drama and a Junno solo live are things that need to happen. They need to. xD Though honestly, as long as he does some type of solo things in 2011... It's been too long. :(

thank you! I love the picspam and your comments XD. But I really like the 'fanmix' of live solos and it's awesome cover. I love listening to lives on my iPod. Please do these for any more pimp posts in future! Awesome pimp post!

Oh yay! I'm glad you like the fanmix and the covers! :D Not a lot of people are commenting on that aspect, so I don't know if they're interested in it or not. xD Anyways, I totally love listening to the lives on my iPod as well. *o* I actually plan to do something similar for Kame's birthday. ;3

Thank you for commenting! ♥ It's much appreciated. :D

It's a really good idea in my opinion, I've been listening to it all day XD I'd love to have one for every member.

I'm looking forward to Kame's if you do make it!

Really? *o* I'm so happy that you're listening to it! (I'm not the only one! LOL.) I'm not sure about -TUN (maybe I'll do it for their 5th anniversary in 2011 :D), but Kame's is definitely on my list of things to do. <333

Awesome, thanks so much :)

Thanks for commenting!

YES YES YES!!!

I was looking forward to this! Picspam/information-loaded pimp post FTW! You're awesome! I love it. And I especially love the fact that I can see how Junno progressed (in the appearance AND performance areas.

You're cool, this was awesome, and thanks for sharing!

Aww, thank you. You're so sweet. :3 I'm so happy you enjoyed it~ And that was definitely my goal with this pimp post - to show Junno's progression in ~~awesomeness~~ appearance (and performance). :Dv

This totally reminds me - I have to reply to your comment in the GG comm. OTL

Thanks again for commenting! It's much appreciated. ♥

he is really a great man! and each year he develops his talents. NTT is really awesome! and I hope to see them live)And he really needs a drama with a leading role!!!
Thanks for the post and for such detail info the fanmix!!!

Yes, he definitely gets more awesome every year, developing his talents. ♥ NTT performing live would be amazing~ They totally have to perform GIRLS one day... Junno with a leading role in a drama would be a dream come true. -wishes really, really hard-

Thank you for commenting! :D :D :D

can you be more awesome?

thank you so much for this ♥♥♥♥♥

i hope my gifs said it all cause i have no more words left to say orz *failure*

Those gifs are adorable and awesome~ ♥♥♥ I love them! The one on the balloon is especially sweet. *o* They definitely say it all. I'm so, so happy you liked this pimp post! -Victory!- :Dv

-squishes!-

I love in "the smile is wonderful". Junno will be cheerful away and so cool.
I like every think that be him.

Junno we'll love you forever.

Iriguchi Deguchi Taguchidesu.

Yes, we'll definitely love him forever. ♥

Thanks for commenting! :D

You made it in time! =)

Ok, so the #1 thing I love about your pimp post is how it's so gorgeously organized. *__* You're OCD enough to catalogue Junno's pics from year to year. ♥ Should also mention here that Junno has not aged one single bit, image-wise, since his chibi days. He's like the eternal youth. *o*

And lol, his fluffy chibi hair with the highlights makes me twitch whenever I see it; I wanna pull the highlighted strands out. >.> White Xmas & DUES Junno is fabulous, though. I also really, really love the outfit he wore in his Love Music perf (the jeans he wore are perfect; fitting enough to showcase his long legs without being tight ♥).

Also, you need to .gif the angry!Junno look that gives you chills in a good way. I wanna see~ :D

And you made a fanmix with all his live performances! You are seriously the sweetest Junno fan ever. *squishes you*

Just in time, lol. I knew I had to finish it so I could make it onto the Birthday Week list at GG. xD

Thanks for commenting on the organization, lol. I'm totally OCD. xD And I know! It's crazy how he barely changed at all. O____o;;

I wanna pull the highlighted strands out. >.>
Haha! I feel the same. xD It's such a weird hairstyle. The highlights are just like randomly in there, and combined with the fluffy hair... =.= I need him to have his White X'mas hair again. So fabulous. Though I've decided this is perhaps my favorite picture of him ever (atm). And I agree about his LM outfit. Oh man, his jeans... *o* I love that man in jeans.

I will, though the moment's not as amazing without hearing his voice. lol It's his voice that gets me. *o* Since we never see Junno angry, I have to rely on his drama characters. And, if we put aside his Saburo character, I can't count on one hand the number of times his other roles have ever gotten mad. xDDD;;

-bashful- :) I'm gonna try to do something similar for Kame. Will definitely include Plastic Tears, LOL. ;)

ROFL. XD You could've just used your leverage as a MOD, y'know. But of course 'abusing' your power is beyond you. ♥

That pic! *____* He's barefoot and looking all relaxed and at home, but his expression is chilly. Never seen this pci before, but yeah, definitely a fave; he makes casual look so posh.

I can't count on one hand the number of times his other roles have ever gotten mad. xDDD;;
Same. I can only recall one moment, but that was in a skit. OTL

I'm buried in exams atm so I totally forgot about Plastic Tears! D: D: Only 2 days away. *excited*

Haha, I could've. But the guilt... the guilt. xDDD

He just looks so good in that pic. His outfit is so simple, yet he wears it so well. His pose, his cool look, his figure (it seems he's lost some weight since then :/)... it all just comes together and I'm totally going to ramble so I'll stop, lol.

Oh? Which skit? A SC one? -blanking- o_____o;; There's one moment in KochiKame, as I mentioned before, and also one in Hanayome to Papa. That's it. LOL. I don't think Bido ever gets mad (always more distressed than angry, lol). Keiichiro (the tennis player role) might have gotten angry a few times. I know Saburo does at least once...? x.x

Oh noes! :( Good luck with your exams!!! -cheers you on- \(^.^)/ I'm super excited as well~ Friday can't come fast enough!

Lol, I like reading your rambles, jsyk. But yeah, now that you mention it, he did fill out that outfit pretty well *__* (his stylist needs to give him more fitting clothes).

Ah, I was talking about the SC skit where KameNo were nerds and Junno did his angry-eye-popping look. xP

Thank you! :D ♥

Thanks for this wonderfull Junno pimp Post and for the fanmix :))

lol the famous Worms from outerspace Hairstyle, well i actually find him cute with that. I love this guy soo much that i´ll take him with any hairstyle. ^^

Now that he is 25 i hope he gets the chance of Solo live. I don´t know why but i have the feelling he alredy prepairs for it. He got really into writing his own Soli and even producing them himself. So you go Junno!

Hopefully some Casting Director sees the beauty and the acting tallent that lies in this wonderfull man and casts him as the lead of an awesome Drama. *dreams*

No problem! Thank you for commenting! It's much appreciated. ♥ Enjoy the fanmix~

lol the famous Worms from outerspace Hairstyle
LOLOL. Sorry, I've never heard it referred to as that, haha. I love Junno no matter what hairstyle he sports, but there are definitely ones he looks better in than others. ;)

I'm hoping for the same thing! He does need some more songs before he can perform a solo live, so I'm hoping he's been working on other songs. We just don't know about it ~~yet~~. :3 Here's hoping Junno doesn't disappoint our imaginations! lolol

What a wonderful dream. -dreams with you-

Thanks i´m enjoing it alredy <3

Oh that well in 6nin com. was a poll about KAT-TUN´s worst hairstyles and apperently this one was votet as the worst for Junno but the poll was bevor CUW PW came out. XD No i love also his CUW hairstyle <333

Yeah i think he is really into it now and he also said in his JWeb entry that he created "Girls" with the thought to be performed in lives. I wished he would know how much we love this Song, that would give him maybe more strength to continue. :-))

Great then we are alredy two ^^
but honestly i think its not that Junno dosen´t get proposal´s for Drama´s after all he is an award winning actor. As far as i now he won the Newcommer of the year 2007 for "Hanayope of Papa" and the Best supporting Actor for "Yukan Club". I think thats Johnny-san who dosen´t give his OK for this. *sigh*

WOW. just WOW. i admire the time and effort you put into this. OC much? ;) junno's lucky to have a solid adoring fan in you. =)

has a fierce angry/fed-up moment that gives me chills. The good kind.
LOL. the good kind huh? wanna see. =)

im so glad you pimped his white xmas hair!! my favorite. =) also, i just realized how often he changes hairstyles. maybe even more than kame. ;)

*cheers*

Thank you~ -bashful- And yeah, I'm totally OCD, lol. Things need to be just a certain way... -coughs- xD

I'll put up a clip some time! (I'm away from my KT vids right now, unfortunately.) It's really more his voice than anything that gets me. So fierce. I love it. xD

When I was posting all these pics, I totally realized how much I miss his short White X'mas hair. 2008 really was a ~fabulous~ hair year for him. Love it. I might try to do a similar post for Kame's b-day (definitely doing a fanmix at least), so we'll see how much Kame has changed his hair, lolol.

Thanks for commenting, bb! ♥

Great post - with some of my favorite pictures ever. :-) This is a really cool ressource, what with the way you give an overview over his career by years. Thank you! :-))

here's hoping that he pursues a lot of some solo projects this year in 2011. :3 We're waiting on your next drama, Junno! ;)

TOO RIGHT!!!

I actually wanted to go even more in-depth (I had this huge epic post in mind), but alas, time and rl got in the way. OTL I also wish my comments had been funnier, but that was just laziness on my part. xD

Thank you for commenting! It's much appreciated. ♥

Yeah, I want to kick Junno's butt in gear. xD Don't know what that lovable guy's doing, but his fans are waiting~ ~~And waiting~~~ xD

COOL!!!
Taking~
XDDDD
Thank you so much for sharing bb...*hugs*

Yay! Enjoy the fanmix~ ♥♥♥

Thank you for commenting! :Dv

This post is a thing of beauty. Now i have to go back through my ridiculously scattered archive of pics to see whether any of these perfect pics are there. I adore this; thank you so much for arranging it (it's so organised and symmetrical) and sharing!!

Aww, thank you. I'm so happy you think so. It was a labor of love (that and I have OCD tendencies, lol).

Thank you for commenting! It's much appreciated~ ♥

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