Could the day of their comeback be near? Former Johnny’s Jr. members are taking lessons with Inohara even though their opportunities to perform have been drastically reduced.

In addition to this, HiHi Jets’ Mizuki Inoue confessed in the December ’23 issue of “Duet” magazine (Home-sha), which went on sale on November 7, that he went to the dance lessons at the office, and that he attends all the dance lessons because they are fun every time.

On that day, Tomohiro Kamiyama of WEST. (renamed from “Johnny’s WEST”) and Jingo Takemura, Junior, danced a genre of street dance called “breakin. Kamiyama is a member of the debutant group, but he has not neglected his efforts to grow in terms of performance.

Furthermore, in the December ’23 issue of “WiNK UP” (Wani Books), Hitonari Hamura of the intra-junior group Go!Go!kids said, “We recently started dance lessons at the office. There are genres such as jazz, rock, and breakin, and we are divided into classes according to our level,” he said, revealing the details of the dance lessons.

He is now 16 years old. “I’m in a good class right now, except for breakin’. I’m going to improve my breakin,” he added, setting high goals for himself.

Currently, the training and production of the junior dancers is being handled by the vice president of “SMILE-UP. Inohara probably wants the youngsters to study not only dance but also acting.

In the December issue of “Duet,” 16-year-old junior Shin Watanabe says, “Actually, a while ago, Mr. Inohara (Yoshihiko) invited a teacher to hold a workshop for acting lessons. At that time, the teacher complimented me on my natural acting ability. He commented, ‘That’s why I was so excited about acting at once.

Due to the sexual assault scandal caused by Mr. Janie Kitagawa, former Johnny’s talents have seen their activities dwindle. However, both junior and debutant talents are probably improving their skills day by day behind the scenes. SMILE-UP.” is standing by the victims, and we hope that the day will come when the hard-working talents will be rewarded.