Reason Why ‘Hey! Say! JUMP’ Didn’t Become the Next Arashi Amid Marriage Rush

On August 19, “Hey! Say! JUMP” announced the release of their 34th single “UMP” on September 24. However, some fans may not be happy to let go of the release of a new song. This is because the group has been experiencing a rush of marriages.

On August 12, Hikaru Yaotome, 33, announced his marriage to a common woman. This is the second married person in the group since Hiroki Arioka (33) married Mayu Matsuoka (29) in June of this year. The former Johnny’s office (now STARTO ENTERTAINMENT) has had many talents get married this year, but it is rare for groups in their 30s to reach the goal one after the other.

After the marriage announcement, fans were full of congratulations for Yaotome. However, on the Internet, some fans were repulsed by the fact that two married couples had appeared in just two months. In fact, some are,

“The tour will be over in three weeks, there will be no single for more than a year, there will be no music program for the first half of the year, and the FC’s announcements are two marriage reports, which is really mental.

There’s no new music, there’s no new tour dates, and yet there are two wedding announcements, and now you’re asking fans to follow you?

Are they just licking their fans?

Some people were very critical of the fans’ reactions. A TV station official speculated that the fans’ reactions may have something to do with the recent activities of the “JUMP” group.

Since “DEAR MY LOVER/URAOMOTE” in May 2011, “JUMP” has released digital songs and albums, but until “UMP” in September, they had not released a single for a year and four months. The last live concert was a dome tour held from December 23 last year to January 14 this year.

Of course, being an idol does not mean that one should sacrifice one’s private life, but for …… fans, it must have felt as if they were paying their fan club dues but hearing only about the marriages of their idols and not about the activities of the group.

JUMP” debuted in 2007 and will celebrate its 17th anniversary this November. The group is currently struggling, but the situation was different in the ’10s.

There was an impression within the old Johnny’s that they were trying to make themselves the “post-Arashi” group. Ryosuke Yamada (31) and Yusho Nakajima (31) are actors, and Yaotome and Yoshioka are variety show stars such as “Hirunandasu! (NTV), and Satoshi Inoo (34) works on “Mezamashi TV” (Fuji TV). As a group, they also had a lot of momentum, including their first Asia tour in 2012.

Both the group and the individual members were gaining recognition and seemed to be on the way to becoming “national idols. Soon, however, things began to go a little awry.

Just as “JUMP” began to grow, “Kis-My-Ft2” and “timelesz” (formerly “Sexy Zone”) joined in 2011, “A.B.C-Z” in 2012, and “WEST. (formerly Johnny’s WEST) in 2002, new groups debuted in rapid succession. As a result, fans were dispersed among the various groups. Although it may have been due to the policy of the office, I can’t shake the impression that we lost the opportunity to expand the popularity of JUMP.

After the end of the “Heisei” era, new groups debuted in Reiwa. With the increase in rivals and the group’s sluggish growth, the marriage of two members is likely to be a painful blow.

In the past, the “X” (old Twitter) site, there were reports that “Yuya Takagi (34) will get married within the year,” and some fans even announced that they would “get off the bandwagon. The “JUMP” idols are all in their thirties. All the members of “JUMP” are now in their 30s, and it is time for them to think about their future, but if they continue to announce their marriages, more and more fans may drift to other groups.

Will “JUMP” fans see a bright future on their “eye screen” on the 17th anniversary of their debut?