Ryosuke Yamada, Taiga Kyomoto, and Takahisa Masuda..! STARTO Talent’s “Solo Activities Becoming More Active” Background

JUMP’s “absolute ace,” Yamada Ryosuke, released his first solo digital single “SWITCH” on December 24, 2012. Also from STARTO ENTERTAINMENT, Takahisa Masuda of NEWS is scheduled to release his first solo album “Kiatsu Aigura” in February 2013. After the former Johnny’s made a fresh start, solo activities by members of the group have been flourishing.

Fans are also in a welcoming mood for solo activities.

Yamada is the center of Hey! Yamada, who also does a lot of acting and other personal activities, released his new solo song “Switch” digitally. On December 18, 2012, it was announced that NEWS’ Masuda would release his first solo album “Kiatsu Aigaku” on February 12, 2013, and hold a solo live concert “Takahisa Masuda 1st LIVE Kiatsu Aigaku” with the album in tow.

In addition, Daiga Kyomoto of SixTONES announced the start of his creative project “ART-PUT” in September 2012, which will be featured on the YouTube channel “Daiga Kyomoto from ART-PUT” for three consecutive months: “Prelude” (September 3), “WONDER LAND (October 3) and “Blue night” (November 3).

He is already running as a solo artist, holding a live concert “TAIGA KYOMOTO Anniversary Event “30 -THI “ART “Y-” at the Tokyo Garden Theater on December 3, his 30th birthday.

Both Yamada and Masuda are key members of the group, and Kyomoto is one of the main vocalists of SixTONES. In response to these trends, SNS,

[Daega-kun, Yamada-kun, and Masuda-kun, the core members of the group, have announced that they will be releasing solo songs, but is it because their office has become an agent company?

〈STARTO’s most popular middle group members continue to make solo debuts. It looks like this is going to become the mainstream.

Following Yamada-kun, Masuzu also made his solo debut!　It’s a good sign that STARTO is experiencing a boom in solo debuts.

Both Masuda-kun and Yamada-kun have a sense of security that they will never leave the group. I think it’s great that their solo activities are so welcomed.

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