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

“In response to the sexual assault issue of Johnny’s founder, Mr. Kitagawa, the agency changed its name to ‘SMILE-UP.’ as of October 17, ’23. As it became a company that only provides compensation services for victims, a new agent company, STARTO ENTERTAINMENT, was created to sign contracts with talent.’ Full-scale operations began on April 10, 2012.

I have the impression that STARTO has made it easier for the talent to express their wishes and claims, and has given them a greater degree of freedom. They are realizing what they want to do one after another, and seem to be focusing on activities outside of the group.

However, for Yamada and Masuda, who have begun their solo music careers, the group is their “home away from home. On December 17, when Yamada announced the digital release of “SWITCH,” she updated her blog on the FAMILY CLUB web, a membership site. He declared, “As a group Yamada, of course, but also as Yamada Ryosuke solo, I would like to take on many new challenges from now on.

Then, on the radio program “Masumaru Rajio by Takahisa Masuda and Yuichi Nakamaru” (MBS Radio, broadcast on the 18th), Masuda confessed that he wanted to make his solo album “for NEWS. He revealed that he wanted to make a solo album “for the sake of NEWS, “ and that he thought it would be beneficial to NEWS if he could reach people who have not seen NEWS before.

Solo activities have been active since ’24.

In January and February, KAT-TUN’s Tatsuya Ueda held his first solo live tour in about 14 years, “Tatsuya Ueda – MOUSE PEACE KAT-TUN member Kazuya Kamenashi also launched his own solo project “Inside 23” and held a live performance “Inside 23 experiment No. 0” in November.

A.B.C-Z’s Shota Totsuka held his first solo live “Solo Tour 2024 guerrilla love” in October, and 20th Century’s Masayuki Sakamoto held his solo live “MASAYUKI SAKAMOTO Billboard Live 2024” during December. That is why the current STARTO is so important to the individual. This is how active STARTO has become in terms of individual activities.

We look forward to seeing what kind of possibilities STARTO’s talents will have as solo artists in the future.