Why “Def Tech” Micro’s Arrest Has “Ex-V6” Ken Miyake Fans Buzzing

Micro’s relationship with Ken Miyake

Micro (45) of the music duo Def Tech was arrested on suspicion of violating the Narcotics Control Law (possession). The arrest came just before their 20th anniversary concert at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, and many on the Internet expressed surprise. Fans of Ken Miyake (46), a former member of “V6,” are voicing their concerns.

Yuki Nishimiya, aka Micro, was caught red-handed by the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare’s Drug Enforcement Division of the Kanto Shinetsu Bureau of Health and Welfare for possession of several grams of dried marijuana at his home in Shibuya Ward on February 2. He was indicted on February 20.

Def Tech is a unit formed in ’01 by Micro and Shen (44), who grew up in Hawaii. They had a big hit with “My Way” (2005), but announced their breakup in September 2007. After reuniting in 2010, they have been consistently performing music, and were scheduled to hold a live concert to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their debut at the Budokan on February 8 this year. However, the concert was canceled due to Micro’s arrest.

While those who were looking forward to the concert were saddened by the news, V6 fans were also looking at the news of Micro’s arrest with mixed feelings. Micro had previously written, composed, and produced Miyake’s solo song “Sadly, I Do” (Glass Shoes), which was included on the limited first edition B of V6’s album “READY?

He also wrote the lyrics to the song “Get Naked” by Coming Century, a unit of V6 consisting of Miyake, Go Morita (46), and Junichi Okada (45), and also wrote the lyrics to the song “Answer” on the mini album “NEWWW” released in 2010 after the group broke up and Miyake went solo. Miyake also wrote the lyrics and composed the music for the song “Answer” on the mini album “NEWWW” released in 2010 after the group disbanded and Miyake went solo. The following year, when the album’s subscriber ban was lifted, “Kono naka naka”, a song written and composed by Micro and not included on the CD, was also made available for download.

Miyake then left the former Johnny’s s office on May 2, ’23, and transferred to TOBE, an entertainment agency headed by Hideaki Takizawa, 43. He re-teamed with Micro for his second digital single “iDOLING,” released in January of the following year, and wrote a song that he positioned as a ″sequel″ to his former solo song, “Sadly, I Do.

It’s a very special song.

“Due in part to the stream of music he provided, Micro was a guest on a live stream on May 30, ’24 on Miyake’s YouTube channel. However, when we checked the archive of that live-streaming after the news of Micro’s arrest, it showed ‘Video cannot be played, this video is private,’ and it is currently unavailable. I wonder if the management has stopped the release of the video after the arrest. ……” (entertainment writer)

Miyake recounted his encounter with Micro in a live broadcast on January 25 of the same year: “More than 10 years ago, Eiya Suzuki, 56, the drummer of the rock band Mr. Children, had a year-end party at his house, and he and Micro, who were there, hit it off. He told me that he had asked him to do a solo song for his album.

He also told us the story behind the recording of “Sadly, it took until almost morning on the day of the recording of “Sadly, I Do,” and he drove home in Micro’s car while listening to the newly completed song. Micro collaborated on the song “Let Me” on the album “STEP,” which was released in September of the same year. Miyake, who admires his musical sense, said, “I have never had six people provide me with (lyrics and music). I wanted to have him provide lyrics and music at least once, and it came true at the last minute,” he said with deep emotion. He seemed to be satisfied with the outcome of the new song “iDOLING” as well.

The songs “Get Naked” and “Let Me” mentioned above were probably written by Micro as a result of his interaction with Miyake. That is why, when fans learned of the arrest, they said, “Don’t worry about V6-related songs,

I wonder if V6-related songs are safe?　That’s what worries me. ……
I liked the V6 songs that Micro wrote, so I’m surprised.
Ken, I’m shocked. …… Both “iDOLING” and “Sadly, I Do” are special songs for Ken-kun and his fans. I’d love to see him sing them again.
I’m shocked because they made good songs for Ken-kun. You shouldn’t get involved in drugs. It’s a shame.

I’m so disappointed.

TOBE has been holding joint concerts by its artists every year since ’24. The song “iDOLING,” which has become a symbol of Miyake’s idolatry, has been sung two years in a row. However, there are concerns among some fans that the song will be removed from the set list at the upcoming concert in April or May of this year.

Will Miyake seal off the songs of Micro, with whom he had a close friendship, or will he continue to sing them with the thought that “the songs are blameless”?