I knew this was coming since I saw that
Snow Prince Gasshoudan was singing the theme song to the
Snow Prince movie. The group is getting a cd debut, though it is a temporary unit like the original
Hey! Say! 7 was.
The single is set to release December 2nd, which is about two weeks before the movie opens in theaters in Japan and will have two editions. The LE will be the usual LE with a DVD of the PV and making of segment. It does has a different B-side tracks though, one which is simply titled
Snow Prince Gasshoudan, the karaoke track for the title track and the muscial accompaniment of
Snow Prince Gasshoudan. The RE also has the title track but the other tracks are different. One is a Chistmas song medley with a karaoke track version of it and the other is
Bitter Moon, the song the group has been singing on
Shounen Club together.
I think the most interesting thing to note is the line up for the group, as it is different than what has been given in the past few months. Of course
Morimoto Shintarou is a part of the group, though oddly
Tanaka Juri isn't even though he's been performing with the group since it was put together. I guess
Johnny's must of decided that he's more a part of
Hip Hop Jump than this unit. But then again
Yoshino Shota isn't included either and he doesn't have a group. So maybe they were just deemed too old. The ten other Juniors that will be in the group with
MoriShin are,
Kishimoto Shintarou,
Nakamura Reia,
Kurita Kei,
Otsuka Yuya,
Horinouchi Tatsuya,
Okada Sousei,
Haba Yuki,
Hashimoto Ryo,
Inoue Mizuki and
Chino Aoi. Apparently
Chino Aoi is only eight years old and with the oldest being 13 the average group age is 10.5 years old, blasting all previous young groups
Johnny's has had release a cd record. Hence why
Juri and
Yoshino could have been 'too old' for the group as they probably would have brough that age average up.
Johnny's net listing, w/cd covers. (Japanese only)
Daily Sports article. (Japanese only)
I really hope this is the end of 'the youngest group to debut' phase from
Johnny's. I don't see how they can put together a younger group, I mean they have an eight year old, which I didn't think they even could have.
Though I guess it does make more sense that the age restriction is the 'old enough to commute on the trains' and not a definite age that I read from an article about
Johnny's. And I know I've seen some really young kids along on the trains while here in Japan. But really, I think I'm ready for some older boys to make a debut now. Especially since that debut would have a greater chance of being a full debut and not a temporary one.
