Tormenta Japonesa

last post or my last interaction here. Sorry. Health issues and RL are driving me crazy. I wasn’t in the fandom for two month not even for post the “HIATUS” phrase.

Is quite unbelievable I don’t follow JE for that short and everything changes.

The retirement of Tackey surprised me a lot. I’m happy he accedes to a management position in the JE. He was a great johnny and the most wonderful Jr of all times. He was the one who all jr respected back then.

In the other hand I’m sad about Tsubasa. He is too the image of the golden era. He was bright back then. Like him sometimes, my own health put limits on my career.  I believe he could have some management desk in JE too, but maybe the full retirement was his decision.

We are close to the 20th anniversary of Arashi and maybe this make the news more painful. In this year retired from Johnny's 3 of most powerful JR of all times: Subaru, Tackey and Tsubasa. Since 1995 the jr. were divided into “Kansai johnnys jr” and “johnnys jr” (for all those who doesn’t belong to kansai). From this sub units remain in the agency: Arashi, KAT-TUN 3, Yamapi, Ikuta Toma, Kazama Shunsuke and Yara Tomoyuki. From Kansai side the part of the Yu Yokoyama Yu, Murakami Shingo, Maruyama Ryuhei, Nishikido Ryo. The other K8 members joined the agency after 1999. There were other Jr in that time, they were the Jr more young of the agency they have 10 years or less: ふぉ〜ゆ〜, ABC and Fujiyawa Taisuke.

Less than 10 johnnys remain in the agency after 200 jr pool at 1999. The most awesome and bright era of Johnny’s begun with NHK “Idol on Stage” where Arashi begun their path.

I know everyone has the right to leave the agency for pursue their own career, but I’m sad about the treatment they had in the agency. Sometimes the three of them didn’t receive the correct publicity in the media or the right work offers. How did they turn the most successful Jr into talents in the bottom of the agency?. T&T didn’t have not even the half of the work of TOKiO.

I found awful the common japanese philosophy of the end of the career at 40. Normally Idols has an “expiration date” at the age at 30, SMAP was the first idol whom surpass the 30 years mark in the top of the success.

And I have the worst proof of that way of thinking: Aiba. Yes, my own ichiban says so. He thinks he can’t reach anything else since the day he reached 30 years old (zero G making). I’m 10 years younger than him but I still love him like he is right now. I don’t want to believe him, Arashi has much more to do in entertainment industry. I hope he changed his mind by now.

Most of the newspapers in japan says the end of Heisei era is the end of the idol era too. They compared the popularity of Idols like the end of the bubble at the 10th of Heisei.

I’m sad… truly. Even if they aren't my group is still sad, they are from the same generation as Arashi and shared with them most of the precious moments during their teenage.

I want them to enjoy their new life now, they deserve it.

タッキーと翼、ありがとう！