Singer-songwriter, actor, television personality and heartthrob Jin Akanishi has began his career as lead vocalist in the popular J-pop boy-band KAT-TUN, which achieved 14 consecutive number one hits on the Oricon charts. As a solo artist he has released three studio albums – “Japonicana”, “#JustJin” and most recently “Audio Fashion”, for which he composed the music and lyrics and oversaw the record production.
As a part of duo JINTAKA, with actor and singer Takayuki Yamada, he recently released a music video for the track “Choo Choo Shitain”, Japanese slang for “kiss”. He has also performed solo tours in the US and Canada.
In addition to his music career the talented Jin has appeared in films including “Bandage”, and Hollywood action movie “47 Ronin”, and guest starred in several popular Japanese school dramas, including “Gokusen 2” and “Yukan Club”, as well as the popular Chinese show “Midnight Taxi 2”. In April he was awarded the title of “Asia’s Most Popular Japanese Artist” at the 20th China Music Awards which took place at The Venetian Macao
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