V6 (band)


V6 is a six-member Japanese boy band formed by Johnny & Associates. The group debuted on November 1, 1995 with the single "Music for the People", which was used as the image song for the World Cup of Volleyball in 1995. Their first four singles, including "Music for the People", were all cover versions of the same-titled Eurobeat songs composed by Italian producers such as Giancarlo Pasquini, Andrea Leonardi, Alberto Contini, Sandro Oliva.
Similar to their agency seniors Hikaru Genji, the group is separated into two subgroups based on age. For V6, the group is split into 20th Century and Coming Century, which consists of the three oldest members and three youngest members respectively. The band sold more than 13.5 million albums and singles.

History

Name

In an interview on Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ, the group stated that the "V" in V6 also stood for "Versus" at first. However, then-president Johnny Kitagawa informed the group that the "V" had multiple meanings, such as "Volleyball", "Vegetable", "Bicycle" and "Veteran".

1995–present

From 1997 to 2008, V6 hosted their own variety show Gakkō e Ikō and is hosting Viva Viva V6 since 2001 on Fuji TV. Along with their group shows, the members also have individual TV shows, dramas or radio programs.
V6 celebrated their tenth anniversary in 2005, commemorating the event by holding about thirty concerts in sold-out arenas all over Japan, holding 3 major "Thank You Events", releasing the movie Hold Up Down and releasing Musicmind as their new album. They also had a rare "Handshake Session" with hundreds of thousands of fans in Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka and Fukuoka.
As separate bands, both of them performed the opening song for the anime, Eyeshield 21. Coming Century performed "Breakthrough", the first opening theme song and 20th Century performed "Innocence", the second opening theme song. As V6, they performed "Chain of Power" as an insert song. They also sang "Change the World" and "Brand New World", the 1st opening and 8th ending themes, respectively of the popular anime InuYasha, as well as "Break Out", the 18th opening of popular anime Fairy Tail. They later performed the 21st opening of One Piece, "Super Powers".

Members

20th Century
ProfileNicknameMember color
Masayuki Sakamoto born July 24, 1971, Tokyo　Ma-kun, Riidaa Blue
Hiroshi Naganoborn October 9, 1972, Yamato, Kanagawa　Hiroshi, Nagano-kun Purple
Yoshihiko Inoharaborn May 17, 1976, Tokyo　Inocchi Green

Coming Century
ProfileNicknameMember Color
Go Morita born February 20, 1979, Kasukabe, Saitama　Go-kun, Go-tsun Red
Ken Miyakeborn July 2, 1979, Kanagawa　Ken-kun, Ken-chan　 Orange
Junichi Okadaborn November 18, 1980, Hirakata, Osaka　Jun-kun, Okada-kun Yellow

Note: Colours based upon the concert Sexy.Honey.Bunny! which are their member colours.

Discography

Studio albums
Compilation albums

DVD/VHS

As a group, the members of V6 have done dramas such as V no Honoo in 1995 and movies such as Hard Luck Hero in 2003 and Hold Up Down in 2005.

Films

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