Johnny's West

(stylized Johnny's WEST) is a boyband consisting of seven members formed under the Johnny &amp; Associates talent agency. The members are Daiki Shigeoka, Junta Nakama, Takahiro Hamada, Akito Kiriyama, Tomohiro Kamiyama, Ryusei Fujii, and Nozomu Kotaki. The group's name comes from the fact that it originated within the Johnny &amp; Associates talent agency and that the members are from Kansai, the west region of Japan. They are the first group from Kansai Johnny's Jr. that has debuted in ten years, the last being Kanjani Eight. They debuted in 2014 with the single, "."
Members.
Created based on the official website profile and sorted after birthdays. The member colors are used in costumes, CDs, albums, DVDs jackets, and TV shows.
History.
Debut.
At the 2013-2014 Johnny's Countdown Live held at Tokyo Dome from December 31, 2013, to January 1, 2014, the four members, Daiki Shigeoka, Junta Nakama, Akito Kiriyama, and Nozomu Kotaki announced the group's debut and the debut CD. It was a sudden announcement that the four members got the approval from Johnny Kitagawa, the president of the agency, and decided to announce 30 minutes before the appearance on the stage. Initially, the group's name was supposed to be Johnny's WEST 4. However, they later found that having the number "4" in their name was inappropriate due to the Japanese superstition that the number was unlucky. Therefore, they changed to the name "Johnny's WEST." The four members directly asked Johnny Kitagawa to add three more members, namely, Takahiro Hamada, Tomohiro Kamiyama, and Ryusei Fujii. After getting his approval, Johnny's WEST became a seven-member group.
Their first leading play, "," was held at the Nissay Theatre from February 5 to 28, 2014. At the rehearsal on February 5, the first day of the play, Takahiro Hamada, Tomohiro Kamiyama, and Ryusei Fujii joined as new members and announced that seven members would debut as Johnny's WEST. It was also revealed that initial four members persuaded Johnny Kitagawa to let the other three join the group. In the performances that followed, the group revealed that the group evolved from having four members to seven members.
The debut single, "," was released on April 23, 2014.
Story of Pre-debut.
In an interview with Myōjō (Shueisha) after their debut, they revealed the circumstances until their debut. During the appearance of the play "ANOTHER," in which six members other than Fujii appeared in September 2013, it was informed by the staff of Johnny &amp; Associates that they would debut as seven members, including Hamada, Kamiyama, and Fujii. After that, the members had a meeting about their group's name and debut song, and they thought it would be unveiled at "Johnny's Count Down Live," held on December 31, 2013. However, shortly before the concert, the Johnny &amp; Associates told them that they would appear at the concert as Kansai Johnny's Jr., and then all of them were told that they had no longer appeared.
After the situation changed repeatedly, they were informed that they would actually be at the concert, so they needed to go to Tokyo from Osaka. However, only four members, Shigeoka, Nakama, Kiriyama, and Kotaki, were boarded the Shinkansen. During the meeting in Tokyo, Nakama asked the staff why they were gathered without the other three members, and the staff told that they would debut as a group of four members. They told the other three members about the debut a few hours before the Countdown Concert started. Although they appeared in the concert afterward, the four members were not in the mood to smile at all during the performance. Immediately after, during the Kansai Johnny's Jr. concert held on January 4, 2014, the four members could not even meet the other three members because of the debut, and Nakama stated in the interview, "It was like hell."
The four members continued to ask for the debut with the other three members, and they were finally able to debut as a group of seven members. Shigeoka mainly asked about the debut, and several members answered, "It was Shigeoka. He did not give up from the beginning." Regarding this matter, Shigeoka responded, "I accepted it once when I was told that we would debut with four people, but I could not give up my hope. I desired to include the three members who were not involved initially, but that reason was not enough. I wanted the group to be nationally famous, so I believed that three members were absolutely essential for that."
Media appearances.
Listed only appearances as a group.
Variety shows.
Johnny's West was on from May 2, 2007, to March 15, 2017. They had only appeared on VTRs, but from the broadcast on July 29, 2015, two members from Johnny's WEST randomly appeared in the studio and were in charge of the segment of "3 Tack No.1."
 was broadcast on August 9, 2014, December 30, 2014, and November 10, 2015, on Mainichi Broadcasting System.
 was broadcast from October 8, 2014, to June 24, 2015, on TV Tokyo. Johnny's WEST was in charge of MC with Hey! Say! JUMP on a weekly basis. The title was changed to "Little Tokyo Life" and was broadcast from July 1, 2015, to September 25, 2019.
 is a series program on Kansai Telecasting Corporation in which Johnny's WEST takes on challenges and adventures all over Japan. The first episode was held in Okinawa and broadcast on September 13, 2014. The second episode was held in Hokkaido and broadcast on March 22, 2015. The third episode was held in Shikoku and broadcast on February 12, 2017. The fourth episode was held in Kita Kantō and broadcast on September 17, 2017. The fifth episode was held in Kyushu and broadcast on August 18, 2019. The sixth episode was held in Shikoku again and broadcast on October 18, 2020. The seventh episode was held in Tōhoku and broadcast on January 29, 2022.
Johnny's West was on the Doyoru series. was broadcast from July 11 to October 10, 2015, on Asahi Television Broadcasting System. was broadcast from October 24, 2015, to January 9, 2016. was broadcast from January 16 to March 26, 2016. was broadcast from April 9 to September 24, 2016. The name was changed to , and it was broadcast from October 1, 2016, to June 28, 2020.
 was broadcast from October 22, 2016, to October 19, 2018, on Mainichi Broadcasting System.
 was streamed on Paravi from April 26, 2019, to April 10, 2020. It is started broadcasting on TBS Television (Japan) every Tuesday since June 30, 2020.
 was broadcast on September 14, 2019, on Fuji TV.
 is started broadcasting from October 4, 2020, on Asahi Television Broadcasting System. It was broadcast every Saturday only in Kansai region until September 9, 2021. It is broadcasting every Sunday in every region in Japan.
Johnny's WEST was invited to the shows as a monthly guest from May 7 to 28, 2021.
TV dramas.
"Honō no Tenkōsei Reborn" started broadcasting on Netflix on November 10, 2017.
Radio shows.
 was broadcast from April 4, 2014, to September 24, 2021, on Asahi Radio Broadcasting Corporation.
 is started broadcasting on April 7, 2007, on Radio Kansai.
 is started in April 2014, in Bay FM (Japan).
Johnny's WEST no All Night Nippon Premium was broadcast on June 13, 2020, on Nippon Broadcasting System.