Name (Japanese): Kamenashi Kazuya
Name (English): Kazuya Kamenashi
Nicknames: Kame, Kame-chan, Kamenashi-kun, Kamehameha, Kamerin, Kazuya-kun, Ka-kun
Date of Birth: 23rd of February, 1986
Birth Place: Tokyo, Japan
*Star Sign: Pisces
Chinese Sign: Tiger
**Blood Type: B
Marital Status: Single (as far as the public knows =P)
Height: 171 cm
Weight: 53 kg
Favourite Colour: Black, White, and Blue
Favourite Food: Steak and Rice
Favourite Sport: Baseball, Snooker (Billiard/Pool), Bowling, Basketball, and Water Sports
Favourite Subject: PE (Physical Education)
Favourite Body Part: Arms, and the Mole on his Left Cheek
Family: Mother, Father, 2 Older Brothers (Yoijiro; 23; 4 years older, and Koji; 21; 2 years older), and 1 Younger Brother (Yuya; 15; 4 years younger)
Best Friends: Akanishi Jin (KAT-TUN), and Nishikido Ryo (NEWS)
Entered Johnny's Jr.: 8th of November, 1998 (at the age of 12)
*Pisces: Charming, talented, moody, friendly, generally nice, but complicated people. They are creative in all senses; most likely to be gifted in music (both singing and instruments), art, dancing, etc. Pisces is a water sign, so would most likely enjoy skiing, ice skating, swimming, etc. Most of them are shy by nature, but enchantingly charming. They are sensitive souls, and are prone to drown you in tears (even the guys ;P). Because they are so vulnerable, the male Pisces especially, tends to put on a brave front, seemingly tough and cool. But they are romantic and sincere, never wanting to hurt anyone. On the downside, their emotions change at the slightest of things; they can be happy and social one moment, and then be depressed and lonely. They like to be alone from time to time, to re-energize themselves.
Most Compatible Signs: Scorpio, Cancer. (Ryo's a Scorpio, and Jin's a Cancer . . . coincidence? ;p)
**Blood Type B: A practical person, this type of person is a specialist in what they do. When starting a project, they will spend extra time understanding and making sure to follow directions than people of other blood types generally would, and anything that they are doing gets all of their attention and focus. A person with B blood will stick to a goal, always following it through to the end even when it seems impossible. They are not really cooperative and tend to follow their own rules/ideas, as well as tend to be individualists. A person with B blood will pay more attention to their thoughts than feelings, and have the possibility of coming off as very cold and serious. Nevertheless, a person with B blood is usually considered to be more relaxed and unconventional than the other blood types, sometimes but not always to an unacceptable degree.
Random Facts
His parents named him "Kazuya" after the character of the younger twin brother on an anime called "Touch", which is now ingrained into Japanese culture. What I find odd is that the older twin brother is named "Tatsuya" . . . What a strange coincidence! =P
His dad took him to audition for Johnny's on the 8th of November 1998, and on the 12th of November he backdanced at the very back to the song "Can do, Can go"
When he was younger, he wanted to become a professional baseball player
"Kame" means "Turtle", that's why he says his animal analogy is a turtle
He hates tomatoes and green pepper
His "first love" was in kindergarten. =P He was doing a play where he had 'love scenes' with this girl, and he liked her eyes. He ended up "falling for her" (awww! lol) and thus, his first kiss was also in kindergarten =P
In kindergarten, he also had a secret crush on his teacher =P
An owner of a store that was near where he lived got him into baseball in 1st grade
In Grade 4, some girl gave him strawberry chocolate (his first Valentines, lol) but he didn't bring it home (I take it he was bashful ^-^) and after three days, it expired and he couldn't eat it anymore, lol
In 1999, he got into his schools basketball team, 'cause apparently, he could slam dunk. @.@;; No comment.
May of 1999 was his first concert, the "Johnny's Jr. Fresh Spring Concert '99"
His desired girl; One that doesn't talk that much, isn't overbearingly loud and annoying, and who is preferably older than he is, 'cause he wants her to be mature
The first thing he notices about the opposite sex is their eyes
On the 10th of December '99, he made his first appearance on Music Station, if you could call it that. =P He stayed mute throughout the whole thing. XD
On the 18th of December '99, at J2000 @ Chiba Marine Station, he was the pitcher for the baseball team, and also the captain ^^
In 2000, he joined his school's soccer team
In April of 2000, he had his first appearance on Shounen Club
He likes to have "alone time"
He comes from a wealthy family, apparently . . .
He's one of the most popular 'seniors', if not the most popular senior, amongst the younger Jrs. (Kusano, Yabu, Hikaru, Yuto etc. all admire him ^-^)
He admires Kimura Takuya (SMAP) and Imai Tsubasa (Tackey&Tsubasa)
He smokes, apparently . . .
He has his left ear pierced
He dropped out of school
Nakamaru Yuichi (KAT-TUN) believes Kazuya is the "true" leader of KAT-TUN ^o^ (*cough* So do I . . . =P)
He got his nickname "Kame" from the people at Johnny's
His close friends and family call him "Ka-kun"
In Primary school he had a lot of interests; he even cooked! ^-^
He's very much into clothes and fashion