Hey! Say! JUMP is a debuted 10 member Johnny’s Entertainment group. The band consists of two sub groups:
Hey! Say! Best 薮宏太//Yabu Kouta (1990/01/31) 高木雄也//Takaki Yuuya (1990/03/26) 伊野尾慧//Inoo Kei (1990/06/22) 八乙女光//Yaotome Hikaru (1990/12/02) 有岡大貴//Arioka Daiki (1991/04/15)
Hey! Say! 7 岡本圭人//Okamoto Keito (1993/04/01) 山田涼介//Yamada Ryousuke (1993/05/09) 中島裕翔//Nakajima Yuuto (1993/08/10) 知念侑李//Chinen Yuuri (1993/11/30) 森本龍太郎//Morimoto Ryuutarou (1995/04/06)
The formation of Hey! Say! JUMP was announced on September 24th, 2007 during the Johnny’s Jr Hey Say 07 in Yokohama concert, which was broad casted live by Fuji TV. The boys were introduced with reference to other debuted group such as NEWS and V6.
The word JUMP not only stands for Johnny’s Ultra Music Power, but also jumping high in the heisei era. Immediately after the junior concert, the boys appeared on the filming of popular program Hey! Hey! Hey!, where they announced the unit officially. The new group draws most of its members from popular junior units Ya-Ya-Yah and J.J.Express.
It was stated that the idea for the unit came from the overwhelming sales of Hey! Say! 7’s single Hey! Say!. The members of the unit only found out about their debut three days before the official announcement. Also with the unit having Okamoto Keito as a member, who is the son of Otokogumi’s Okamoto Kenichi, marks the first parent-child pair in Johnny’s.
Discography
Singles
- [2007.11.14] Ultra Music Power
- [2008.05.21] Dreams come true
- [2008.07.23] Your Seed
- [2008.10.22] 真夜中のシャドーボーイ Mayonaka no shadow boy
DVDs
- [2008.04.30] デビュー&ファーストコンサート いきなり!in 東京ドーム Hey! Say! Jump Debut & First Concert Ikinari! In Tokyo Dome
