Member Profile: Kamenashi, Kazuya

PROFILE:
Name: Kamenashi Kazuya (亀梨和也)
Nicknames: Kame, Kame-chan, Kazuya, Kazu-chan, Kamekkusu
Birthdate: February 23, 1986
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Blood Type: B
Height: 172cm
Weight: 58kg
B/W/H: 83/61/84 cm
Eyesight: 2.0
Favorite Colors: Black, White, and Blue
Favorite season: Fall
Family: Parents, three brothers (Two older and one younger)
Pet: Dogs named Ran and Shelly
Favorite food: Squid
Disliked food: Pepper, Tomatoes, Raisins, and Pickled Plums
Entered Johnny's: November 8, 1998
INFORMATION:

Kazuya Kamenashi (亀梨 和也 Kamenashi Kazuya^?), often called Kame (カメ^?), is aJapanese idol, singer–songwriter, actor, television personality, producer, radio host and occasional model. Born and raised in Edogawa, Tokyo, he joined the Japanese talent agency, Johnny & Associates, at the age of 12 and was drafted as a member and co-lead vocalist of the popular J-pop group KAT-TUN in 2001. The group officially debuted in 2006, and has since achieved a string of chart successes with all six albums and 18 singles reaching number 1 on the Oricon charts. He is also one half of the temporary group,Shūji to Akira, whose only single, "Seishun Amigo", became the best-selling single of 2005 in Japan.

Kamenashi has also established himself as an actor with award-winning roles in Nobuta wo Produce, the second season of Gokusen, Kami no Shizuku, Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge and has regularly appeared in various television dramas since 2005. He formerly co-hosted KAT-TUN's late-night NTV variety/talk show, Cartoon KAT-TUN to its end in March 2010, is a radio host with his own program aired by Nippon Cultural Broadcastingand is a sportscaster for Going! Sports & News which is aired by NTV every Sunday night.

TRIVIA:

• Kamenashi was as a junior captain for four consecutive years of the J2000 Team for Johnny's Baseball Tournament from 1999 to 2004.
• Kamenashi won three consecutive years the title "The World's No1 Artist Baseball Player" organized by the WBC (2005-2006-2007) and was finalist two times (2004 & 2008).
• Kamenashi threw the first pitch at the Pacific League opening ceremony for the 2009 baseball season at a match in Chiba Cityfeaturing the Chiba Lotte Marines against the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks on July 19, 2009.
• Kamenashi participated in the Central League's Yomiuri Giants 23rd FanFiesta 2009 on November 23, 2009 and led his team to victory. He participated during the 1st innning as short stop and for the 2nd & 3rd innings as pitcher. He belonged to the Black Rose Variety Team led by SMAP's Nakai Masahiro against the Giants Select Members Team.
• Kame has his left ear pierced.
• Besides baseball, he also likes snooker, bowling, camping, surfing, basketball and swimming.
• He likes to be alone for some time and cannot be with the same person 24 hours a day for too many days at a time.
• He has a female Kaninchen Dachshund called "Ran-chan".
• He is very determined and likes to try his best in everything that he does.
• The has blood-type B (just like most Japanese).
• Skill he would like to have: the skill to memorize. Once, during an interview for E-Pop (November issue), he said: "Many times, I use my arms more than my brain."
• Kame seems to have a good relationship with his family.
• When he was younger, he and his father often went to watch baseball games together, or they went to play together.
• Kame sometimes babysits his niece, something he loves to do. 
• According to Kamenashi, he has become more and more skillful at calming her down when she cries, using gentle kisses.
• Kamenashi's mother used to wake him up in the morning and cook him "wonderful meals". Kame, in turn, helped her around the house and went shopping for her.
• When he was younger, his mother used to massage his legs after rehearsals when he came home, because otherwise he would get leg cramps at night.
• During baseball games among brothers, he affectionately calls Yuya, his little brother, "little punk" because he's better at baseball than he is.
•  Auditioned for Johnny's Junior on November 8, 1998 together with Nakamaru Yuichi and Akanishi Jin.
• His first Johnny's Jr. concert was "Johnny's Jr. Fresh Spring Concert '99" in May 1999.
• He doesn't like tomatoes, green pepper, raisins, and anything with seeds.
• Kame was voted the best daddy (of the Juniors) by the fans for five years in a row.
• He is scared of vampires and heights.
• Nevertheless, he still forces himself to do air acrobatics during the annual DreamBoys shows.
• One of his favourite colognes is "Burberry". 
• One of his favorite school subjects was English.
• He loves England, Spain and Italy.
• He didn't finish high school (he left when he was 15 years old to concentrate on his Johnny's Junior career.)
• He used to get nosebleeds frequently, but this has improved as he grew older.
• His favorite colors are black, blue and white.
• Some of his favorite food: squid, rice, steak, fugu (blowfish) and bananas
• During his days off, he likes to go shopping, going to restaurants or spending time at home.
• Scariest thing on earth: betrayal
• During a fire, he will probably try to save a photo album
• During fourth grade, he played alto french horn (he played in his school's wind orchestra)
• He has been officially exclaimed "best impersonator" of KAT-TUN, for his sketches of Donald Duck, his dog, the frog from Spirited Away, etc.