Introducing: KIS-MY-BOYS

KIS-MY-BOYS is a cover group giving tribute to KIS-MY-FT2.

A little background on KIS-MY-FT2 or as they are also known as Kisumai:

Kisumai is a 7-member Japanese boy band. Their name KIS-MY-FT2 is taken from the names of the 7 members: KItayama Hiromitsu, Senga Kento, Miyata Toshiya, Yokoo Watru, Fujigaya Taisuke, Tamamori Yuta, and NIkaido Takashi (the NI became 2 as the Japanese translation of 2/two is ni).

KIS-MY-BOYS’ friendship started through KISUMAI and their bond is made stronger by their common interest in the Japanese Pop (J-pop) Culture. In Manila, KIS-MY-BOYS is the first all-boy J-pop cover group. KIS-MY-BOYS promotes passion for J-pop and love for J-Pop artists.

The group, KIS-MY-BOYS, was launched last July 7, 2012. They are affiliated with: Kisumai Philippines, Kisumai Malaysia & World Fan Club. And the group won an award During the J-Pop Music Fest Dance Cover Contest where they won 1^st place.

Their past performances include:

J-Pop Music Festival that was held at SM Megamall Cinema 10 last July 7, 2012

Asian Pop Expo that was held at Elements, Centris last September 2012

JE Day: KIS-MY-FT2 & NewS Ph Releases that was held at Astrovision, Trinoma last October 27, 2012

Now, the moment I know you have all been waiting for the introduction of the individual members:

Latest Line-Up:

Kitayama Hiromitsu cover boy

Name: Paolo Cuesta

Birthday: July 31 1995

Studied/studying: Bachelor of Science in Information Technology specialized in web and mobile at FEU East Asia college application

Favorite kis-my-ft2 song/performance: “Shake It Up” “She! Her! Her!” “Inori”

Give some tips or words of encouragement for those who want to perform just like you guys: Do not try to dance better that anyone else. Try to dance better than yourself.

Words for your fans as well: Please calm joke wala ako maisip eh (I can’t think of anything at the moment)

Have you ever tried to do a collaboration with other cover groups?: Not Yet

Hobbies: Sleeping, Playing Chess, Watching movies/anime DVDs, playing net games and Dota, Reading Manga, collecting horror Movie/Stuff,

Favorite J-Pop Artist/s: AKB48, Kis-My-Ft2, Kat-tun, Idoling!!!, SKE48, C-ute, Lead, Scandal, Hey! Say! JUMP!, NewS, 7!! Seven Oops, Akanishi, Jin, NYC,

Senga Kento cover boy

Name: Hiro Iro

Birthday: 13 July

Studied: AB Legal Studies

Studying: MA Foreign Service at Lyceum of the Philippines University, Manila

Favorite kis-my-ft2 song/performance: “We Never Give Up”

Give some tips or words of encouragement for those who want to perform just like you guys: Put your hearts in the performance. Be passionate, enjoy and cherish the friendship.

Words for your fans as well: Thanks so much for appreciating us. We'd like keep doing this for as long as there are people supporting us.

Have you ever tried to do a collaboration with other cover groups?: We haven't tried yet but I would like a collaboration with Kirei Ningyou or the Musume Girls.

Hobbies: Otakuing, Cosplaying, Blogging, Malling, Getting Spa XD

Favorite J-Pop Artist/s: KIS-MY-FT2, Arashi, Fujigaya Taisuke, Matsumoto Jun, Koike Teppei, Ikuta Toma, Horikita Maki

Miyata Toshiya cover boy

Name: Gerald Angelo Avendaño

Birthday: March 2

Studied: Doctor of Dental Medicine at Centro Escolar University Malolos Bulacan

Favorite kis-my-ft2 song/performance: “We Never Give Up” “She! Her! Her!”

Give some tips or words of encouragement for those who want to perform just like you guys: Just be optimistic and have fun. Even if you aren’t the best dancer in the world, as a fan, being able to share your love for the group you plan to cover is enough to make people and friends appreciate you.

Words for your fans as well: Miyata here! Thanks for supporting Kisumai Boys! We hope to spread the love for KiS-MY-FT2 to more people in our future performances, so hope you join us in doing so~ :D Kisumai Go~!

Have you ever tried to do a collaboration with other cover groups?: None yet; though it is something we are looking forward to; aside from Kisumai, we would also like to show our support to other Jpop Artists by collaborating with groups who cover them~

Hobbies: Cosplay, Anime, Singing, Fanfiction , Roleplay, Gaming and more.

Favorite J-Pop Artist/s: KiS-MY-FT2, HeySay Jump, Scandal, Aya Hirano, YUI

Yokoo Wataru cover boy

Name: Dyerik Torres

Birthday: October 13, 1988

Studied/Studying: BSIT (undergrad) at Bulacan State University

Favorite kis-my-ft2 song/performance: “Shake It Up”

Give some tips or words of encouragement for those who want to perform just like you guys: Just do your best in what you really want to do.

Words for your fans as well: Well.. Uhm.. thanks for appreciating..though I’m the newest member of the group.

Have you ever tried to do a collaboration with other cover groups?: I’m new here.

Hobbies: Reading Manga, Cosplay, Watching Anime, RPG Games..

Favorite J-Pop Artist/s: imma Newbie..so its Kis~my~ft2 and NewS

Fujigaya Taisuke cover boy

Name: Chriswin Dones Coloyan

Birthday: August 1, 1991

Studied: Bachelor of Science in Information Technology at STI College Munoz EDSA

Favorite kis-my-ft2 song/performance: My favorite song of Kisumai is "We Never Give Up". I like the beat of the song, as well as the steps. When I first watched the live performance, I was like "WTF!", and eager to learn the moves and perform it on stage. I love the choreography and how Kisumai performed it! And I am happy that somehow we able to performed it.

Give some tips or words of encouragement for those who want to perform just like you guys: Just do all your best! Always wear your smile! BE YOURSELF, of course, and put your heart on what you are doing. In that way, you will enjoy it, and you can make other people happy.

Words for your fans as well: Thank you for always supporting us! Ever since we debuted (last July 7), and we're all like "newbies" since we're the first all-boy cover group performing JPop, we received a lot of support and cheers. Those things helps us to strive more, learn more, and work hard not just to improve our dancing skills, but also to improve ourselves. Those cheers and support are the reasons why we're performing, and hearing those gives us the encouragement to do better. We will continue to work hard for the fans and make them always happy, because they makes us happy too.

Have you ever tried to do a collaboration with other cover groups?: Not yet. But we're really looking forward to that.

Hobbies: Listening music, surfing net, reading books

Favorite J-Pop Artist/s: Hey!Say!JUMP, NEWS, YamaPi, Arashi, Kis-My-Ft2

Tamamori Yuta cover boy

Name: Pitpot

Birthday: June 10, 1992

Studied/Studying: Multi-Media Arts at LPU Manila / Bartending at TESDA Marikina

Favorite kis-my-ft2 song/performance: “3D Girl” “Everybody Go”

Give some tips or words of encouragement for those who want to perform just like you guys: Don’t be nervous, just chill dance and enjoy

Words for your fans as well: Doumo! *waves*

Have you ever tried to do a collaboration with other cover groups?: Not Yet

Hobbies: thinking

Favorite J-Pop Artist/s: PERFUMEEEEEE!

Nikaido Takashi cover boy

Name: Yuki Saehara

Birthday: ~~~~~secret~~~~

Studying: Bachelor of Science in Tourism Management at  UE (Caloocan) soon to be Fatima

Favorite kis-my-ft2 song/performance: “She! Her! Her!”

Give some tips or words of encouragement for those who want to perform just like you guys: Uhhm if you really love to perform, courage is all you need and once you start doing what you love, don’t ever let it go

Words for your fans as well: Thanks for the support guys, hope we meet everyone of you~!

Have you ever tried to do a collaboration with other cover groups?: Nope

Hobbies: playing basketball, singing, watching anime, hanging out w/ friends *laughs*, teasing other people. playing PS2-3 and Xbox

Favorite J-Pop Artist/s: KIS-MY-FT2, NewS, Hey! Say! JUMP :)

Previous cover boys:

Kitayama Hiromitsu – Micko

Yokoo Wataru – Yuki

Yokoo Wataru – Chriswin

Fujigaya Taisuke – Jason

Nikaido Takashi – Joshua

Nikaido Takashi – Justin

Some of the other interests of KIS-MY-BOYS are:

Japan

Anime

Cosplay

Pizza

Ice Cream

Timezone

Karaoke

Tekken

And there you have it, the introduction of KIS-MY-BOYS. If you want to know more about them don’t hesitate to leave a comment and who knows maybe your questions might be answered!

That’s all for now! Until next time!

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Hoping I could get to work with KIS-MY-BOYS and DreamCatchers again. Who knows, maybe next time I could feature performance videos or maybe one of their cover songs.

---Gel