HEY! SAY! JUMP is the latest Johnny's Entertainment group to be debuted as well as it's youngest with the average age of the group being 15 and its largest with ten members. The group was formed because of the success of the original HEY! SAY! 7 group, that was comprised of Takaki Yuya, Daiki Arioka, Yamada Ryosuke, Nakajima Yuto and Chinen Yuri. The HEY! SAY! 7 name was created to stand for Heisei, the period that all the boys were born in and 7 standing for 2007 the year the group was created. The original group was only meant to be temporary but since their single sold so well JE created HEY! SAY! JUMP with the five original members of HEY! SAY! 7 plus five other Johnny Juniors, Yabu Kota, Inoo Kei, Yaotome Hikaru, Okamoto Keito and Morimoto Ryutaro.
HEY! SAY! JUMP is comprised of two sub-groups, HEY! SAY! BEST and HEY! SAY! 7. HEY! SAY! BEST, which the BEST stands for Boys Excellent Select Team is made up of the five eldest members, Yabu, Takaki, Inoo, Hikaru and Daiki. HEY! SAY! 7 is made up of the five youngest members, Okamoto, Yamada, Yuto, Chinen and Morimoto, who will be putting their studies before activities.
As part of their debut JE will be having them have their debut concert at the Tokyo Dome, which seats 50,000 people, on 22 December 2007.
HEY! SAY! BEST
Yabu Kota
薮宏太 (やぶこた)
Nickname: Yabu-chan, Yabucchi, Yappi-, Kou-chan (childhood nickname)
Birthday: 1990.01.31
Zodiac: Aquarius
Hometown: Kanagawa
Height: 175cm
Weight: 50kg
Blood type: A
Admired senpai: Kamenashi Kazuya (KAT-TUN), Domoto Koichi (Kinki Kids)
Admired person: Johnny Depp
Collects: CDs
Favorite color: red
Disliked color: blue
Favorite food: curry rice, oden, boiled fish
Favorite dish: Hiyayakko
Disliked food: tomatoes, cucumber, greenpeach
Favorite sport: soccer
Favorite taste: sour things
Favorite subject: English
Weak subject Mathematics
Favorite animal: newborn kittens
Hobby: listening music
Speciality: soccer
Good point: can concentrate for a short amount of time
Weak point: can't concentrate for a long amount of time
Favorite type of girl: cute, not too loud
Country I want to go to: Europe, Spain
Country I have been to: America, Hawaii, Taiwan, Thailand
Joined JE: September 23rd 2001
Takaki Yuya
高木雄也 (たかきゆうや)
Birthday: 1990.3.26
Zodiac: Aries
Birthplace: Osaka
Blood type: O
Height: 175cm
Weight: 53kg
Admired senpai: Akanishi Jin (KAT-TUN), Domoto Koichi (Kinki Kids)
Favorite Food: Pizza gratin pineapple
Dislike Food: Paseri
Favorite Colour: Orange
Weak Point: Scared of bugs and pidgeons
Joined JE: June 12th 2004
Inoo Kei
伊野尾慧 (いのおけい)
Nickname: Inoo-chan
Birthday: 1990.6.22
Zodiac: Cancer
Birthplace: Saitama
Blood type: A
Height: 170cm
Weight: 48kg
Respected Senpai: SMAP, KAT-TUN
Charming Point: Hand (beautiful like girl's hands)
Weak Point: Insects
Favourite Food: Cooked Rice, Saba Fish, Udon, Ramen
Valuable Thing: Letters From Fanclub
First Love: Primary School Year 1
Girl Type: Cute, Kind
Talent: Basketball, Drawing, Guitar, Piano
Dislike Subject: English
Dream: CD Debut
Joined JE: September 23rd 2001
Yaotome Hikaru
八乙女光 (やおとめひかる)
Nickname: Hikka (childhood nickname)
Birthday: 1990.12.02
Zodiac: Sagittarius
Hometown: Miyagi
Height: 172cm
Weight: 50kg
Blood type: O
Admired person: Justin Timberlake
Collects: car mags
Favourite color: all brown colors, black, white, blue
Disliked color: purple
Favorite food: wasabi (meaning any kind of food that was prepared with wasabi)
Favorite dish: soba miso boil
Disliked food: none
Favorite subject: Heath class (knowing about your body and daily things is important)
Weak subject: geography
Favorite animal: dogs (but not ones that bark a lot)
Favorite sport: soccer, baseball
Favorite taste: spicy things (the hotter the better)
Hobby: reading car mags, listening music
Speciality: handstanding, dancing
Attractive feature: double tooth
Good point: getting along with all kinds of people
Bad point: Spaces out a lot
Favorite type of girl: girl with spirit, short, girl who's able to lift the atmosphere
Country I want to go to: Guam
Country I have been to: Hawaii, Thailand, Las Vegas
Arioka Daiki
有岡大貴 (ありおかだいき)
Nickname: Dai-chan, Arii
Birthday: 1991.4.15
Zodiac: Aries
Birthplace: Chiba
Blood type: A
Height: 163cm
Weight: 47kg
Talent: Football
Favourite Food: Omelette
Disliked Food: Tomato, mayonnaise
Favourite Sport: Soccer
Favourite Subject: English
Dislike Subject: Mathematics
First Love: Primary School Year 2
Joined JE: 2004
HEY! SAY! 7
Okamoto Keito
岡本圭人 (おかもとけいと)
Birthday: 1993.4.1
Zodiac: Aries
Admired senpai: everyone at Johnny's
Blood type: O
Height: 169cm
Weight: 45kg
Yamada Ryosuke
山田涼介 (やまだりょうすけ)
Nickname: Yama-chan though he wants to be called Ryo-chan
Birthday: 1993.5.9
Zodiac: Taurus
Birthplace: Tokyo
Blood type: B
Height: 158.5cm
Weight: 45kg
Respected Senpai: Domoto Koichi (Kinki Kids)
Hobbies: cooking
Weak Point: Scared of ghosts.
Joined JE: 12 August 2004
Nakajima Yuto
中島裕翔 (なかじまゆうと)
Nickname: Yuto, Nakajima, Nakayan
Birthday: 1993.8.10
Zodiac: Leo
Birthplace: Tokyo
Blood type: A
Height: 164.8cm
Weight: 40kg
Respected Senior: Takizawa Hideaki
Charming Point: Hoarsing Voice
Favourite Food: Sashimi, Strawberry, Meat
Disliked Food: None
Valuable Thing: Younger Brother
First Love: When he was at Nursery
First Kiss: Never
Girl Type: Kind
Dream: Super Star
Joined JE: 28th March 2004
Chinen Yuri
知念侑李 (ちねんゆうり)
Nickname: Chinen, Chii
Birthday: 1993.11.30
Zodiac: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Tokyo
Blood type: AB
Height: 142cm
Weight: 33kg
Favorite subject: PE
Weak subject: English
Speciality: Gymnastics
Joined JE: 7th June 2003
Morimoto Ryutaro
森本龍太郎 (もりもとりゅうたろう)
Birthday: 1995.4.6
Zodiac: Aries
Chinese Zodiac: Boar
Birthplace: Kanagawa
Blood type: A
Height: 149.5cm
Weight: 34kg (old info)
Joined JE: 12 August 2004
NEW RELEASE INFORMATION
DEBUT SINGLE
Title: Ultra Music Power
Release Date: 14 November 2007
credits to: secalaguna