Johnny Kitagawa
Before their debut, Tackey and Tsubasa were the top "Juniors" in the Johnny &amp; Associates, a company which specializes in male teen idols led by Johnny Kitagawa. They started out as backdancers for better known teen idols in their label such as KinKi Kids (who also had not yet debuted at the time) in 1995, when both were 13 years old. They have hosted the Japanese variety shows, "Gakibara Teikoku 2000" and "Music Enta". Besides hosting, the two have starred together in dramas such as, "Kaiki Club Ghost Stories" and "Genroku Ryoran".Initially, both of them did not get along well but during the filming of the NHK series "Genroku Ryoran", which aired in 1999, they became best friends.