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**SixTONES** (ストーンズ) is a six-member Johnny’s Jr unit. This unit was introduced for the first time on May 1, 2015, during Team C’s performance in Johnny’s Ginza 2015. The group was better known as Bakaleya6 in 2012 during the airing of drama Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou.

On August 8th 2019, it was announced at the Johnny's Jr. concert held at Tokyo Dome that SixTONEs will simultaneously debut with Snow Man in 2020.

## Background

### **Bakaleya6**

In the winter of 2011, the same year Sexy Zone debuted, six juniors were working hard as concert backup dancers for groups such as ABC-Z and Hey! Say! JUMP. Around this time, producer Hiroyuki Ueno was searching for cast members for his late-night drama "Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou" and was keeping a keen eye on the boy's performances. He decided that the boys, with their impressive statures, intense atmospheres and expressive faces, would be a perfect fit for his 'Bad-Boy' high school characters. With the boys informed of their roles while waiting backstage at an ABC-Z concert.

Despite their acting inexperience and the shows late-night timeslot, the drama recorded a high audience rating of 2.8%. With a sequel theatrical version of "Private Bakaleya High School " soon announced in 2012; prompted by fan interest.

Myojo editor Takuro Ando stated that "It was thanks to Bakaleya that Johnny's Jrs, were exposed to a wider audience and that drama was such a big hit that it appeared to have triggered a Johnny's Jr. boom".

With president Johnny Kitagawa at Johnny's Jr. Johnny's Dome theatre ~ SUMMERY ~ stating to boys that:

*"I think that the bonds of you six will deepen further in the future."*

*"Birth" "POTATO" July 2012 issue, page 49*

On January 13 2013, Bakaleya6 preformed "SIX SENSES" (originally by KAT-TUN) at 'The Shonen Club. But in the following months, Bakaleya6 would no longer perform as a group of six.

In the same year, it was announced that the six members would perform together in "Live House Johnny's Ginza", however, suddenly the casting changed and Bakaleya6 were divided into two sets. With the prospect of no longer performing together, causing great disappointment among the boys and fans alike.

*"I really wanted to compete together as six people, growing little by little as six people."*

*"From past to present and future serious talks" " Myojo " January 2015, 70 - 71 pages*

In the following year, "Johnny's Ginza 2014", the appearance of Jesse and five other members except him was announced nd, the same time "Gum Shalla J's party! ︎ vol.4 "six people gathered again and showed" Shake It Up". Although the venue had a great deal of excitement for the first time in a year and a half, within the interview of Matsumura Hokuto and Kyomoto Taiga on November issue of " Myojo " released in October of the same year, "It is on the same stage without this nicely ... " and Millen is no longer "to Bakaleya this performance an opportunity to talk about mixed feelings at the time, that Bakaleya set is reached the final curtain has been suggested.

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> *- "From entrance to present and future serious talks" " Myojo " January 2015, 70 - 71 pages*
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However, the members who appeared in "Gum shara J's party !! vol.6" to be held at the end of the year following the release of the magazine which announced the annihilation of the Bakaleya group, together with Iwahashi Genki, Jingujiji Yuta, Kishi Yuta and the six members of Bakaleya. In the magazine March issue released in 2015, the member of "Bakaleya6" was posted in the same concert report, and furthermore in February issue of Duet magazine posted an interview report to six people on the eve of the same concert performance.
The following year in January 2015 broadcast "The Shounen Club", the six members came together for the first time in two years to perform. After that, six magazine publications and activities will be continued. In the same year "Johnny's Ginza 2015", since the schedule of the performance overlapped with the stage "Elizabeth", the appearance with five people except Kyoto Oga will be announced, From the first day Kyomoto Eggs jumped in and participated, on May 1st on the second day of the performance, group formation and new unit names were announced from six people.

> *"One in six people" - April 30, 2015 - At that time the curtain falls "*
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> *- "Johnny's Ginza 2015" "Monthly Songs" vol.150 June issue 2015, pages 154 to 157*
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### **Formation of SixTONES**

On May 1, 2015, during the performance "Johnny's Ginza 2015" announced the formation of the group "SixTONES" with members from the previous popular temporary unit "Bakaleya6 (from the original drama Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou). Originally announced as "Six Tones" was announced in a reading manner, later changed to "Stones"

On September 5, the new unit name and reading and notation was widely used in their first starring stage performance 'The boys are dreaming of the world ... children who do not know war ' press conference. The group not named by Johnny Kitagawa, with reports saying that the members themselves named the unit. However, according to the members they were named after inspiration from Johnny Kitagawa.

The meaning of the unit name is as follows:

1. "original stone" from the way of reading,
2. "Remi furhashi" which removed "do", like the six sounds of "six people so that each person's personality can be put out" Te "range",
3. "tONE" "6 primary colors of sound" because it has a meaning of timbre, has been put thoughts of members, 6 people, that.

At the time of formation, all members had an average height of more than 170 cm and a height of 176 cm, because it exceeded Johnny's WEST which was the best until then, it was said to be the "tallest group" within Johnny's.

On 14 March 2018 Sixtones was chosen to be on the Johnny’s Jr YouTube channel alongside with Snowman, Travis Japan, Bishounen and HiHi Jets.

On March 1st, they were one of 11 units regularly participating in Johnny's Jr. official entertainment website 'ISLAND TV.'

## Debut

On June 16, Johnny Kitagawa and Hideaki Takizawa decided the debut of both SixTONES and Snowman. This was 2 days before Johnny Kitagawa was hospitalised. They are the last groups to have their CD debut decided by Johnny Kitagawa before his death.

SixTONES will debut under Sony Music and have a Nationwide Live Tour at 19 venues in 2019-2020.

During this announcement, the group also announced their own [official/|Instagram] and YouTube account. They released an English version of JAPONICA STYLE on YouTube. As they are graduating from being juniors, it was also announced that they would be graduating the Johnny's Jr channel.

## Works

### Stage

* Theatre Creation
* Children who do not know the war - Nikko Theater
* JOHNNYS 'World - Johnny's World -Imperial Theater
* Boys and crises!
* Shinbashi Acting Ledger
* Boys ~ Born Tomorrow ~Osaka Shochikuza
* Boys LIVE

### Concert

* RoughXXXXXX
* Change the era 201ix (Yokohama ArenaSaitama Super Arena- Osakajo Hall)
* TrackONE IMPACT
* OneST

### Internet distribution

* YouTube
* Instagram

### Event

* Johnny's Giant Athletic Meeting - Tokyo Dome

### Original Songs

* Kono Hoshi no HIKARI (この星のHIKARI)
* BE CRAZY
* IN THE STORM
* Amazing!!!!!!
* JAPONICA STYLE
* Beautiful Life
* Jungle
* Night Train
* Hysteria
* RAM-PAM-PAM
* Imitation Rain
* Mr.ズドン
* NAVIGATOR
* love u
* You & I
* NEW ERA
* ST
* Curtain call
* Coffee & Cream
* Mad love
* S.I.X
* Special order
* Extra VIP (Takana Juri & Jesse)
* Tte Anata (Kyomoto Taiga & Mastsumura Hokuto)
* My hometown (Kochi Yugo & Morimoto Shintaro)
* Dance all night
* Lifetime
* Uyamuya (うやむや)
* Boku ga boku janai mitai da (僕が僕じゃないみたいだ)
* Bella
* Call me
* Strawberry breakfast

### Official MV

* [2018.11.05 JAPONICA STYLE]
* Imitation rain
* New Era
* ST
* うやむや
* 僕が僕じゃないみたいだ

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## Trivia

* SixTONES is often compared to debut group KAT-TUN while they still had 6 members
* Two members of SixTONES Tanaka Juri and Morimoto Shintaro both had older brothers who used to be in debut groups (Tanaka Koki from KAT-TUN) and (Morimoto Ryutaro from Hey! Say! JUMP), both who have left Johnny's Entertainment after scandals.