On March 12, 2021, Johnny & Associates announced V6 will disband on November 1, which is V6's 26th anniversary since debuting. Meanwhile, "Taiyou to Tsuki no Kodomotachi" has been picked up for NHK's "Minna no Uta" for April and May.
The title track "COLORS" will be used as the theme song for member Yoshihiko Inohara's starring drama "Keishicho Sousa Ikka 9 Gakari season12" on TV Asahi. On May 3, 2017, they released the double A-side single titled "COLORS/Taiyou to Tsuki no Kodomotachi". They later performed the 21st opening song of One Piece, "Super Powers". They also sang " Change the World" and "Brand New World", the 1st opening and 8th ending themes, respectively of the popular anime InuYasha, as well as "Break Out", the 18th opening song of popular anime Fairy Tail. As V6, they performed "Chain of Power" as an insert song. Coming Century performed "Breakthrough", the first opening theme song and 20th Century performed "Innocence", the second opening theme song. Īs separate bands, both of them performed the opening song for the anime, Eyeshield 21. They also had a rare "Handshake Session" with hundreds of thousands of fans in Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka and Fukuoka.
V6 celebrated their tenth anniversary in 2005, commemorating the event by holding about thirty concerts in sold-out arenas all over Japan, holding 3 major "Thank You Events", releasing the movie Hold Up Down and releasing Musicmind as their new album. Along with their group shows, the members also have individual TV shows, dramas or radio programs. 1995–present įrom 1997 to 2008, V6 hosted their own variety show Gakkō e Ikō ( 学校へ行こう, Let's Go to School) and is hosting Viva Viva V6 since 2001 on Fuji TV. However, then-president Johnny Kitagawa informed the group that the "V" had multiple meanings, such as "Volleyball", "Vegetable" (as Sakamoto's parents own a green grocers), "Bicycle" ("V" and "B" are indistinguishable in Japanese Nagano's parents own a cycling store) and "Veteran". In an interview on Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ, the group stated that the "V" in V6 also stood for "Versus" (20th Century versus Coming Century) at first. V6 announced on March 12, 2021, that they will disband on November 1, 2021, their 26th anniversary since debut. The band sold more than 13.5 million albums and singles. For V6, the group is split into 20th Century and Coming Century, which consists of the three oldest members and three youngest members respectively. Similar to their agency seniors Hikaru Genji, the group is separated into two subgroups based on age.
Their first four singles, including "Music for the People", were all cover versions of the same-titled Eurobeat songs composed by Italian producers such as Giancarlo Pasquini, Andrea Leonardi, Alberto Contini, Sandro Oliva. The group debuted on Novemwith the single "Music for the People", which was used as the image song for the World Cup of Volleyball in 1995. V6 ( ブイシックス, Bui Shikkusu) is a six-member Japanese boy band formed by Johnny & Associates.