JIN and KAN-KAN mishap

This made a big deal over the internet specifically in Tumblr, Twitter, Livejournal, and Facebook. Many fans ranted (and still ranting as of press time) because of the KAN-KAN incident involving Jin Akanishi. I want to explain everything here but I know I won’t please everybody so here it is.

Jin Akanishi is a former member of the band KAT-TUN as opposed to what was written on the article on our magazine, MOD. My friend, who happened to be the writer of the article, asked me about three months ago if I like an Asian actor or performer specifically not Korean. I was a neophyte fan of KAT-TUN that time so I got excited and answered “Kamenashi Kazuya and Akanishi Jin. They are quite popular in Japan nowadays. You could pick anyone of them.” Days passed and she told me that the article won’t be published so I didn’t ask her more about it. My job for the company is related somehow with the magazine so when I was checking the MAY issue, I was surprised to see the article with Jin’s photo in there. I also noticed the controversial KAN-KAN. I googled in with the thinking that maybe she just mixed KAT-TUN up with another band but I learned KAN-KAN isn’t a band at all. I didn’t make a big issue about it. I was contented that at least Jin was featured in a local magazine since Japanese artists weren’t that hot in the country as compared to Koreans.

I didn’t think that this will make an impact to the KAT-TUN fans in the internet. The editorial and the writer didn’t mean no harm. Honest mistake is not an excuse in this matter but we should not hate. Let’s stop bad-mouthing the editors, the writer, or the magazine. It won’t do any good to us or the boys. I wanna believe that KAT-TUN and Jin’s fans are nice people so let’s stop using foul words on our comments in the internet. Look at the bright side and let’s move on. KAT-TUN is KAT-TUN and you cannot take it away from Jin though he’s going solo now. If there are new fans of Jin, surely they will come across KAT-TUN once they search more about him. KAN-KAN will be just a funny part of it.

If anyone got offended, I am sorry. I deeply apologize for it. We’ll just make sure it won’t happen again in the future. No offense meant. I hope this will get across everybody and clear everything up. We all love Jin and KAT-TUN so I say let’s just get along :)


*Photo courtesy of http://kissmegreen.livejournal.com/78515.html?view=1732531#t1732531