Jin Akanishi is "graduating" from KAT-TUN.

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The news are almost official, as of now. The final decision will be made this fall after is US tour, either way he won't be returning to KAT-TUN - if he succeeds, he'll have plenty of solo activities to do in Japan and overseas, if he won't, the agency won't make him return to KAT-TUN since it wouldn't be fair after he left them for half a year. I am a huge Jin Akanishi and KAT-TUN fan, and I still don't know how to react to this. Firstly, I have to say that I very much prefer 5nin KAT-TUN - not musically speaking, but from a personal point of view. While Jin's voice surely adds something more to the songs, the atmosphere is far less tense when he's not around. And now, I just hope Jin will succeed as a solo artist and won't leave or disappear into thin air. I'm okay if he doesn't want to be part of KAT-TUN anymore, he's not just an A of the group, he's a young boy with talent and dream, and it's only right to make him try to achieve them. It's the first time something like this is happening in a Johnny's group, so I still don't know how things will be worked out in the end. And... I don't know, I just wanted to share my thoughts. I don't even know if there's someone interested in KAT-TUN or Jin out there.