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Taichi Kokubun is a Japanese keyboardist and actor. He plays keyboard for Tokio, a musical group of Starto Entertainment formerly known as Johnny & Associates. Early life Taichi Kokubun was born in Higashikurume, Tokyo. Career As an artist Before de ...

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Tsuyoshi Domoto is a Japanese idol, singer, songwriter, actor, and television personality. Along with Koichi Domoto (with whom he has no blood-relation), he is a member of Domoto, which is a Japanese duo under the management of Starto Entertainment (formerly ...

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. The unit was created to promote the 2005 comedy film '' Fantastipo'', which stars Kokubun and Domoto. Their first appearance as a unit was on 21 January 2005 when they performed their debut song " Fantastipo" on ''

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'' on 24 January and 27 January, respectively. "Fantastipo" was released on 26 January 2005. The song was used as the theme song for the film. It sold over 201,000 copies in its first week and topped the

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. "Fantastipo" charted for 25 weeks and sold over 420,000 copies, becoming the ninth best-selling single of 2005 in Japan. On 24 August 2005, Toraji Haiji released a DVD titled ''Fantastipo''. The DVD peaked at number four on the Oricon Comprehensive DVD Chart and charted for six weeks. ''Fantastipo'' will be released on Blu-ray on 26 December 2018.

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KinKi Kids is a Japanese duo consisting of Koichi Domoto and Tsuyoshi Domoto under the talent agency Starto Entertainment (formerly of Johnny & Associates). Domoto was formed in 1993 as Kinki Kids and officially debuted on July 21, 1997. With more than 30 m ...

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