Kota Yabu (薮 宏太 Yabu Kōta, born January 31, 1990), is a Japanese singer as well as member of Hey! Say! JUMP. He is under the management of Johnny & Associates. He was born in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture and lives in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area.

- His older sister was an Arashi(Johnny’s Group) fan and she sent an application to the Johnny’s Agency without telling him. After the audition he successfully joined the agency as a trainee, but the dance lessons that took place every week were so hard, he told his mom that he wanted to quit. But after his mom said “I’ll buy you a soccer badge” he decided to stay.

- From the time he joined the agency (2001) to the year 2004, he had the most high pitched voice in the history of Johnny’s. It was nicknamed “An Angel’s Voice”. Using that voice and his talent for singing, soon after he joined the agency he was told to sing solos and medleys on TV.

- For the musical, PLAZONE 2002, he was given his first solo song, Boku wa tada…. Trainees normally backdance for a year or two before being given solos.

- In The Shounen Club, the most popular TV show for Johnny’s Jr, over 100 Johnny’s Jr.s performed but his performances stood out the most. Quite a few of his seniors, NEWS, KAT-TUN, and other Johnny’s Jr. groups became backdancers at some point for Yabu.

- In NEWS’s first single, NEWS Nippon, he sang the high pitched notes and his voice is recorded in the CD.
- In 2006, he wrote the lyrics to a song for the first time which was Asu e. In that lyrics, he put one or two Chinese letter from the Ya-Ya-yah members’ names. (Kota’s Ko means large, Hikaru’s Hikaru means light, Taiyo’s Taiyo means sun, Shoon’s Sho means fly)

- He has an older brother and an older sister.

- He looks up to Domoto Koichi of the group KinKi Kids as a mentor.

- He was named Kota because his parents wanted him to have a large(Ko) heart.

- He is close to Akanishi Jin of KAT-TUN who was rumored to have even called Yabu’s mother and ask her if he could adopt him as his younger brother. Akanishi has once even said to Yabu, “Stay beside me until you’re 14 years old”.

- He is also very close to Kei Inoo (childhood besties) and Hikaru Yaotome.

- He studied in Horikoshi High School, with the other three Ya-Ya-yah members. Goro Inagaki, and Tsuyoshi Kusanagi from SMAP , Tsuyoshi Domoto from KinKi Kids, Yamashita Tomohisa and Tegoshi Yuya from NEWS, Matsuoka Masahiro from Tokio, Jun Matsumoto from Arashi, Ikuta Toma from Johnny’s Jr, Daiki Arioka, Yuri Chinen, Yuto Nakajima, Ryosuke Yamada and Hikaru Yaotome are some examples of Johnny’s idols that have studied/are studying in Horikoshi High School.

On September 23, 2001, he entered Johnny & Associates as a trainee. Inoo Kei, a member of the same group as him, was also there during that time.

He had the most talented dance skills and high pitched voice which let him get to the top member of Johnny’s Junior.

Two months later, he was chosen to be the leader of Ya-Ya-yah. They released a CD which was very unusual because they were still members of Johnny’s Junior.

On September 21, 2007, he began performing as a member of Hey! Say! JUMP.

Name: Yabu Kota
Nickname: Yabu chan, Yabucchi, Yappi, Kou chan
Birthday: January 31, 1990
Zodiac sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kanagawa, Japan
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 53 kg
Shoe size: 26.5cm
Blood Type: A
Admired senior: Domoto Koichi
Admired Person: Johnny Depp
Former group: Ya-Ya-yah
Collects: CD
Fav. Color: Red
Disliked Color: Blue
Fav. Food: Curry Rice, Oden, Boiled Fish
Disliked Food: Tomatoes, Cucumber
Fav. Sport: Soccer
Fav. Taste: Sour Things
Fav. Subject: English
Weak Subject: Mathematics
Fav. Animal: Newborn Kittens
Hobby: Listening Music
Specialty: Soccer
Good Point: Can concentrate for a short amount of time
Weak Point: Can’t concentrate for a long amount of time
Fav. Type of Girl: Cute, Not too loud
Country I want to go: Europe, Spain
Country I have been to: America, Hawaii, Taiwan, Thailand

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