Pop group and dance unit DA PUMP fired up the crowd of 1,200 people gathered at a complex in Tokyo Disney Resort over the long weekend at an event held to promote their new single “SUMMER RIDER.” DA PUMP, wearing suits on a day that saw local temperatures hover around 30 degrees, sang two other songs and also held their first shake-hands-with-the-fans event.
It was the first time for the group to perform as a 9-man unit, after seven new members were brought in late last year to beef things up. Vocalist ISSA, 30, said: “It’s new and stimulating, and feels very fresh.”
A reporter asked ISSA how his relationship with fashion model Lena Fujii, 25, was going, to which he said: “She’s my best friend.” Another reporter asked about the prospects of marriage in the near future, and ISSA replied: “There aren’t any at this stage. Right now I’m busy looking after my new members.”
© Japan Today
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pointofview
DA CRAP!
griff
9 members?! don't exile have something like 15 members? obviously quantity over quality then
TokyoGas
Not sure about the background on these guys, but why would they wear suits at Disneyland. Especially in the heat.
gogogo
They added more eye candy for the girls, can't be out done in a music video without 8 guys moving their arms down in front of their face and doing a little dance.
Andrew Decena
DA PUNKS!
griff
NICE SUITS!
nisegaijin
They should be thrown into tokyo bay just for having their group named like that.
stirfry
probably not one natural fiber in all those suits combined
bobbafett
why are they staring down the camera like a bad 80s metal band. Shouldn't they be smiling and giggling like the metrosexuals they are? I guess their target audience is girls who want real men so we get this deception.