Name ~ Yabu Kota
Nickname ~ Yabu-chan, Yabu-cchi
Birthday ~ 1990/1/31
Zodiac ~ Aquarius
D.O.B ~ Kanagawa, Japan
Height ~ 178 cm
Weight ~ 50 kg
Shoe Size ~ 26 cm
Blood Type ~ A
Admired Senior - Domoto Koichi
Collects ~ CD
Speciality ~ Soccer
Special Ability ~ Organizing his room
Hobbies ~ Guitar, Soccer, Reading, Listening 2 music
Instruments ~ Guitar & Piano
Family ~ Faher, Mother, Older Brother & Older Sister
Strong Point ~ Does Everything From Start 2 Finish
Country He Wants 2 Go ~ Europe, Spain
Fav Colour ~ Red, Purple
Fav Sport ~ Soccer
Fav Taste ~ Sour Things
Fav Subject ~ English (Yay! Same wth me but 2 bad i'm not good in english)
Fav Fashion ~ Nothing in Particular
Fav Music ~ Mostly Japanese Songs
Fav Word ~ Once in a Lifetime Chance
Fav Movie ~ The movies Johnny Depp are in
Fav Food ~ Oden, Rice wth Hashed Meat, Curry, Boiled Fish
Fav Animals ~ Newborn Kittens, Dogs
Fav Part of Body ~ Alignment of Teeth
Fav Type of Girl ~ Cute, Not too loud
Dislike Colour ~ Blue
Dislike Food ~ Cucumber, Tomatoes
Weak Subject ~ Maths
Weak Point ~ Being Shy
Personal
- 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. Many people called his voice "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…. Not many trainees can get a solo song.
-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. Even his seniors, NEWS, KAT-TUN, and other Johnny's Jr. groups became backdancers 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 vast or 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 even said to Yabu, "Stay beside me until you're 14 years old".
