As many of you know, U-KISS‘s AJ was previously accepted into the prestigious Columbia Universityin New York. Well it seems he will be putting his music career on hold and will pursue his education for the time being.
The announcement was made by AJ himself at the “U-KISS 1st JAPAN LIVE TOUR 2012” on July 29th. In addition, U-KISS’ agency NH Media left an official notice on their website: “We previously stated that AJ was admitted into Columbia University in the United States. AJ will be temporarily leaving the group to study in the United States and the concert in Japan this month will be his last activity with the group.”
NH Media also added, “The withdrawal doesn’t mean he will be permanently leaving the group. He will be in the United States for five months to pursue his education and he plans to rejoin the group some time early next year. He cannot finish up his activities in Korea but he must enroll in school after the groups promotions in Japan ends. We are sorry to say that parting greetings won’t be made in Korea. Though it is expected that parting greetings should be made during Korean promotions, his enrollment period has overlapped with the end of Japanese promotions. AJ will not be with the U-KISS members for the time being but please continue to cheer for him until he returns after he completes his studies early next year.”
AJ had previously prepared for college entrance by taking the SATs and achieved a perfect score on the Subject Tests and a high score on the Reasoning Test. With the help of these scores, AJ was able to gain admission into Columbia University, which is famous for having many U.S. Presidents among its alumni. ‘I Am A Singer’ star Park Jung Hyun has also graduated from Columbia in the past.
U-KISS 1st JAPAN LIVE TOUR 2012「A Shared Dream」~Special Edition~ IN JULY DATES
July 5th (Thursday) @ Choufu City GREEN HALL [ONE SHOW] (*NEW*) 6:30PM Capacity: 300 (Small Hall) or 1,307 (Big Hall) *This show is accessible by KISSme JAPAN members only and which hall they would perform at was not written.
July 7th (Saturday) @ Hiroshima ALSOK Hall [TWO SHOWS] @ 2:30PM & 6:30PM Capacity: 1,730
July 8th (Sunday) @ Osaka International Convention Center Main Hall, Grand Cube Osaka [TWO SHOWS] @ 2:30PM & 6:30PM Capacity: 2,754
July 14th (Saturday) @ Sendai Sun Plaza [TWO SHOWS] @ 2:00PM & 6:00PM Capacity: 2,054~2,710
July 16th (Monday) @ Nagoya's Chukyo University Center for Culture & Arts, Aurora Hall [TWO SHOWS] @ 2:30PM & 6:30PM Capacity: 2,291
July 18th (Wednesday) @ Fukuoka Sun Palace [ONE SHOW] @ 6:30PM Capacity: 2,316
This picture, since you'll really go into a trance if you look straight at it, you should look at it with a "As for me, I haven't actually had interest in someone like U-KISS from the start so,,," kind of feeling, and pretend you're looking at a newspaper, so, pierce your two eyes into the newspaper, and please just look at it as if you weren't interested.
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