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News is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Koichi Domoto. Those roots explain a lot about how News arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Hey! Say! JUMP, Kis-My-Ft2, KinKi Kids, V6 and Exile, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Hikaru Yaotome, One Ok Rock and KinKi Kids, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 15 connections around News, reaching back through Koichi Domoto and forward to Hikaru Yaotome. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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News connections
News grew out of Koichi Domoto, shares an orbit with Hey! Say! JUMP, Kis-My-Ft2, KinKi Kids and V6, went on to shape Hikaru Yaotome, One Ok Rock and KinKi Kids. 15 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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