J-ONE (Band)

Jefferson One ( Formerly known as V ) is a Japanese pop group (formerly as Five-peace boy-band), formed in London, England in 2002.

History
The band was formed 2002 through auditions held by Prestige Management. Originally signed and managed by Louis Walsh, the group's original line-up consisted of Antony Thomas Brant, Aaron Buckingham, Mark Harle, Kevin McDaid Leon Pisani They selected the band name "V" suggested by Antony Brant as the Roman numeral for five corresponding to the five members of the band. In 2003, the band signed to Universal Records for their debut album. V made their debut performance as a supporting act of Busted during their Arena Tour early in 2004.

The first two of them reached the Top Ten in the UK charts. V's first and only album "You Stood Up" was released in November 2004. It only reached position 86 in the UK albums chart.

Throughout 2004, V appeared in various TV shows such as "Top of the Pop". In February 2005, the band announced on their website that Leon Pisani left the band and they had decided to continue because they felt that "music at the moment always ready for an all singing, all dancing boyband. In mid 2005, the band announced that the Japanese-Filipino sensation Adam Nakamoto has join the band as their youngest kid for Pisani's replacement.

in 2007 they bring back the newest line-up consisted of Kevin McDaid, Sakurako Okubo, Takumi Kizu, Anastasia Jade Morris, Adam Nakamoto. in 2011 Kevin McDaid decided to leave the group due his travel issues. 5 months later, Tetsuji Sakakibara and Sarah Carlos joined the group permanently. in 13th of may 2013. Nakamoto and Morris announce their departure from the group and to continue his studies in college.

The group continues for a time with its remaining four members, but eventually recruited singer Yosuke Kishi. the group decided to change the name "Jefferson One or simply J-ONE". in 2018 at the Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger Final Live Tour. Anastasia and Sarah walks through the stage and congratulates their band mate's successful acting career and Adam Nakamoto once again making his surprise appearance and rejoined the band. Adam performs a song rascal flatt's Here Comes Goodbye & Their song Can You Feel It as their final song.

On May 12, 2018 Nakamoto announced that 5 original members of V and the 3 member cast of Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger cast will join for the 15th Anniversary Tour and their single Medicine and So Hard To Forget.

Due to restrictions set by the COVID-19 pandemic, The band performed live in a virtual concert via kumu and Youtube with a broke a world record, garnering almost $10 million, with an attendance count of 250,000—making it the huge virtual concert ever.

In september 27, 2020 on the Late Late Show with James Corden, the band introduced the newest 8th member of the band, singer and actress Hinami Mori, they perform together on stage with their newest single Take On Me for their upcoming christmas album Stay Another Day will be release next year on christmas 2021 as the same night as they met with BTS, the biggest K-POP group in the world, accourding to the source they having a selfie together and hanging out.

Members

 * Adam Nakamoto (2005-2013, 2018-Present)
 * Takumi Kizu (2006-Present)
 * Sakurako Okubo (2006-Present)
 * Anastasia Jade Morris (2007-2013, 2016-Present)
 * Tetsuji Sakakibara (2011-Present)
 * Sarah Carlos (2011-Present)
 * Yosuke Kishi (2013-Present)
 * Hinami Mori (2020-Present)

Touring Musicians (Guest only)

 * Taiki Yamazaki
 * Keisuke Minami
 * Baylee Littrell

Former Members

 * Antony Thomas Brant (2002-2006, 2018-2019)
 * Aaron Buckingham (2002-2007, 2018-2019)
 * Mark Harle (2002-2006, 2018-2019)
 * Kevin McDaid (2002-2011, 2018-2019)
 * Leon Pisani (2002-2005, 2018-2019)

Timeline
The timeline shows the members main two roles in the band.

Timeline

Headlining

 * V: You Stood Up Tour (2005)
 * V: New Generation Tour (2007)
 * V: Five Peace Tour (2009)
 * V: Royals Tour (2012)
 * V: Greatest Hits Tour (2014)
 * Jefferson One: Dynasty Tour (2017)
 * Jefferson One: Super V Tour (2018)
 * Jefferson One: 15th Anniversary Tour (2018-2019)
 * Now and Forever Virtual Concert (2020)

Supporting

 * Adam Nakamoto's 20th Birthday Concert (2015)


 * Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger Final Live Tour (2018)

Co-Headlining


 * East meets West Tour (with Gosei5ive, Super Juniors and Girls Generation) (2011)
 * International Idols Tour (with The Morris Sisters, TVXQ, Big Time Rush, Rika Hirata and Janella Salvador) (2017)


 * Five Stars Asian Tour (with EXO, Harry Styles, Ariana Grande and The Weeknd) (2018)
 * Jefferson United World Tour (with Starship Jeffersion Two, Three, & Four) (2019 - 2020)


 * Dream Factory Tour (with BTS, Blackpink, Arashi, Baylee Littrell, BOA, Yui Mizuno and Haruka Kudo) (2019)