Name: Akanishi Jin (赤西仁)

| Nicknames: Jin, Bakanishi, JinJin
| Birthdate: 4th July, 1984
| Birth Place: Tokyo, Japan
| Height: 178 cm
| Weight: 61 kg
| Blood Type: O
| Entered Johnny’s: November 8, 1998 when he was 14
| Family: Parents & one younger brother, Reo
| Favorite colors: black, white, silver, red
| Favorite season: spring, fall
| Favorite sport: soccer, baseball
| Favourite part of body: hair

Jin Akanishi (赤西 仁, Akanishi Jin) (born July 4, 1984) is a Japanese idol, singer-songwriter, actor, seiyū and television personality. Akanishi is a member of the popular J-pop boy band, KAT-TUN, and one of the group’s main vocalists. Since the group’s debut in 2006, it has achieved 10 consecutive number ones (including studio albums) on the Oricon charts.

Akanishi is also a budding actor with roles in the second season of popular NTV school drama, Gokusen, and Yukan Club. He is also a co-host of KAT-TUN’s own variety show, Cartoon KAT-TUN, and used to host a radio program called R-One KAT-TUN with bandmate Junnosuke Taguchi from October 2007 to March 2008. Akanishi is also arguably one of the more popular members of the group being frequently cited as one of the most appealing male celebrities in Japan today