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Nikkan Sports 2014.3.15 Saturday Johnny’s: Tegoshi Yuya

This week is NEWS’ Tegoshi Yuya (26). Together with Masuda Takahisa as the unit Tegomass, he is in the middle of a nationwide tour in support of their fourth album “Tegomasu no Seishun.” In 2006 he entered the human science department of Waseda University. For the first time he has revealed that in his fourth year in the program, spring 2010, he withdrew.

     My positions in NEWS and Tegomass are different. Since I somewhat do as I please in NEWS I often want to speak in the manner of a princely character, but there are only two of us in Tegomass. In other words there isn’t as much of that kind of room. So I need to push forward the proceedings and MCs and be steadfast at any point.
     I quit university in my fourth year. Until the fourth year I properly took courses. And on locations I studied too. But the graduation exam is extremely difficult. In the end I thought it was impossible to manage both the graduation exam and work. I thought about giving 70% to each, but I hate 70%.
     Instead of taking a complete break from work and putting effort into the graduation exam, I wanted to work as an idol 120%. Since working as idol Tegoshi Yuya takes up the largest portion of my life, I ventured to think it wasn’t something necessary. I decided to do that because I was told I could return to school after withdrawing if I received approval from the university. I told the university that I’ll definitely carry through because I want to graduate now that I’ve started.

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