Seems official: Jin leaving KAT-TUN

Akanishi Jin

The news story, with English subtitles:

And, of course, the really important thing, what happens to the name KAT-TUN without it's A?  They've decided that the KA will be represented by Kamenashi's KA.  Which is really symbolic, since it's true.

They seem stronger as a group, so I think it actually might be more of a good thing than I thought, though certainly they'll have to face a lot of questions over the next year.