Kusano Hironori was born February 15th, 1988. He is a member of the Japanese pop group agency Johnny's Entertainment. He joined Johnny's on the 4th of February 2001, while he was 13 years old. As a Johnny's Jr, Kusano had also been in other Jr. subgroups such as Supporting, J-support and K.K.Kity, before he was selected as 1 of the 8 to debut as NEWS in 2003. Unfortunely there was a incident in early 2006. He was caught drinking alcohol at the age of 17, making NEWS go on hiatus for a year. Read more on Last.fm