Before they were famous: Take a look at your favorite stars during their childhood

Have you ever wondered what your favorite stars looked like before they hit big? Back in the day, were they hotties or flops? Here is a compiled list (of course with pictures) of Japanese celebrities when they were young and nobodies. Compiled below are pictures of models, actors, comedians, singers, idols and Johnnys and more; and what they looked like when they were teens/children. Did they change? Get a good surgeon? Or remained the same? How about those yankii brows some of those girls are sporting? Please join me as we have some laughs and some tears at what our faves looked like before they were famous. Also feel free to add any missing people in the comments.


Johnnys

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Yamada Ryosuke



Matsumoto Jun



Yamashita Tomohisa



Nishikido Ryo



Sakurai Sho



Akanishi Jin



Ikuta Toma



Tegoshi Yuya



Chinen Yuri



Takahisa Masuda



Shigeaki Kato



Ohno Satoshi



Kimura Takuya



Nakai Masahiro



Kamenashi Kazuya



Tanaka Koki



Taguchi Junnosuke



Tatsuya Ueda



Nakamaru Yuichi



Actors

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Yamada Takayuki



Odagiri Joe



Mizushima Hiro



Mukai Osamu



Miura Haruma



Hayami Mokomichi



Tamaki Hiroshi



Shirota Yuu



Satou Takeru



Oguri Shun



Ichihara Hayato



Igarashi Shunji




Male Talento/Comedians/Artists

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CHEMISTRY's Kaname Kawabata



CHEMISTRY's Yoshikuni Dochin



EXILE's NESMITH



EXILE's AKIRA



AAA's Nishijima Takahiro



Eiji Wentz



Ariyoshi Hiroiki



DJ Ozma (Middle)



Koike Teppei



EXILE's TAKAHIRO



Tachibana Keita



Fukuyama Masaharu



Ken Hirai



Idols

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Oshima Yuko



Itano Tomomi



Sudou Maasa (Berryz Koubou)



Kashiwagi Yuki



Watanabe Mayu



Mano Erina



Shinoda Mariko



Sashihara Rino



Kojima Haruna



Akimoto Sayaka



Actresses

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Gouriki Ayame



Koyuki



Takei Emi



Takeuchi Yuko



Sawajiri Erika



Ayase Haruka



Aragaki Yui



Eikura Nana



Kitagawa Keiko



Kitano Kii



Kinoshita Yukina



Inoue Mao



Ueto Aya



Ueno Juri



Ishihara Satomi



Ichikawa Yui



Aibu Saki



Toda Erika



Nagasawa Masami



Nakama Yukie



Fukada Kyoko



Fukada Saki



Horikita Maki



Maeda Atsuko




Miyazaki Aoi



Yonekura Ryoko



Female Artists

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Ayaka



Amuro Namie



Ishikawa Rika



Utada Hikaru



Ootsuka Ai



Kuraki Mai



Koda Kumi



Goto Maki



Shibasaki Kou



Nakashima Mika



Nishino Kana



Hamasaki Ayumi



Matsuura Aya




YUI



Perfume's A~chan



Perfume's Kashiyuka



Perfume's Nocchi



Shiina Ringo



Kimura Kaela



Female models/comedians/talento

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Kumikky



Abiru Yuu



Kyary Pamyu Pamyu



Ogura Yuuko



Karina



Gal Sone



Tsuji Nozomi



Hoshino Aki



Masuwaka Tsubasa



misono



Yaguchi Mari



Yanagihara Kanako



Yamada Yu



Wakatsuki Chinatsu



Becky



J-rockers

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B'z



Yoshiki



Kai (Gazette)



Reita (Gazette)



Tora (Alice Nine)



Dir en Grey



Miyavi



Gackt



Hyde



source: 1, 2, 3

Also including a picture of myself when I was younger (I'm on the left).