Body Mass Index info

[guingel.livejournal.com]

I posted this in the NEWS community and people seemed intrigued, so I thought I'd post it here as well. So, crossposted from news_jpop, and probably also kanjani8.

Basically, I've got a fascination for the heights and weights of JE boys, and I'm assembling a big sort of database that compares the heights of everyone each group, and the groups as a whole. If anyone has stats that they think are more accurate that the ones available on dramawiki or wherever, I'd be very thankful for it!

Anyway, they're all very skinny, so I was thinking I'd try to find out what their BMIs are and I did so using this website. It's for adults, but I think everyone is pretty much close enough.

According to the site: Underweight = <18.5
Normal weight = 18.5-24.9
Overweight = 25-29.9
Obesity = BMI of 30 or greater

I forgot to mention this when posting before, but it was pointed out to me - there are more factors that go into your BMI than just height and weight, so these are at best estimates, also there's a possibility that everything's different because the website was not for Asians but I don't know about that.

Arashi
Nino - 17.8
Jun - 19.5
Aiba - 19.5
Sho - 20
Ohno - 20.1

It turns out that Arashi is really close in relative height and weights, except for Nino (so tiny!). They're probably the most healthy group. (And the one with the smallest height range, except for ABC.)


I'm including all the other groups I've done in case anyone is interested in them as well. I may also cross-post this, but I could be too lazy - who knows! (No KAT-TUN or Kinki Kids, sorry - but, you know, you can do them yourself if you're interested. But I did include two non-debuted groups - YA3 and ABC, cos Taiyo is tall and I love ABC.)

Kanjani8
Uchi - 17.8
Baru - 18
Ryo - 18.9
Tacchon - 19.9
Hina - 20
Yasu - 20.6
Yoko - 20.7
Maru - 21.1

NEWS (most likely to be wrong)
Koyama - 17.1
Shige - 17.9
Ryo - 18.9
Tegoshi - 19.5
Yamapi - 19.8
Massu - 20

V6 (What the hell, Kamisen?? Also, apparently Nagano is the chubbiest guy in JE. ::shrug::)
Go - 16.1
Okada - 16.3
Ken - 16.5
Sakamoto - 20.5
Innochi - 21.1
Nagano - 21.3

TOKIO (I'm not sure if my info for TOKIO was that accurate. Mabo weighs more than Nagase? He's also the heaviest Johnny - but he's the third tallest.)
Taichi - 17.4
Nagase - 19.1
Leader - 19.4
Mabo - 20.1
Yamaguchi - 20.3

Ya-Ya-Yah (but they're not adults, so hopefully. . . they aren't all underweight. Also, geez, Taiyo is freaking 186 cm!)
Yabu - 16.2
Taiyo - 18.1
Hikaru - 18.3
Shoon - 18.4

ABC
Kawai - 17.8
Goseki - 18
Totsu - 18.7
Tsuka - 20.1

Tsubasa - 18.1
Takki - 20


I don't know if other people are as fascinated by heights and weights as I am, but I could also probably upload my whole big spreadsheet if there's interest. It's probably most useful for people who are fans of multiple groups, I'd guess, and want all the information at their fingertips. It's got birthdates, heights, weights, height and weights in order for each group, height and weight ranges, that sort of thing.

Also, um, while I'm here, I'm going to pimp my smutty, kinky Jun/Aiba/Nino fic that I just posted here. Just in case anyone that might be interested hadn't seen it yet ;)

Comments

[m-elle09.livejournal.com]

oo, dont worry i dont think you're the only one. i find it pretty fascinating as well XD i like comparing them, whether its theirs or someone elses.

wow, a whole big spreadsheet? that'd be cool too look at ^_^

this is interesting, thanks for sharing it with us XD

[guingel.livejournal.com]

I think at least part of it is that I'm really short and I come from a really tall family - I'm 5'4" (almost) and my tallest cousin is 6'9" - and a bunch of my male relatives are sort of between 6'3" and 6'5". . . so I think that's given me a real fascination for relative heights. XD But yeah, I'm glad I'm not alone!

If I don't get a lot of response on the spreadsheet, I'll just email it to the interested people. I'm still finishing some stuff up, though.

[m-elle09.livejournal.com]

oo. you count that really short? please, im only 5 feet tall. well thats rounded i believe XD hehe.

hmm but not surprising since my family isnt tall. family counting my parents and brother because the rest like my cousins are at least 5'10 and above. so...we're a short family. lol probably why im interested as well. lol

ooo ok. well include me in those that are interested! *raises hand* XD hehe

[guingel.livejournal.com]

5'4" is really short when you're standing next to someone who's 6'9"! But I did visit a friend who's around 5 feet, and so was her entire family, and I actually felt huge! Like I was looming. It was sort of awkward, I felt bad for tall people - they really stick out!

I'm still finishing up the spreadsheet, but I think I'll probably upload and post it when it's done at this point. . .

[m-elle09.livejournal.com]

haha i guess you are really short compared to that. i completely understand how that feels like! lol

oo her entire family? hehe mine isnt that short...but still short. lol im really the only one who's not above 5 feet :( sadly lol

yea they really do stick out. whereas i can hide anywhere and not be seen XD hehe

oo ok. take your time! ^_^

[squints63.livejournal.com]

I don't know what weights you have for arashi, but i do have their weights and heights from about a year ago.

Jun's changed a bit since then but i think the others should still be the same since then.

aiba - 176cm, 56kg
matsujun - 173cm, 59kg
nino - 168cm, 52kg
ohno - 166cm, 51kg
sho - 170cm, 58kg

[guingel.livejournal.com]

Arashi I got from a forum, actually - I was inquiring there because I'm so into this stuff, and I asked the person who answered what their source was and they haven't gotten back to me, so I don't know. But I have:
Ohno: 166 cm, 55 kg
Sho: 171 cm, 58 kg
Aiba: 176 cm, 60 kg
Nino: 168 cm, 50 kg
Jun - 173 cm, 58 kg

So I've got Aiba and Ohno a little fatter and Nino a little skinnier. . . I'm glad the heights at least match up pretty much. But yeah, I don't know how accurate or recent this is. Thank you for the info, though - I might pop it in and see if the results seem to match their appearance more.

[squints63.livejournal.com]

ah thanks for that extra info. I was a bit surprised to see ohno and aiba hitting the fit margin. I always see them to be really thin since they seem so skinny. also, i'm interested in that spread sheet. ;p

[guingel.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Ohno is muscled, but Aiba I definitely thought was skinnier. Hard to tell, I guess. Jun, too, actually. Arashi has a really high degree of height and weight similarity, except for Nino. It's sort of weird!

OK, I'm still adding a couple more stats to it - at this point I'm not sure if I'll upload it or email, I'm right on the brink of the number of people. But I guess at the moment uploading seems easier than tracking down email addresses so I'll probably just do that and post it.

[twistedhalo04.livejournal.com]

Nino's so tiny!

[guingel.livejournal.com]

Haha, that is exactly what I said! That's why he's so cute ;) He's pocket-sized!

[twistedhalo04.livejournal.com]

I would not mind keeping him in MY pocket. HAHA

[guingel.livejournal.com]

XD Oh my god, my friends and I used to talk about putting people in our pockets all the time. Not people we had crushes on or anything, though. Just random people. Anyway, I had a bit of a flashback there.

[twistedhalo04.livejournal.com]

HAHA Hope it was a good memory because at least I reminded you of a good time... LOL

[honooko.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, the medical community at large is coming to look at BMI indexes as kind of... well, useless. It doesn't take into account body type, metabolic rate, or even genetics, and makes heavier people who are actually really healthy seem unhealthy, and super-tiny people who are fine seem emaciated.

My parents and myself have been considered pretty severely underweight our entire lives, but the fact of the matter is we're just tall, skinny people. :\ I'm two inches taller than Nino, but weigh the same, and we have the same waist measurement. Does this mean either of us is going to keel over dead? Probably not. XD

BMI is interesting, but by no means should you judge someone's health by it.

[guingel.livejournal.com]

I wasn't judging anyone's health by it, hence the disclaimer. While it's funny to look at this and go "Oh, man, I knew those boys were anorexic," my real motivation was to have some sort of skinniness comparison number that compensated for their weights and heights.

Although it's just an estimation, and not an accurate reflection of their health status, BMI is pretty much the best way to do that. I tried some other calculations, but I'm no statistics expert, and BMI does compensate for the fact that tall people are supposed to weigh more, proportionally, so it was the best one. Otherwise Mabo always came across looking like a total cow!

[angelamori.livejournal.com]

geh!...

[guingel.livejournal.com]

Haha, well said.

[angelamori.livejournal.com]

I'm so eloquent. Haha~

[guingel.livejournal.com]

Hey, I just wish I could be that concise! I can barely keep a comment down to one sentence, much less one word. I'm finding it hard to stop here. But I will.

[angelamori.livejournal.com]

Hang in there! Ganbatte! Hahaha~

[dream-raine.livejournal.com]

I'm quite surprised that Arashi members are not all underweight...Nino...lol...Ohno so small, has the higest BMI...??? must be the muscles captain!

[guingel.livejournal.com]

My new info has Jun dropping some kilograms - actually, I went to the Japanese wikipedia and he was 53 kg there, instead of 58. But it was a year old so I'm going to average the two out. It's arbitrary, I know, but oh well. 58 seemed high and 53 seems low so I'm just gonna fake it.

Yeah, Ohno is clearly totally built! Mmm. . .

[lalt.livejournal.com]

Nino is that tiny because he watches his weight.
Ever notice how he doesn't wolf down food as eagerly as the others during Shukudai-kun food segments?
He also said in one interview (forgot which one) that gaining as much as 1 kilo makes it harder to move around and do choreography.
I assume by that that he is controlled about his eating habits.

[guingel.livejournal.com]

Oh, geez. That's intriguing. It seems like he should have plenty of room to gain weight and still be able to dance or whatever. Wow, I really thought he was sort of just naturally skinny.