NEWS's Keiichiro Koyama appeared on Fuji TV's ``Bokura no Jidai'' on the 24th. He revealed that the reason he became an idol was when he took the high school entrance exam.

A three-person talk with former professional baseball player of Nippon Ham Kenshi Sugitani and former Japan national soccer player Tomoaki Makino. They talked about what led them to take their respective paths.

Koyama confessed, ``I failed the high school entrance exam. 30 other people took the same high school entrance exam and I was the only one who failed.'' When Sugitani was surprised and said, ``Wow,'' he said, ``Isn't it crazy? At that time, taking entrance exams was the biggest thing in my life. That's why I thought my life was over. At that time, I cried every day (when I went to high school). I used to go there and see these 29 people shining brightly,'' he said, looking back on those days of disappointment.

He continued, ``My sister couldn't stand seeing that, so one day she said, ``Keiichiro, stand there.'' and took a photo of me. It was a photo to send my resume to the agency. So, I went to the audition in the winter of my first year of high school, and I got accepted.'' He revealed that his sister set him on the path to joining the former Johnny's agency.

When Makino asked him, ``Wasn't it a good thing that you were the only one to fail that time?'', Koyama nodded and replied, ``If I hadn't failed, I wouldn't be in this world.''