K8 does suffer a little from less promotion than Arashi. But as a K8 fan, I'm happy they're as popular as they are now (which is to say, much more popular than they were nine years ago when I started being a fan of K8. haha) ^_^

Kagawa *is* good. Quite versatile, I think, although the few times I've seen him act he tends to be the villain (except in 99.9%). Eikura Nana is okay. I haven't seen many of her dramas/movies but she seemed okay to me in Mei-chan... though less convincing in Toshokan Sensou.

We can only dream of a Jun/Mao relationship xD