Produce 101 Japan (プロデュース ワンオーワン ジャパン) is a 2019 Japanese reality competition show, co-produced by Yoshimoto Kogyo and CJ E&M. It is a spin-off of the South Korean Produce 101 franchise. The show follows 101 contestants with the intention of producing a permanent eleven-member boy group.
| Produce 101 Japan | |||||
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| Season 1 | |||||
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| Katakana | プロデュース ワンオーワン ジャパン | ||||
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| No. of contestants | 101 | ||||
| Winner | JO1 | ||||
| Location | Japan | ||||
| No. of episodes | 12 | ||||
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| Original release | September 25 – December 11, 2019 | ||||
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It premiered on September 25, 2019, on TBS. The first episode was rerun on the streaming platform GyaO! the following day, which also broadcast the remainder of the show every Thursday at 21:00 JST (GMT+9).[1] The finale was aired on December 11, 2019, on TBS at 19:00 JST (GMT+9).[2]
The final top eleven contestants debuted as the permanent boy group JO1.
Concept and production
On April 11, 2019, it was announced that Lapone Entertainment, a management company co-founded by Yoshimoto Kogyo, CJ E&M, and MCIP Holdings, would produce a Japanese version of the South Korean idol survival show Produce 101 with the intention of debuting an internationally active, eleven-member boy group in 2020.[3][4][5][6] The final group's members, name, and concept would be selected by the viewers, referred to as "National Producers" (Japanese: 国民プロデューサー, Hepburn: Kokumin Purodyūsā).[7] The show had a budget of several billion yen and was one of the largest Japanese television productions.[8]
Applications for the show were accepted from April 11 to May 31, 2019. All male Japanese residents aged 16 to 30 years old who were not tied to any talent agency at the time of application and had completed compulsory education were eligible to apply, regardless of previous experience or nationality.[9] Successful applicants were called back for a first round of auditions, which were held on June 15 across seven cities in Japan: Sapporo, Sendai, Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Fukuoka, and Okinawa. During the second screening, which took place from July 13 to July 15, the final 101 contestants were selected.[10] In total, 6,000 people auditioned for the show.[11]
In August, the chosen constestants were sent to a training camp in Paju, South Korea.[12] Several episodes were shot there as well before the production returned to Japan.[13]
In light of the Mnet vote manipulation investigation, the production committee stated in November 2019 that they were not affiliated with the Korean production team and had a separate voting system, with votes analyzed by a group of third-party lawyers.[14] Following the departure of South Korean contestants Kim Hee-cheon, Kim Youn-dong, and Jeong Young-hoon, the production committee issued a statement explaining that the contestants were eligible for the show, as they were living in Japan at the time, and that their mandatory military service was not a reason why they left. In addition, they issued an official warning to viewers not to spread malicious rumors about the contestants on social media.[15]
Promotion and broadcast
On September 1, 2019, all 101 trainees were revealed at a press conference held at Osaki Bright Core Hall in Tokyo.[16] Two days later, the music video for the show's theme song "Tsukame (It's Coming)" (Japanese: ツカメ～It's Coming～, lit. 'Seize It～It's Coming～') was released, with Ren Kawashiri serving as the center.[17] The same day, profiles for all contestants were published on the official website.[18]
The series premiered on September 25, 2019, on TBS, and a day later on GyaO!, where all twelve episodes were subsequently aired for free.[1] The final episode was once again broadcast by TBS on December 11, 2019.[2] Prior to the show's airing, two contestants had dropped out, leaving 99 trainees to compete on the show. Contestant Kenya Hata later dropped out of the series before the show was broadcast.
Cast
The show was presented by Hideyuki Yabe and Takashi Okumura of the comedy duo Ninety-nine, who had previously hosted the Asayan talent competition series in 1999.[19]
- Vocal trainers
- Hidenori Sugai
- Sayaka Yasukura
- Dance trainers
- A-non
- Warner
- Rap trainer
- Cypress Ueno
- Bose
Contestants
- Color key
| Final members of JO1 | |
| Contestant eliminated in the final episode | |
| Contestant eliminated in the third elimination round | |
| Contestant eliminated in the second elimination round | |
| Contestant eliminated in the first elimination round | |
| Contestant left the show |
| 101 Contestants | ||||
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| Issei Mamehara (豆原 一成) | Ren Kawashiri (川尻 蓮) | Takumi Kawanishi (川西 拓実) | Shosei Ohira (大平 祥生) | Shion Tsurubo (鶴房 汐恩) |
| Ruki Shiroiwa (白岩 瑠姫) | Keigo Sato (佐藤 景瑚) | Syoya Kimata (木全 翔也) | Junki Kono (河野 純喜) | Sukai Kinjo (金城 碧海) |
| Sho Yonashiro (與那城 奨) | Yugo Miyajima (宮島 優心) | Shunya Osawa (大澤 駿弥) | Tomoaki Ando (安藤 誠明) | Kosuke Honda (本田 康祐) |
| Raira Sato (佐藤 來良) | Masahiko Imanishi (今西 正彦) | Minato Inoue (井上 港人) | Shion Tokonami (床波 志音) | Jun Uehara (上原 潤) |
| Jeong Young-hoon (チョン・ヨンフン) | Kim Yoon-dong (キム・ユンドン) | Fumiya Sano (佐野 文哉) | Koshin Komatsu (小松 倖真) | Ryuji Sato (佐藤 隆士) |
| Reito Kitagawa (北川 玲叶) | Kanta Migakida (磨田 寛大) | Tatsutoshi Miyazato (宮里 龍斗志) | Masanami Aoki (青木 聖波) | Sho Fukuchi (福地 正) |
| Naoki Ozawa (男澤 直樹) | Taiga Nakamoto (中本 大賀) | Kaito Okano (岡野 海斗) | Shuta Urano (浦野 秀太) | Kim Hee-cheon (キム・ヒチョン) |
| Hiroto Ikumi (井汲 大翔) | Tsubasa Takizawa (瀧澤 翼) | Hikaru Kitagawa (北川 暉) | Sora Nakazato (中里 空) | Kei Terashi (寺師 敬) |
| Ryo Mitsui (三井 瞭) | Lee Min-hyuk (イ・ミンヒョク) | Ryuta Hayashi (林 龍太) | Akihito Furuya (古屋 亮人) | Kyo Yamada (山田 恭) |
| Mao Sasaki (佐々木 真生) | Yu Ando (安藤 優) | Kento Kitaoka (北岡 謙人) | Masaki Ageda (安慶田 真樹) | Ryuto Iwasaki (岩崎 琉斗) |
| Ryono Kusachi (草地 稜之) | Ryunosuke Nakano (中野 龍之介) | Koki Nishio (西尾 航暉) | Takehiro Okada (岡田 武大) | Toi Nakabayashi (中林 登生) |
| Ryusei Watanabe (渡辺 龍星) | Hyuga Nakatani (中谷 日向) | Shuto Uchida (内田 脩斗) | Miyabi Suzuki (鈴木 雅) | Yushi Katagami (片上 勇士) |
| Kazuma Koga (古賀 一馬) | Ginsuke Nakagawa (中川 吟亮) | Katsunari Nakagawa (中川 勝就) | Rikuto Omizu (大水 陸渡) | Keiya Taguchi (田口 馨也) |
| Ryotaro Nishi (西 涼太郎) | Akira Takano (高野 慧) | Tomoya Nishino (西野 友也) | Ryusei Kurokawa (黒川 竜聖) | Hayato Isohata (五十畑 颯斗) |
| Takeru Gutierez (グチェレス・タケル) | Kazuki Nishiyama (西山 和貴) | Yuki Ishii (石井 祐輝) | Hikari Inayoshi (稲吉 ひかり) | Taichi Kihara (木原 汰一) |
| Yuya Tanaka (田中 雄也) | Eujin Aljama (アルジャマ 勇心) | Reiya Okawa (大川 澪哉) | Yoshiki Togo (東郷 良樹) | Tatsuki Yuki (結城 樹) |
| Kenta Yamamoto (山本 健太) | Gen Suzuki (鈴木 玄) | Masahiro Kanno (菅野 雅浩) | Shinjun Suzuki (鈴木 晨順) | Satoshi Yamada (山田 聡) |
| Kengo Hata (秦 健豪) | Taiki Watanabe (渡邊 大貴) | Naoki Nakanishi (中西 直樹) | Reo Hasegawa (長谷川 怜央) | Shinjiro Mori (森 慎二郎) |
| Shohei Yonehara (米原 尚平) | Masayoshi Ikemoto (池本 正義) | Yuki Komajaku (駒尺 雄樹) | Koki Watanabe (渡邊 公貴) | Haruka Matsukura (松倉 悠) |
| Kentaro Ishii (石井 健太郎) | Fumiya Kumazawa (熊澤 歩哉) | Shogo Koyama (小山 省吾) | Kenya Hata (畑 顕矢) | Kazuto Sato (佐藤 一翔) |
| Yuki Katayama (片山 湧貴) | ||||
Rankings
The top 11 contestants, which determined the members of the final group, were chosen through popularity online voting at Produce 101 Japan GyaO!'s homepage and audience's live voting. The results were shown at the end of each episode.
For the first and second voting period, viewers were allowed to select 11 trainees per vote. During the third round, the system changed to 2 trainees per vote and added votes from Softbank Line Friend. For the final round, the system changed to one trainee per vote and added live online votes.
| New Top 11[a] | |
| Comeback to Top 11 |
| # | Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 5 | Episode 6 | Episode 8 | Episode 9 | Episode 11 | Episode 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ren Kawashiri | Issei Mamehara ( 2) | Issei Mamehara ( ) | Ren Kawashiri ( 1) | Takumi Kawanishi ( 2) | Takumi Kawanishi ( ) | Issei Mamehara ( 4) | Ren Kawashiri ( 1) | Issei Mamehara ( 1) |
| 2 | Takumi Kawanishi | Ren Kawashiri ( 1) | Ren Kawashiri ( ) | Issei Mamehara ( 1) | Ren Kawashiri ( 1) | Ren Kawashiri ( ) | Ren Kawashiri ( ) | Issei Mamehara ( 1) | Ren Kawashiri ( 1) |
| 3 | Issei Mamehara | Takumi Kawanishi ( 1) | Takumi Kawanishi ( ) | Takumi Kawanishi ( ) | Shion Tsurubo ( 2) | Shion Tsurubo ( ) | Shion Tsurubo ( ) | Shion Tsurubo ( ) | Takumi Kawanishi ( 3) |
| 4 | Tomoaki Ando | Tomoaki Ando ( ) | Kim Hee-cheon ( 2) | Kim Hee-cheon ( ) | Issei Mamehara ( 2) | Issei Mamehara ( ) | Ruki Shiroiwa ( 9) | Ruki Shiroiwa ( ) | Shosei Ohira ( 7) |
| 5 | Masahiko Imanishi | Shion Tsurubo ( 2) | Shion Tsurubo ( ) | Shion Tsurubo ( ) | Kim Yoon-dong ( 1) | Kim Hee-cheon ( 1) | Jun Uehara ( 7) | Jeong Young-hoon ( 1) [b] | Shion Tsurubo ( 2) |
| 6 | Jun Uehara | Kim Hee-cheon ( 4) | Kim Yoon-dong ( 7) | Kim Yoon-dong ( ) | Kim Hee-cheon ( 2) | Kim Yoon-dong ( 1) | Jeong Young-hoon ( 1) | Takumi Kawanishi ( 6) | Ruki Shiroiwa ( 2) |
| 7 | Shion Tsurubo | Jun Uehara ( 1) | Tomoaki Ando ( 3) | Shosei Ohira ( 1) | Jeong Young-hoon ( 1) | Jeong Young-hoon ( ) | Tomoaki Ando ( 3) | Tomoaki Ando ( ) | Keigo Sato ( 8) |
| 8 | Lee Min-hyuk | Masahiko Imanishi ( 3) | Shosei Ohira ( 1) | Jeong Young-hoon ( 1) | Shunya Osawa ( 1) | Shunya Osawa ( ) | Sho Yonashiro ( 9) | Jun Uehara ( 3) | Syoya Kimata ( 2) |
| 9 | Jeong Young-hoon | Shosei Ohira ( 6) | Jeong Young-hoon ( 2) | Shunya Osawa ( 2) | Shosei Ohira ( 2) | Junki Kono ( 1) | Syoya Kimata ( 5) | Kim Yoon-dong ( 1) [b] | Junki Kono ( 4) |
| 10 | Kim Hee-cheon | Lee Min-hyuk ( 2) | Yugo Miyajima ( 5) | Yugo Miyajima ( ) | Junki Kono ( 5) | Tomoaki Ando ( 1) | Kim Yoon-dong ( 4) | Syoya Kimata ( 1) | Sukai Kinjo ( 6) |
| 11 | Shunya Osawa | Jeong Young-hoon ( 2) | Shunya Osawa ( 1) | Tomoaki Ando ( 4) | Tomoaki Ando ( ) | Shosei Ohira ( 2) | Junki Kono ( 2) | Shosei Ohira ( 2) | Sho Yonashiro ( 1) |
First voting period
The first voting period took place between September 26 at 12 am and October 18 at 5:00 am (JST). The total number of votes accumulated was 33,847,705.
| # | Episode 1 (Online votes) | Episode 2 (Online votes) | Episode 3 (Online votes) | Episode 4 (Live votes) | Episode 5 (Total votes) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Votes | Name | Votes | ||||
| 1 | Ren Kawashiri | Issei Mamehara | Issei Mamehara | Kosuke Honda | 14,230 | Ren Kawashiri | 1,883,178 |
| 2 | Takumi Kawanishi | Ren Kawashiri | Ren Kawashiri | Naoki Ozawa | 14,224 | Issei Mamehara | 1,848,191 |
| 3 | Issei Mamehara | Takumi Kawanishi | Takumi Kawanishi | Ryo Mitsui | 13,185 | Takumi Kawanishi | 1,771,861 |
| 4 | Tomoaki Ando | Tomoaki Ando | Kim Hee-cheon | Sho Yonashiro | 4,151 | Kim Hee-cheon | 1,411,741 |
| 5 | Masahiko Imanishi | Shion Tsurubo | Shion Tsurubo | Masahiko Imanishi | 4,120 | Shion Tsurubo | 1,238,146 |
| 6 | Jun Uehara | Kim Hee-cheon | Kim Yoon-dong | Shion Tokonami | 3,217 | Kim Yoon-dong | 1,145,844 |
| 7 | Shion Tsurubo | Jun Uehara | Tomoaki Ando | Sho Fukuchi | 3,178 | Shosei Ohira | 1,053,408 |
| 8 | Lee Min-hyuk | Masahiko Imanishi | Shosei Ohira | Tsubasa Takizawa | 3,167 | Jeong Young-hoon | 905,412 |
| 9 | Jeong Young-hoon | Shosei Ohira | Jeong Young-hoon | Keigo Sato | 3,141 | Shunya Osawa | 854,843 |
| 10 | Kim Hee-cheon | Lee Min-hyuk | Yugo Miyajima | Jun Uehara | 1,175 | Yugo Miyajima | 835,565 |
| 11 | Shunya Osawa | Jeong Young-hoon | Shunya Osawa | Ren Kawashiri | 1,138 | Tomoaki Ando | 798,477 |
- On Episode 4, an additional 1,000 points were given to the individual of the winning teams and an additional 3,000 points were given to the 1st place in song from 2 group while 10,000 points were given to the winner of each category (vocal position, rap position and dance position).
- The ranking for Episode 5 was the result of combining online votes and live votes from the previous episode.
Second voting period
The second voting period took place between October 24 at 11:30 pm and November 8 at 5:00 am (JST). The total number of votes accumulated was 18,945,494.
| # | Episode 6 (Online votes) | Episode 7 (Live votes) | Episode 8 (Total votes) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Votes | Name | Votes | ||
| 1 | Takumi Kawanishi | Takumi Kawanishi | 170,419 | Takumi Kawanishi | 1,149,244 |
| 2 | Ren Kawashiri | Ren Kawashiri | 100,395 | Ren Kawashiri | 1,074,606 |
| 3 | Shion Tsurubo | Kim Hee-cheon | 100,376 | Shion Tsurubo | 996,794 |
| 4 | Issei Mamehara | Shuta Urano | 100,372 | Issei Mamehara | 962,252 |
| 5 | Kim Yoon-dong | Shunya Osawa | 100,371 | Kim Hee-cheon | 823,022 |
| 6 | Kim Hee-cheon | Jun Uehara | 100,300 | Kim Yoon-dong | 807,141 |
| 7 | Jeong Young-hoon | Issei Mamehara | 20,407 | Jeong Young-hoon | 748,508 |
| 8 | Shunya Osawa | Sho Yonashiro | 20,407 | Shunya Osawa | 705,067 |
| 9 | Shosei Ohira | Shion Tokonami | 20,402 | Junki Kono | 661,099 |
| 10 | Junki Kono | Syoya Kimata | 20,367 | Tomoaki Ando | 654,176 |
| 11 | Tomoaki Ando | Kosuke Honda | 20,360 | Shosei Ohira | 543,768 |
- On Episode 7, The individual winner of each group got a 20,000 point bonus, the overall individual winner got a 50,000 point bonus, and the overall group winners got a 100,000 point bonus.
- The ranking for Episode 8 was the result of combining online votes and live votes from the previous episode.
Third voting period
The third voting period will take place between November 14 at 11:30 pm and November 29 at 5:00 am (JST). The total number of votes accumulated was 8,356,702.
| # | Episode 9 (Online votes) | Episode 10 (Live votes) | Episode 11 (Total votes) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Votes | Name | Votes | ||
| 1 | Issei Mamehara | Minato Inoue | 100,046 | Ren Kawashiri | 516,171 |
| 2 | Ren Kawashiri | Keigo Sato | 20,041 | Issei Mamehara | 505,823 |
| 3 | Shion Tsurubo | Syoya Kimata | 20,034 | Shion Tsurubo | 460,657 |
| 4 | Ruki Shiroiwa | Jun Uehara | 20,031 | Ruki Shiroiwa | 448,795 |
| 5 | Jun Uehara | Tatsutoshi Miyazato | 20,012 | Jeong Young-hoon | 383,463 |
| 6 | Jeong Young-hoon | Kaito Okano | 20,006 | Takumi Kawanishi | 381,845 |
| 7 | Tomoaki Ando | Masanami Aoki | 20,004 | Tomoaki Ando | 355,660 |
| 8 | Sho Yonashiro | Ruki Shiroiwa | 70 | Jun Uehara | 354,058 |
| 9 | Syoya Kimata | Shion Tsurubo | 35 | Kim Yoon-dong | 347,621 |
| 10 | Kim Yoon-dong | Shosei Ohira | 30 | Syoya Kimata | 339,052 |
| 11 | Junki Kono | Shion Tokonami | 24 | Shosei Ohira | 336,162 |
- On Episode 10, an additional 20,000 points were given to each member of the winning group except for the one with the most votes, who received an additional 100,000 points instead.
- The ranking for Episode 11 was the result of combining online votes and live votes from the previous episode.
Result
The finale online voting period took place between December 5 at 11:00 pm and December 11 at 5:00 am (JST) and The finale was held on December 11 at 7:00 pm (JST), and open online voting period was broadcast live. The total number of votes accumulated was 3,242,751. Ninety-nine announced the unit boy group name, JO1.
| # | Episode 12 (Total votes) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Votes | Prefecture | Audition Name | |
| 1 | Issei Mamehara | 261,583 | Okayama | Issei Mamehara |
| 2 | Ren Kawashiri | 256,527 | Fukuoka | UN Backers |
| 3 | Takumi Kawanishi | 252,885 | Hyogo | KSix |
| 4 | Shosei Ohira | 220,594 | Kyoto | UN Backers |
| 5 | Shion Tsurubo | 204,045 | Shiga | Sion |
| 6 | Ruki Shiroiwa | 194,919 | Tokyo | Hangyaku no Prince |
| 7 | Keigo Sato | 186,309 | Aichi | High-Steps |
| 8 | Syoya Kimata | 171,205 | Aichi | Shachihoko Friends |
| 9 | Junki Kono | 159,057 | Nara | Six Packs |
| 10 | Sukai Kinjo | 157,373 | Osaka | Team Sky |
| 11 | Sho Yonashiro | 140,003 | Okinawa | Six Packs |
Discography
Extended plays
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Sales | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN Hot [20] | JPN Dig [21] | |||
| 35 Boys 5 Concepts |
| 3 | 2 |
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| Produce 101 Japan — Final |
| 32 | — | — |
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak positions | Sales | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN Hot 100 [23] | JPN Dig [24] | ||||||||||||||
| "Tsukame (It's Coming)" | 2019 | 42 | — | — | Non-album single | ||||||||||
| "KungChiKiTa" | 91 | — | 35 Boys 5 Concepts | ||||||||||||
| "Domino" | 67 | — | |||||||||||||
| "Happy Merry Christmas" | 84 | — | |||||||||||||
| "Black Out" | 94 | — | |||||||||||||
| "Yancha Boy Yancha Girl" | 77 | — | |||||||||||||
| "GrandMaster" | 25 | 6 |
| Produce 101 Japan — Final | |||||||||||
| "Young" | 20 | 5 |
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| "Sayonara Seishun" (Produce 101 Japan ver.) | 47 | 11 |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
Reception
Ratings on TBS
| Title | Original broadcast date | Timeslot (JST) | Average audience share (Kanto) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premiere | September 26, 2019 | 0:01 - 1:00 am | 2.6%[27] |
| Live Final | December 11, 2019 | 7:00 - 9:00 pm | 3.4%[28] |
Aftermath
- Some trainees formed/joined with groups:
- Yugo Miyajima (12th), Shunya Osawa (13th), Tomoaki Ando (14th), Jun Uehara (20th), Jeong Young-hoon (21st), Kim Yoon-dong (22nd), and Kim Hee-cheon (35th) formed a boy group called Orbit under agency Dream Passport.[29] They released their debut album 00 on November 11.[30]
- Kosuke Honda (15th), Fumiya Sano (23rd), Shuta Urano (34th), Katsunari Nakagawa (63rd) signed with Yoshimoto Kogyo and formed a boy group called OWV.[31] They released the music video for their first single "Uba Uba" on August 31.[32]
- Raira Sato (16th), Minato Inoue (18th), Koshin Komatsu (24th), Hikaru Kitagawa (38th) joined a boys group called Bugvel and will release their first song "Warning" under agency Dream Passport.[33]
- Migakida Kanta (27th), Kento Kitaoka (48th) and Takeru Gutierez (71st) joined a group called BXW under agency Churros.[34][35] Reito Kitagawa (26th) and Hiroto Ikumi (36th) who also had joined the group subsequently left due to difference in the direction of activities.[36] The group released their debut song "Takai Yume ni" on October 22, 2020.[37]
- Tatsutoshi Miyazato (28th), Sho Fukuchi (30th), Taiga Nakamoto (32nd), Tsubasa Takizawa (37th), Kyo Yamada (45th), Ryono Kusachi (51st), Toi Nakabayashi (55th), Hyuga Nakatani (57th), Fumiya Kumazawa (97th) signed with Showtitle, a subsidiary company of Yoshimoto Kogyo.[38] The nine ex-trainees formed a performance unit called Enjin that will also incorporate singing, dancing, and stage play.[39] The group had their major debut in December under label Nonagon Records, from Universal Sigma. Their debut stage titled Nonagon―Hajimari no Oto was held in Tokyo on December 4.[40][41]
- Masanami Aoki (29th), Akihito Furuya (44th), Koki Nishio (53rd), Takehiro Okada (54th), and Akira Takano (67th) formed a unit named NVRLND.[42]
- Kaito Okano (33rd), Yu Ando (47th), Rikuto Omizu (64th), Hikari Inayoshi (74h), and Tatsuki Yuki (80th) formed a "KJ-Hop" group called Boom Trigger under World Entertainment.[43][44] They released their debut single "Shaking/Party Must Go On" on August 13.[45]
- Some trainees signed with agencies:
- Masahiko Imanishi (17th) signed with agency Dream Passport and adapted a stage name Hico.[46] He then released his 1st digital single "Strawberry" (feat.TOMO) on December 25.[47]
- Ryuji Sato (25th), Hiroto Ikumi (36th), and Keiya Taguchi (65th) signed with RBW Japan and joined their trainee program RBW JBOYZ.[48] Ryuji Sato then leave the company on December 28.[49]
- Kengo Hata (86th) signed with Ito Company.[50] He then starred in a stage play "Egu Onna" on November 13-15th.[51]
- Satoshi Yamada (85th) signed with YKA Entertainment.[52]
- Sato Ryuji (25th) signed with Churros Agency.[53] He then released his 1st digital single "PLAYGROUND" (feat. BXW) on 8 September 2022.[54]
- Some trainees debuted as actors:
- Naoki Ozawa (29th) starred in a stage play K.B.S Project Super Youth Chorus Comedy "SING!"-2020.[55]
- Some trainees released their single:
- Some trainees participated in other survival shows:
- Ryo Mitsui (41st), Ryuta Hayashi (43rd), Gen Suzuki (82nd) joined G-Egg.[59] Mitsui and Hayashi won the competition and will debut in the boys group NIK.[60]
- Hiroto Ikumi (36th) and Keiya Taguchi (65th) joined Produce Camp 2021. Keiya ranked 78th and Hiroto ranked 15th.[61]
- Hiroto Ikumi (36th) will participate in Boys Planet.
Franchise
Notes
References
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)