List of Produce 101 Japan (season 2) contestants explained

Produce 101 Japan (season 2) is a 2021 Japanese reality competition show and spin-off of the South Korean television series Produce 101. 101 trainees, aged 15–27 years old who are not affiliated with any talent agency, will be competing to debut in an 11-member boy band, with members selected by live voting from the viewers.^[1]

Contestants

The spelling of names in English is according to the official website.^[2] The Japanese contestants are presented in Western order (given name, family name), while the names of the foreign contestants are presented in Eastern order (family name, given name).

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	Top 11 of the week
	Saved
	Left the show
	Contestants eliminated in Episode 0
	Contestants eliminated in Episode 5
	Contestants eliminated in Episode 9
	Contestants eliminated in Episode 10
	Final members of INI

Region	Audition Team Name	Age	Judges' Evaluation		Ranking
			Judges' Evaluation		Ep.1	Ep.2	Ep.3	Episode 5		Ep.6	Ep.7	Episode 9		Episode 10		Final
			1	2					class=unsortable	Votes				class=unsortable	Votes	Final	class=unsortable	Votes
Aichi	DU Quintet	23	B	A	1	2	1	1	1,476,946	1	2	2	711,278	1	380,796	1
Tokyo	Big Dream (ビッグドリーム)	21	B	A	8	13	12	8	899,044	9	16	17	277,771	2	316,127	2
Tokyo	K-Phoenix (Kフェニックス)	22	A	A	2	1	2	2	1,402,055	2	1	1	738,955	3	281,323	3
Nagano	Mogitate Alps (もぎたてアルプス)	21	B	A	12	4	4	3	1,135,900	5	3	3	524,051	4	276,066	4
Osaka	Prince of Naniwa (浪速のプリンス)	21	A	A	14	6	5	5	1,087,177	7	8	8	350,768	5	264,254	5
Kagoshima	Ikinari Smile (いきなりスマイル)	24	A	C	4	3	3	4	1,128,968	4	5	5	456,053	6	259,628	6
Okinawa	SUPER MENSORE	18	C	C	47	24	27	25	351,241	13	13	14	293,692	7	252,479	7
China	Team-A	23	C	B	7	10	10	12	740,222	14	21	19	254,742	8	249,237	8
Fukuoka	T-RAP	19	C	D	11	12	14	15	609,277	16	15	13	309,654	9	249,021	9
Osaka	Prince of Naniwa (浪速のプリンス)	20	D	F	3	5	6	7	966,407	8	12	9	350,580	10	243,006	10
Osaka	Prince of Naniwa (浪速のプリンス)	21	C	B	5	9	11	9	843,923	12	14	11	338,013	11	239,150	11
Fukuoka	DK WEST	16	C	D	13	8	8	10	829,447	15	20	16	282,339	12	Eliminated	12
Tokyo	DU Quintet	19	A	B	22	25	23	22	404,470	6	7	7	357,404	13	Eliminated	13
Fukuoka	WEST Selection (WEST セレクション)	21	C	B	6	15	15	14	619,063	17	11	10	345,747	14	Eliminated	14
Saitama	DU Quintet	18	A	A	46	39	29	26	335,386	10	4	6	377,619	15	Eliminated	15
Nagasaki	K-Phoenix (Kフェニックス)	18	A	C	10	7	7	6	975,241	3	6	4	457,123	16	Eliminated	16
Hiroshima	DK WEST	17	C	B	48	16	13	13	641,784	11	19	20	247,132	17	Eliminated	17
Philippines	Team-A	17	A	A	9	11	9	11	761,184	21	17	15	290,793	18	Eliminated	18
Osaka	T-RAP	22	B	D	53	20	21	23	391,655	23	9	12	315,328	19	Eliminated	19
Indonesia	Team-A	23	A	A	24	27	25	21	407,547	29	18	18	256,657	20	Eliminated	20
Chiba	Jet Marines (ジェットマリーンズ)	20	D	B	35	32	30	35	258,269	19	10	21 (G)	234,929	21	Eliminated	21
Kanagawa	Revengers (リベンジャーズ)	20	C	C	26	49	43	32	286,878	18	23	22	Eliminated			22
Ehime	WEST Selection (WEST セレクション)	19	C	D	17	17	19	20	414,513	20	22	23	Eliminated			23
Tokyo	TEEN EAST (ティーンEAST)	17	C	F	54	43	36	34	273,255	24	25	24	Eliminated			24
Saitama	DU Quintet	20	C	B	39	26	32	33	274,551	27	30	25	Eliminated			25
Osaka	DK WEST	17	B	B	45	30	34	30	297,634	28	29	26	Eliminated			26
Aichi	Cha Cha Love (チャ•チャ•ラブ)	23	D	C	34	47	44	40	214,839	25	24	27	Eliminated			27
Tokyo	TOKYO BROTHERS (TOKYO ブラザーズ)	21	F	B	25	37	28	24	362,101	26	28	28	Eliminated			28
Kyoto	KANSAI Shinsengumi (KANSAI新鮮組)	21	F	F	18	14	16	16	498,013	22	26	29	Eliminated			29
Saitama	KTS	20	D	C	31	40	42	41		34	27	30	Eliminated			30
Tokyo	Ikinari Smile (いきなりスマイル)	20	C	D	38	23	24	28	323,986	30	31	31	Eliminated			31
Tochigi	D Flight (Dフライト)	23	B	A	41	21	17	19	458,008	32	32	32	Eliminated			32
Saitama	D Flight (Dフライト)	22	C	C	16	19	22	27	334,938	37	35	33	Eliminated			33
Hyogo	DK WEST	16	B	D	20	22	26	29	299,105	35	36	34	Eliminated			34
Tochigi	TEEN EAST (ティーンEAST)	18	D	F	21	29	33	37	231,458	36	37	35	Eliminated			35
Chiba	Jet Marines (ジェットマリーンズ)	20	F	D	23	35	41	31	288,712	33	34	36	Eliminated			36
Niigata	White Lover	22	C	B	30	41	38	38	222,831	31	33	37	Eliminated			37
Shizuoka	Cha Cha Love (チャ•チャ•ラブ)	21	F	D	19	38	37	36	238,669	38	38	38	Eliminated			38
Chiba	Ikinari Smile (いきなりスマイル)	22	B	A	15	18	18	18	466,181	40	40	39	Eliminated			39
Miyagi	White Lover	27	D	D	44	33	31	39	216,469	39	39	40	Eliminated			40
Osaka	Revengers (リベンジャーズ)	22	B	A	49	28	20	17	492,462	Left the show						41
Okinawa	SUPER MENSORE	21	C	B	32	31	35	42	Eliminated							42
Shizuoka	Cha Cha Love (チャ•チャ•ラブ)	19	F	C	28	46	45	43	Eliminated							43
Okinawa	SUPER MENSORE	21	C	C	42	34	39	44	Eliminated							44
Nagano	Mogitate Alps (もぎたてアルプス)	21	D	D	40	36	40	45	Eliminated							45
Aichi	TEEN EAST (ティーンEAST)	17	B	B	37	51	48	46	Eliminated							46
Osaka	Revengers (リベンジャーズ)	21	D	D	55	57	57	47	Eliminated							47
Aichi	TEEN EAST (ティーンEAST)	17	D	F	33	42	46	48	Eliminated							48
Tokyo	TOKYO BROTHERS (TOKYO ブラザーズ)	20	D	C	50	45	47	49	Eliminated							49
Hiroshima	Revengers (リベンジャーズ)	21	D	F	56	52	54	50	Eliminated							50
Hyogo	KANSAI Shinsengumi (KANSAI新鮮組)	19	C	D	29	44	49	51	Eliminated							51
Yamanashi	Mogitate Alps (もぎたてアルプス)	21	D	D	43	50	55	52	Eliminated							52
Shizuoka	KTS	17	D	C	52	55	53	53	Eliminated							53
Hokkaido	White Lover	21	D	D	59	54	50	54	Eliminated							54
Hyogo	KANSAI Shinsengumi (KANSAI新鮮組)	18	C	F	27	48	51	55	Eliminated							55
Osaka	Big Dream (ビッグドリーム)	19	D	B	58	53	52	56	Eliminated							56
Tokyo	TOKYO BROTHERS (TOKYO ブラザーズ)	22	C	B	51	59	59	57	Eliminated							57
Chiba	Jet Marines (ジェットマリーンズ)	22	F	C	36	56	56	58	Eliminated							58
Tokyo	DU Quintet	20	D	B	57	58	58	59	Eliminated							59
Hiroshima	WEST Selection (WEST セレクション)	19	F	C	60	60	60	60	Eliminated							60
Tokyo		16	Eliminated													61
Shizuoka		18	Eliminated													62
Tokyo		20	Eliminated													63
Hiroshima		22	Eliminated													64
Mie		19	Eliminated													65
Hyogo		16	Eliminated													66
Aichi		19	Eliminated													67
Hyogo		19	Eliminated													68
Kanagawa		25	Eliminated													69
Tokyo		20	Eliminated													70
Saitama		20	Eliminated													71
Fukushima		18	Eliminated													72
Mexico		20	Eliminated													73
Hokkaido		19	Eliminated													74
Kumamoto		21	Eliminated													75
Osaka		20	Eliminated													76
Aichi		17	Eliminated													77
Kagoshima		18	Eliminated													78
Miyazaki		20	Eliminated													79
Fukushima		18	Eliminated													80
Nagasaki		21	Eliminated													81
Tokyo		18	Eliminated													82
Tokyo		20	Eliminated													83
Fukushima		22	Eliminated													84
Tokyo		19	Eliminated													85
Chiba		20	Eliminated													86
Nagano		18	Eliminated													87
Saitama		19	Eliminated													88
Okinawa		16	Eliminated													89
Kyoto		21	Eliminated													90
Ehime		18	Eliminated													91
Kanagawa		21	Eliminated													92
Kanagawa		16	Eliminated													93
Saitama		20	Eliminated													94
Kanagawa		19	Eliminated													95
Chiba		22	Eliminated													96
Hiroshima		20	Eliminated													97
Osaka		18	Eliminated													98
Tokyo		19	Eliminated													99
Kumamoto		23			Left the show
Shizuoka		22			Left the show

Group Battle Evaluation Performances (Episode 3-4)

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Leader
Center
Leader and Center

Bold denotes the person who picked the team members.

Performance			Team		Contestant
	Artist	Song		Votes	Position	Name	Votes	Votes with bonus	Rank
1	BTS	"I Need U"	1 Bento Shounendan (弁当少年団)	181	Main Vocal	Hideaki Sasaoka	54		31
					Sub Vocal 1	Masaki Uchida	17		46
					Sub Vocal 2	Ayumu Shinogaya	9		52
					Main Rapper	Tenki Misasagawa	38		35
					Sub Rapper 1	Yuta Izutsu	39		34
					Sub Rapper 2	Rick Yasue	24		42
			2 I (愛)	187	Main Vocal	Xu Fengfan	34	3,034	13
					Sub Vocal 1	Shoya Fukuda	36	3,036	12
					Sub Vocal 2	Toma Nakamura	16	3,016	22
					Main Rapper	Kaiho Nakano	67	3,067	4
					Sub Rapper 1	Ryoma Kitayama	14	3,014	23
					Sub Rapper 2	Ayumu Owada	20	3,020	20
2	Generations from Exile Tribe	"Ageha"	1 Lívera	167	Main Vocal	Masato Ueda	32		38
					Sub Vocal 1	Takahiro Uehara	15		48
					Sub Vocal 2	Syunji Koike	16		47
					Sub Vocal 3	Takeru Goto	49		32
					Sub Vocal 4	Tsukasa Sakuma	18		45
					Rapper	Rihito Ikezaki	37		36
			2 HiGH VOLTAGE	188	Main Vocal	Hiromu Takatsuka	108	3,108	1
					Sub Vocal 1	Sera Fujimoto	7	3,007	27
					Sub Vocal 2	Wataru Takahashi	13	3,013	24
					Sub Vocal 3	Yusei Tekoe	7	3,007	27
					Sub Vocal 4	Ayuta Fukuda	26	3,026	16
					Rapper	Reiji Fukushima	27	3,027	15
3	King & Prince	"&Love"	1 Baby Love (ベビーラブ)	131	Main Vocal	Kouki Sakamoto	29		40
					Sub Vocal 1	Yudai Sano	43		33
					Sub Vocal 2	Kohei Kurita	23		43
					Sub Vocal 3	Norihiko Miyashita	4		54
					Sub Vocal 4	Ibuki Hattori	27		41
					Sub Vocal 5	Hikaru Vasayegh	5		53
			2 Ababies (アベビース)	239	Main Vocal	Haruki Yamamoto	64	3,064	5
					Sub Vocal 1	Renya Naitou	12	3,012	25
					Sub Vocal 2	Nalu Okubo	78	3,078	2
					Sub Vocal 3	Mizuki Shinohara	50	3,050	7
					Sub Vocal 4	Koshin Terao	10	3,010	26
					Sub Vocal 5	Ken Hiramoto	25	3,025	17
4	SHINee	"Your Number"	1 Focused Attack (집중 공격)	171	Main Vocal	Rui Iiyoshi	77		29
					Sub Vocal 1	Raia Edamoto	13		49
					Sub Vocal 2	Hajime Abe	16		47
					Sub Vocal 3	Ryusuke Kodama	23		43
					Sub Vocal 4	Daisuke Tawada	11		50
					Rapper	Akihira Matsumoto	31		39
			2 Men Who Go Well With Red Wine (赤ワインに似合う男たち)	199	Main Vocal	Tomoki Nishiyama	43	3,043	9
					Sub Vocal 1	Jin Matsuda	41	3,041	10
					Sub Vocal 2	Yuto Furue	2	3,002	28
					Sub Vocal 3	Muta Azumi	10	3,010	26
					Sub Vocal 4	Hiroaki Morii	58	3,058	6
					Rapper	Kenta Muramatsu	45	3,045	8
5	JO1	"Infinity (無限大)"	1 INFINITY	202	Main Vocal	Kyosuke Fujimaki	40	3,040	11
					Sub Vocal 1	Takumi Ozaki	24	3,024	18
					Sub Vocal 2	Masaya Kimura	29	3,029	14
					Sub Vocal 3	Anthonny Iinuma	23	3,023	19
					Rapper 1	Hiroto Nishi	69	3,069	3
					Rapper 2	Shunsei Ota	17	3,017	21
			2 SIX PLANETS	183	Main Vocal	Shinsuke Yotsuya	10		51
					Sub Vocal 1	Naoki Kose	36		37
					Sub Vocal 2	Shu Kobori	17		46
					Sub Vocal 3	Daigo Kobayashi	22		44
					Rapper 1	Shogo Tajima	39		34
					Rapper 2	Renta Nishijima	59		30

Position Battle Evaluation Performances (Episode 6-7)

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Winner
Leader
Center
Leader and Center

The first-place trainee in each group will receive a bonus of 10,000 votes, with the exception of the hidden song, where the first place will gain a 20,000 vote bonus. The first-place trainee overall in each category will receive a 100,000 vote bonus.

Performance				Team		Contestant				Ranking
	Position	Artist	Song		Votes	Position	Name	Votes	Votes with bonus	Song	Vocal	Dance	Rap	Rank
1	Rap	Ken the 390	"Nobody Else"	Dosukoi Club (ドス鯉倶楽部)	336	Main Rapper	Shogo Tajima	115	10,115	1			2	8
						Sub Rapper	Hiroto Nishi	108		3			4	18
						Sub Rapper	Rihito Ikezaki	113		2			3	16
2	Dance	JO1	"OH-EH-OH"	T-changer	614	Main Dancer	Takeru Goto	121		2		10		15
						Sub Dancer	Hikaru Vasayegh	92		4		15		24
						Sub Dancer	Nalu Okubo	105		3		12		20
						Sub Dancer	Yudai Sano	88		5		16		26
						Sub Dancer	Jin Matsuda	135	10,135	1		6		6
						Sub Dancer	Kohei Kurita	73		6		18		29
3	Dance	NISSY	"NA"	Na (Natrium)	353	Main Dancer	Wataru Takahashi	146	10,146	1		2		5
						Sub Dancer	Masaki Uchida	82		2		17		27
						Sub Dancer	Ken Hiramoto	64		3		19		31
						Sub Dancer	Rui Iiyoshi	61		4		20		32
4	Vocal	Shota Shimizu	"Hanataba no Kawari ni Melody wo"	X4	426	Main Vocal	Kyosuke Fujimaki	134	10,134	1	2			7
						Sub Vocal	Shunsei Ota	92		4	8			24
						Sub Vocal	Anthonny Iinuma	93		3	7			23
						Sub Vocal	Toma Nakamura	107		2	5			19
5	Dance	SEVENTEEN	"Fallin' Flower"	BUDDIES	656	Main Dancer	Syunji Koike	159	110,159	1		1		1
						Sub Dancer	Masaya Kimura	144		2		3		10
						Sub Dancer	Renta Nishijima	121		4		10		15
						Sub Dancer	Yusei Tekoe	95		5		13		22
						Sub Dancer	Xu Fengfan	137		3		5		11
6	Vocal	Official Hige Dandism	"Pretender"	Official Challedandism (Officialチャレdism)	348	Main Vocal	Hiromu Takatsuka	111	10,111	1	3			9
						Sub Vocal	Akihira Matsumoto	44		4	12			35
						Sub Vocal	Mizuki Shinohara	102		2	6			21
						Sub Vocal	Ayuta Fukuda	91		3	9			25
7	Rap	Ken the 390	"Overall"	Crawl up	332	Main Rapper	Kaiho Nakano	132	110,132	1			1	3
						Sub Rapper	Kenta Muramatsu	60		3			6	33
						Sub Rapper	Yuta Izutsu	80		2			5	28
						Sub Rapper	Ayumu Owada	60		3			6	33
8	HIDDEN (Dance)	BTS	"Dynamite"	The Fearless Ones (怖いもの知らず)	634	Main Dancer	Takumi Ozaki	142	20,142	1		4		4
						Sub Dancer	Hiroaki Morii	95		5		13		22
						Sub Dancer	Shoya Fukuda	135		2		6		12
						Sub Dancer	Koshin Terao	128		4		9		14
						Sub Dancer	Daigo Kobayashi	134		3		8		13
9	Vocal	Ikimonogakari	"Sayonara Seishun"	Utautaibakari (うたうたいばかり)	422	Main Vocal	Kouki Sakamoto	147	110,147	1	1			2
						Sub Vocal	Hideaki Sasaoka	110		2	4			17
						Sub Vocal	Shu Kobori	59		4	11			34
						Sub Vocal	Shinsuke Yotsuya	70		3	10			30
						Sub Vocal	Masato Ueda	36		5	13			36

Concept Evaluation Performances (Episode 8)

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Winner
Leader
Center
Leader and Center

Members of each group are selected by audience vote on their official website between the broadcasts of episodes 5 and 6 (May 6 at 11:00 PM to May 11 at 11:59 PM (JST)). The winning group receives a total of 240,000 additional votes that is split based on each contestant's ranking: the contestant with the most votes receives 100,000 votes, while the remaining contestants receive 20,000 votes. The number of live votes and rankings were not announced.

Performance					Contestant
Concept	Group	Producer^[3]	Song	Votes	Position	Name	Bonus
EDM	1 B.Q.N (バキューン)	Lyrics: Jinli (Full8loom), Satoko Aida Composition: Gloryface (Full8loom), Jinli (Full8loom) Arrangement: Gloryface(Full8loom), yuka(Full8loom), HARRY(Full8loom)	"A.I.M (Alive In My Imagination)"	49	Main Vocal	Hiromu Takatsuka
					Sub Vocal 1	Kyosuke Fujimaki
					Sub Vocal 2	Shoya Fukuda
					Sub Vocal 3	Kohei Kurita
					Rapper 1	Shu Kobori
					Rapper 2	Kenta Muramatsu
					Rapper 3	Hikaru Vasayegh
					Rapper 4	Yusei Tekoe
Tropical House	2 Freshers	Lyrics: real - fantasy, KINDA, siyun, ZELO, MINAMI Composition and arrangement: real - fantasy, KINDA, siyun	"Another Day"	53	Main Vocal	Takumi Ozaki
					Sub Vocal 1	Toma Nakamura
					Sub Vocal 2	Shinsuke Yotsuya
					Sub Vocal 3	Ayuta Fukuda
					Rapper 1	Masaya Kimura
					Rapper 2	Shunsei Ota
					Rapper 3	Masaki Uchida
					Rapper 4	Rui Iiyoshi
Trap / Hip Hop	3 Hachimencho (八men鳥)	Lyrics: Bull$EyE, De view, IN]UN, HEEJUN, Greenism, HASEGAWA Composition: Bull$EyE, De view, IN]UN, HEEJUN, Greenism Arrangement: Bull$EyE, De view, IN]UN, HEEJUN	"Goosebumps"	84	Main Vocal	Hideaki Sasaoka	+20,000
					Sub Vocal 1	Syunji Koike	+20,000
					Sub Vocal 2	Masato Ueda	+20,000
					Sub Vocal 3	Kaiho Nakano	+20,000
					Rapper 1	Shogo Tajima	+100,000
					Rapper 2	Hiroto Nishi	+20,000
					Rapper 3	Rihito Ikezaki	+20,000
					Rapper 4	Renta Nishijima	+20,000
French House	4 IN (陰)	Lyrics: Jung Hohyun (e.one), Choi Joong Bin (AKB), Lee Man Seong, Ellie Love Composition: Jung Hohyun (e.one), Choi Joong Bin (AKB), Lee Man Seong Arrangement: Jung Hohyun (e.one), AKB	"SHADOW (Slip Inside)"	64	Main Vocal	Xu Fengfan
					Sub Vocal 1	Wataru Takahashi
					Sub Vocal 2	Jin Matsuda
					Sub Vocal 3	Akihira Matsumoto
					Sub Vocal 4	Daigo Kobayashi
					Sub Vocal 5	Hiroaki Morii
					Rapper 1	Takeru Goto
					Rapper 2	Ken Hiramoto
Dance	5 Honeymoon (はねむぅ～ん)	Lyrics: YOSKE, Alive Knob, Lei Iwasaki Composition: Minyoung Lee (EastWest), YOSKE, D.stus (1by1), 91.6 (1by1) Arrangement: Minyoung Lee (EastWest), D.stus (1by1), 91.6 (1by1)	"STEP"	54	Main Vocal	Kouki Sakamoto
					Sub Vocal 1	Mizuki Shinohara
					Sub Vocal 2	Koshin Terao
					Sub Vocal 3	Anthonny Iinuma
					Sub Vocal 4	Nalu Okubo
					Sub Vocal 5	Yudai Sano
					Rapper 1	Ayumu Owada
					Rapper 2	Yuta Izutsu

Debut Evaluation Performances (Episode 10)

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Leader and Center

Performance			Contestant
	Producer^[4]	Song	Position	Name
1	Lyrics: SOOYOON, AYUMI KANUMA Composition: Moon Kim, STAINBOYS Arrangement: STAINBOYS	"ONE"	Main Vocal	Syunji Koike
			Sub Vocal 1	Masaya Kimura
			Sub Vocal 2	Daigo Kobayashi
			Sub Vocal 3	Shunsei Ota
			Sub Vocal 4	Anthonny Iinuma
			Sub Vocal 5	Takeru Goto
			Sub Vocal 6	Koshin Terao
			Rapper 1	Renta Nishijima
			Rapper 2	Hiroto Nishi
			Rapper 3	Xu Fengfan
			Rapper 4	Nalu Okubo
2	Lyrics: YHANAEL Composition: SCORE(13), Meagatone(13), ESBEE, LUKE(13), STEREO14 Arrangement: SCORE(13), Meagatone(13), STEREO14	"RUNWAY"	Main Vocal	Kyosuke Fujimaki
			Sub Vocal 1	Hiromu Takatsuka
			Sub Vocal 2	Toma Nakamura
			Sub Vocal 3	Yudai Sano
			Sub Vocal 4	Kouki Sakamoto
			Sub Vocal 5	Jin Matsuda
			Rapper 1	Rihito Ikezaki
			Rapper 2	Shogo Tajima
			Rapper 3	Takumi Ozaki
			Rapper 4	Kaiho Nakano

Notes and References

News: "日プ"『PRODUCE 101 JAPAN SEASON2』開催決定トレーナーで青山テルマ、DA PUMP KENZOら参加. ja. Oricon. 2020-11-03. 2021-06-10.
Web site: Produce 101 Japan Season 2 Official Website Trainee Profiles. ja. 2021-01-30. 2021-06-13.
Web site: 40 Boys 5 Concepts. Melon. 2021-05-28. 2021-06-14.
Web site: Final. Melon. 2021-06-14. 2021-06-14.