Nizi Project season 2 explained

Num Episodes:20
Network:Hulu Japan

Nizi Project Season 2 ("Rainbow Project Season 2") is a 2023 Japanese reality competition show, and is the second season of Nizi Project series. The series is a joint project between JYP Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment Japan with the intention of creating a global Japanese boy group. Nizi Project Season 2 is centered on JYP Entertainment founder Park Jin-young selecting members for the boy group out of 20 boys, who eventually debuted as Nexz.

Background

On July 12, 2021, Park held a press conference announcing that Nizi Project will have a second season to create a Japanese boy band set for debut in March 2023.[1] Applications for boys from 14 to 22 years old are open from July 2021 to October 2021.[1] Auditions will take place from November to December 2021 in eight cities in Japan, as well as New York and Los Angeles in the United States, and Seoul in South Korea.[1] The contestants will be evaluated in five categories: vocal, dance, rap, modeling, and composing/lyricism.[1] The members for the group will be finalized and announced in December 2023.[1]

Contestants

DivisionContestantBackground
Tokyodata-sort-value="Ito"
data-sort-value="So"
data-sort-value="Nagatsuka"
data-sort-value="Hoshizawa"
Kobedata-sort-value="Tomiyasu"
data-sort-value="Kitagawa"
data-sort-value="Matsubara"
data-sort-value="Nishiyama"
data-sort-value="Kida"
data-sort-value="Wataru"
Hiroshimadata-sort-value="Yamaguchi"
data-sort-value="Enomoto"
data-sort-value="Otsuka"
Okinawadata-sort-value="Irei"
Sapporodata-sort-value="Takahashi"
Seouldata-sort-value="Uemura"JYP Entertainment trainee; trained for 2 years and 7 months
data-sort-value="Inagaki"JYP Entertainment trainee
data-sort-value="Miura"JYP Entertainment trainee; trained for 1 year and 1 month
data-sort-value="Inoue"JYP Entertainment trainee; trained for 6 months
data-sort-value="Matsuda"JYP Entertainment trainee
data-sort-value="Kawashima"JYP Entertainment trainee; trained for 7 months
data-sort-value="Fujimaki"JYP Entertainment trainee
data-sort-value="Komori"JYP Entertainment trainee; trained for 3 years

Rankings

Summary

Color key
      Cube was awarded
      Cube was awarded as a runner-up
      Cube was awarded later in the end of Part 1
      Ranked last; at risk of elimination
      Eliminated or withdrawn
RegionContestantPart 1Part 2
DanceVocalsX factorPersonalityPart 1 RankingGrowth
Teamwork
Image
Finals
Seouldata-sort-value="Uemura"Tomoya Uemuradata-sort-value="2"
Kobedata-sort-value="Nishiyama"Yuki Nishiyamadata-sort-value="3" data-sort-value="3"
Seouldata-sort-value="Inoue"Haru Inouedata-sort-value="2" data-sort-value="3"
SeoulYuhi Komoridata-sort-value="4" data-sort-value="3"
KobeYu Tomiyasudata-sort-value="2" data-sort-value="3"
SeoulSeita Kawashimadata-sort-value="4" data-sort-value="3"
TokyoKen Sodata-sort-value="2" data-sort-value="3"
Tokyodata-sort-value="Ito"Eiji Itodata-sort-value="2" data-sort-value="3"
TokyoMiraku Hoshizawadata-sort-value="2" 1210
SeoulTaiga Fujimakidata-sort-value="2" data-sort-value="3" 1111data-sort-value="7" colspan="2"
KobeSean Matsubaradata-sort-value="3" 12data-sort-value="9" colspan="2"
SeoulSodai Miuradata-sort-value="2" data-sort-value="3" 10data-sort-value="10" colspan="2"
SapporoRio Takahashidata-sort-value="5" data-sort-value="13" colspan="5"
KobeShokei Watarudata-sort-value="5" data-sort-value="13" colspan="5"
HiroshimaTakato Otsuka2020data-sort-value="2" data-sort-value="13" colspan="5"
SeoulTaichi Inagakidata-sort-value="2" data-sort-value="13" colspan="5"
TokyoTaichi Takahashi15data-sort-value="2" data-sort-value="13" colspan="5"
HiroshimaTakao Yamaguchi1918data-sort-value="5" data-sort-value="13" colspan="5"
HiroshimaYuito Enomoto19data-sort-value="2" data-sort-value="13" colspan="5"
TokyoKohei Nagatsuka13data-sort-value="5" data-sort-value="13" colspan="5"
KobeReito Kitagawadata-sort-value="21" colspan="9"
KobeNaoya Kidadata-sort-value="21" colspan="9"
OkinawaRiki Ireidata-sort-value="21" colspan="9"
SeoulTakuto Matsudadata-sort-value="21" colspan="9"

Aftermath

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: NiziU弟分発掘へ『Nizi Project』シーズン2始動 J.Y. Park&NiziUが韓国から中継で会見 . ja . . 2021-07-13 . 2021-08-04 .
  2. bmsg_trainee. C-FM1EtPM8R. NEW BMSG TRAINEE TAICHI. July 31, 2024. August 5, 2024.
  3. https://mazzel.tokyo/ MAZZEL profile
  4. Web site: Yi-seul . Noh . 2024-04-04 . KBS2 글로벌 아이돌 데뷔 프로젝트 '메이크메이트원', 5월 15일 첫방 . KBS2's global idol debut project 'Make Mate One' premieres on May 15th . m.sportsw.kr . ko .