In 2020, a new K-pop boys group was born. The name is ENHYPEN. They belong to Belift Lab. Their fan name is ENGENE. ENHYPEN is produced by Bang Si-hyuk who is the director of Bighit entertainment that BTS belongs to. They already gathered attention from all over the world before debut. Because there were applications to audition from around the world. And, the seven members were chosen.
They are from an audition program called "I-LAND" (June 26 - September 18, 2020). twenty-three people were selected as a participant in the audition. Then, seven people were chosen by voting from producers and fans all over the world in about three months, and their debut was decided. On September 19, they opened official social media, for example, Twitter, Instagram, and so forth. They announced their fan name on October 8. Then, their membership opened on October 12. On October 28, their first album, BORDER : DAY ONE was announced. Their first reality show that was shown until their debut started on November 11. On November 30, they finally debuted and released the first album. They appeared at Mnet Asian Music Awards on December 6.
Jungwon is the leader of ENHYPEN. His birthday is February 9, 2004. He is from Korean.
Heeseung is the oldest member. He was born on October 15, 2001 and from Korea.
Jay had lived in America but his nationary is Korea. His birthday is April 20, 2002.
Jake is from Australia, but his parents are Korean. He was born on November 15, 2002.
Sunghoon is a former skater. He retired from figure skate to be a K-pop idol. His birthday is December 8, 2002 and from Korea.
Sunoo was selected as a debut member even though he had the shortest trainee period. He was born on June 24, 2003 and from Korea.
NI-KI is the main dancer. He is still 15 years old, but he debuted. And, he is from Japan. There were three other Japanese members at "I-LAND", but he was the only one to make his debut. His birthday is December 9, 2005.
They released BORDER : DAY ONE on November 30, 2020. Intro : Walk the Line, Given-Taken, Let Me In (20 CUBE), 10 Months, Flicker, and Outro : Cross the Line are included in this album. Given-Taken is the title song. There are music videos of Given-Taken,  Let Me In (20 CUBE) and Outro : Cross the Line. The albums sold 229,991 copies on the first day. In Japan, it won the 1st place on the iTunes "Top Album" chart, and on December 4, it also won the 1st place on "The Real-Time Top 100" chart of LINE MUSIC.
On December 12, 2020, they won the "Next Leader Award" at The Fact Music Awards. And nowadays, they won the "Rookie Artist Of The Year" at The Golden Disc Awards on January 10, 2021.
Just Dance (game)
Just Dance is a video game series made by Ubisoft. "Just Dance" was named after a song sung by Lady Gaga. The first "Just Dance" was released in 2009 in North America, Europe, and Australia. It was "Just Dance Wii" for the Nintendo Wii.
Just Dance is a motion-based television game. From one to four people could play it. The included songs are very popular. Game players mirror the choreographies on the screen during each song. In addition, players sometimes should pose for getting more scores. After dancing, players are ranked based on how well they danced.
There are 12 main series of this game in total.
This is the first game of this series released on 17 November 2009 with the songs including MC Hammer, The Beach Boys, and so on.
It was released 9 October 2012. This is the 4th game of this series.
It is the first Just Dance for Wii U and includes over 40 tracks sung by Carly Rae Jepsen, Rihanna and others.
It was released 25 October 2016. It is the 8th game of this series, and it includes over 40 tracks sung by Justin Bieber, Queen, DNCE, and others. It was the first released on Steam and Nintendo Switch.
This is the latest main series of Just Dance currently. It was released on 12 November 2020. The tracks include the songs from TWICE, Ariana Grande, and others.
This is the first Japanese version of Just Dance. It was developed by Ubisoft Paris and edited by Nintendo. It has 16 J-pop songs and 12 songs from prior Just Dance titles. The songs of EXILE, Kara, Koda Kumi and others are included.
This is the second Japanese version. It was released on 26 July 2012. It was made only for the Wii.
The third Japanese version of Just Dance. It was announced by Nintendo directly and released on 3 April 2014.
There are some other kinds of Just Dance series. One is a Disney Series, that was named Disney Party. There are two versions of the series. The first one was released on 23 October 2012 and then the second one was released on 20 October 2015. They include some Disney film music and songs sung in Disney channel series on television. Others are the Experience Series. One of the Experience Series is Michael Jackson : The Experience. It was released on 23 November 2010, and it contains 26 famous songs sung by Micheal Jackson.
Gen Hoshino
Gen Hoshino is a Japanese singer-songwriter. His songs are very famous and used in various TV shows. Meanwhile, he has been famous for his acting in Japanese dramas and films. He also improves his career by publishing some books and broadcasting his own radio channel. Therefore, he has been rewarded for his efforts with gaining his fame.
He was born in Saitama Prefecture January 28th, 1981. His blood type is AB, and his height is 1.68m.
He started his career as a musician in 2000. These days, not only as a musician he does well, but also as an actor. His music agent is Amuse, and his acting one is "Otona Keikaku". His music genre is J-pop, folk and dance. He usually sings but sometimes plays the guitar and marimba.
He has been a member of Sakerock which consisted of his friends from his high school since 2000. He played the guitar and marimba there, but this instrumental band was dissolved in 2015. Then he continued his music career as a solo artist. He became a well-known artist by his 8th single song, “SUN.” Because of this song, he took part in "Kohaku Uta Gassen", which is broadcasted on New Year’s Eve in Japan every year. Later, he acted in various Japanese dramas and films. For example, “The Full-Time Escapist” was famous for the story, actors’ acting skills and his song, “Koi.” In this TV drama, he was one of the main casts.
His first drama acting was “Water Boys” in 2003, but he wasn't a main character. When he acted as the main character for the first time, he appeared on “Dr. Storks” in 2015. The story of this drama was the life of doctors who worked at obstetrics. Next year, 2016, he acted as a single man, "Hiramasa Tsuzaki" who employed a housekeeper. This drama was “The Full-Time Wife Escapist” and became popular. Two years later, he appeared on “"Idaten"” which was one of NHK (Taiga) historical dramas. In 2020, he appeared as a main character on “MIU404.”
His first film acting was “64” in 2004. In 2017, he acted on “Night Is Short, Walk on Girl” by only his voice, because this movie was Japanese animation movie. Two years later, he acted as a samurai in “Samurai Shifters.” In addition, his latest movie was “The Voice of Shin” in 2020.
He became popular for his 8th single song, “SUN.” This song was the theme song of Fuji TV drama, and this song got the 1st place of iTunes Weekly Ranking in July 2015 and January 2016.
In 2016, he released his 9th single song, “"Koi"” which was the theme song of TBS drama, “The Full-Time Wife Escapist.” Moreover, “"Koi" dance,” the dance of this song, became very popular, especially among teenagers.
In 2020, he composed an encouraging song, “"Uchi de Odoro",” during Japanese lockdown due to COVID-19. This song urged many people to stay at home.
1st album: "Baka no Uta"(2010)
2nd album: "Episode"(2011)
3rd album: "Stranger"(2013)
4th album: "Yellow Dancer"(2015)
5th album: "Pop Virus"(2018)Higashine, Yamagata