NiziU

NiziU is a Japanese-Korean idol girl group. In the word NiziU, "Nizi" means the symbol of the audition project, and "U" means you, that is to say, members and people who like this group. In the group, there are nine members.

 Audition 
The music companies Sony Music Entertainment Japan and JYP Entertainment began a project called "Nizi Project". This was an audition program and it was held in Japan and South Korea. The producer of NiziU is J.Y Park (박진영). He is a record producer, founder of the JYP and also a Korean singer.

 Members 
In the group, there are nine members. They were selected from 100,000 people.

 Name  Birthday  Position Mako Yamaguchi  4th April 2001  Leader, main dancer, lead vocalist Rio Hanabashi  4th February 2002  Main dancer Maya Katsumura  8th April 2002  Lead dancer Riku Oe  26th October 2002  Lead vocalist Ayaka Arai  20th June 2003  Visual Mayuka Ogou  13th November 2003  Lead rapper Rima Yokoi  26th March 2004  Main rapper Miihi Suzuno  12th August 2004  Main vocalist, lead dancer Nina Hillman  27th February 2005  Main vocalist, youngest

 Discography and performances 

 Songs 

 Make You Happy

This is one of the songs in the Digital Mini Album. It is famous for being used in the nizi project. The song was released as the pre-debut song on only music streaming. The release day was before their debut. However the album became a big hit.  Also the dance of this song is very famous for "Nawatobi Dance".

 Step and a Step

This is the first debut single. It was released on December 2nd in 2020. The dance is famous for "Rabbit Dance". The high point of this song means that it’s ok to make progress on our own pace if the pace is slower than other people. The lyrics mean we don’t need to be upset about the  people’s step around us.

 Commercials 
 LOTTE [Fit’s] (December 8th, 2020)
 Coca-Cola (December 14th, 2020)
 KOSE (January 16th, 2020)

 Record of Awards 
 Best Dance Video Award - MTV VMAJ 2020
 Special Award - The 62nd Japan Record Awards
 VOGUE JAPAN Women of the Year 2020  

 Fans 
People who love this group and members are called "WithU". "U" means, of course, you (= fans), and that fans usually think of NiziU. Also, there is a meaning behind "WithU". It is that NiziU works toward the world with fans.

 Additional points 
In addition to the above information, there are the featuring guide videos on YouTube. The featuring videos are the lecture videos of shouts and calls during the song. In the video, NiziU members lecture the shouts and calls for "WithU", which they want "WithU" to sing the song together during their performance. "WithU" can find pleasure in the moment with NiziU members.

Category:2020 establishments in Japan
Category:2020 establishments in South Korea
Category:Musical groups established in 2020
Category:J-pop music groups
Category:Japanese girl groups
Category:Japanese pop music groups
Category:JYP Entertainment artists