Kinjo Sukai

## Kinjo Sukai金城(きんじょう) 碧海(すかい)

Kinjo Sukai promoting "Your Key"

**Kinjo Sukai** (金城碧海) is a Japanese idol as a member of JO1, the group formed in PRODUCE 101 JAPAN. He made it in the final lineup after placing 10th in the finals.

His JOCHUM character is PiHAi.

## Biography

### Early Life

Kinjo Sukai was born on May 6, 2000 in Osaka, Japan.

Before participating in PRODUCE 101 JAPAN, Kinjo worked part-time at demolition projects after graduating from high school.

### 2019

On September 3, Kinjo was revealed to be a contestant of PRODUCE 101 JAPAN.

On December 11, he placed 10th in the finals, making him a member of JO1.

## 2021

On October 9, it was announced that Kinjo would temporarily suspend his activities due to being diagnosed with adjustment disorder.

## 2022

On February 14, it was announced that he would resume activities after recovering.

## PRODUCE 101 JAPAN Participation

### Teams

* **Audition Team:** Team Sky
* **Position Battle Team:** Soul Voice (sub vocalist)
* **Group Battle Team:** Six Piece (sub vocalist 2)
* **Concept Battle Team:** Black Out (rapper 1)
* **Debut Evaluation Team:** GrandMaster (sub vocalist 6)

### Rankings

Online votes
* **Week 1:** 66th place
* **Week 2:** 85th place (-19)
* **Week 3:** 38th place (+47)
* **First Ranking Announcement:** 33rd place (+5)
* **Week 6:** 26th place (+7)
* **Second Ranking Announcement:** 25th place (+1)
* **Week 9:** 24th place (+1)
* **Third Ranking Announcement:** 14th place (+10)
* **Final Ranking Announcement:** 10th place (+4)

On-site votes
* **Position Battle:** 5th place in team, 39th place overall
* **Group Battle:** 1st place in team, 15th place overall
* **Concept Battle:** 1st place in team, 12th place overall (tied)

## Personal Life

* Family
* Education
* Nicknames

Kinjo has a younger brother and sister.

In the October 2020 edition of the magazine Numéro TOKYO, Kinjo revealed that he was raised in a single-mother household.

Prior to the show, he attended Doshisha University to get a major in policy studies.

On March 24, Kinjo announced that he graduated from the university. However, there was no graduation ceremony due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic at the time.

The following list are nicknames that have been used to refer to Kinjo Sukai:

* **SKY**: Most common nickname used by fellow trainees and fans alike.

## Trivia

* His hobbies are to watch movies and to listen to music.
* His special skills are impersonating his mother, karate, beachcombing, and playing soccer.
* His pledge for debuting in the top 11 was flying anywhere where the national producers need him due to her name being "SKY". This was fulfilled in a YouTube video posted on the official JO1 channel.
* In the October 2020 edition of the magazine Numéro TOKYO, he mentioned that when he dropped from **B** class to **F** class, Kinjo had lost hope, but his roommate Nishi Ryotaro encouraged him by saying "F stands for Future".
* His favorite color is black.
* His favorite food is gyoza dumplings made by his grandmother.
* The thing he dislikes the most is cow's milk.
* He thinks the most attractive feature of himself is his eyes.
* He thinks the most attractive feature of someone is their scent.
* He describes himself as sociable.
* He said that despite his looks he can get lonely.
* He likes the scare the other JO1 members with bugs.

## References

1. ↑ "金城碧海 一時活動休止のお知らせ" (in Japanese). JO1 Official Website. 2021-10-09.
2. ↑ "金城碧海 活動再開のご報告" (in Japanese). JO1 Official Website. 2022-02-14.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "PRODUCE 101 JAPAN Profile" PRODUCE 101 JAPAN. 2019-09-03.
4. ↑ "JO1｜【公約実践 ＃6】金城碧海「必要としてもらえるのであればどこへでも飛んでいきます！」". YouTube. 2020-03-31.

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