Josh

### Associated Acts

Cea Dragons, Story Zero, Resistance, Moon, Alchemist, Midnight Singers, FREE WILL, Danger, Mayaune, AVEX

### Debut Single

Strange Life¿

Josh is a soloist under AIP's a label. He debuted on January 6th, 2011 with his solo single Strange Life¿ He is the first soloist to debut under AIP project since the 2005-2006 AIP KIDS soloists, actors, and actresses.

 As of 2019 he is also a member of 5NIN.

## Biography

### Early Life

Joshua was born March 17th, 1993. Due to his parents jobs and prior to joining AIP he traveled around the country a lot.

### 2009-2010

In the summer of 2009 AIP held their 2nd generation trainee auditions, for kids 10 to 21 years of age to join the trainee program. Joshua successfully passed the audition his audition number was #318. He was introduced June 2009 at AIP's summer concert as a trainee.

On July 5th, 2010 the trainees 3nd mini album released where Joshua was featured as the main vocalist for 2 of the 7 songs.

From August 7th, 2010 to August 18th, 2010 Joshua started as the prince in Cinderella. (A play put on by AIP's trainees).

On October 1st, 2010 it was announced at AIP's fall concert that Joshua would debut as a soloist for the a label on January 6th, 2011 under the name Josh.

### 2011-2013

Josh had his debut AIP stage as a soloist on June 7th, 2011 during AIP's summer tour.

Josh was a back dancer for Cea's 2nd single song Saturday Night which released November 9th, 2011.

On April 8th, 2013 Josh and Cea Dragons members Victoria and Tia started a radio show titled *AAAKIDS.*

### 2015-2017

On January 7th, 2015 AIP announced that Josh would have his first solo tour running from September 10th, 2015 to December 18th, 2015.

On June 8th, 2015 *AAAKIDS* held their last radio show.

From May 7th, 2016 to July 10th, 2016 Josh held his 2nd mini solo tour.

From April 8th, 2017 to August 12th, 2017 Josh was on hiatus due to a neck injury.

Josh returned to soloist activities on August 12th, 2017 announcing his next single and that *AAAKIDS* would be reopening their radio show along with Z (who is also a member of Cea Dragons).

### 2018-2020

On July 8th, 2018 AIP announced that Josh would be taking a short hiatus in order to study German abroad.

Josh returned September 19th, 2018 from his study in Germany.

On January 5th, 2019 Josh announced his first world tour to start later that year.

On April 13th, 2019 Josh made a blog statement confirming many rumors that he was indeed in a relationship with someone he had been with for quite some time. He wouldn't give out any names and ask his fans to please respect his decisions. The company later made a statement saying that there was nothing against the relationship, the company stated they had no contracts stating that their soloists/artists could not date.

On May 6th, 2019 Josh opened his solo world tour that would run from May 6th, 2019 to October 8th, 2019 (1st leg) and then December 30th, 2019 to March 2nd, 2020 (2nd leg). Also on opening night he announced he had become a member of the sub group 5NIN. They performed a cover of Cea Dragons' Mystery Night which he had been featured in.

On February 11th, 2020 AIP announced that the 2nd leg of Josh's tour would have schedule re-dates due to the virus outbreak and wanting to keep the performers and fans healthy and safe. The Date changes would happen following the show on February 15th.

On March 17th, 2020 AIP sent out an apology stating the dates for the tour would have to be moved again due to the outbreak. Fans would be reimbursed or could have their tickets held for the later date.

On May 1st, May 2nd, and May 9th he did a live broadcast singing covers of AIP group songs.

On May 16th, 2020 AIP announced the new closing dates for the tour. They had decided on pushing them back into later in the year due to the virus.

Date
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 ~~March~~~~2nd, 2020~~ | ~~May 9th, 2020~~ | November 14th, 2020

On November 14th, 2020 the tour closed with a surprise performance by 5 members of Cea Dragons (Victoria, Katie, Tia, Cas, and Kay). He also announced a new album to release in February of 2021.

On December 15th, 2020 AIP announced that 5NIN would be putting on a miniature play. This play had been written by Victoria and Yurik and was a horror play. AIP announced the play would have 3 acts and would release on Youtube as a show as followed; Act one: December 27th, 2020. Act two: January 10th, 2021. Act three: January 24th, 2021. The plays name was announced as Don't Go Home...

### 2021-Current

On February 18th, 2021 Joshua released a new album. It was his first work to feature other artists.

From July 1st, 2021 to September 6th, 2021 Josh was on hiatus from work due to a shoulder injury. Though doctors said it was not needed for him to rest long the company requested that he take a hiatus.

## Personal Life

### Family

Josh has 3 siblings 2 older brothers and one younger sister. He also (as of 2017) has a dog named Spirit.

### Names

Joshua: Birthname

*J:* Official AIP nickname used by most artists.

*AA:* AAAKIDS' nickname used by Victoria, Tia, and Z.

JJ: Nickname used in 5NIN.

## Discography

### Singles

* [January 6th, 2011]: Strange Life¿
* [April 8th, 2011]: Evil Queens
* [August 19th, 2011]: My Way
* [December 20th, 2011]: PleaseSEEthis
* [March 22nd, 2012]: Hero; The Last
* [July 1st, 2012]: Break Your Heart; Gold Chains
* [May 18th, 2013]: Here With Me
* [July 15th, 2013]: Best of Us
* [September 22nd, 2013]: Days A Year; What I Can't Say
* [June 11th, 2014]: My Blood; Solos
* [October 30th, 2014]: Stir; Back In Your Life
* [January 16th, 2015]: 1993
* [May 20th, 2015]: Boy; Nice For You
* [August 18th, 2015]: Gold Rings
* [August 1st, 2016]: Up Next
* [December 27th, 2016]: Look At Me; My Dance
* [March 5th, 2017]: Tonight
* [November 8th, 2017]: Shine Bright
* [April 15th, 2018]: Adventure; The Sky!
* [November 3rd, 2019]: History Is Made
* [December 8th, 2021]: Long night; Jokes of Truth

### Albums

* [December 18th, 2012]: WithOutYou; Taste of This; Happier; Dancing; Speechless; A Long Time; You're the One.
* [February 20th, 2014]: Fire; Best Shot; Get Up!; Next; Lost in Your Eyes; Good Girl; MasterPiece; Oh My My.
* [March 12th, 2016]: Trial By Error; Kiss Me and Marry Me; My Heart to Break; With You; I'm Alive; Electric; Get Up and Dance; Solo Mode.
* [January 17th, 2018]: Frost; Summer Kiss; The Middle Man; Do You Love Me; Hallow; What We've Made; History; The Grand Curtain.
* [February 5th, 2019]: Nothing To Cry; Our Truth; I've Known You; Someone of the Year; Give it to Me, Victory Lap; This Dance; M-Line; Finish; You and Me; Bliss; What They Don't Know.
* [December 15th, 2019]: Running My Go; Typo; My Love; How it Feel; Make Me Talk; Disco Dancers; Somewhat Normal; Words.
* [February 18th, 2021]: New You; This Paradise; Lockdown; A-apocalypse; Escape From-; Happy Winter Years (FT. Victoria of 5NIN); This Love (FT. 5NIN); Ash (FT. Mayaune); Lift Up; Going This Way; World; Bring Us Together.
* [May 19th, 2022]:

### Indies Albums

* [December 3rd, 2009] [AIP's Trainee 2nd album]: Wizard; This Dance; You You You; Oh No.
* [July 5th, 2010] [AIP's Trainee 3rd album]: Cake; Sweets and More; Is It You; Utopia; Dance Trivia; Indigo; Leaves.

### Featured Works

* [CEA DRAGONS] December 8th, 2014: **9th Single**. Wo Oh Oh Oh; Mystery Night [Ft. Joshua].
* [ALCHEMIST] **4th single:** Welcome Welcome Welcome [ft. Josh]; The Last Sound **(January 23rd, 2015)**
* [CEA DRAGONS] June 20th, 2016: **2nd Digital Single**. Brainstorming [Ft. Joshua]; Caught In a Lie; Being an Adult.
* [MIDNIGHT SINGERS] October 21st, 2017: **4th single**. Moonlight [ft. Josh]; Dance With Me.
* [MAYAUNE] June 20th, 2019: **Album**: Our Game (UPDATED; featuring Midnight Singers); Soda Pop Pop (UPDATED; featuring Cea Dragons); Moves Like You (featuring Alchemist); My Lover (featuring Story Zero); Castaway (featuring AVEX); Brain Games (featuring Resistance); The Waste (featuring Moon); Singers (featuring FREE WILL); Meltdown (featuring C-Singers); Unity In Us (UPDATED Rock Version; featuring Resistance and Alchemist); Try Anything (Featuring Midnight Singers and FREE WILL); I'm Just Awalkin Tonight (featuring Josh); Case; Fire and Ashes; Crystal Moon (featuring Josh); Your Girl.
* [CEA DRAGONS] July 7th, 2020: **23rd single.** Stop Wasting (Ft. Joshua); Butterflies.

### Singles as a member of 5NIN

* [On October 20th, 2019]**1st Digital single**: Another Round.
* [June 8th, 2020] **1st single**: Right Now It's 5NIN; Going Alone.
* [November 13th, 2020] **2nd single**: So Far Away; Let It Continue.
* [April 12th, 2021] **1st album; CD 1:** Another Round (Music Video; Updated); Title-Wave; Right Now It's 5NIN; Lights; Going Alone; Symbol. **CD 2:** So Far Away; Another Round (Japanese Ver); Let It Continue; Just Dance; Past & Present; Dancing King.

## Works

### Radio

* *AAAKIDS* [Radio Show 2013-2015, 2017-]
	+ During the Corona virus pandemic the radio show met only once from the months of March to July. Starting July 9th, 2020 the group recorded one radio show and a youtube vlog a week. As of October 16th, 2020 AIP announced that the AAAKIDS would be going back to their regular hosting (2 shows a week) and they'd be posting vlogs as time went on.

### Theater

* *Cinderella* [The Prince] [2010]
* Don't Go Home [Daniel; Love interest] [2020-2021].

## Trivia

* Josh is close friends with the 1st generation members of Alchemist, Cea Dragons, and Resistance.
* Besides speaking English he also speaks German and French.
* He once said that if he could become another member of the a label for a day it would be Edward from Alchemist because he always wanted to know how he came up with such good advice.