EIKI

## Sano Eiki 佐(さ)野(の)瑛(えい)宜(き)

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**EIKI** (エイキ), birth name **Sano Eiki** (佐野瑛宜), is a Japanese singer and dancer under Japanese management company BMSG as a member of boy group MAZZEL, formed through documentary program MISSIONx2.

### Early Life

During his secondary school years, Eiki focused on baseball. He was the vice-captain of his high school's baseball team and led them to the prefectural semifinals during his last year . After graduating, he started taking singing lessons .

### 2021-2022

From December 2021 to January 2022, Eiki partipated in the second round of the Hori Pro Next Bishoujo Zukan audition , but he failed to continue to the third round.

In July 2022, he auditioned for the BMSG AUDITION 2022. He passed the second round with "LOSER" by Yonezu Kenshi (vocal performance) and DOG -freestyle- by Novel Core (dance performance).

In the third round, he was placed in Team Green with Suzuki Hayato, Inui Ryo, Yumoto Kanon, Namekawa Kosuke and Kamimura Akira.

### 2023

On February 10, EIKI was revealed to be a member of MAZZEL.

On March 31, MAZZEL released their pre-debut single MISSION.

On May 17, MAZZEL released their debut single Vivid.

## Personal Life

* Family
* Education
* Friendships
* Nicknames
* Name Meaning

He has an older brother.

In March 2017, he graduated from Ryuuhoku Middle School.

In March 2020, he graduated from Shigakukan High School .

As of April 2022, he was attending a university, but it is unknown whether or not he continued his studies.

* **JUNON**: he's friends with BE:FIRST member JUNON and they often hang out together
* **MANATO**: he's gotten closer with BE:FIRST member MANATO after being on BMSG WEST together
* **NAOYA**: he is close with fellow MAZZEL member NAOYA.

* **Eiki** (エイキ): most common nickname used by MAZZEL members
* **Ei-chan** (エイちゃん): used by SEITO and RYUKI

Eiki's given name, "瑛宜" means "sparkle" (瑛) and "good" (宜).

## Profile

* Information
* Q&A

* **Birth Name**: Sano Eiki (佐野瑛宜)
* **Stage Name**: EIKI (エイキ)
* **Nicknames**: Eiki (エイキ)
* **Birth Date**: December 6, 2001 (2001-12-06) (age 22)
* **Birth Place**: Chiryu, Aichi, Japan
* **Blood Type**: A
* **Height**: 171 cm (5 ft 7.3 in)?
* **Western Zodiac**:  Sagittarius
* **Eastern Zodiac**:  Snake
* **Emoji**: ⚾
* **BMSG Status**:
	+ 2022-10-30: Joined
	+ 2022-10-30: MAZZEL member
* **BMSG Groups**:
	+ MAZZEL (2022-present)
* **BMSG Units**:
	+ BMSG WEST (2023)

* **Special Skills**:
* **Hobbies**: listening to music, watching movies, going on walks
* **Motto**: gird yourself up (*緊褌一番*)
* **Favorite Color**: blue
* **Favorite Food**: Shrimp / prawn , matcha
* **Chronotype**: early bird
* **Most used emoji**: 🧎‍♂️ (as a way of paying respect)
* **Favorite food in his bento**: He used to eat school lunch and only had bento during big school events like the Cultural Festival and Sports Festival. He would be happy if there is shrimp / prawn in it!
* **Something he's into recently**: Taking hot baths  adding bath salts and soaking in for a long time
* **Something he's overcome recently**: Able to eat vegetables he didn't use to like
* **Song he listens to on a rainy day**: BEAUTIFUL LANE by Hirai Dai
* **The most troublesome thing to lose**: ID, wallet
* **What he would bring to a deserted island**: knife, so he can battle animals, carve wood, light a fire
* **If he could time travel**: he'd go back in time to fix his regrets, so the future remains a surprise

## Discography

*Main article: EIKI/Discography*
* MAZZEL
* Collaborations

* **Digital**
	+ [2023.03.31] MISSION
	+ [2023.08.14] LIGHTNING
* **CD**
	+ [2023.05.17] Vivid
	+ [2023.10.18] Carnival

## Other Works

* Starring TV Programs
* TV Appearances
* Music Videos

* [2023] MISSIONx2

*Main article: EIKI/Music Videos*
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## Trivia

* He has been swimming since he was two years old
* He can play the piano
* His baseball position was infielder (shortstop and second baseman)  and his jersey number was #6
* During his middle school years, he played for the Chiryu Boys baseball team
* He's a fan of THE RAMPAGE
* He is voted by MAZZEL as the most serious-minded member
* He was never a big fan of sweets, but has started eating chocolate lately
* He wanted to become an artist after watching the audition show for the Korean boy group, TREASURE, TREASURE BOX
* KAIRYU considers him a hard worker and his favorite visual of the group
* He has been tasked with waking up NAOYA, RYUKI, HAYATO recently so that they won't be late for work
* He has started making his own meals (and bento) since moving to Tokyo and living on his own
* He wasn't a big reader until being part of MAZZEL, where they have many opportunities to appear in magazines. He will buy the magazines that MAZZEL appears in and read them. He has also gotten interested in books.
* In MAZZEL, him, HAYATO, SEITO, and RAN have started playing the Harry Potter mobile game, he is sorted into Gryffindor
* He's the only member in MAZZEL who cooks

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Asahi - *「歴代最弱」と呼ばれ…至学館、決勝逃すも粘り強く成長 2019/07/29*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 MISSIONx2 #5
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Mixchtv Profile
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Baseball profile
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 We are MAZZEL (Q&A) -Vivid Ed.- HAYATO / EIKI
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 MAZZEL RADIO STATION #1, 2023.04.02
7. ↑ MAZZEL RADIO STATION #6, 2023.05.07
8. ↑ Venue101 2023.06.10
9. ↑ MAZZEL RADIO STATION #6, 2023.05.07
10. ↑ MAZZEL RADIO STATION #2, 2023.04.09
11. ↑ MAZZEL RADIO #3, 2023.04.16
12. ↑ MAZZEL RADIO #3, 2023.04.16
13. ↑ We are MAZZEL (Q&A) -Vivid Ed.- KAIRYU / NAOYA
14. ↑ MAZZEL RADIO STATION #6, 2023.05.07
15. ↑ MAZZEL RADIO STATION #6, 2023.05.07
16. ↑ MAZZEL RADIO STATION #12, 2023.06.18
17. ↑ MAZZEL RADIO STATION #14, 2023.07.02
18. ↑ MAZZEL RADIO STATION #20, 2023.08.13