Night☆StarZ

**Night☆StarZ** is a 5 member (originally 7) J-pop girl group under Fashion Enterprises Japan, Fashion Enterprises Entertainment's Japanese label. It currently consists of Tsumugi, Ayaka, Leslie, Yume, and Haoyu. Originally as 7, Nora left the group in 2019 due to creative differences, while Chaoxiang left the group in 2020 due to heath reasons.

## History

It was announced that Fashion Enterprises would make its very first J-pop girl group based in Tokyo. They announced that it would be a 7 member girl group that would consist of multinational members, unlike many J-pop girl groups, it was announced that the group would sing in Japanese and English.

The original lineup consisted of Japanese members Tsumugi, Ayaka, and Yume, Japanese-Macedonian Nora, who is of Korean and Greek ancestry, Chinese members Haoyu and Chaoxiang, and Japanese-American Leslie, who was born in Houston, Texas.

### 2017: Debut

On September 14, 2017, Night☆StarZ debuted with "We're Stars at Night".

### 2018: 2 Single, and a EP

On February 2, 2018, They released a new single "Good Night".

On October 11, 2018, they released a EP, "Starry Sky".

### 2019: First Album, Departure of Nora, and Chaoxiang's Hiatus

On May 10, 2019, they released their first Album "Stuff for Stars". This would be the final project involving Nora, as this album was recorded during the time she was still in the group. 8 days later, on May 18, 2019, Nora left the group due to creative differences.

On August 4, 2019, it was announced that Chaoxiang would take a hiatus due to heath reasons, she also stated that she had "Something Weird" going on her Brain and because of that, she decided to not participate in the current activities.

On September 24, 2019, the group released their 2nd EP, "That Cake". This was the first project without Nora, as this was recorded during the time that Chaoxiang was still active.

### 2020: Purple Moon, and Chaoxiang's departure

On April 14, 2020, this group had their 3rd EP, "So~ Cool".

On September 7, 2020, it was announced that Chaoxiang had left the group due to health reasons, and decided to return to her home in China.

On November 16, 2020, Former member Nora redebuted as a member of the co-ed K-pop group IMPGS.

### 2021: Hiatus, 4th EP

On January 2021, it was announced that the group would be taking a hiatus due to Covid-19 restrictions, and decided to let the members return to their homes, with Leslie and Chaoyu returning to their home countries respectively.

On November 19, 2021, the group released their EP "Bloom in the Park".

### 2022: *This Time*, and their mini album

On June 4, 2022, more than 6 months after the group's last release, this group released a new single, "This Time".

On September 8, the group released their first mini album "Boom Boom".

### 2023: 4th EP

On April 21, 2023, the group released their 2nd album "Candy Balloon Pop".

On December 1, 2023, they released their 5th EP "Love Night".

## Members

**Note:** None of the positions are official except for Leader and Sainensho.

## Trivia

* Leslie is the only member of the group who wasn't born in Asia, as she was born in Houston, Texas, United States. Although former member Nora is Macedonian-Japanese (with Greek and Zainichi Korean ancestry), she was born and raised in Yokohama, Japan.