RAN

## Furuie Ran  古(ふる)家(いえ)蘭(らん)

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**RAN** (ラン), birth name **Furuie Ran** (古家蘭), is a Japanese singer and dancer under Japanese management company BMSG as a member of boy group MAZZEL, formed through documentary program MISSIONx2. He made his debut with the group in May 2023.

Before joining BMSG, Ran participated in audition show THE FIRST, where he was one of the 10 finalists, resulting in him getting a trainee contract with BMSG. He also took part in many dance competitions, won many titles and was a judge at some popping contests.

### Early Life

Ran started dancing at 5 years old because his parents saw him dancing to the music he listened on TV , beginning with street dance. At 9, he started popping.

Over the years, Ran competed in many dance competitions and won many titles (see Awards).

### 2021

In February, Ran auditioned for SKY-HI's THE FIRST and passed the Quality screening round in Fukuoka (conducted remotely) with "CITRUS" by Da-iCE (vocal performance) and "Let it Be" feat. Kid Fresino by Daichi Yamamoto (dance performance). He was ranked 1st out of 30 contestants.

In THE FIRST Artisism screening, Ran sang "WanteD! WanteD!" by Mrs. GREEN APPLE, and was placed in Team E (with Oyama Ten, Reiko Cadsawan, Misumi Akito, and Doki Raia) and assigned as the leader of the team to perform "Beautiful Now" by w-inds. At the end of the 3rd round, Ran ranked 7th, successfully continuing on to the training camp.

In THE FIRST training camp Creativity screening, Ran was placed in Team B with Junon, Shunsuke, Ryoki, and Ryuhei. The song they created in this round is titled "Good Days". Ran ranked 11th after this round.

In THE FIRST training camp Mock Professional screening, Ran was placed in Team "Move On" with Shota, Ryoki, Ten, Shunto, and Ryuhei. They performed Move On, and Ran ranked 10th after this round.

In THE FIRST training camp VS. Pro Artist screening, Ran performed To The First together with the remaining 10. He ranked 6th after this round and was confirmed as one of the 10 finalists.

After a one month break from the training camp, Ran and the other finalists for returned to the same location to prepare for the final round. Ran was placed in Team One, and performed Shining One with Leo, Ryoki, Reiko, and Shunto.

In THE FIRST Creative NEO screening, he chose to team up with Reiko to form the duo "RanRei". The song they created for this round is "Just FUN'ky", with "Adventure" by SKY-HI working as the instrumentals.

On August 13, he was not chosen to be a member of BE:FIRST but was offered a trainee contract under BMSG instead.

On August 30, he was announced to be the male lead of the musical "SING!!!", taking place from September 29 to October 3.

On October 18, it was announced that the musical "SING!!!" would add more dates in Hyogo (November 19-21) and Fukuoka (January 14 and 15, 2022), all starring Ran.

On November 23, he took part in a special talk event for KKT Online Festival .

On November 25 and December 2 and 9, he participated in talk events for Tommy Hilfiger Japan with REIKO .

On November 26, it was announced that he would take part in the THE FIRST FINAL concert alongside his fellow THE FIRST contestants on January 29 and 30, 2022.

On December 8, the Music Video for Novel Core's THANKS, ALL MY TEARS, which Ran starred in, was released.

On December 17, it was announced that Ran would collaborate with apparel brand KANGOL REWARD in the design of a series of items.

### 2022

On January 14 and 15, he performed in the musical "SING!!!".

On January 29 and 30, he performed in THE FIRST FINAL concert.

From March to October, he took part in the MISSIONx2 project as part of the pre-debut line up of MAZZEL.

On September 17 and 18 he performed at BMSG FES '22.

On September 18 he released New Chapter as a part of BMSG ALLSTARS.

On November 22, Ran was announced as one of the members of new BMSG group MAZZEL.

### 2023

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

On May 17, MAZZEL released their debut single Vivid.
On September 18, he released The Moon in the WEST as part of BMSG WEST.

During the last two weekends in September, he performed at BMSG FES '23.

On October 18, MAZZEL released their second single Carnival.

### 2024

On March 20, MAZZEL will release their first album Parade.

## Personal Life

* Family
* Education
* Friendships
* Nicknames
* Name Meaning

Ran has a big brother, named Ikko, older by around 15 years, who works as a hairdresser.

Ran has a pet cat, which he has kept since he was in elementary school.

In March 2018, Ran graduated from Seizan Middle School.

In March 2021, Ran graduated from Chinzei High School, specializing in dance. Throughout his high school years he worked as a dance instructor at Dance Studio Sugar Hill .

He planned to enroll in a vocational school in April 2021 , but it is unknown whether or not he went through with his plans after THE FIRST ended and he had to move to Tokyo.

* **REIKO**: he's close to fellow THE FIRST contestant REIKO, since they performed Beautiful Now together in the third round of the THE FIRST. REIKO considers RAN a brother with whom he can talk about anything, and they're close enough to fight.
* **TEN**: he's close to fellow THE FIRST contestant TEN, starting when they performed Beautiful Now together in the third round of the audition

* **Ran** (らん): used by most MAZZEL members
* **Ran-chan** (らんちゃん): used by other BMSG artists
* **Ran-chi** (らんち): used by EIKI and REIKO
* **Ran-nii** (らん兄): used by RYUKI

Ran's given name, "蘭", means "orchid". Since his parents did not know if Ran would be a girl or a boy, they asked Ran's grandfather for help, and he suggested the name.

## Profile

* Information
* Q&A

* **Birth Name**: Furuie Ran (古家 蘭)
* **Stage Name**: RAN (ラン)
* **Nicknames**: Ran (らん  *Ran*)?, Ran-chan (らんちゃん)
* **Birth Date**: August 23, 2002 (2002-08-23) (age 21)
* **Birth Place**: Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan
* **Blood Type**: B
* **Height**: 176 cm (5 ft 9.2 in)?
* **Western Zodiac**:  Virgo
* **Eastern Zodiac**:  Horse
* **Emoji**: 👑/🦅
* **BMSG Status**:
	+ 2021-08-13: Joined
	+ 2021-08-13: BMSG Trainees member
	+ 2022-10-30: MAZZEL member
* **BMSG Groups**:
	+ MAZZEL (2022-present)
* **BMSG Units**:
	+ BMSG ALLSTARS (2022)
	+ BMSG WEST (2023)

* **Special Skills**: popping, HIT
* **Motto**: if you can dream it, you can do it
* **Favorite Food**: plums, umeboshi, plum-flavored food
* **Chronotype**: night owl
* **Things that give him happiness**: cats
* **Something he's into recently**: photography , going for walks
* **A habit he'd like to fix**: his wishy-washy personality, he's indecisive
* **Most used emoji**: 🙇‍♂️, 🙏
* **First CD he got**: Arashi's "Sakura Sake"
* **Song he listens to on a rainy day**: Ame no You ni Naite Yare by Nakamura Emi
* **Favorite line from MISSION**: たった一秒だって ほんのひと時だって 輝く為に生まれてきた (Tatta ichibyou datte Honno hitotoki datte Kagayaku tame ni umaretekita / Even for a second Even for a moment I was born to shine)
* **Favorite nail polish color**: Marble, he wants to have little drawings on them in the future

## Discography

*Main article: RAN/Discography*
* MAZZEL
* Collaborations
* THE FIRST

* **Digital**
	+ [2023.03.31] MISSION

* **CD**
	+ [2023.05.17] Vivid
	+ [2023.10.18] Carnival
	+ [2024.03.20] Parade

* [2022.09.18] BMSG ALLSTARS - New Chapter
* [2023.09.18] BMSG WEST - The Moon in the WEST

During the audition RAN participated in each of below performance screenings:

* **Creativity**
	+ Team B
	+ Song: Good Days

* **Professional Trial Stage - Be Free vs Move On**
	+ Team Move On

* **VS Professional Artist**
	+ Performance of To The First featuring all Top 11 finalists

* **Creativity NEO**
	+ Group name: RanRei (RAN, REI)
	+ Song: Just FUN'ky

* **Final Screening - Team Shining vs Team One**
	+ Team One

## Live Events

*Main article: RAN/Live Events*
* One Man Lives
* Featured Lives
* Tours

* [2022.01.29-30] THE FIRST FINAL
* [2022.09.17-18] BMSG FES '22

## Other Works

* Starring TV Programs
* TV Appearances
* Music Videos
* Modeling
* Theater

* [2021] THE FIRST / Hulu
* [2021] Ano Hi no THE FIRST / Hulu
* [2022] BE:FIRST TV Tokubetsu-hen Road to BMSG FES’22 / Hulu
* [2023] MISSIONx2

* [2022.09.23] Music Blood / NTV
* [2024.01.04] NES-FES / TKUTV Kumamoto

*Main article: RAN/Music Videos*
Featured
* [2021] SKY-HI - ONE MORE DAY feat. REIKO (cameo)
* [2021] Novel Core - THANKS, ALL MY TEARS

Collaborations
* [2022] BMSG ALLSTARS - New Chapter
* [2023] BMSG WEST - The Moon in the WEST

* [2021] 9090
* [2022] TOMMY JEANS x RAN&REIKO + AAPE

* [2021-2022] SING!!!

## Publications

*Main article: RAN/Publications*
* [2021.03.27] Dance Square - Vol. 43
* [2021.11.24] anan - 2276 issue
* [2021.11.27] STAGEnavi - Vol.62
* [2021.12.15] with - February issue  (with REIKO)
* [2022.01.18] TOMMY JEANS x RAN&REIKO + AAPE photobook  (with REIKO)

## Awards

* [2014] ALL JAPAN CHALLENGE CUP 2014 FINAL - Solo Category - First place
* [2015] 4FLAVOR - Pop Category - Second place
* [2016] 4FLAVOR - Pop Category - First place
* [2017] RHYTHMNATION Vol. 7 - All Age Freestyle Battle - Second place
* [2017] World Dance Colosseum - KIDS 2on2 BATTLE Hiroshima Regional - Second place
* [2017] Kumamoto Street Dance Contest - Middle and High School Division - Second place  (The fashionable original)
* [2017] 4FLAVOR - Pop Category - First place
* [2018] D-PRIDE - Lightweight Category - Champion
* [2018] THE ONE POPside - Video Submission Entry - First place
* [2018] Dance Fact THE ONE - Poppin' 1 on 1 Battle - First place
* [2018] BATTLE ATTACK - CREW BATTLE - Second place  (Tiny Dogg's)
* [2018] DANCE ALIVE HERO'S - KIDS side Kyushu Regional - First place
* [2018] DANCE ALIVE HERO'S - KIDS side - BEST 16
* [2018] World Dance Colosseum - POPPIN 2on2 BATTLE Kyushu Regional - First place
* [2018] WE ARE THE FUTURE World Championship - Pop side - BEST 4
* [2018] World Dance Colosseum World Final - POPPIN 2on2 BATTLE - BEST 8
* [2018] High School Dance Battle Championship - Finals - BEST 8
* [2018] 1000 Battle - Freestyle High School Division - First place
* [2018] CARNIVAL POP - Pop Side - First place
* [2018] Move On Vol.5 - No age limit Category - First place
* [2018] DNC JUMP 3rd SEASON vol.3 - Middle and High School Division - Third place  (Pool Boys)
* [2018] DNC × DNC JUMP GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP - Middle and High School Division - First place  (Pool Boys)
* [2019] World Dance Colosseum - POPPIN 2on2 BATTLE Kanto Regional - Second place
* [2019] BATTLE ATTACK - CREW BATTLE - First place  (Sixth sense)
* [2019] D-PRIDE Title Match Vol. 1 - Lightweight Champion
* [2019] CARNIVAL POP - Pop Side - First place
* [2019] DNC × DNC JUMP GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP - Middle and High School Division - First place  (Pool Boys)
* [2020] All Japan High School Team Dance Championship - First place  (Chizen High School)

## Trivia

* Ran was part of different dance crews: "Tiny Dogg's", "Sixth sense" and "Pool Boys"
* Ran has been a judge at Kumamoto dance competitions
* Ran was the first contestant to pass the 2nd round of THE FIRST audition.
* After THE FIRST, Ran started taking care of his skin, such as wearing sunscreen and a hat when going out, as well as taking care of what he eats.
* NAOYA thinks he is the most spoiled member in MAZZEL
* HAYATO thinks he's trustworthy and considers him a big brother that he can rely on.
* Him and KAIRYU own the same pair of shoes, but in different colors.
* In MAZZEL, him, EIKI, SEITO, and HAYATO have started playing the Harry Potter mobile game, he is sorted into Ravenclaw
* REIKO thinks RAN is the most spoiled member of BMSG
* He owns a matching jacket with RYUKI

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Zennou Countdown Japan, 2023.04.01 (Guests: RAN, SEITO)
2. ↑  SING!!! cast announcement
3. ↑ SING!!! extra dates announcement
4. ↑ KKT Online Festival talk event
5. ↑ Tommy Hilfiger Japan talk events
6. ↑ KANGOL REWARD collab announcement
7. ↑ Ikko's Instagram
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Venue101 2023.06.10
9. ↑  https://www.instagram.com/p/Bi3upr\_l-8e/
10. ↑ THE FIRST profile
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Mi mollet - *REIKO「誰も置いていかないアーティストになりたい」世界に“LOVE と“HAPPY”を響かせる今後のビジョン〈ロングインタビュー後編・全３回〉* 2023/10/09
12. ↑  B-Town clip
13. ↑  *Dance Square - Vol. 43*
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 We are MAZZEL (Q&A) -Vivid Ed.- RAN / SEITO
15. ↑  https://kai-you.net/article/82610/page/2
16. ↑ MAZZEL RADIO STATION #4, 2023.04.23
17. ↑  https://twitter.com/BMSG\_official/status/1442097692130172934?s=20
18. ↑  https://twitter.com/BMSG\_official/status/1482608805951459334?s=20
19. ↑  https://twitter.com/BMSG\_official/status/1482608805951459334?s=20
20. ↑ Championship comment
21. ↑  https://www.instagram.com/p/BSs4t3plbV5/
22. ↑  https://www.instagram.com/p/BWrRemvASfQ/
23. ↑  https://www.instagram.com/p/Ba0ZjX4DjEZ/
24. ↑  https://www.instagram.com/p/Bb4ToKojLtw/
25. ↑  https://d-pride.jimdofree.com/d-pride-%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%83%81vol-1-%E7%B5%90%E6%9E%9C/
26. ↑  https://www.instagram.com/p/Bgx\_0bgl-9e/
27. ↑  http://dancealive.tv/dancealiveheros2018/finalist/kids/
28. ↑  http://dancealive.tv/dancealiveheros2018/finalist/kids/
29. ↑  https://www.instagram.com/p/Bjoy0ADl8Od/
30. ↑  https://www.instagram.com/p/BlFn5NVAMmx/
31. ↑  https://www.instagram.com/p/BoYhtlfjhdq/
32. ↑  https://www.instagram.com/p/BnQjzbll3sP/
33. ↑  https://www.instagram.com/p/BnoHnKZlo3f/
34. ↑  https://www.instagram.com/p/BpOLXThFMLO/
35. ↑  https://www.instagram.com/p/B8oEu19gsL-/
36. ↑  https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx8-3UvA-TQ/
37. ↑  https://d-pride.jimdofree.com/d-pride-%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%83%81vol-1-%E7%B5%90%E6%9E%9C/
38. ↑  https://www.instagram.com/p/B4uG3wVgTrn/
39. ↑  https://www.instagram.com/p/B8oEu19gsL-/
40. ↑  *anan 2276*
41. ↑ MAZZEL RADIO STATION #4, 2023.04.23
42. ↑ We are MAZZEL (Q&A) -Vivid Ed.- HAYATO / EIKI
43. ↑ MAZZEL RADIO STATION #10, 2023.06.04
44. ↑ MAZZEL RADIO STATION #14, 2023.07.02
45. ↑ [MAZZEL ROOM #まぜべや 🛋️] Ep.02 | 質問にお答えします！