Nizi Project
GenreReality competition
Created byPark Jin-young
Theme music composerPark Jin-young
Country of originJapan
Original languagesJapanese
Korean (spoken)
No. of episodes20
Production
Production locations
Running time50–55 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network
ReleaseJuly 21 (2023-07-21) 
December 15, 2023 (2023-12-15)
Related
Nizi Project

Nizi Project Season 2 (lit. "Rainbow Project Season 2") is a 2023 Japanese reality competition show, and is the second season of Nizi Project series. The series is a joint project between JYP Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment Japan with the intention of creating a global Japanese boy group. Nizi Project Season 2 is centered on JYP Entertainment founder Park Jin-young selecting members for the boy group out of 20 boys, who eventually debuted as Nexz.

Background

On July 12, 2021, Park held a press conference announcing that Nizi Project will have a second season to create a Japanese boy band set for debut in March 2023.[1] Applications for boys from 14 to 22 years old are open from July 2021 to October 2021.[1] Auditions will take place from November to December 2021 in eight cities in Japan, as well as New York and Los Angeles in the United States, and Seoul in South Korea.[1] The contestants will be evaluated in five categories: vocal, dance, rap, modeling, and composing/lyricism.[1] The members for the group will be finalized and announced in December 2023.[1]

Contestants

Division Contestant Background
Tokyo Eiji Ito (伊藤 瑛史)
Ken So (蘇 建)
Kohei Nagatsuka (永塚 康平)
Miraku Hoshizawa (星沢 弥樂)
Kobe Yu Tomiyasu (富安 悠)
Reito Kitagawa (北川 玲叶)
Sean Matsubara (柗原 翔音)
Yuki Nishiyama (西山 裕貴)
Naoya Kida (紀田 直哉)
Shokei Wataru (渡 祥恵)
Hiroshima Takao Yamaguchi (山口 恭生)
Yuito Enomoto (榎本 唯人)
Takato Otsuka (大塚 天翔)
Okinawa Riki Irei (伊礼 吏輝)
Sapporo Rio Takahashi (高橋 理央)
Seoul Tomoya Uemura (植村 朋哉) JYP Entertainment trainee; trained for 2 years and 7 months
Taichi Inagaki (稲垣 太地) JYP Entertainment trainee
Sodai Miura (三浦 颯大) JYP Entertainment trainee; trained for 1 year and 1 month
Haru Inoue (井上 陽) JYP Entertainment trainee; trained for 6 months
Takuto Matsuda (松田拓翔) JYP Entertainment trainee
Seita Kawashima (河嶋 星太) JYP Entertainment trainee; trained for 7 months
Taiga Fujimaki (藤牧 大雅) JYP Entertainment trainee
Yuhi Komori (小森 優陽) JYP Entertainment trainee; trained for 3 years

Rankings

Summary

Color key
       Cube was awarded
       Cube was awarded as a runner-up
       Cube was awarded later in the end of Part 1
       Ranked last; at risk of elimination
       Eliminated or withdrawn
Region Contestant Part 1 Part 2
Dance Vocals X factor Personality Part 1 Ranking Growth
(eps. 11-13)
Teamwork
(eps. 14-15)
Image
(eps. 17-18)
Finals
(eps. 19-20)
Seoul Tomoya Uemura 6 2 Won 2 1 2 2 2 1
Kobe Yuki Nishiyama 12 3 Won Won 2 6 7 8 3
Seoul Haru Inoue 4 5 Won Won 3 5 1 1 2
Seoul Yuhi Komori 7 7 Won Won 6 4 3 3 6
Kobe Yu Tomiyasu 10 11 Won Won 8 1 4 5 5
Seoul Seita Kawashima 17 6 Won Won 11 9 6 4 7
Tokyo Ken So 18 17 Won Won 12 3 5 6 4
Tokyo Eiji Ito 1 9 Won Won 4 7 8 7 Eliminated
Tokyo Miraku Hoshizawa 5 10 Won 1 5 12 10 9 Eliminated
Seoul Taiga Fujimaki 13 14 Won Won 7 11 11 Eliminated
Kobe Sean Matsubara 3 16 1 Won 9 8 12 Eliminated
Seoul Sodai Miura 9 1 Won Won 10 10 9 Eliminated
Sapporo Rio Takahashi 14 4 Eliminated
Kobe Shokei Wataru 8 8 Eliminated
Hiroshima Takato Otsuka 20 20 Won Eliminated
Seoul Taichi Inagaki 15 12 Won Eliminated
Tokyo Taichi Takahashi 11 15 Won Eliminated
Hiroshima Takao Yamaguchi 19 18 Eliminated
Hiroshima Yuito Enomoto 16 19 Won Eliminated
Tokyo Kohei Nagatsuka 2 13 Eliminated
Kobe Reito Kitagawa Eliminated
Kobe Naoya Kida Eliminated
Okinawa Riki Irei Eliminated
Seoul Takuto Matsuda Eliminated

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "NiziU弟分発掘へ『Nizi Project』シーズン2始動 J.Y. Park&NiziUが韓国から中継で会見". Oricon (in Japanese). July 13, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
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