INI (Japanese boy group)

INI
INI in March 2023
INI in March 2023
Background information
OriginJapan
GenresJ-pop, K-pop[1]
Years active2021 (2021)–present
LabelsLapone Entertainment
Members
  • Masaya Kimura
  • Hiromu Takatsuka
  • Shogo Tajima
  • Kyosuke Fujimaki
  • Takumi Ozaki
  • Hiroto Nishi
  • Jin Matsuda
  • Xu Fengfan
  • Rihito Ikezaki
  • Yudai Sano
  • Takeru Goto
Websiteini-official.com

INI (Japanese: アイエヌアイ, Aienuai) is a Japanese boy band formed through the reality competition show Produce 101 Japan 2. The group is composed of eleven members: Masaya Kimura, Hiromu Takatsuka, Shogo Tajima, Kyosuke Fujimaki, Takumi Ozaki, Hiroto Nishi, Jin Matsuda, Xu Fengfan, Rihito Ikezaki, Yudai Sano and Takeru Goto. Like the winners of the first season of Produce 101 Japan, INI is intended to be a permanent group. The group is managed by Lapone Entertainment, a joint company between Yoshimoto Kogyo and CJ ENM.[2]

They made their debut on November 3, 2021, with the single A.[3]

  1. ^ "From J-pop to K-pop and back to J-pop once more". Korea JoongAng Daily. August 26, 2001. Archived from the original on July 20, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  2. ^ Naoko, Yokota (September 22, 2019). "韓国の人気オーディション番組 吉本と組んで日本上陸" [Popular Korean audition show landed in Japan in partnership with Yoshimoto.]. Nikkei Sports (in Japanese). Archived from the original on December 27, 2022. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  3. ^ "INI debut single "A" will be released on Wednesday, November 3, 2021!". INI Official. September 18, 2021. Archived from the original on February 5, 2024. Retrieved February 5, 2024.