HYBE LABELS JAPAN GLOBAL GROUP


Four members of a team, (K, Nicholas, EJ, Taki), have experienced “I-LAND,” the mega viral project held this year in Korea, and they keep improving every day. The first step of the project will be to hold auditions (called “&AUDITION”) for additional members who will join them. The group will debut in 2022.

K (케이)

BIRTHDAY : 21ˢᵗ OCTOBER, 1997
NATIONALITY: JAPANESE
BIRTH NAME : –
ZODIAC SIGN : LIBRA-SCORPIO CUSP
CHINESE ZODIAC : OX
HEIGHT : 186.5 cm (6’1” 1/2)
BLOOD TYPE : A
MBTI : ENFP

NICHOLAS (니콜라스)

BIRTHDAY : 9ᵗʰ JULY, 2002
NATIONALITY: TAIWANESE
BIRTH NAME : Wang YIXIANG
ZODIAC SIGN : CANCER
CHINESE ZODIAC : HORSE
HEIGHT : 180 cm (5’11")
BLOOD TYPE : O
MBTI : ENFP

EJ (의주)

BIRTHDAY : 7ᵗʰ SEPTEMBER, 2002
NATIONALITY: KOREAN
BIRTH NAME : BYUN EUI JOO
ZODIAC SIGN : VIRGO
CHINESE ZODIAC : HORSE
HEIGHT : 184 cm (6’0″)
BLOOD TYPE : A
MBTI : ISTJ

TAKI (타키)

BIRTHDAY : 4ᵗʰ MAY, 2005
NATIONALITY: japANese
Birth Name : -
Zodiac Sign : Taurus
CHINESE ZODIAC : Rooster
Height : 171 cm (5’7″)
Blood Type : b
MBTI : ESFP

K

  • Trained for 2 years and 8 months.

  • got training in LA to improve his dancing skills.

  • does stretching before going to sleep.

  • he is a marathon runner.

  • got a sports scholarship but turned down to pursue idol career.

  • He likes studying thus it was fun for him to learn korean.

  • his role model is bts.

  • if he could eat one type of food for the rest of his life, he would pick tteokbokki.

  • favourite colour is green.

  • favourite food includes plum candies, caramel popcorn, vegetables.

  • Favourite drink is loose leaf tea.

  • avoids drinking alcohol to take care of his throat.

  • his fanbase is called keiy(s).

  • He was revealed in the first batch of participants on i-land (June 1st, 2020 KST).

  • performed “Danger” by Taemin on episode 1.

  • throughout the show he performed he ranked 1st twice based on judges' evaluation.

  • was the first choice of participants (ilanders) during representative dance battle.

  • got eliminated in the final episode.

nicholas

  • from Taipei, Taiwan.

  • trained for 8 months.

  • Education: Lilin Elementary School, Linkou Middle School, Linkou Highschool (transferred), and Juanjing Arts Highschool.

  • since elementary school, Nicholas played badminton for eight years.

  • won many badminton trophies growing up.

  • he majored in dance and studied B-boying at Juanjing Arts Highschool.

  • fluent in Mandarin and English, learning Korean and Japanese.

  • biggest fear is hurting his family.

  • favorite genres are R&B, ballads, hip-hop, and K-Pop.

  • favorite American artists are Lil Yatchy and Macklemore.

  • favorite food/drinks are Milk, cereal, and mango vanilla ice cream.

  • If he could eat one thing for the rest of his life he would pick cereal.

  • his fanbase is called nicholions.

  • was revealed in the 3rd batch of applicants on I-Land (June, 3rd, 2020).

  • performed “Jopping” by SUPER M on episode 1, along with Ni-ki (Enhypen) and Hanbin (Belift trainee).

  • was the first choice of participants (grounders) during representative dance battle.

  • got eliminated on ep. 7.

EJ

  • trained for 1 year and 6 months.

  • former Bighit trainee before appearing on i-land.

  • used to be a fencer During middle school.

  • according to him, his representative animal should be sloth.

  • he said he looks like ponyo.

  • favourite ice cream flavor is Chocolate from “Bbangbbare” (an ice cream brand(Applicant Profile I-Land).

  • according to the other participants, he is the purest among them.

  • It angers him the most when he can’t do things how he wanted to.

  • Yoo Jaesuk is his role model.

  • describes himself as someone who’s comfortable to be around.

  • when he got off days during trainee period, he could be found in the library reading books.

  • his fanbase name is uju.

  • his first performance was 'Any Song' by Zico, along with Daniel (Top 9 Finalist Ilanders).

  • got eliminated after part 1.

TAKI

  • Before appearing on I-Land,he had been a trainee at BELIFT for 10 months.

  • his role-model is BTS’ Suga.

  • he was the 3rd youngest applicant on I-Land.

  • If he could listen to only 1 song in his entire life it’d be ‘Blood, Sweat & Tears’ by BTS.

  • His personality in 1 word is joy/fun.

  • favorite food is Samgyeopsal.

  • HIS FANBASE IS called TakoyakiS.

  • was revealed in the 3rd batch of applicants on I-Land (June 3nd, 2020 KST).

  • On the first episode, he performed “Monster” by EXO.

  • ACCORDING TO FANS HE WAS the fake maknae of I-Land due to his goofy personality.

  • got eliminated in ep. 10 of part 2.

K AND NICHOLAS HAD A DANCE BATTLE AS REPRESENTATIVES.
K AND TAKI ARE CALLED "FATHER-SON" DUO BY MANY DUE TO THE AFFECTION BETWEEN THEM SHOWED ON THE SHOW.
NICHOLAS IS KNOWN FOR having a CHILL personality.
✰ THERE IS A CLIP OF K FEEDING KYUNGMIN AND THE YOUNGER ONE ACTING CUTE.
EJ AND KYUNGMIN TOOK CARE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES A LOT SINCE THEY COULD NOT ︎ ︎︎ ︎︎ ︎PARTICIPATE THEMSELVES.
K AND TAKI WERE THE ONLY TWO WHO WENT TO THE SHOW SOLO.
k is the only one who never went to the ground.
K and taki recieved gifts from bts members in the special episode when bts ︎appeared on the show.
Nicholas has stated that lions are his favourite animalS.
✰ Recently Members K and EJ had a brief cameo in enhypen's music video drunk-︎dazed.
KYUNGMIN DECIDED TO LEAVE THE GROUP PRE-DEBUT ON 31ST MAY, 2021.