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15 days ago

J.Y. Park announces 'Nizi Project' for JYPE's new Japanese girl group

J.Y. Park announced his plans for JYP's Japanese girl group.

On February 7, J.Y. Park held a press conference to announce the 'Nizi Project.' According to the founder of JYP Entertainment, the agency will be teaming up with Sony Music for 'Nizi Project,' a program showing the creation of their new Japanese girl group.

Applications will open in May 2019. The auditions will take place in July and August at 8 cities in Japan (Sapporo, Sendai, Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Hiroshima, Fukuoka, and Okinawa), and in 2 cities in the United States (Los Angeles and Honolulu).

A total of 20 candidates will be selected for 6-month training. Their audition and training process will be aired in a reality show format in October 2019. The number of final members is not yet confirmed, but they are set to be announced in April 2020 and the group is scheduled to debut around November 2020.

J.Y. Park explained the 'Nizi Project' aims to search for talents of various colors and make "a group like a rainbow" emitting a beautiful light.

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seochulgoo 15 days ago 15

15 days ago

nazi project

HanixHeechul 15 days ago 12

15 days ago

who thought this name was a good idea?!

Hopefully 14 days ago 8

14 days ago

In Japan Nizi is a very normal and common word. It means "rainbow".

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krell 14 days ago 2

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NineMusesMinha 14 days ago 0

14 days ago

first comment i thought ill see LOL

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MaeilKpop 15 days ago 2

15 days ago

They'll debut with only 6 months of training? I guess the standards for Jpop are different, PD48 showed us that.

Hopefully 14 days ago 1

14 days ago

It really depends. In Japan there's a difference between idols and artists. Idols are considered amateurs so the standards are way lower. For example Twice wouldn't be considered an idol group in Japan; they'd be considered artists. AKB48 and the other 48/46 groups are especially considered to be amateurs because Akimoto Yasushi, the guy who created and produces them, purposely rejects candidates that he finds to be too good already. Jurina from PD48 was one of the rare few members who were actually good from the beginning, most of them were more like Sakura who had zero training before auditioning for the group. That's because AKB48 is about watching girls go from being complete amateurs to more professional celebrities. That's why AKB48's most famous "eternal center", Acchan, was a girl who was chosen even though she was one of the weakest singers and dancers in the group. He wanted the center to be someone that the fans could see grow from a normal girl to a real idol over the years.

I think in JYP's case he's hoping to find girls like Momo, Sana and Mina who don't need that much training in order to debut (all 3 had a lot of good quality dance training before even becoming trainees and Mina debuted after only being a trainee for about a year). There was also Wonder Girls Yenny who debuted in a few weeks and was fine. I think, since his standards would obviously be different than AKB's, he'll be able to find some girls that he can train quickly enough.

MaeilKpop 11 days ago 0

11 days ago

Sounds like AKB48 has quite a strange concept. Personally I think someone should actually be good at singing & dancing before they're allowed to step on a stage but then again it seems to be working for them.

JakeyWantsCakey 15 days ago 4

15 days ago

I wonder what he's gonna do with all of his Japanese trainees then because this seems like they're gonna be completely selected through the show and not from existing trainees...

Hopefully 14 days ago 2

14 days ago

Does he have anymore Japanese trainees left? I thought the only one he had was Mashiro and she left last year.

JakeyWantsCakey 14 days ago 1

14 days ago

There are at least three that I know of... there is Mako, a Korean/Japanese mix & a third one who's name I can't remember... JYP always has a ton of Japanese trainees though you just don't see them because they're usually trained separately from the Koreans.

Hopefully 13 days ago 0

13 days ago

Cool. Thanks for the info! I don't really follow company trainees so the only ones I knew of were the ones that performed at the showcase or were part of the rumored group. I wonder what he's planning to do with them then, maybe debut them in Korea in the future?

yeahletsgo 14 days ago 0

14 days ago

I don't think he has japanese trainee left. except that one girl from younger batch (like 2004-2006 born)

HanixHeechul 15 days ago 0

15 days ago

NOPENOPENOPE RETHINK THAT NAME! way too close to something else

YokoNom 15 days ago 1

15 days ago

2020 seems pretty far but nice to know anyway

Army_of_Inspirit 15 days ago 0

15 days ago

its closer than u think bwahahaha

mareeg 15 days ago 0

15 days ago

JYP is getting bigger and bigger. How many Japenese trainees will there be because that is going to be a lot of trainees to just debut.

sparklepeach79 14 days ago 0

14 days ago

lol what's with using z to replace j in his groups name. it's itzy then nizi

Imshook 15 days ago 0

15 days ago

i thought its Nazi Project in Japan for a sec...

armyarohablink 15 days ago 3

15 days ago

aaaaaaaand now we have the Nazi project

krell 14 days ago 2

14 days ago

PRITZ = (P)retty (R)angers (I)n the (T)errible (Z)one ... (Trolling) ... They are dating BTS Group members! ... ;)

armyarohablink 11 days ago 1

11 days ago

lol

krell 11 days ago 0

11 days ago

NOBODY believes this of BTS Group and PRITZ Group either. Good that you got LOL on it ... ;)

Luxorris 14 days ago 0

14 days ago

gawh.... I've read it ''Nazi Project'' and then saw ''Japanese'' and it doesn't help taking their history in account.

krell 14 days ago 0

14 days ago

(Trolling) ... It should be named as the "N*ZI Project" ; for flexibility ... ;)

Queen_Sana 14 days ago 0

14 days ago

I will audition but i am not sure about how skilled girls they want if they are looking for girls who train in dance and singing from childhood and go to academy to become idols than i have zero chances i really want to be idol and each passing day i am more into idols and i want to be part of that but anyway i will have many chances there are lot of groups in Japan they add new members every year for new generations but i don't want to get lost in sea of girls that is scary i want limitied number of members and I love JYP and Twice and for Sana i will do it eeeeekkkkkkkkkkk

Leila_ssss 14 days ago 0

14 days ago

The last k-pop group that I saw debut in Japan first instead of South Korea was PURETTY (Under DSP). They had big success in Japan but when it came to them promoting in South Korea, they were hardly near success. When their contracts ended only three of them stayed under the company with two of them debuting under KARD and APRIL and the last girl changing to train as an actress. I'm wondering if JYP is just going to keep them in Japan or bring them to South Korea as well and if he does bring them over, I hope they have success but at the same time this is one of the big three companies.

qst3552 14 days ago 1

14 days ago

Recruiting American girls for a Japanese girl group - Genius.

yeahletsgo 14 days ago 0

14 days ago

well there are a lot japanese-american in hawai fyi :)

NgohiongPuso 14 days ago 0

14 days ago

I am beginning to think that these ads in the comment section are probably AKPs money making setup.

hiroonakamura 15 days ago 0

15 days ago

sounds wayyy too similar to nazi though

GD_Amber 15 days ago 0

15 days ago

I really thought it said "Nazi Project" I was like what the hell!!!!

botmy 15 days ago 0

15 days ago

*niji

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KimcheeRamen 15 days ago 1

15 days ago

isn't this just going to be a korean version of AKB48 or i guess maybe he will end up calling it JYP20?!

Indri_hapsari 15 days ago 0

15 days ago

Its for jpop not kpop groups..they will only active in japan

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