Be First

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BE:FIRST
Logo of BE:FIRST
Logo of BE:FIRST
Background information
OriginJapan
GenresPop, dance
Years active2021-
LabelsBMSG
Websitebefirst.tokyo
Members
  • Sota
  • Shunto
  • Manato
  • Ryuhei
  • Junon
  • Ryoki
  • Leo

Be First, stylized BE:FIRST, is a seven-member Japanese boy band, which debuted on November 3, 2021.[1] The group is formed through the reality competition show The First in which Mitsuhiro Hidaka, as known as Sky-Hi, invested over 100 million yen (approximately $900,000) of his own money.[2]

The group's name, BE:FIRST, was chosen with the intention of "always aiming for the top", and Sky-Hi hopes that the group will "continue to respect and love the fact that others are number one at the same time as they continue to be number one themselves".[3]

Their official fan name is BESTY, which was coined by combining the first and last two letters of the group's name to mean bestie (best friend).[4]

On the Billboard Japan chart released on August 25, their digital pre-debut track, "Shining One", made its first appearance at No. 1 in Download Songs, No. 1 in Video Views, No. 2 in Streaming, No. 3 in tweets, and No. 2 in the overall song chart Japan Hot 100.[5] The song was also ranked No. 1 on the Oricon Weekly Digital Single ranking on the same day, and ranked first on the Oricon Weekly Streaming ranking. This double crown is the first time in three months since BTS's "Butter" on May 31 that the same work has reached No. 1 in both the weekly digital single and streaming rankings simultaneously.[6]

Despite their pre-debut status, BE:FIRST performed on several TV programs, including NTV's Sukkiri (August 25) and Buzzrhythm 02 (September 10), NHK's Shibuya no oto (September 11), and TV Tokyo's Premiere MELODIX!(September 11).[7][8][9][10] The group was also featured in the industry magazine Nikkei Entertainment.[11]

Be:First appeared on September 18 as the opening act at SuperSonic2021, a music festival held as an alternative event to Summer Sonic Festival, and gave their first performance in front of an audience.[12]

History[]

2021[]

  • On April 2, the audition program THE FIRST started airing on Nippon Television Network's information program Sukkiri and online streaming service Hulu.[13]
  • On August 13, the group name and members were announced on the last episode of the audition program.[14]
  • On August 16, the group's digital pre-debut track, Shining One, was released[15]

Members[]

The information listed is according to their profiles[16]

  • Sota
  • Shunto
  • Manato
  • Ryuhei
  • Junon
  • Ryoki
  • Leo

Discography[]

Singles

References[]

  1. ^ "BE:FIRST デビューシングル「Gifted.」リリース". befirst.tokyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-09-17.
  2. ^ "SKY-HIプロデュース7人組「BE：FIRST」誕生 メンバーに覚悟を問う一幕も【全員コメント】". 中日新聞 (in Japanese). ORICON NEWS. 2021-08-13. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  3. ^ "「THE FIRST」デビューメンバー7人が決定！グループ名は『BE:FIRST』". モデルプレス (in Japanese). WEBザテレビジョン. 2021-08-13. Retrieved 2021-08-13.
  4. ^ BE:FIRST [@BEFIRSTofficial] (2021-08-13). "BE:FIRSTのファンネームが決定!" (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-08-25 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ "【ビルボード】BE:FIRST「Shining One」堂々のDLソング1位、MISIA／ヨルシカがトップ10デビュー". Billboard JAPAN (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-09-19.
  6. ^ "SKY-HI主催オーディションで誕生のBE:FIRST、「Shining One」がデジタルランキング2冠【オリコンランキング】". ORICON MUSIC (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-09-19.
  7. ^ "BE:FIRST、プレデビュー曲「Shining One」を日テレ系『スッキリ』で初の生パフォーマンス". Yahoo! JAPAN News (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  8. ^ "バズリズム０２" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  9. ^ "シブヤノオト「マンウィズ・ＢＥ：ＦＩＲＳＴ・フランシュシュ・さとうもか」". NHK+ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  10. ^ プレミアMelodiX! [@tx_melodix] (2021-09-13). "本日のラインナップ⇒ 【ゲスト】BE:FIRST、Panorama Panama Town、acane、甘党男子" (Tweet) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-09-20 – via Twitter.
  11. ^ "BE:FIRST 日本の音楽界に"革命"を巻き起こす7人". 日��エンタテインメント！2021年10月号 (in Japanese). Tokyo: Nikkei Business Publications. 2021-09-03. pp. 112–127. Retrieved 2021-09-21.
  12. ^ "SUPERSONIC2021". Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  13. ^ "SKY-HIによるボーイズグループ発掘オーディション 『THE FIRST』、『スッキリ』放送同日にHuluにて完全版配信". Real Sound (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  14. ^ "ボーイズグループオーディション「THE FIRST」いよいよ最終回！デビューメンバーとSKY-HIが『スッキリ』に生出演！" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  15. ^ "SKY-HI主催オーディションから生まれたBE:FIRST、プレデビュー曲MVのプレミア公開決定" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  16. ^ "BE:FIRST メンバープロフィール". befirst.tokyo (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-09-17.
  17. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot 100 2022/03/16 公開". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved March 16, 2022.

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