So Matsushima
| Sexy Zone | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Tokyo, Japan |
| Genres | Pop |
| Years active | 2011–present |
| Labels | Pony Canyon Inc. |
| Associated acts | B.I.Shadow |
| Website | http://sexyzone.ponycanyon.co.jp/ |
| Members |
Kento Nakajima Fuma Kikuchi Shori Sato So Matsushima Marius Yo |
Sexy Zone is a five-member Japanese boy band managed by Johnny & Associates, consisting of Shori Sato, Nakajima Kento, Marius Yo, Kikuchi Fuma and Sou Matsushima.When they debuted their group age average was 14.6. In 2013 they appeared in Kouhaku for the first time performing their hit song. Sexy Zone is the 5th group from Johnny & Associates to debut as special supporters for the "FIVB World Cup Volleyball" in 2011 after V6 (1995), Arashi (1999), NEWS (2003) and Hey! Say! JUMP (2007) from the same agency.
Sexy Zone was announced as a group in a press conference in September 29, 2011.Johnny & Associates's CEO Johnny Kitagawa said, "The group name came from Michael Jackson's sexiness". The members were revealed to be Kento Nakajima, Fuma Kikuchi, Shori Sato, So Matsushima, and Marius Yo. Kitagawa chose the members considering the "sexiness of men".
After the press conference, the members appeared in Teigeki Johnnys Imperial Theatre Special "Kis-My-Ft2 with Johnny's Jr.", and premiered their debut song "Sexy Zone", which was subsequently released on November 16, 2011 from Pony Canyon. This song was also the image song of the 2011 FIVB Women's World Cup and the 2011 FIVB Men's World Cup. The group were special supporters of 2011 FIVB World Cup. this song was ranked in the Oricon charts.
Sexy Zone was named Musical Ambassadors of the FIVB Volleyball World Cup on March 2 2015. On the FIVB world cup they performed there 10th singe Cha-Cha-Cha- Champion and announced the players as they entered the court. In 2016, there official Japanese Volleyball team cheering song "Shouri no hi made" was released to cheer on the volleyball team.
~Digest of Sato Shori "Shori Summer Concert" / Nakajima Kento "Love Ken TV" / Kikuchi Fuma "Fu is a Doll?"~
Sato Shori 'Sato Shori Summer Live 2016' / Nakajima Kento '#HoneyButterfly' /
Kikuchi Fuma 'Fu are you?' / So Matsushima & Marius Yo 'Hey So! Hey Yo! ~summertime memory~'
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