

Because of this her last name was changed from Yokoi (横井) to Nakabayashi (中林), her mother's last name. Books Arts & Photography Photography & Video Try Prime and start saving today with Fast, FREE Delivery Buy new: 41.86 List Price: 50.00 Save: 8.14 (16) FREE delivery Friday, July 7. In November 2020, a month before NiziU's debut, Rima's parents divorced. They all had the same goal of debuting together in the same group. During her time there she met Miihi and Mako. She started at JYP Entertainment in 2019. She has one sister, Kanon, and two half-brothers, Kento and Ren.

She was born to Zeebra, a famous Japanese DJ, and Nakabayashi Miwa, a Japanese Model. The single includes four songs, Step and a step (title track), Joyful, Sweet Bomb!, with Make you happy reappearing as the last song on the album.Nakabayashi Rima was born on March 26, 2004, in Tokyo, Japan.
RIMA ARAI DEBUT FULL
On November 24, 2020, the music video for Step and a step was posted on the official NiziU YouTube Channel, with their full single being released on all streaming services and for purchase on December 2, 2020. The full track list was released on October 11 via a Twitter post. Their promotion for their debut started back in early October where teasers were posted on NiziU's Twitter. On December 2, 2020, NiziU debuted with their single Step and a step. The mini-album also included Baby I’m a star, Nizi Project's intro song, and with both Boom Boom Boom and Beyond the Rainbow, both these songs were performed on Nizi Project. Before their debut, they released their pre-debut album Make you happy on June 30, with their. NiziU is the first Japanese girl group to be signed under JYP Entertainment. The group consists of nine members Mako, Maya, Mayuka, Riku, Rima, Ayaka, Miihi, Rio and Nina. On June 26, 2020, in the finale of the second season of the Nizi Project, the nine winners of the contest were revealed as the members of the group.įour days later, on June 30, 2020, their pre-debut mini-album, Make you happy was released with Make you happy as the title track. NiziU (Japanese: ) is a Japanese girl group from JYP Entertainment formed through the survival show Nizi Project. Those 14 girls would travel to Korea to train for six months. A total of 26 candidates were selected for a 6-month training period.ĭuring the first part of the Nizi Project reality show, the 26 girls would slowly be eliminated down to 14 girls. Auditions were held during July and August in 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). The audition applications opened in May 2019. Park further explained that the project aims to search for talents of various colors and to make "a group like a rainbow" to emit a beautiful light. During the conference, Park announced that JYPE would be working alongside with Sony Music. Park held a press conference to announce the Nizi Project.

Various people carrying different colours like a rainbow will come together as one group and shine a beautiful light. Everyone needs each other and fans are needed." When pronounced a certain way, the name resembles "Need You" (nij-iu), which JYP explained "People cannot succeed by themselves. The 'U' signifies the fans that support the group. JYP has said the group is made up of "various people carrying different colors like a rainbow". Each letter of Nizi forms a ballot box (☒). The name NiziU is derived from the Japanese word "虹" (niji) meaning " rainbow".
