Number i
{{short description|Japanese boy band}}
{{other uses|I (disambiguation)#Mathematics}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Number_i
| image = Number i Logo.png
| size =
| caption = Logo of Number_i
| origin = Tokyo, Japan
| genre = J-pop
| years_active = {{Start date|2023}}–present
| label = Tobe Music
| website = {{official website|https://tobe-official.jp/artists/number_i}}
| current_members = * Sho Hirano
| past_members =
}}
{{nihongo|Number_i|ナンバーアイ|4={{IPA|ja|nambaː ai|pron}}}} is a Japanese boy band associated with Tobe, formed in October 2023. The group is formed by Sho Hirano, Yuta Jinguji, and Yuta Kishi.
History
The now three former members of Johnny & Associates' King & Prince, left the group on May 22, 2023. Hirano and Jinguji cut ties with the agency that same day, while Kishi left on September 30, 2023.
On July 7, 2023, Hirano and Jinguji announced on a YouTube livestream their new affiliation to Tobe co., Ltd, established by Hideaki Takizawa.{{Cite web |date=7 July 2023 |title=元King & Prince平野紫耀&神宮寺勇太、滝沢秀明氏の新会社TOBEに合流 |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/531941 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015102716/https://natalie.mu/music/news/531941 |archive-date=15 October 2023 |access-date=15 October 2023 |website=Natalie |language=Japanese}} Kishi's announcement that he now belonged to Tobe Co., Ltd was done on a YouTube livestream on October 15, 2023, and also included the news about the formation of Number_i.{{Cite web |date=15 October 2023 |title=元キンプリ3人目!岸優太がTOBE合流発表 平野&神宮寺と新グループ「Number_i」結成 |url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2023/10/15/kiji/20231015s00041000483000c.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015095218/https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2023/10/15/kiji/20231015s00041000483000c.html |archive-date=15 October 2023 |access-date=15 October 2023 |website=Sponichi |language=Japanese}}{{Cite web |date=15 October 2023 |title=岸優太「TOBE」合流 元キンプリ3人で「Number_i」結成 平野「ファンとの距離を縮めたい」 |url=https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2023/10/15/kiji/20231015s00041000598000c.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015100759/https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2023/10/15/kiji/20231015s00041000598000c.html |archive-date=15 October 2023 |access-date=15 October 2023 |website=Sponichi |language=Japanese}}
Kishi came up with "Number_i" and Hirano and Jinguji agreed with the group name. The "i" stands for Number One and Only One, signifying the aim to be number one, as well as the importance of the journey to get there. It also stands for love, "愛" in Japanese, and I (as in "me", "myself") in English, with the meaning of immersing themselves into the project, taking it as a unique thing for each one of the members.{{Cite web |date=2023-10-16 |title=岸優太「iにはオンリーワンの1や、愛の意味」TOBE合流 平野紫耀、神宮寺勇太と新グループ「Number_i」結成 |url=https://hochi.news/articles/20231015-OHT1T51277.html |access-date=2023-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240106112755/https://hochi.news/articles/20231015-OHT1T51277.html?page=1 |archive-date=6 January 2024 |website=スポーツ報知 |language=ja}}{{Cite web |date=2023-10-15 |title=岸優太、TOBEに合流&平野紫耀、神宮寺勇太と新グループ「Number_i」結成を発表「NO1でオンリーワンなグループに」 |url=https://hochi.news/articles/20231015-OHT1T51216.html?page=1 |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=スポーツ報知 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240106112146/https://hochi.news/articles/20231015-OHT1T51216.html?page=1 |archive-date=6 January 2024 |language=ja}}{{Cite web |date=15 October 2023 |title=岸優太がTOBEに合流、平野紫耀&神宮寺勇太と新グループ結成 |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/545085 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240106112116/https://natalie.mu/music/news/545085 |archive-date=6 January 2024 |access-date=6 January 2024 |website=Natalie |language=Japanese}}
On November 15, 2023, Number_i made their debut appearance on the cover of the magazine Nylon Japan Global Issue 04.{{Cite web |title=平野紫耀、神宮寺勇太、岸優太のNumber_iが初の雑誌表紙 テーマは「ラブレターの文通」 |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/548414 |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=Natalie |language=ja}}
On January 1, 2024, the first digital single "GOAT" was released.{{Cite web |title=Number_iの音楽活動がついに始動!全編ラップ詞の1stシングルで"最高到達点"へ |url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/555534 |access-date=2024-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240106114255/https://natalie.mu/music/news/555534 |archive-date=6 January 2024 |website=Natalie |language=ja}}
On March 2, 2024, Number_i made its first TV appearance since its formation, appearing live on NHK's Venue101.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.nhk.jp/p/ts/WX1N9WR8GY/episode/te/V8K5JZQ5Z2/ |title=Number_i・ATEEZ・RAMPAGE・TWS - Venue101 |last=日本放送協会 |language=ja |access-date=2024-04-13 |via=www.nhk.jp}}
On March 6, 2024, Number_i's first CD single, "GOAT", was released exclusively through the Tobe Online Store, selling 481,475 copies in its first week and topping the Billboard Japan Weekly Single Sales Chart.{{Cite web |title=【ビルボード】Number_i『GOAT』48万枚でシングル・セールス首位、Sexy Zoneは自己記録更新 {{!}} Daily News |url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/135541 |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=Billboard JAPAN |language=ja}}
On April 12, the second digital single "Blow Your Cover" was released.{{Cite web |date=2 April 2024 |title=Number_iが2ndシングル「Blow your cover」を4月12日にデジタルリリース!初登場の『CDTV』オフショットも公開 |url=https://www.thefirsttimes.jp/news/0000405508/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416015437/https://www.thefirsttimes.jp/news/0000405508/ |archive-date=16 April 2024 |access-date=16 April 2024 |website=The First Times |language=Japanese}}
On April 14, 2024, Number_i made their debut appearance on the '88rising Futures' stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 2024, performing FUJI, and a remix version of "GOAT" with Jackson Wang.{{Cite magazine |date=11 April 2024 |title=88rising Founder Talks 2024 Coachella Showcase & Why It May Be Their Last |url=https://www.billboard.com/business/touring/88rising-coachella-2024-concert-details-special-guests-plans-1235654190/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413092312/https://www.billboard.com/business/touring/88rising-coachella-2024-concert-details-special-guests-plans-1235654190/ |archive-date=13 April 2024 |access-date=13 April 2024 |magazine=Billboard}}{{Cite web |date=8 April 2024 |title=Number_i to Make Historic Debut at Coachella, America's Premier Music Festival |url=https://www.tokyohive.com/article/2024/04/number-i-to-make-historic-debut-at-coachella-americas-premier-music-festival |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413092507/https://www.tokyohive.com/article/2024/04/number-i-to-make-historic-debut-at-coachella-americas-premier-music-festival |archive-date=13 April 2024 |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=Tokyohive}}{{Cite web |date=2024-04-15 |title=Number_i、『コーチェラ』出演レポ 初の海外アーティストコラボも実現、結成半年で叶えた"世界"への一歩 |url=https://realsound.jp/2024/04/post-1631977.html |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=Real Sound|リアルサウンド |language=ja}}
On May 3, 2024, Number_i appeared on the cover of the May issue of the Korean magazine MAPS and the first issue of the Japanese version, MAPS Japan.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-10 |title=【蔦屋書店・蔦屋家電】Number_i が表紙を飾る『MAPS JAPAN』創刊号を5/3(金・祝)より独占販売 |url=https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000001505.000009848.html |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=プレスリリース・ニュースリリース配信シェアNo.1|PR TIMES |language=ja-JP}}
On May 27, 2024, their first album No. O: Ring was released.{{Cite web |date=11 April 2024 |title=Number_iが藍色の和テイストMIX衣装で佇む!新アルバム『No.O -ring-』ジャケ写&特典写真が公開 |url=https://www.thefirsttimes.jp/news/0000409428/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416021311/https://www.thefirsttimes.jp/news/0000409428/ |archive-date=16 April 2024 |access-date=16 April 2024 |website=The First Times |language=Japanese}}
Their single "Bon" reached number one on the June 5 Oricon Weekly Digital Single ranking chart, with 60,120 downloads in its first week, while the No. O: Ring album reached the top spot on the June 5 Oricon Weekly Digital Album ranking chart, with 31,804 downloads in the first week.{{Cite web |date=5 June 2024 |title=Number_i、自身初のデジタル2冠達成【オリコンランキング】 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2330186/full/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240605054204/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2330186/full/ |archive-date=5 June 2024 |access-date=5 June 2024 |website=Oricon |language=Japanese}}
The group was recipient of a negative X post on January 1, 2025, later erased, by cosmetics company Reju, where its community manager called them traitors and that their appearance in NHK's Kouhaku "rots my eyes and ears". After the backlash received from the group's fans, Reju posted an apology and decided, on January 5, to close operations definitively.{{Cite web |date=6 January 2025 |title=[All] Number_iへの誹謗中傷で廃業!? リージュ化粧品の衝撃的な炎上劇! |url=https://community.fanplus.co.kr/en-US/misc/95063639 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250119014415/https://community.fanplus.co.kr/en-US/misc/95063639 |archive-date=19 January 2025 |access-date=19 January 2025 |website=Fanplus Korea |language=Japanese}}{{Cite web |date=5 January 2025 |title=Number_iへの不適切投稿巡り化粧品会社が謝罪・廃業を発表「責任を取るべく」 |url=https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/4466822 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250119022057/https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/4466822 |archive-date=19 January 2025 |access-date=19 January 2025 |website=Model Press |language=Japanese}}{{Cite web |date=5 January 2025 |title=Japanese Company Will Close After CEO Criticizes Boy Band on Social Media |url=https://unseen-japan.com/comestics-company-closes-number-i/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250119010743/https://unseen-japan.com/comestics-company-closes-number-i/ |archive-date=19 January 2025 |access-date=19 January 2025 |website=Unseen Japan}}
Members
- {{nihongo|Sho Hirano|平野 紫耀}}
- {{nihongo|Yuta Jinguji|神宮寺 勇太}}
- {{nihongo|Yuta Kishi|岸 優太}}
Discography
= Studio albums =
= Extended plays =
class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of extended plays, with selected details, chart positions and sales ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Details ! scope="col" colspan="2" | Peaks ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Sales |
scope="col" style="width:2.75em;font-size:85%;" | JPN Comb. ! scope="col" style="font-size:85%; width:2.75em" | JPN |
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scope="row" | GOAT
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{{hidden|Track listing|
}} | 3 || — |
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scope="row" | No. O: Ring
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{{hidden|Track listing|
}} | 1 || 1 | |
scope="row" | God_i
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{{hidden|Track listing|
}} | 3 || — |
colspan="6" style="font-size:85%" | "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. |
=Singles=
class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released, and album name ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year ! scope="col" colspan="3" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album |
scope="col" style="width:2.75em;font-size:85%;"| JPN Comb. {{cite web |title=Number_iの合算シングル売上 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/921488/rank/cos/ |publisher=Oricon |access-date=February 6, 2025 |language=ja}} ! scope="col" style="width:2.75em;font-size:85%;"| JPN
! scope="col" style="width:2.75em;font-size:85%;"| WW |
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scope="row" | "GOAT"
| rowspan="4" | 2024 | 2 || 1 || 154 | rowspan="4" | No. I |
scope="row" | "Blow Your Cover"
| 6 || 5 || — |
scope="row" | "Bon"
| 6 || 2 || —{{efn-ua|"Bon" did not enter the Billboard Global 200, but peaked at number 170 on the Global Excl. US.{{cite magazine|title=Billboard Global Excl. US: Week of June 8, 2024|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-global-excl-us/2024-06-08/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 4, 2024}}}} |
scope="row" | "Inzm"
| 3 || 1 || — |
scope="row" | "God_i"
| 2025 | 3 || 1 || —{{efn-ua|"God_i" did not enter the Billboard Global 200, but peaked at number 168 on the Global Excl. US.{{cite magazine|title=Billboard Global Excl. US: Week of June 8, 2024|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-global-excl-us/2025-02-08/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=February 4, 2025}}}} | God_i |
colspan="6" style="font-size:85%" | "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. |
=Other charted songs=
class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ List of other charted songs, with selected chart positions, showing year released, and album name ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year ! scope="col" colspan="2" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album |
scope="col" style="width:2.75em;font-size:85%;"| JPN Comb. ! scope="col" style="width:2.75em;font-size:85%;"| JPN
|
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scope="row" | "Is It Me?"
| rowspan="15" | 2024 | — || 79 | rowspan="4" | GOAT |
scope="row" | "Midnight City"
| — || 84 |
scope="row" | "Fuji"
| — || 66 |
scope="row" | "Rain or Shine"
| — || 99 |
scope="row" | "OK Complex"
| — || 81 | rowspan="5" | No. O: Ring |
scope="row" | "Square_One"
| — || 71 |
scope="row" | "No-Yes"
| — || 65 |
scope="row" | "I"
| — || 80 |
scope="row" | "Banana (Take It Lazy)"
| — || 100 |
scope="row" | "Ice"
| — || 87 | rowspan="5" | No. I |
scope="row" | "Bye 24/7"
| — || 92 |
scope="row" | {{nihongo|"Tōmei ni Naritai"|透明になりたい}}
| 32 || 35 |
scope="row" | "Recipe"
| — || 84 |
scope="row" | "ILY"
| — || 86 |
scope="row" | "Hirakegoma"
| 9 || 3 | No. I (Deluxe) |
scope="row" | "Romeo & Juliet"
| rowspan="4" | 2025 | — || 74 | rowspan="4" | God_i |
scope="row" | "i_Dog"
| — || 59 |
scope="row" | "Frisco"
| — || 78 |
scope="row" | "Psycho"
| — || 65 |
colspan="5" style="font-size:85%" | "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. |
Music videos
Other works
= Advertisement =
- McDonald's Japan (April 2024-){{Cite web |date=18 April 2024 |title=Number_i、3人で初TVCM出演「マクドナルド」での思い出・完璧なダンス&絶妙な掛け合いも披露 |url=https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/4255034 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240417235922/https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/4255034 |archive-date=17 April 2024 |access-date=17 April 2024 |website=Model Press |language=Japanese}}
- Kosé
- Sekkisei (2024- ){{Cite web |date=5 November 2024 |title=Number_i、グループ初のスキンケアミューズ就任 "ちゃっちゃちゃっちゃ系"岸優太がスキンケアを欠かさずするように「自然とドヤ顔に」【会見レポート】 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2352752/full/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241105045910/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2352752/full/ |archive-date=5 November 2024 |access-date=5 November 2024 |website=Oricon |language=Japanese}}
- Vogue Japan
- "Number_i x YSL Libre" Vogue Japan Official Website Special movie{{Cite news |date=2023-12-05 |title=Number_iがイヴ・サンローランの香水「LIBRE(リブレ)」とグループ初タイアップ |newspaper=スポーツ報知 |publisher=報知新聞社 |url=https://hochi.news/articles/20231119-OHT1T51189.html?page=1 |access-date=2023-12-05|language=Japanese}}{{Cite web |date=2023-11-20 |title=平野紫耀・神宮寺勇太・岸優太がつづる新たな物語。自由と強さを託す香り |url=https://www.vogue.co.jp/special-feature/2023-11/20/yslb |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=VOGUE JAPAN|language=Japanese|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205122532/https://www.vogue.co.jp/special-feature/2023-11/20/yslb |archive-date=December 5, 2023 |url-status=dead}}
- YSL Beauty
- YSL Beauty Fragrance「LIBRE」(November 2023) (YSL Pop-up Store){{Cite web |author=遠藤里紗 |date=2023-11-21 |title=「YSL」の香水"リブレ"に300人行列 平野紫耀&神宮寺勇太&岸優太のNumber_iのファンが集う |url=https://www.wwdjapan.com/articles/1692350 |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=WWDJAPAN|language=Japanese}}
Appearances
= TV shows =
- Tobe Live at Ariake Arena 2024: Number_i ~ No.O ~ring~ (August 15 2024, Episode 3){{Cite web |title=Tobe Live at Ariake Arena 2024 |url=https://www.primevideo.com/detail/TOBE-LIVE-at-ARIAKE-ARENA-2024/0PB3AOJRTGP4VS38GNK7KICYYY |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250314103828/https://www.primevideo.com/detail/TOBE-LIVE-at-ARIAKE-ARENA-2024/0PB3AOJRTGP4VS38GNK7KICYYY |archive-date=14 March 2025 |access-date=14 March 2025 |website=Amazon Prime Video official site}}{{Cite web |date=30 July 2024 |title=アマプラ8月配信ラインナップ発表 TOBE有明アリーナ・バットマン・映画あの花など |url=https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/4338471 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250314104405/https://mdpr.jp/news/detail/4338471 |archive-date=14 March 2025 |access-date=14 March 2025 |website=Model Press |language=Japanese}}{{Cite web |date=13 June 2024 |title=TOBE所属 三宅健、北山宏光、Number_i、IMP. 単独公演アーカイブをPrime Videoで世界配信 |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2331426/full/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250314050557/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2331426/full/ |archive-date=14 March 2025 |access-date=14 March 2025 |website=Oricon |language=Japanese}}
= Concerts =
- Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 2024 (as part of 88rising Futures){{Cite web |date=1 November 2024 |title=神宮寺勇太、26歳に一切の悔いなし「常に更新できてる」 自身の"好き"を実らせた一年を総括 |url=https://realsound.jp/2024/11/post-1826439.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250126022146/https://realsound.jp/2024/11/post-1826439.html |archive-date=26 January 2025 |access-date=26 January 2025 |website=Real Sound |language=Japanese}}{{Cite web |date=14 April 2024 |title=Number_i Setlist |url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/numberi/2024/empire-polo-club-indio-ca-43a8ab0b.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250126023601/https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/numberi/2024/empire-polo-club-indio-ca-43a8ab0b.html |archive-date=26 January 2025 |access-date=26 January 2025 |website=Setlist FM}}
- Rock in Japan Festival 2024{{Cite web |title=ARTIST 出演アーティスト 8/11 |url=https://rijfes.jp/2024/artist/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240804122136/https://rijfes.jp/2024/artist/ |archive-date=4 August 2024 |access-date=25 January 2025 |website=Rock In Japan official site |language=Japanese}}
- Summer Sonic 2024{{Cite web |title=Summer Sonic 2024 TOKYO ARTISTS MARINE STAGE |url=https://www.summersonic.com/2024/lineup/tokyo-day1/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250126025452/https://www.summersonic.com/2024/lineup/tokyo-day1/ |archive-date=26 January 2025 |access-date=26 January 2025 |website=Summer Sonic official site |language=Japanese}}
- Wired Music Festival 2024{{Cite web |title=LINEUP 出演者一覧 |url=https://wiredmusicfestival.jp/artist |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250126031301/https://wiredmusicfestival.jp/artist |archive-date=26 January 2025 |access-date=26 January 2025 |website=Wired Music Festival official page |language=Japanese}}
Awards
{{awards table}}
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| 2024
| GQ Men of the Year
| {{won}}
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Notes
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References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{official website|https://tobe-official.jp/artists/number_i}}
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Category:Japanese pop music groups
Category:Japanese musical trios
Category:Music Awards Japan winners