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Boys and Men, stylized as BOYS AND MEN, and colloquially referred to as BOYMEN or BM, is a Japanese idol group established in 2010 in Nagoya. The group is composed mainly of members from the Tōkai region. They belong to Fortune Entertainment. The group started up by performing musical with singing, acting and dancing, then started to show up on TV show, radio and different kind of music festival. The group's base activity location is Nagoya.[1]
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Origin | Nagoya, Japan |
Genres | J-pop |
Years active | 2010 | –present
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Members | Masaru Mizuno Shunsuke Tanaka Yukihisa Tamura Tatsunori Tsujimoto Yutaka Kobayashi Takafumi Honda Yuuhi Sano Kento Hiramatsu Takumi Tsuchida Masato Yoshihara |
Past members | Soutarou Okitsu Ryouta Kobayashi Taiki Wakana |
Website | boysandmen |
Their single "Boymen Ninja" was number-one on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart[2] and also number-one on the Billboard Japan Hot 100.[3] Their single "Wanna be!" was also number-one on both charts.[4][5]
Name[6] | Birth date | Age | Birthplace | Date joined | Member colour | Unit | Notes |
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Yankee 5 | |||||||
Masaru Mizuno (水野勝) | November 22, 1990 | 33 | Aichi | October 2010 | Gold | Blue Crayon | Boys and Men and Yankee 5 leader |
Shunsuke Tanaka (田中俊介) | January 28, 1990 | 34 | Aichi | June 2010 | Silver | No Idea | |
Yukihisa Tamura (田村侑久) | October 17, 1990 | 33 | Aichi | April 2011 | Aqua | No Idea | |
Tatsunori Tsujimoto (辻本達規) | May 17, 1991 | 33 | Gifu | September 2010 | Red | Blue Crayon | Temporarily suspended activities in 2011 |
Makoto (誠) | |||||||
Takafumi Honda (本田剛文) | November 3, 1992 | 31 | Aichi | March 2011 | Pink | The Seventh School Chorus Club | Makoto leader |
Yuuhi Sano (勇翔) | February 5, 1993 | 31 | Nagano | October 2010 | White / Navy[n 1] | The Seventh School Chorus Club | |
Kento Hiramatsu (平松賢人) | November 14, 1994 | 29 | Aichi | June 2010 | Yellow | The Seventh School Chorus Club | |
Masato Yoshihara (吉原雅斗) | July 22, 1994 | 30 | Aichi | March 2011 | Dark Green | The Seventh School Chorus Club |
Name | Birth date | Age | Birthplace | Date joined | Member colour | Unit | Notes |
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Soutarou Okitsu (沖津壮太郎) | December 13 | Ishikawa | June 2010 | Left the group on January 23, 2012[7] | |||
Ryouta Kobayashi (小林亮太) | December 16, 1998 | 25 | Aichi | April 2011 | Team S | Left the group on April 29, 2013 | |
Taiki Wakana (若菜太喜) | December 5, 1992 | 31 | Aichi | November 2011 | Orange | Makoto | Left the group on March 31, 2016 |
Takumi Tsuchida (土田拓海) | June 16, 1991 | 33 | Aichi | June 2010 | Light Purple | The Seventh School Drama Club | Left the group on August 14, 2021[8] |
Yutaka Kobayashi (小林豊) | March 19, 1989 | 35 | Shiga | June 2010 | Chartreuse | Left the group on April 8, 2022[9] |
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