BE:FIRST Members Profile (Updated!)

BE:FIRST Members Profile and Facts:

BE:FIRST is a 7-member Japanese group under BMSG agency and label run by musician SKY-HI. They were formed through the audition program BSMG AUDITION – THE FIRST 21. The members are Junon, Leo, Ryoki, Sota, Manato, Shunto, and Ryuhei. They released 2 pre-debut singles, and they officially debuted on November 3, 2021, with their first single album, Gifted.

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BE:FIRST Member Profiles:
Junon

Stage Name: Junon (ジュノン)
Birth Name: Ikegame Junon (池亀樹音)
Position: Main Vocalist
Birthday: May 23, 1998
Zodiac Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Tokyo
Height: 183 cm (6’0″)

Junon facts:
– He is the oldest member.
– His dad was in a band so he’s been going to live ever since he was 5.
– He is known for his high tone voice.
– His father is a member of a band.
– He has a little sister who is a singer-songwriter under the name of Remifa#.
– His cousin is the model Shimamura Miyako.
– In 2020 his entire house burned down and also his dog died.
– Junon played soccer in high school.
– He can speak Korean and English.
– Junon lost more than 10kg of weight since his debut.
– He already had a post-graduate job lined up before participating in the audition.
– Junon is the most laid-back member.
– He prefers to wake up at his own pace.
– He was added to the KPop-group VERMUDA in 2018 but never appeared in promotions with the group since they disbanded only some weeks later in early 2019.
– Junon’s favorite K-pop groups are BTS, Stray Kids, and iKON. (Instagram live)
– Jimin is his favorite BTS member and Felix is his favorite Stray Kids member (Instagram live)

Leo

Stage Name: Leo (レオ)
Birth Name: Kamimura Leo (上村礼王)
Position(s): Vocalist, Dancer
Birthday: September 8, 1998
Zodiac Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Tokyo
Height: 179 cm (5’8″)

Leo facts:
– He is the group, mood maker.
– Sota once described him as inpatient/hasty on a radio show.
– Took singing and dancing lessons at Avex Artist Academy in 2014.
– He became an official trainee under Avex in 2016.
– He appeared as a background dancer in the MV “Don’t Worry Baby Be Happy” by SKY-HI feat. STAMP.
– In 2016 he was in a trainee group called Change and Dino.
– In 2017 he was part of a trainee group called BXB.
– He plays basketball since the age of 9.
– He has an older brother who is part of the dance-crew MAVERICK.

Ryoki

Stage Name: Ryoki (リョウキ)
Birth Name: Miyama Ryoki (三山凌輝)
Position(s): Rapper, Vocalist, Dancer
Birthday: April 26, 1999
Zodiac Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Nagoya
Height: 177 cm (5’8″)
Instagram: @ryokimiyama_official
X: @ryokimiyama0426

Ryoki Facts:
– He is an actor and he’s mostly a stage actor.
– Ryoki made his acting debut in 2022. He acts in the movie “High & Low the Worst X“.
– He can speak English because he lived in America and Australia when he was younger.
– Ryoki went to international schools after he turned 3.
– He has been to Korea.
– Ryoki used to live in Australia and the USA.
– He appeared in a CM for Amazon Prime Video.
– He used to work as an actor since the age of 17 and as a stageplay actor since the age of 19.
– Ryoki was in the boxing and Baseball club during school.
– He would love to go sky-diving.
– Ryoki said he is friends with Minato of IMP.. (D.U.N.K YT-channel)
– Ryoki is a fan of Stray Kids.
– Him and NCT‘s Yuta are friends, Yuta mentioned it during an interview with VOGUE Japan.

Sota

Stage Name: Sota (ソウタ)
Birth Name: Shimao Sota (島雄壮大)
Position(s): Dancer, Rapper
Birthday: January 18, 2001
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Fukuoka
Height: 174 cm (5’7″)

Sota Facts:
– He is the dance ace of the group.
– Sota won first place in an international dance competition.
– He wants to try acting and he likes mystery shows.
– His mom introduced him to dance.
– He knew he wanted to dance when he was in his second year of elementary school.
– Sota has won the World Hip Hop Dance Championship 4 times.
– He was one of the back dancers featured on Hirate Yurina‘s solo single Dance no Riyuu.
– He owns a total of 42 dance awards from different competitions where he either danced or choreographed for a dance crew called KANA-BOON!
– Sota also was part of the dance crew Shonan no Odori BEAT, B&W, and CHaoS besides KANA-BOON!
– He used to be a background dancer for ATEEZ on KCON-Japan in 2019.
– Sota appeared in a CM for the brand Pocari Sweat.
– His mother Shimao Yasume is a professional dancer and dance teacher under the stage name of YATCH who works at a dance academy called HANA.
– Sota’s younger sister Shimao Komatsu is a member of the dance-crew KANA-BOON!
– His family owns two dogs named Puoh and Piyg.
– He used to give dance workshops in Guam, the USA, Australia, and Colombia before.
– He is a morning person.

Manato

Stage Name: Manato (マナト)
Birth Name: Hirose Manato (廣瀨真人)
Position(s): Vocalist, Dancer, Rapper
Birthday: April 29, 2001
Zodiac Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Tokyo
Height: 173 cm (5’6″)

Manato Facts:
– He has modeled before (Junon magazine).
– He has been singing and dancing since his 6th year of elementary school.
– Manato has always known he wanted to pursue a career in music.
– When he was younger, he spent time in New York.
– He is good at imitations.
– He is known for confusing “shinkyou” (mental state) for the word “sinchou” (height) twice on tv.
– Manato has been called “boke” (silly) as a result.
– In 2013 he auditioned as a trainee for LDH and became officially a trainee in 2014.
– Manato spend 1 year as a trainee under LDH in the USA and left in 2015.
– He was a trainee under LDH for 2 years and was part of LDH‘s project group Project Taro in New York.
– He used to work as a model after he left LDH.
– Manato became a trainee under Avex in 2012.
– After leaving LDH he went back as a trainee to Avex.
– In 2016 he moved back to Fukuoka but still attended LDH‘s dance academy in Fukuoka.
– In 2018 he appeared in the JUNON SUPERBOY contest and made it into the top30.
– Manato can play the guitar.
– As he dyed his hair purple it reminded him of his company’s CEO, SKY-HI who also had purple hair once.

Shunto

Stage Name: Shunto (シュント)
Birth Name: Kubo Shunto (久保舜斗)
Position(s): Vocalist, Rapper, Dancer
Birthday: September 1, 2003
Zodiac Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Nagoya
Height: 175 cm (5’9″)

Shunto Facts:
– He is praised often for his voice.
– He likes cool things which convinced him to join the audition.
– Shunto has been singing and dancing for 10 years.
– AAA helped to inspire his dream of performing.
– He is known by the other participants for knowing how to switch from being pampered (with the members) to being serious and tense (during practice).
– Shunto used to be a trainee of Avex since he was 7 years old.
– In 2017 he was in a trainee group called HIGH-FIVE.
– He already knew Ryuhei before since they met at some events before.
– In 2018 he was in a dance team called GEMSTONE with Ryuhei.
– Shunto appeared on the survival program a-genic PROJECT in 2019.
– He likes drawing and his childhood dream was to become a mangaka.
– He got his ears pierced as a graduation gift to himself as he finished high school.
– His favorite food is seafood.
– Shunto has a younger sister.
– His mother passed away in 2018.
– He is friends with MAZZEL‘s Naoya. He often invites him to his apartment and cooks for him since he’s living alone and likes to have people around him to not feel lonely.

Ryuhei

Stage Name: Ryuhei (リュウヘイ)
Birth Name: Kuroda Ryuhei (黒田竜平)
Position(s): Vocalist, Youngest
Birthday: November 7, 2006
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Nagoya
Height: 183 cm (6’0″)

Ryuhei facts:
– He is the youngest member.
– He is known as quiet and mature for his age.
– The other members call him “cheeky”.
– Ryuhei used to be a trainee under the company Avex and was part of a group called CoCoPoP from April 2016 to March 2017.
– His cousin Nagomi Hiyajo (ex ViV), appeared on the survival show Girls Planet 999.
– He has an older sister.
– He was in a dance team called GEMSTONE with Shunto in 2018.
– Ryuhei is in his school’s Kendo Club.
– He likes the American group Pentatonix.
– Ryuhei loves to watch dog-videos.
– Ryuhei was almost added to the group XG, since the company Avex where he trained had had added him to XG‘s subsidary XGALX as only male trainee and wanted to form co-ed group instead of just as female group. But when Avex considered sending the members of XG, but Ryuhei was left in Japan and later on went to SKY-HI‘s company BMSG.

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