Nizi Project 2: Where Are They Now?
Nizi Project 2 (lit. “Rainbow Project Season 2”) was a male Japanese reality competition show, and the second season of Nizi Project series. The series was a joint project between JYP Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment Japan with the intention of creating a global Japanese boy group. The show consisted, of 24 contestants which only 7 of them would, be in the debut lineup of JYP new boy group. Show started on July 20, 2024 and final, lineup was announced on December 15, 2024 with the group name called NEXZ.
Where are the rest of the contestants now?
Rank-1 (Debut) – Tomoya Uemura
— He debuted in show’s final lineup, NEXZ.
Rank-2 (Debut) – Haru Inoue
— He debuted in show’s final lineup, NEXZ.
Rank-3 (Debut) – Yuki Nishiyama
— He debuted in show’s final lineup, NEXZ.
Rank-4 (Debut) – Ken So
— He debuted in show’s final lineup, NEXZ.
Rank-5 (Debut) – Yu Tomiyasu
— He debuted in show’s final lineup, NEXZ.
Rank-6 (Debut) – Yuhi Komori
— He debuted in show’s final lineup, NEXZ.
Rank-7 (Debut) – Seita Kawashima
— He debuted in show’s final lineup, NEXZ.
Rank-8 (Final Round) – Eiji Ito
— He opened social media and is regularly posting.
— He joined Sony Music Japan’s trainee team, M:Rea1 along with Sodai Miura, and Yuito.
Rank-9 (Final Round) – Miraku Hoshizawa
— He was announced as a contestant on KBS survival show MAKEMATE1 on March 28, 2024.
— He was participating in survival show MAKEMATE1, where in the final’s ranked 3rd place making him member of show’s final lineup, NouerA, which name got revealed later on August 5, 2024.
— The group released a pre-debut release on December 14, 2024, with their first single, 무한대 (無限大) (MU).
— He debuted in show’s final lineup, NouerA on February 26, 2025, with the mini-album, Chapter: New is Now.
Rank-10 (Semi-Final Round) – Taiga Fujimaki
— He returned to JYP Entertainment, but later left the label and signed under IX Entertainment as a trainee.
— On June 12, 2025, he was introduced as a contestant of Mnet’s survival show Boys II Planet, representing IX Entertainment.
Rank-11 (Semi-Final Round) – Sean Matsubara
— He opened social media and is regularly posting.
Rank-12 (Semi-Final Round) – Sodai Miura
— He left JYP Entertainment silently and opened social media, he regularly posts there.
— He joined Sony Music Japan’s trainee team, M:Rea1 along with Eiji Eito, and Yuito.
Rank-13 (Round 2) – Rio Takahashi
— He opened social media and is regularly posting.
Rank-14 (Round 2) – Shoke Wataru
— Nothing has been heard from him.
Rank-15 (Round 2) – Takato Otsuka
— He opened social media and is regularly posting.
Rank-16 (Round 2) – Taichi Inagaki
— He returned to JYP Entertainment, but later left the label and signed under Bill Entertainment as a trainee.
— On June 12, 2025, he was introduced as a contestant of Mnet’s survival show Boys II Planet, representing Bill Entertainment.
Rank-17 (Round 2) – Taichi Takahashi
— He opened social media and is regularly posting.
— He signed under BMSG, where later he got revealed in a trainee group called BMSG Trainee on July 31, 2024.
Rank-18 (Round 2) – Takao Yamauchi
— He opened social media and is regularly posting.
Rank-19 (Round 2) – Yuito Enomoto
— He opened social media and is regularly posting.
— On October 15, 2024, he was officially introduced as a contestant of SBS survival show Universe League.
— He participated in SBS survival show Universe League, where he got eliminated in final episode.
— He joined Sony Music Japan’s trainee team, M:Rea1 along with Eiji Eito, and Sodai Miura.
Rank-20 (Round 2) – Kohei Nagatsuka
— He opened social media and is regularly posting.
— He signed under Watanabe Entertainment where he was scheduled in lineup of company’s boy group DBSing, later group rebranded to GLOWE on May 19, 2025.
Rank-21 (Round 1) – Reito Kitagawa
— Nothing has been heard from him.
Rank-22 (Round 1) – Naoya Kida
— He signed under japanese label BMSG as a trainee where he was scheduled for debut in company’s new boy group.
— On February 10, 2023 he was revealed to be a member of japanese boy group MAZZEL, later on March 31, 2023 the group released their pre-debut single MISSION.
— He debuted in J-Pop boy group MAZZEL on May 17, 2023 with their single Vivid.
Rank-23 (Round 1) – Riki Irei
— Nothing has been heard from him.
Rank-24 (Round 1) – Matsuda Takuto
— Nothing has been heard from him, it’s unknown if he’s still under JYP Entertainment as a trainee.
Note: If you’re looking for one of the participants’ social media accounts just click on their names and it will take you to their profile, though that’s only for the ones that haven’t debuted.
Related: NEXZ Members Profile (Debuting lineup)
Nizi Project 2 Survival Show Profile
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