Nexji Tomoya "Dye mint hair for 'AAA 2025'..."Buy a wig from Don Quixote to keep it secure" [an interview with]

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• Interview with NexG, a group of winners of the AAA 2025 Best New Artist Award for Singer

"I want to be the '5th Generation Performance Top' and 'JYP's Future'."

The group NEXZ (NEXZ, Tomoya, Yuwoo, Haru, Sogon, Seita, Hewy, and Yuki) appeared in the "10th anniversary AAA 2025" with their song "Beat-Boxer," proving themselves to be a "performance restaurant" with a spectacular stage.

Nexji won the Best New Artist Award in the Singer category at the 10th Anniversary Asian Artist Awards 2025 (hereinafter referred to as 'AAA 2025') held at Kaohsiung National Stadium on December 6 last year.

NexG is a JYP rookie boy group that debuted in May 2024, with members selected from JYP and Sony Music Japan's survival program "Nage Project Season 2." Six of the seven members are Japanese and one is a Korean-Japanese with Korean nationality, targeting Korean and Japanese activities at the same time.

Nexge performed a variety of performances, including the title song "Beat-Boxer" (Beat-Boxer) released in October last year, the title song "I'm Him" (I'm Power), and the title song "O-RLY?" (O-Really?) of the 2nd mini album "O-Really?" (O-Really?) released in April last year. Nexge made a strong impression only at the first attendance of "AAA" with powerful songs mixed with hip-hop and electricity and energetic performances featuring acrobatic, the symbol of JYP artists.

Nexge recently met with Star News and conducted an interview with them about the '10th Anniversary AAA 2025' award speech.

-Member Tomoya used the '007 Operation' with a wig to dye his hair with a new color for the AAA stage and maintain security at the airport.

▶Tomoya: We wanted to make a spectacular appearance for AAA. I dyed my hair mint for the first time this time and unveiled it in Kaohsiung, but I thought I shouldn't get caught at the airport, so I bought a wig worth 2,000 to 3,000 yen from Don Quixote, Japan, and wore it with my own money. (laughs)

-I had a busy time in Korea and Japan in 2025, releasing more than two albums each. How did you realize your activities and popularity in Korea and Japan.

▶ Case: The number of followers on Instagram exceeded 1 million. I can feel that a lot of people love us. I feel a lot of love when we make a comeback. So I can't wait to make a comeback.

▶Tomoya: Thanks to AAA, our concert in Taipei was sold out in early January. I'm so touched. I have a concert in a month, and I'm glad that I've been working globally little by little.

-Following 2PM and GOT7, it is a team that continues the lineage of JYP Entertainment's unique "Acrobatic Male Idol." What other advantages and identities of Nexge do you think are there.

▶TOMOYA: Our members wrote the lyrics for "Next To Me" in the album "Beat Boxer", and the fans really like it. It was so nice when we performed our song in front of the concert. It's better if you sing along. I thought that an artist is a job that gives happiness. I want to make better music in the future.

▶Yuuu: I was focusing on B-boys, but this time I had a chance to show acrobatics properly in "Beat Boxer." The members are gradually showing acrobatics, and I want to show them new sides in the future.

-It is known that the members tend to participate a lot in creating dance choreography. How do you get inspiration for dance creation.

▶Haru: I think it's coming out as much as I practiced. When I encounter songs and choreography of different genres, I think it's in my head and helps when I create them. I'm trying to come across a variety of things.

▶Yoooooo: I've only been b-boy so far, but I didn't have any knowledge of other genres, but now I'm learning a lot by working with Tomo and Haru.

-Nexge is an idol that has undergone K-pop training to form overseas members and perform overseas activities. Recently, similar types of groups have been created by other agencies, what do you think are the advantages of K-pop training singers?

▶Hui: We have a group of people who love dancing and music, and we want to continue to show our performance to those who want us. We want to do everything we want to do. It is also a dream in the future.

▶Tomoya: Not long ago, I went to Malaysia, Kaohsiung, Taipei, Japan, and Korea, and the fans became close beyond the country. I was curious about what language they became close to each other, but they got close naturally because it was NEXT. The existence of Nexge made friends and saw good things.

-What was an impressive moment you felt while meeting Korean and Japanese fans recently?

▶Hui: There was an episode at Korea's first solo concert in October last year. It was the first solo concert in Korea in a long time since the fan meeting in March, and I wanted the fans to wake up at the beginning of the concert, so I joined the members to shout "Nexty wake up!" when the first song, "Summer," begins.

-Continued in Interview 3.

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