Moving on to the J-Pop scene, a new boy band is arriving on September 30: OWV [I.G. @owv_official | Site. OWV Official Site].
Conform by Honda Kosuke, Nakagawa Katsunari, Urano Shuta, and Sano Fumiya OWV stands for ‘’Our Only Way to get Victory’’ symbolizing the individual and united will of its members to achieve success, ‘’To become a special and unique group, snatching victory on the world stage’’. The band is signed under agency Yoshimoto Kogyo.
The 4-member band has already proven to be worth of our attention since all four of them were trainees from 2019 reality survival competition show ‘’Produce 101 Japan’’ (a spin-off of the famous South Korean television series Produce 101), where 101 trainees compete in order to produce an 11-member boy band.
The band was officially announced on May 25, 2020, pre-debuting on August 30, 2020 with the release of ‘’UBA UBA’’ music video. Previous public appearances and performances have been made by the group till its official debut, including presentations at events likeTokyo Girls Collection AW 20, live broadcasts, and covering the October issue of Men’s PREPPY and the November issue of Nylon Guys Japan.
OWV major debut will be on September 30 with the release of its first single “UBA UBA”, which will feature ”UBA UBA”, ”So Picky”, ”Be On Top”, and its instrumental versions.
OWV: Members Profile
■ Honda Kosuke
- Band Leader
- Social Media: Instagram: @ksk0.411 | Twitter: @honda_0411
- Birthday: April 11, 1995 (25 years old)
- Specialties: Acrobat, Japanese music Free dance
- Hobbies: Watching movies, playing dragon ball games
- Color catchphrase:: “The burning fire of red haired warrior, Honda red!”
■ Shuta Urano
- Birthday: June 17, 1997 (23 years old)
- Social Media: Instagram:@shuta_urano | Twitter: @shuta_urano
- Hobbies: Family Travel, Gourmet, Youtube
■ Masaru Nakagawa
- Birthday: March 16, 1997 (23 years old)
- Social Media: Instagram: @kacknn | Twitter: @KatsunariNK
- Hobbies: Lyrics, driving, darts, sports
■ Fumiya Sano
- Date of Birth: May 25, 1997 (23 years old)
- Social Media: Instagram: @f_mi.y | Twitter:@sano_fumiya
- Hobbies: Song Search, Movie
It is no surprise that when it comes to Korean and Japanese entertainment, artists have its fandom, and for OWV its fandom name is QWV (pronounced ‘cubie’)
The UBA UBA debut single comes in three versions (left to right):
- First edition: 1,900 yen (tax included) CD + DVD
- Regular edition: 1,200 yen (tax included) CD only
- FC limited edition: Price: 2,800 yen (tax included) CD + DVD + Photobook 52P Mikata With back case (available for purchase by fan club “OWV OFFICIAL FANCLUB” members only).
Official band goods and items include t-shirts, mugs, cards, file container, acrylic stand figures, and pouches which can be bought at their official fanclub site.
