[Edit]NYC is a Japanese boy band formed by three members of NYC Boys (stylized NYC boys) in 2010. NYC Boys was formed on June 7, 2009, to promote the FIVB World Grand Prix 2009, an event that began on July 31 and ended on August 23, 2009. They performed the theme song "NYC" in Tokyo and Osaka before each game.
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Members
N Yuma Nakayama
Y Ryosuke Yamada (Leader)
C Yuri Chinen
Boys
- Kento Nakajima
- Kikuchi Fuma
- Hokuto Matsumura
- Yugo Kochi
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Ryosuke Yamada - leader
Ryōsuke Yamada (山田 涼介, born May 9, 1993 in Tokyo) is a Japanese tarento: actor, singer, dancer and a member of Hey! Say! JUMP as well as NYC. He is under the management of Johnny & Associates and currently resides in Kanagawa Prefecture.
Yuri Chinen
Yuri Chinen (知念 侑李, born November 30, 1993), is a Japanese actor, talent and singer as well as member of Hey! Say! JUMP and NYC. He is under the management of Johnny & Associates. He was born in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture and lives in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area. Also known as "the little giant".
Yuma Nakayama
Yuma Nakayama (中山優馬, born January 13, 1994) is a Japanese actor and singer. He is a member of the J-pop groups Yuma Nakayama w/B.I.Shadow and Hey!Say!7 West from Johnny's Entertainment, also a former member of TOP KIDS. He is also in the temporary unit, NYC Boys.
On June 7, 2009, at the concert "Forum Shinkiroku!! Johnny's Jr. 1 Day 4 Performances Yaruzo!", it was announced that Ryosuke Yamada and Yuri Chinen of Hey! Say! JUMP would join Yuma Nakayama w/B.I.Shadow to form NYC Boys. On July 15, 2009, their first single "NYC/Akuma na Koi", "NYC" being the theme song for the FIVB World Grand Prix 2009, was released. During the announcement for forming NYC Boys, it was said that the group will be a temporary one, only active for the time of the Volleyball Tournament which was from July 31 to August 23, but even after the end of the tournament, the members of the group meet periodically to perform their songs.
In November, the media announced that they would be guest appearing on Japan's highest rated annual music television show, Kōhaku Uta Gassen, on December 31, 2009. Other guest appearances this year include FNS Kayosai on December 2, 2009. On January 1, 2010, media announced that the group would not be a temporary one anymore and that Ryosuke Yamada and Yuri Chinen would be working as members of both Hey! Say! JUMP and NYC Boys in the future.
On March 3, 2010, it was announced on the Johnny's website that NYC without the boys (B.I.Shadow) will release a new single entitled "Yuuki 100%" which is opening theme song for an anime entitled Nintama Rantarō. The coupling song entitled "Yume no Tane" will be the ending theme. Their single was released last April 7, 2010. The said song "Yuuki 100%" topped Japan Billboards' Weekly Hot 100 and Oricon's Weekly Chart.
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