JYP hunts for Japan's next pop empire in this ruthless idol grinder.
Season 2 • Episode 20
LatestA joint Girl Group Project “Nizi Project” by JYP and Sony Music. The winners of Season 1 will participate in the survival show for the 2nd Season in the 3rd quarter of 2020 which is hopefully to debut a Japanese Girl Group in December 2020. A Global audition held in 10 locations including 8 cities in Japan, Hawaii and LA Delivered the event of the Tokyo training camp by the members who have passed!
Production
JYP's terrifyingly polished boot camp aesthetic.
Direction
Dramatic eliminations that feel like actual funerals.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Nizi Project pioneered the 'K-pop system exported to Japan' model, creating NiziU as Sony's strategic answer to Korea's global dominance.
Several contestants who didn't make NiziU later debuted in other groups — including Kep1er's Mashiro and former JYP trainee Miihi who joined NiziU after all.
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