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1 Overview  




2 Members  




3 Discography  


3.1  Singles  




3.2  Digital singles  




3.3  Music videos  






4 Tie-up  




5 Notes  




6 References  




7 External links  













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Honest Boyz
OriginJapan
GenresHip hop
Years active2016–present
LabelsRhythm Zone (2016), LDH Music (2017-present)
Members
Websiteldh.co.jp/eng/management/honest_boyz/

Honest Boyz (stylized in all caps)also HONEST BOYZ®, is a 5-member hip hop group consisting of four MC's and one DJ: Naoto (Exile member & Sandaime J Soul Brothers leader), Verbal (from m-flo and PKCZ®), Sway (from Doberman Infinity & Gekidan Exile), Mandy (from Exile & Generations) and Nigo.[1]

The group was formed in 2016 and is managed by LDH under the label LDH Music.

Overview

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This group made their debut with "Part Time Hero", a theme song of TV drama "Night Hero Naoto" starring Naoto.[2] Their second single "YO!" had been selected as an interlude of the movie "High & Low The Movie 2 / End Of Sky". These 2 songs both took up the 1st place on iTunes Songs Chart.[3]

On April 17, 2019, it was announced that the unit will make its world debut with the new song "Electricity featuring Lil Uzi Vert" which was selected as the ending song of Hollywood's live-action movie "Pokémon Detective Pikachu" for both "the original movie" and "the Japanese version", the song is produced by Pharrell Williams and features rapper Lil Uzi Vert and is scheduled to be released under a major overseas label.[4]

Members

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Name Position Date of birth Notes
Naoto MC and Leader (1983-08-30) August 30, 1983 (age 40) Also a member of Exile and Sandaime J Soul Brothers
Verbal MC (1975-08-21) August 21, 1975 (age 48) Also a member of m-flo, PKCZ and Teriyaki Boyz
Sway (1986-06-09) June 9, 1986 (age 38) Also a member of Doberman Infinity and Gekidan Exile
Mandy (1991-01-25) January 25, 1991 (age 33) Also a member of Exile and Generations
Nigo DJ (1970-12-23) December 23, 1970 (age 53) Also a member of Teriyaki Boyz

Discography

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Singles

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Year Release date Title Chart positions
JPN[5] Hot 100[A]
2019 March 6 Sakura feat. Kobukuro 17 57

Digital singles

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Year Release date Title
2016 June 25 Part Time Hero
2017 November 7 YO!
2018 February 5 HeartBreakerZ featuring Crazyboy
June 16 Bepping Sound feat. Hiroomi Tosaka
2019 Electricity featuring Lil Uzi Vert

Music videos

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Year Title
2018 Tokyo Dip feat. Pharrell Williams

Tie-up

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Song Tie-Up
Part Time Hero TV Tokyo "Night Hero Naoto" theme song
YO! "High & Low The Movie 2 / End Of Sky" interlude song
Electricity featuring Lil Uzi Vert "Pokémon Detective Pikachu" ending song[7]

Notes

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  1. ^ Sources for chart positions are as follows: "Sakura feat. Kobukuro",[6]

References

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  1. ^ "EXILENAOTO、ラップに初挑戦". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  • ^ "NAOTO(EXILE/三代目JSB)率いる、HIPHOPユニット「HONEST BOYZ(R)」結成！NAOTO、関口メンディーがラップに初挑戦も｜E-TALENTBANK co.,ltd". E-TALENTBANK co.,ltd. (in Japanese). Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  • ^ "HONEST BOYZ® | MANAGEMENT | LDH". www.ldh.co.jp. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  • ^ "HONEST BOYZ®'s new song "ELECTRICITY featuring Lil Uzi Vert" selected as the ending song of Hollywood's live-action movie "POKÉMON Detective Pikachu"!". www.ldh.co.jp. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  • ^ "HONEST BOYZ(R)の売上ランキング". ORICON NEWS. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
  • ^ "Japan Billboard Hot 100". Billboard (in Japanese). March 4, 2019. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
  • ^ "HONEST BOYZ、ハリウッド映画「名探偵ピカチュウ」のエンディングソングで世界デビュー" [Honest Boyz makes a world debut with the ending song of the Hollywood movie "Detective Pikachu"]. 音楽ナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved April 17, 2019.
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