[ORβIT/BUGVEL/HICO] 220518

ORβIT x BUGVEL x HICO
Embarking on their Dream Journey together with their friends
“DREAM PASSPORT” is an agency where the 3 artists ORβIT, HICO and BUGVEL are signed to. It was decided that the live shows “Dream Gate 01” where this “Doripasu family” will come together in one place will be held! What kind of united stage will they show after overcoming the boundaries of their groups? We asked them, who deepened their team work towards the live shows, about their thoughts about each other and the future they set their eyes on.

JUNE (ORβIT)
Born 1996.11.23, from Tokyo
JUNE is motivated and excited ahead of the first lives with an audience “Dream Gate 01”.
“After all, lives with an audience are completely different from online ones. At an online live, you perform towards a camera, so you barely feel that you are being watched. But I want some kind of reaction, even if it is just a nod. I believe that the true charms of lives are the connection with the audience, so I am looking forward to truly feeling this finally. It will be the first time to be seen directly as a member of ORβIT, so I’m motivated. I hope that everyone can enjoy it even a bit.”
In the future he is facing there are always EαRTH.
“Right now I think it is an environment where it is easy to support us as there is a gap in our activities. I want to follow BUGVEL’s footsteps, who release music frequently, while also having solo activists at the same time. Of course I want to release my own music, but I want to try to write music for the other artists of the agency. I can see my abilities more clearly and gain more experience. And I hope to make use of this in ORβIT again. Until the pausing members return, I want to make a bigger improvement than so far. Other than this, I want to do something related to games. I would like to do Let’s plays on open spaces like YouTube. Also, recently I’m into muscle training. I want to train my body for the lives and wouldn’t it be simply cool if I could take off my clothes at the shows? Maybe… I can show it next year? Please don’t get your hopes up, just wait and see (laughs).

RAIRA (BUGVEL)
born 2000.5.9, from Nara
Raira started to aspire becoming an artist after seeing an EXILE concert to which his older sister took him. It seems like he was unintentionally close to tears when he saw the fans in front of him at the debut showcase.
“My feelings rose when I was waiting at the wing of the venue. But only afterwards I actually felt that I debuted. When I stepped on stage I switched my mind over to “you have to do it in a cool way”, so I had no room to think before. But after some time when I walked alone at night I suddenly felt it. Step by step I am making my dreams come true. You are working hard on it. is what I thought to myself.”
He overcame the long time before the debut by his inherited positivity.
“I perceived this time as one to rediscover myself and this kept my motivation. Rather, I thought of it as I got time to raise my standards, as I thought about how to show myself, read books and I had a fulfilling time. In the past I used to be someone who did not read books, but back then it was the first time I visited a bookstore (laughs). I read some self development books and learnt the theories behind what I was feeling so far. I was reaffirmed once more that I am doing the right thing. I am the type of person who wants time to prepare for everything, so I practiced until I mastered each song and dance and I believe I could show the results of this at the showcase. This year is our debut year, so I want to rush through 2022 keeping up this spirit. My homework is the talk! There are a lot of people in BUGVEL who do not do it properly so I have to (laughs). I want to be able to bring out the members’ good sides more and more with my talking.”

GUNO (BUGVEL)
born 2000.5.8, from Taiwan
GUNO made his debut as a member of BUGVEL in Japan after spending a life as a trainee in South Korea. He seems still busy as he is still not used to both Japanese and daily life yet.
“Everything about South Korea and Japan is completely different. The training methods, the way recordings work, and also how the schedules are made, everything is completely different. Hence, it is a bit hard to get used to it right now. I am still mixing up everything in my head.”
Thanks to his friendly and innocent personality he became friends with the fellow DREAM PASSPORT artists in no time.
“I am still not good at Japanese, but I can speak English and Korean so it is okay. When I was in South Korea there was no one around me who spoke Chinese and I was always on my own until I learnt Korean. But now it is fun! I was so happy when we cooked and ate hotpot together at the dorm! However, I came to Japan on 31th March and the showcase was on the next day so we only had one night to match. This was so hard.”
The Corona pandemic separated him from the members for a long time. It seems that his beloved dog Jessi was his emotional support while he was alone in Taiwan.
“She is just a shiba inu, but Jessi supported me. I cried a lot when I came to Japan. My goal for this year is to bring Jessi to Japan! I became friends with someone who has a dog from downstairs, so my dream is to take a walk together once Jessi is here. As for BUGVEL, it is to complete the activities for the new song “HEARTBREAKER”. The release date is during the “DREAM GATE 01” tour but I will do my very best for both!”

MAHIRO (BUGVEL)
born 2001.3.28, from Osaka
Singing, Dancing, Rapping, Songwriting… Certainly, the term “allrounder” is perfect for MAHIRO who made his long awaited debut in March.
“I started to chase my dream during highschool and had various experiences also at auditions. Fate let me become a member of BUGVEL, but the pandemic made me unable to appear in public. It had been very tough, but thanks to the members, my family and friends encouraging me I could do my best. Sometimes I had some negative feelings, too, but I decided that “I would find success in this life for sure” inside of me. For example, if this was a “Crayon Shin-chan” movie, I would be Shin-chan. Even when Shin-chan is in trouble, he stays happy. I believe I also have this kind of luck.”
He has been involved in the production of all BUGVEL songs that has been released.
“I bring all my experiences, abilities and intuitions into the songs. I hope this will reach everyone. In the case of “Saiun” my sensitivity and what I feel because of this time is squeezed into the song.I wrote the beat, made the melody and the lyrics from scratch. I put in some flavor of the artists that inspire me such as LEX, Crush or DEAN who I often listen to lately. Because I am not good with expressing my emotions I hope to convey my feelings through the songs.”
He has set his eyes on a wide field of activities other than the group activities.
“Because I am an artist, I want to work even harder than now on singing, rapping, dancing and song writing. I hope this will lead to acting or model jobs. I want to make this company big and be a source of pride for my family and friends.”

HICO
born 2001.7.7, from Osaka
HICO has unfolded his very own world view as the sole solo artist of the agency. The decision to do solo activities was influenced by uncompromising stoicness.
“In the beginning HICO thought it would be better to be in a group, but isn’t it important to work together in regard to singing and dancing in a group? HICO felt he would compromise. As HICO is good at dancing, there was the chance he would feel out of sync with the others and on the other hand HICO might be unable to catch up with singing in which he had no experience. So he wanted to fight to the uttermost of his abilities.”
How did he refine his sensibility?
“It might be often that he gets his ideas when he is not thinking about everything. When he looks out of the car window or when he is just watching some movie. If it were now, it would be the grain of the wood of this desk. (While tracing it with his hand). He would come up with this wavy hand movement. Everything that happens in front of him is something necessary for him.”
In the one and half years of his activities, he seems to have also felt improvement.
“HICO feels he has improved in singing. When he recorded for the first time, the staff said “How should we let him sing this” and he was very confused (laughs). He met this person after a year again and the staff told him “You have become really good”. The fans told him the same and it was encouraging to hear. His future goal is to dance at various places such as in a car or the sea or in an elevator. Also, HICO hopes that his performances make people smile and say “I’m gonna do my best tomorrow”.”
TN: Since HICO uses HICO instead of boku or other pronouns that can be translated to “I”, it seemed the wisest decision to let him talk in the third person in English, too.

SHUNYA (ORβIT)
born 1997.5.18, from Tokyo
SHUNYA said “I’m looking more forward to being able to be face to face with EαRTH than anything else”.
“I watched both BUGVEL’s showcase and HICO’s liveshows, but the way the audience seemed happy, how they waved their hands as they were not allowed to speak yet made me both smile and envious…. When I saw that, it fired me up even more as “I want to stand on stage as soon as possible!”. ORβIT had those online, our live shows last year and there was a sense of accomplishment, but after all I strongly felt that sadness of being unable to perform in front of everyone in reality. So, I am really looking forward to being able to meet EαRTH at “Dream Gate 01” finally. I want to convey my gratitude through the performance to everyone who supported us in the time we could not meet."
Those are the dearly awaited first lives with an audience as ORβIT, but he feels regret about the fact that they will stand on stage as 5 members and not 7 ones.
“In the time where YOUNGHOON-san and HEECHO-san are absent, I want to catch up even a bit. So that they will tell me “You improved!” when they return. Yet after all the most important thing is to protect the place where they will return to. Personally, I want to create a solo song. I do not have one yet, so I want to write a whole song with just my voice and I hope to leave it as an accomplishment of these two years. I like bright pop songs, so I also want my solo song to be one that leaves you energized after listening. I want to make a song that gives everyone energy who listens to it.”

MINATO (BUGVEL)
born 1999.12.26, from Shiga
MINATO commented with a huge sense of ambition that “I just made the first step towards my dream, so I need to work harder.”
“I am very happy that we were able to do the showcase and I am really thankful to the people cheering for us. They made boards and such for us and I learnt from them. I want to be more particular about both performances and visuals. It is still a long way until we are a group like I admire us to be. I want to continue to absorb everything with greed.”
On the other hand he seems to feel an effect of his own growth.
“I think I am moving forward in the direction I want to go. I like the passion of Japanese rap and I especially admire Jin Dogg-san, ralph-san and Leon Fanourakis-san. While my voice has a ravenous feeling, I want to sing like Jin Dogg-san from time to time. I dislike my singing voice, but I started visiting a voice trainer and the CEO praised my singing, so I have a bit of confidence in this regard now (laughs)."
And when we ask him for his goals?
“Actually, I am the type who becomes distracted when he achieves his goal. Hence, now I do not want to decide on one yet. However, I have an aim. I want to actively visit other countries, such as GUNO’s home Taiwan and Thailand which we had visited for “JAPAN EXPO THAILAND 2022”. Personally, I want to do a solo rap. Also, I want to draw pictures! I like the “now”, so I imagine it would be nice to draw what I’m feeling right now and share it with everyone.”

TOMO (ORβIT)
born 1996.12.19, from Fukuoka
TOMO started to desire to have the opportunities to meet the fans directly even more than before after watching HICO’s and BUGVEL’s events with an audience.
“I felt ‘So this is how the view with all the fans look like’ and the wish of wanting to have lives with an audience became stronger. If it had not been for Corona, we would surely have done it long ago. Still, I’m happy that this dream comes true with the “Dream Gate 01” events in which all the agency’s artists appear together. Of course, there is some sadness that HEECHO-san and YOUNGHOON-san are not there, but we are active under the major premise of singing our songs in front of everyone, so I am looking forward to it a lot. It is a family concert, so there might also be people who did not know us before, but I hope to fully involve them, charm them with our performance and make them think that ORβIT is amazing.”
They might be 5 members right now, but the awareness that ORβIT are 7 members does not waver.
“It does not change that ORβIT is made of 7 members, but we have to search for something that only the 5 of us can do. I feel I want to do solo activities just like YUGO is doing his best at the musical. Each one of us is doing his best in what they can do and I hope to create a synergistic effect. Sure enough I want to compete in singing. Lately I’m often thinking “This melody could fit YUGO” or “It would sound nice with SHUNYA sang it” while writing my own songs. So, I’m also considering a form of activities in which I provide music for others.”

YUGO (ORβIT)
born 2000.12.13, from Saitama
“Dream Gate 01” will be the first concerts with an audience for ORβIT. What is the state of mind of ORβIT ‘s maknae (youngest one) YUGO?
“I learnt a lot from watching HICO’s live show and BUGVEL’s showcase. They were shining when they went on stage, weren’t they? At the end of BUGVEL’s showcase, they really looked good. I think this is because we enjoy this from the bottom of our hearts and place importance on entertaining the audience while we want to look out for our own enjoyment."
ORβIT are currently active as 5 members, but the future on which YUGO is focussing on is bright.
“Exactly because the two are not here, I want to increase our challenges. The atmosphere changes and I want to challenge songs. It would be interesting to release freshness or refreshness.I try to perceive it positively, but sure enough I miss them~. It suddenly comes into my mind and I end up sending a LINE message “How are you doing?”. But in order to protect the place where they belong, we have to work hard.”
Only progress. Right now he is challenging a musical on his own.
“I feel how big the presence of the members is. For example, when there is an interview with the 7 of us, I am not a big talker. There are a lot of big talkers (laughs). But for interviews in relation to the musical I am alone. I am doing my best while showing spontaneity. I want to learn more about acting and try non musical acting. It is very interesting, as when you do acting, you get to know thoughts that you do not have and you get deeper into the essence of the story. Also I like photographs, so I want to take a lot of pictures of everyone’s real selves. I hope to make a photo exhibition eventually!"

KOSHIN (BUGVEL)
born 2001.10.22, from Hyogo
KOSHIN said “It was tough as we hardly could come together with GUNO-kun”.Yet, in the meantime, he worked steadily hard on what he could.
“I was thinking that I could brush up my singing and dancing somehow. It might be that I always thought about it when there was no lesson or practice. Other than this, I also challenged song writing while MAHIRO-kun taught me. But sure enough I felt anxious. This is the exact reason why the showcase was a happy time. I was so happy that GUNO-kun was able to come. We only had time to practice the day before, but I was moved that we were able to dance together even if it was only for “Saiun”. I was the one who came up with the choreo. I believe it is something that can move both us and our fans.”
These efforts from KOSHIN are steadily bearing fruit.
“When I am talking with the fans at the online talks for example, there are people telling me “You became good at singing.” I felt that I was able to improve little by little. I aim to be like SHINee’s Jonghyun-san. I received advice from my voice trainer and I keep on practicing while imitating it. I think I became a bit better in showing my dancing. I started to think about a way to look cooler than when I was a dancer. I want to continue to do activities that are typical of us. BUGVEL’s strength is that we can show a mature side in our rather intense songs while we have some childish side as our average age is young. We will do our best to make the most of it and to make our first goal to stand on a big stage."

YOONDONG (ORβIT)
in KOREA
*YOONDONG was photographed in Korea due to his travel schedule.
born 1995.2.19, from South Korea
In the present where HEECHO and YOUNGHOON are absent, YOONDONG is the oldest one in DREAM PASSPORT, both in name and reality.
“When your life is long, you can have various experiences, right? For now, I ended up being the oldest uncle (laughs). Along with my juniors increasing, I realized my own age. Whenever I’m called “Onii-san” (Big brother) or “YOONDONG-san” or treat me as the oldest, I feel old. As I am still in Korea, I feel apologetic for being the only one apart from everyone but… I want to go to Japan and meet everyone as soon as possible. And, I want to merge the training as soon as possible. I do not have any advice for now, but those might appear naturally while we actually meet and train together or on the contrary everyone could be too good and I won’t be able to say anything. I do not know this yet.”
He says there is both happiness and sadness in going on stage as ORβIT during “Dream Gate 01”.
"There is sadness and loneliness in meeting EαRTH as 5 members but… I am very happy to be able to meet them directly in the Corona pandemic and there is a lot of excitement. I hope that we will do our best with HICO and BUGVEL together and that we can make a show that is memorable for everyone. It would be the best if we could make them think ORβIT is also cool with 5 members. ORβIT as 7 members is taking a little break, but we want to show a lot of activities as 5 members, too, and maybe there will be also my solo song. I am a person who likes singing and performing, so if I did a solo song I want to do the kind where you sing and dance."

We want to muddle the fans of the 3 groups!

TOMO X SHUNYA X MINATO X RAIRA
Friends who respect each other exactly because they are different

On the occasion of the “Dream Gate 01” events where all groups of the agency DREAM PASSPORT will perform, the exchange between TOMO, SHUNYA, MINATO and RAIRA thrives more than before. How do they see each other’s group right now?
SHUNYA: I made the cover design for “bad guy” so I participated in the preparatory meetings, but the way they decide on songs is completely different from us. In ORβIT it happens often that we clash like “I think this is good.” “I dislike that”. This doesn’t happen in BUGVEL?
MINATO: It does not. We all listen to different music, but when it comes to deciding on our songs we are consistent.
RAIRA: From our perspective ORβIT-san only has things we admire.
MINATO: They are too amazing because even if they receive a song just the day before the recording, they have the quality that makes you think “How many days did they practise that?”. Furthermore, before I made my debut I saw ORβIT-san as a rival I want to surpass. But they took care of us a lot including the cover shooting and the recording. I thought I was such an idiot and that I was still a brat. I normally do not say things like this, but I am really grateful.
TOMO: You are (laughs)
SHUNYA: On the contrary, I panicked that BUGVEL would surpass us when they debuted.They have a greedy motivation and enthusiasm and I got inspired by them. It is really great to have each other! We have not written a track yet, but since MAHIRO can do it, BUGVEL made the track for the announcement video “Dream 1”. We make up for what the other one lacks, right?

Exactly because there is an exchange that overcomes the borders of the groups, talks about wanting to try a collaboration one day, bloom.
TOMO: For example, you could imagine MAHIRO and JUNE (having a collaboration)? But I want to see SHUNYA and MINATO doing one because I cannot imagine that at all!
RAIRA: Right! They could dance while singing and rapping.
SHUNYA: Because I cannot imagine it either, it might be interesting.
RAIRA: In this regard, for example me and JUNE (could also do one). It would be strong and soft, rapping and singing.
TOMO: That’s good! I know this because I was present in both recordings, but JUNE and RAIRA are both the type who mix their breath into their singing. I think that a unit would feel fresh, but their performances would fit together.
SHUNYA: There is a famous producer at this place (laughs).
MINATO: I want to see what kind of conversation YOUNGHOON-kun and MAHIRO would have.
SHUNYA: Even when YOUNGHOON-san does not understand something he will answer “Ah~ I see”, so I think they would not have a single conversation (laughs)!

When we asked about “an emotional episode” you can share exactly because of this moment, MINATO directly answered “I got one”.
MINATO: When I was troubled once, I consulted with TOMO while playing basketball with him alone. As we finished playing, we sat down & he listened to me the whole time while watching an orange light. Back then I was saved by him.
SHUNYA: That’s youth.
TOMO: I was happy that MINATO relied on me and consulted me.
RAIRA: Actually, the deciding factor to join the agency for me was SHUNYA. I wanted to follow him since you were in a friendly rivalry.
SHUNYA: You don’t have to make something up! Just for this interview.
RAIRA: It is really like this! You have a side that is perfectly serious and you speak and act with a lot of thought of the future. Because I have always thought you are someone who has the great ability to see what is happening around you.
SHUNYA: Really!?!? I’m surprised! (deeply surprised face)
TOMO: He is really delighted on the inside (laughs). But I know how serious he is, so I get what RAIRA means.
SHUNYA: RAIRA, are you thirsty? Should I bring you something to drink?
Everyone: (breaks out laughing)

The excitement for “Dream 1” becomes stronger in which their bonds are shown
RAIRA: It is a given to entertain the audience, but I would like to deepen my interactions with YOONDONG-san through “Dream 1”.
MINATO: In my case it is with YUGO-cchi. It is a strange relationship as I am his junior but I am one year older than him. We became a little more familiar with each other lately, so I want to grow closer.
TOMO: YUGO also often praised you, MINATO. Like when he saw BUGVEL’s goods he said “MINATO is cool~” or “BUGVEL’s strength is having MINATO’s voice”.
MINATO: After the showcase, he kindly sent me such a LINE message, too. It was what made me happy the most so far!
SHUNYA: I look forward a lot to “DREAM 1”. I want to make it an event to bring happiness to the audience and end with smiles to make up for the time we were unable to meet directly.
RAIRA: They will be able to feel our entertainment on their skin, so I hope they will go home feeling happy.
MINATO: I want to create something that has a high quality and that I enjoy myself at the same time.
TOMO: Fans from all three groups will gather, but I want to muddle them! During our performances we want to take in BUGVEL’s and HICO’s fans and when it is BUGVEL’s turn, I want the same to happen to our and HICO’s fans. I want everyone in the venue to have fun together.

YUGO X HICO X KOSHIN
Same age friends are both reassuring and rivals who mutually encourage each other

YUGO is the maknae of ORβIT and KOSHIN the one of BUGVEL and including HICO the three are the unit of the youngest ones at DREAM PASSPORT. How do these three see their older brothers?
HICO: They are very kind and often treat HICO for dinner. However, the only downside is that they are noisy (laughs). When it gets lively they are not satisfied until the very end, but it is long to go there (laughs). Slowly it gets louder and louder.
KOSHIN: I don’t really feel like I am the maknae. Since we are close in age it does not matter who is younger and who is older and no one treats me for dinner (laughs). But sometimes RAIRA-kun pays for me at the conbini, but I will pay him back at a different occasion, making it equal. I also say what I want to say.
YUGO: You became able to do so, right?
KOSHIN: Right. In the beginning I could not do that at all (laughs). But recently I became able to just say everything. I came to understand the sense of distance between us and it is easy to say because the members do not seem to feel “Remember you are the youngest here”.
YUGO: I also do not use honorifics and I am barely aware that I am the youngest one. People say that everyone shows me their love and pampers me, but from my point of view JUNE gets more pampered! (laughs)
HICO: HICO also uses pretty much only casual speech with everyone other than the three Korean members. He sometimes feels a generation gap, too, but once it gets lively there is no age gap anymore.
KOSHIN: HICO is good in closing the distance to others. Since the beginning it is like that.
YUGO: I talk to the ORβIT members recklessly. Sometimes too recklessly and I regret it. Some time ago JUNE only joined the talk when we got sidetracked in a meeting, I snapped at him “Don’t join the talk if you are only doing it at such times” (laughs).
HICO: HICO can kinda imagine it (laughs)
YUGO: We were both in the wrong. But since everyone is kind they do not get upset with me no matter what I say and everything gets concluded in a good manner.

The three are friends signed to the same agency and rivals who mutually encourage each other. It often happens that they motivate each other.
YUGO: I like BUGVEL’s music a lot. Because ORβIT doesn’t do the strongish songs I prefer. We might dance together in about 3 years (laughs)
KOSHIN: You are always welcome! The feelings of ORβIT’s and BUGVEL’s songs are completely different from HICO’s ones, but his way of presenting himself on stage is much better than everyone else. I learn from him.
HICO: Each one has their own way, right? But maybe we are all asking for the moon. HICO thinks it would be nice to be in a group and maybe there is someone in a group who thinks it would be nice to be solo like HICO. He is not saying that we are each other's rivals. but I am thankful we can mutually encourage each other and there will be a collaboration stage at “Dream Gate 01”. Besides, it is very encouraging to have friends. HICO is alone, so he sometimes feels lonely, but… but when he looks around him he sees a lot of cool other brothers and there are also YUGO and KOSHIN, so he feels hopeful and gets courage. He feels he cannot lose and gets motivated.
KOSHIN: Surely. If it was just us, right? There would be no one who would make us think “I want to surpass them!”... But because I have the feeling I want to surpass HICO and ORβIT I can work hard and this might be the best thing.
YUGO: Personally I am very happy that there are juniors. Everyone in ORβIT gets along well right. Yet when I go out to have fun with HICO and KOSHIN, I will relax.
HICO: When we ate dinner together, HICO said the whole time “This is happiness to prepare the food and sit around the table like this”. (laughs)
YUGO: That day, it is a super good memory.
HICO: The three of us also went to eat Chinese food, right? We ended up entering a bit of a high class restaurant wearing practice clothes such as sweatshirts and jerseys because we went after the practice ended.
YUGO: That was embarrassing (bitter laughing).

What they are curious about is the room distribution during “Dream 1”.
KOSHIN: I guess I am fine with everyone. Normally it often happens that I am in the same room as RAIRA-kun.
HICO: MINATO and MAHIRO have an established chemi, right? HICO once shared a room with TOMO-kun and he was really kind. He told HICO “I will darken the room, so goahead and sleep.
YUGO: If I say JUNE, it will seem like I love him (laughs).
HICO: But you seem quite to like him!
YUGO: Because JUNE doesn’t mind noise. You know, in South Korea we shared a room most of the time. But since there is this opportunity, it would be nice to be together with KOSHIN.
KOSHIN: I think so too!
YUGO: Age is surprisingly important, right? The one closest to my age in ORβIT is SHUNYA, yet we are still 3 years apart, so it would be super great if the three of us were in one room.
KOSHIN: Isn’t a room with 3 people great, too?
YUGO: Anyway, at the family concert we will show the best of all our worlds, and it will hype up everyone a lot.
KOSHIN: Each group will perform their best songs, so I think it will be intense and not boring to watch. Also, I look forward to the collaborations.
HICO: The real thrill will be that (people will think) “These members are performing that song?!”
YUGO: It is wonderful that we are now in the position to do that.

YOONDONG X JUNE X GUNO X MAHIRO
We want to deepen the bonds with everyone at the family concerts

You can also call “Dream Gate 01”, in which all artists signed to DREAM PASSPORT appear together, a family concert. When they heard about this project, pretty much everyone agreed “That’s great” and the conversation moved forward.
YOONDONG: It was the company who decided on it, but everyone agreed as soon as they heard about it. I am feeling a lot of happiness as these concerts will be the first time I can meet the fans.
MAHIRO: I also went to see the family concert of YG Entertainment and back then I thought that I was envious, so I was honestly happy (when I heard about Dream Gate 01”).
GUNO: I have watched SMTOWN! It will be my first time experiencing this, so I am looking forward to it a lot. It is still a secret, but there is a project that will surprise everyone. You might be able to see a gap in MINATO (laughs).
JUNE: I was a little anxious in the beginning. But while proceeding with the preparations, I was motivated a lot by the other groups. It was refreshing to hear opinions that were not coming from the ORβIT members and I am grateful that all of us can grow with each other. I think the audience will enjoy collaborations that are only possible at a family concert.

“Dream 1” is held in the five cities Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo and Fukuoka. Something to look forward to is after all the delicious food of each place.
YOONDONG: I want to visit TOMO’s home the most (laughs). This time it is my first time to go to Fukuoka, but I heard there is lots of delicious food, so I am looking forward to the city.
JUNE: There is delicious food in Fukuoka, too, but I’m looking forward to Hokkaido. Because this is also my first time to go to Hokkaido. I want to eat seafood.
YOONDONG: Uni-don!
TN: Bowl of rice topped with sea urchin
GUNO: I also want to eat sea urchin in Hokkaido!
YOONDONG: Let’s go to eat together!
GUNO: Let’s go! Will big brother treat us?
YOONDONG: Only the ones who are here right now (laughs)
Everyone else: Yeah!
YOONDONG: Furthermore, I want to talk with HICO and all of BUGVEL while practicing and get closer to them.
MAHIRO: Me too. ORβIT-san are kind and we often go to eat for example. but I want to get closer to them on this opportunity.
GUNO: I want to be friends with big brother YOONDONG. Because I have not met big brother directly yet.
YOONDONG: I also want to go to Japan as soon as possible!

That DREAM PASSPORT came so far now and can hold family concerts seems to deeply move ORβIT who used to be the sole artist of the agency.
YOONDONG: It is great to have various artists in this company, right? We are grateful to have other artists who are active when we can not do so. I want to cheer for all of them.
MAHIRO: Personally, I am not good with places where a lot of people are… But everyone is really kind. YOONDONG-san gives advice from Korea and JUNE-kun often invites me to drink (laughs). Everyone is a wonderful person and I can only learn from them. That I decided to join this company was because the CEO was kind. So, I decided that I want to make the company that the CEO created something big!
JUNE: Please (laughs). I am also not good with a huge number of people, so there was some insecurity, but when I got to know every single one of them, I knew everyone was a good guy and it was a relief.
MAHIRO: We never say something bad about others, right.
JUNE: Because there are also people who rely on me, I can’t be irresponsible. I hope that the other members can do the same as when I relied on the Korean members.
GUNO: Everyone’s styles are different and I really like this atmosphere. So, I believe we are people who can receive interest from various other people.
MAHIRO: I will show you how BUGVEL overtakes ORβIT one day!
JUNE: Feel free to! When the time comes, please make a collaboration with us (laughs)

These four have the experience of being trainees and having artist activities abroad. As there is an increasing number of people who are active as artists after going from Japan to Korea lately, they are also pioneers like figures. What are the words they want to bestow to the people chasing their dreams in a foreign country just like them?
YOONDONG: It is something wonderful to be active in a country with a different language and culture. I believe that if you are able to dive into it, you will surely overcome everything no matter how tough it is, so I want you to have enjoyable activities while you become friends with the ones around you.
MAHIRO: I personally became aware of my lacking sides such as laundry and cooking for myself. Even if you come across cultural or language barriers, if you overcome those, you will surely be able to put these to good use next. If you run away from this, you will end up on the road of running away from your life, so I want you to do your best and overcome everything.
JUNE: In the end, you have to get used to the difference in culture and languages. Even when it is hard, believe in yourself who had made this choice and I do not want you to give up. Also, don’t think too much. I ended up thinking too much about various things, so nowadays I think it would have been better to be more relaxed.
GUNO: My Japanese is still not that good right now…
JUNE: GUNO got it harder than the rest of us. First he went from Taiwan to Korean and now to Japan.
GUNO: Foreign languages are difficult. Also, sure enough I feel lonely when I’m alone abroad all the time.
YOONDONG: It must have been hard from JUNE since he cannot eat spicy food (laughs)
JUNE: I love spicy food!
GUNO: Let’s eat spicy hot pot together next time!

[ORβIT] TV Guide Alpha 211130

ORβIT x World

ORβIT is a Japanese-Korean group formed by 7 members who are overflowing with talents. Believing into a brightly shining future, they came together and now they are joining their hands across the sea to deepen their bonds. Bringing ideas together, reflecting the joy of what they have made themselves and the journey of moving forward as one. This beautiful orbit will surely lead them to the World.

Since their formation the Japanese-Korean group ORβIT was separated during their activities due to the Corona pandemic, but finally they reached their “complete state” and released their 2nd mini album “Alter Ego”. With creativity and performances as their weapon their aim for the World.

It’s the first appearance of the group. Please tell us what each member thinks are strengths of the group called ORβIT.
Heecho: When I thought about what could be the strengths of ORβIT, I asked the dancers and lyrics writers around us about that. They replied “I think it’s your mysterious side”. Because there are a lot of groups, it’s difficult to separate yourself from them, but I think our strength is also that there is our opinion in everything. Our views are reflected in the songs, in the dancing, in the costumes, in the album design and logo, and the members are also editing the footage.
Yoondong: Because we are a group in which all members truly love music, I think our strength is that we have a unified will. Also, we are 7 members with great dancing, singing and faces (laughs).
Younghoon: We are a group with a strong individuality and where each member has his own strengths. We are teaching, we are teached and I think our charm is also that our aura is like the ones of friends or family.
Shunya: By listening to the demos everyone decides on the selection of the songs, so the members’ colours appear in all all works. I think this leads to ORβIT’s unique world view.
June: I think, too, that we are a group in which our songs themselves are a weapon. I feel they can be well received both by people who listen to J-Pop and by people who listen to K-Pop. Our voices are also unique which is especially noticeable in ballads in my opinion.
Tomo: One of our strengths is also that you can see our growth on the creative side because I also write lyrics, Shunya designs goods and June makes the raps.
Yugo: That we are a group that has a unique colour and musicality. Our mysteriousness is fickle… normally we are noisy, so this gap is also a charm I think (laughs)

Please introduce the member next to you.
Heecho: Next to me is the kind oldest brother Younghoon. Normally he fools around, but on stage he does everything diligently.
Younghoon: Yugo is very passionate about work and I think he is the member who runs to grasp his dreams with everything he has. He is younger than me, but there is a lot I learn from him. He is my muse!
Yugo: Thank you very much (laughs) To make it short, Yoondong-san is someone kind. He praises my expressions during the practises for the live. I was very happy and I wanted to work even harder on the dancing and everything else. He is my older brother who always cares for me. There is a lot I admire about him, so I will continue to often watch Yoondong-san and learn from him to become a better man.
Tomo: What do you want to learn the most from him?
Yugo: I want to copy how he carries luggage!
Tomo: Great! (laughs)
Heecho: But Yoondong is no errand-boy!
Yoondong: June can speak English, Japanese and Korean and he is a member with amazing language abilities.
Heecho: However his Korean is not as good as I thought it would be (laughs). Out of the members he comes from the best university. He is someone smart and a hard worker behind the scenes, but he doesn’t show it.
June: Shunya is serious. I’m also someone serious, but I think Shunya has a weird seriousness.
Tomo: A weird seriousness, is that even serious? (laughs)
June: He is serious regarding work, but often he can be too much (laughs).
Heecho: He has a soft heart, and because he is an AB-type, he might have a dual personality. In the MBTI personality test which is popular in Korea right now, he got the same type as president Obama. He is also a very kind person.
TN: According to Google, Obama, and hence Shunya, is an ENTP
Younghoon: Also, he often drinks cider.
Heecho: In movies or animes, geniuses often drink and eat sweet things, right? I think that’s what he is longing for.
Shunya: Tomo might be the one who I felt has the biggest gap since our activities started. At first, my image was that he was someone tough, but as he opened up himself I understood that he is like a young boy with a playful heart. He is someone friendly and he always fools around.
Heecho: From my Korean point of view, his Japanese is the best. He is funny and has a talent for comedy.
Tomo: Please stop (laughs). Heecho-san is also the leader and someone who works for the group when we are resting. He thinks of ORβIT 24/7.
Heecho: Gimme a break~
Tomo: He messages the staff regarding the choreography and performing, and he is someone always working. Also, I don’t know whether the fans know it, but Heecho is actually really funny.
Heecho: …. I don't mind to work a lot because I get praised.
Tomo: Look, it’s funny how you whispered that!

In Korea you seem to live separated in 3 groups. I would like to ask you about how it is to live together?
Heecho: I’m living with Yugo and June, but once the members gathered at my place and we watched the popular drama “Squid Game” together. Shunya is not good with grotesque things, so I think he doesn’t really know the plot.
Shunya: No, it’s not like that! But it’s scary when there is a lot of blood…
Heecho: He was scared but managed to watch it until the end.
Younghoon: He was the most scared.
Heecho: However it was the episode that made me realise how cute Shunya surprisingly is (laughs).
Younghoon: I’m living together with Tomo, but I always forget to dry my clothes after washing them. A weird smell ends up appearing and I have to run the washing machine again (laughs).
Tomo: It would be good if I noticed that, but I’m the same (laughs).
Yoondong: I’m living with Shunya and I was surprised that he can eat spicy things.
Tomo: Shunya’s stomach and guts are strong!
Shunya: After coming here I got used to it. Spicy Korean dishes are just not spicy but also very delicious, aren’t they? Yoondong-san helped me a lot because he paid attention. Just like I forget to turn on the washing machine, leave the house and when I come back (I think) it has finished.
June: You forgot to turn on the washing machine before hanging the clothes (laughs)
Shunya: That’s right. That’s why I’m worried he will be upset one day (laughs)
Yoondong: When are you going to do it~! (laughs) But Shunya throws away the trash, right?
Shunya: …. That’s how we get along (laughs)
Yugo: We communicate each day and with our life in Korea we deepen our bonds, right? We don’t think of it as something to expect, but I want to be active while feeling gratitude.
Heecho: The Japanese members also started to understand Korean and I feel a little relieved.
Tomo: I can understand a bit of what is said, but talking (in Korean) is still difficult…
June: Even when you don’t understand it, you say “Nee” (yes in Korean), don’t you?
Shunya: That’s how we survive (laughs)

What is your favourite song from the mini album “Alter Ego”?
Yoondong: I like the intro, the bridge and the chorus of the title track “Eclipse”.
Shunya: We decided on the songs while exchanging our opinions, so I have confidence in all songs. Among them, there is the pop and cheerful song “Hana” which was already in the works when we prepared the album “OO” and I was the one who actively approached everyone and said that I wanted to do that song. It’s a type of song I never imagined doing with ORβIT, so I was happy that it was included. It seems like a song that will be important to us and our fans.
June: It’s a song that can make everyone excited at a live, right? The song that I wanted to do is “Shady”. The lyrics are related to the meaning of the album title and the lyrics are in relation to the term “different personality”. You don’t know yourself that you have a dual personality, but the other person does… like this. I think it would be interesting for the fans to take a deeper look into it. I like the melody of the song and the balance of singing and rapping is good.
Heecho: I personally prefer ballads over dance tracks, hence if I had to choose one song, it would be “With”.
Younghoon: I like “With” too. The lyrics that Tomo wrote are really good.
Yugo: My favourite song is also “With”. Tomo also wrote the lyrics for “Showersnow” of “OO”, but I like that it takes a different perspective on the snow of the same winter.
Tomo: I'm glad to hear you saying this because I wrote the lyrics so that people can feel my personality while not having the same perception of snow. Since it was decided that the 7 of us would come together, I changed the contents of the lyrics. Yugo also added his feelings for the members into the lyrics of “Forever” which you wrote, right?
Yugo: When I couldn’t sleep, I opened the window and while thinking of the seasons and times that have passed until now and what is coming, I wrote those lyrics. I think it has become a text that not only the fans but also people who don’t know us can relate to.
June: When I’m writing the rap parts, I’m adding what I’m thinking and when I’m writing the whole lyrics like I did for “Shady”, I’m thinking of it like the story of a movie. Starting by deciding on the title, the concept and the theme from the start, I write the lyrics.

Before you were separated in Japan and Korea and worked, but this time the production happened while the 7 of you were together. Were there huge differences in how you communicate and such?
Yoondong: The recordings before were also separately, so I was the most happy that we were able to prepare while talking together.
Younghoon: We were together, we could talk directly with each other and say our opinions, so a lot of things were quickly decided.
Yoondong: In addition, June taught me about the details of the Japanese lyrics and gave me advice on the pronunciation.
June: Actually, normally we talk in Japanese. But when we talk deeply and seriously, it is in Korean. When there are only the members, I end up interpreting, but among the staff members there are also people who can speak both languages, so it’s no problem at all.
Shunya: One year has passed since we made our debut and finally we were able to talk together about creating music, MV shootings and lives, and I felt this is our true form. Heecho-san directs the recording and he teaches the members a lot also regarding dancing. When we practised in Japan, I tried to figure out where I was putting too much energy into, but thanks to his advice regarding where and how to align our performances I was able to learn a lot about how to show myself.
Yugo: I also put too much power into dancing, so I also got advice from him. I’m also thankful that the big brothers gave me specific advice, such as here it would be good to sing like this.
Tomo: I’m bad at communicating via text, so it was really good to be able to discuss while seeing the facial expression of the other one. My strength is R&B, but this time there were a lot of songs that didn’t apply to me. I challenged various music genres while receiving advice and by singing difficult songs like “Forever” or “With” I think I was able to grow as a vocalist.
Heecho: In the end it’s smoother to make an album and discuss the live performances while seeing each other’s faces. I think the fans will also be delighted with the environment that the 7 of us were able to create together and I also think that it is an album that will be attractive to people who don’t know about this situation. We did everything we could, so it’s time to let go and in my mind I switched to the preparations of the next album already.

Please tell us of your future dreams as a Japanese-Korean group with a global perspective.
Tomo: Due to the influence of covid, frightening times continue, but now we just have to work hard on what we have to do and what we can do. That we were able to show us 7 being together made us happy and I hope to communicate and be active in order to make EαRTH happy.
Shunya: There are members who can speak both Japanese and Korean and Jun can also speak English, so I want to work hard to be able to go out into the world. I hope we grow into a group that can make the most of each one’s specialities.
June: Since coming here, I started thinking that I have to learn more Korean and learn English properly… ORβIT is a group in which each member’s individuality is strong and everyone can do many things in their own way. The image is that the group is the place where everyone can do what they want and come together in the end. Also we can work hard thanks to the support of EαRTH, so I would like to express my gratitude to them.
Yoondong: I didn’t expect to be active with people from a different country, but everyone is kind and besides cultural differences we get along while working. I want to keep this good atmosphere going forever.
Younghoon: It’s the same for me. I would like to work with them not just as colleagues with whom I happen to work together, instead I would like to maintain this relationship as normal friends who talk about singing, dancing and being on stage. This is my dream.
Yugo: I hope that we can continue to create an environment where we, whose individuality is strong, can be just like who we are.
Heecho: I don’t have dreams.That’s because for example, the ceiling could collapse while I’m talking about this, or the car could have an accident on the way home. Hence, I don’t look into the future, and it’s important just to enjoy the present as much as you can and do your best. To be honest, I have no idea how being a Japanese-Korean group will affect our future activities. After all, what we want to do is music and since I was a child I was taught that countries and languages do not matter when it comes to music.I want to enjoy the present and continue our activities with maximum effort.

[ORβIT] Web The Television 210827

https://thetv.jp/news/detail/1048008/

Appearance of JUNE & TOMO from the Japanese-Korean group ORβIT. “ORβIT is an easy to relate group” (Interview)

Formed in February 2020, ORβIT is a boys group made of 4 Japanese and 3 Korean members. Besides the members currently split between Japan and South Korea, they are active as one group, ORβIT, crossing the ocean.
Last year in November they released their 1st album “OO”. The recording and the MV shooting happened in Japan and Korea respectively which made a different kind of effort than normally necessary, but from the song and lyrics writing to the cover and goods design, the members put a lot of thought into the production. We spoke with them about the source of their creativity and the bonds between them that connects them tightly besides being separated.

The recordings while being separated between Japan and Korea were conquered by remote directions.

From the formation of ORβIT until now, it was more often that you were active while the Japanese and Korean members were separated, but how was it when you look back to your one and half year musical activities?
JUNE: The period in which we can’t meet the Korean members has become long and we also wondered if there is anything good about being seperated? But there is not a single good thing. After all, we need to be together. Even if we say the same thing, the way you say it can be interpreted in a completely different way. Especially in our case, we also have linguistic problems.
TOMO: Basically, our performances and songs are produced in Korea, so I think it would have been easier to achieve a better balance if everyone could have recorded in Korea. During the recording, our leader HEECHO-san directed us the whole time while being connected via the internet, but I feel like we could have produced a better piece if we had been together.
JUNE: He directs us remotely, but conveying the details is hard.
TOMO: I think there are emotions that you can only understand when you see the facial expressions or hear the tone of the voices directly, so not being able to do that was the hardest thing. The whole time it was like that.

From the formation until now, have you seen any changes in each other?
JUNE: We got used (to each other). We got used to us, but…
TOMO: Each day we are always together, so we might not directly see how we changed.
JUNE: Maybe it’s that I started to listen to music outside of my preferences. Listening to various demo songs, even when I was doubtful of it, I listened to the songs that the others liked later again and started to notice their qualities. However I might be just easy to influence (laughs). But listening to those might have broadened my horizon. TOMO likes R&B, so I started to listen to R&B, too.
TOMO: Each member’s music preferences are different, aren’t they? Yet, when we make new songs, we don’t put too much emphasis on our own preferences, instead we think about what kind of music we should do as a group to make people happy and on the contrary if we we pay too much attention on this, we would feel that the music wasn’t our own, so we keep in mind that to be too rigid or too fixed in our ways. We all have our own personalities, or rather we all might have our own abilities to ascertain and understand the songs that we sing. I think in order to write the songs we might have started to talk about this. Maybe that’s why my ears could have been trained.
JUNE: I think we never heavily fought over the part distribution. But there might be stuff I don’t know (laughs)
TOMO: Of course there had been parts that were changed in the middle of the recording like you try to sing it and (someone says) “It will be better for the balance of the whole song if another person does it”. Not everything is predetermined, we don't have anything that has to be like this, so we record it with a rough feeling.

It’s not “because we are the same age”, we just click with each other.

Do you have a role model or someone you aim to be like?
JUNE: It’s ZICO-san. ZICO-san has lived in Japan in the past. When I saw the video of him eating with his best friends after returning to Korea from Japan, I recognised one of them and, surprise, it was my cousin (laughs). The house where ZICO-san lived in Japan, is pretty close to my home. I would love to meet him one day and talk about it. He can also rap and write songs and he is the coolest. There is a lot I can learn from him.
TOMO: The music I’ve listened to a lot until now is R&B and I came to like music by listening to songs from foreign artists, but there is no one I thought of as a role model. Because I can’t do the same thing as those people and I am myself and there is no meaning if I don’t make the music that only I can do. For example, even if I did a cover of someone's song, I think it won’t be the same song and that you can’t compare them. My center point is R&B, but I also want to do all kinds of other songs and I hope that everyone listens to the songs I sing with my voice, so I don’t have a specific role model.
JUNE: Of course. It’s just for reference. Even if you, for example, imitate someone, you can’t imitate them perfectly (laughs).

Please tell us about your positions in the group and each one’s strengths.
TOMO: I’m not in charge of cleaning (laughs).
JUNE: We all take turns in that.
TOMO: Also cooking, because everyone can cook.
JUNE: Surprising, right? (laughs) I think we are two people who don’t really have a position or role. SHUNYA, however, does by far the most.
TOMO: Especially for designs or goods it’s SHUNYA. We can do it quite freely. In JUNE’s case, it’s a bit of a cliche to say that he is in charge of rapping, but he pretty much writes all the lyrics. For example, he may write a rap fitting to the track of the song or he might just write the rap but not the whole song. When lyrics are written for any song, it’s always JUNE.
JUNE: The rap is usually the base, but I rewrite it afterwards. Even when it’s a rap, it has a certain pitch, so it’s often that it becomes something completely different from the original rap. I feel more satisfied if I can rap in my own words, and when I do it, the speed and pitch change from the original. All ORβIT members have experience in songwriting, so that’s our strength. TOMO’s role is that when it comes to talking about the songs, he is the one who says the most. He is also very particular about it. Of course, in a good way (laughs).
TOMO: Also, JUNE might often have the role of the mediator. For example, when the demo had English lyrics, JUNE is the one who understands it. When it is just demo songs, there are times when we want to know the contents of the lyrics, so we ask JUNE “what does it say?” and JUNE will do it for us.
JUNE: Mostly though (laughs)
TOMO: Furthermore, when we write lyrics, there are also times when we write english lyrics, JUNE will check if they make sense.
JUNE: Actually, in secret I google it (laughs).
TOMO: We also google it, but we want to be sure of it and the way of searching for it is different depending if you have knowledge (of English) or not.
JUNE: Because I also have times (when I think) “It might be this, but does it really fit?”

You two are born in the same year, but what kind of existence are you for each other?
JUNE: Our vibes might be similar. Like the atmosphere.
TOMO: The temper. In ORβIT we don’t really care about everyone’s age. That’s why rather because we are the same age it’s that we click with each other as people. It’s often that we game together until night.
JUNE: As for TOMO, I feel he is just normally a funny guy.
TOMO: I used to be shy of strangers in the past. I stopped that myself, so now I’m not like that anymore. Because I felt it’s not good to be shy around strangers. Not just for fulfilling my dreams, but also to move forward in my life, I overcame my shyness. But in the beginning, I was shy. Even towards JUNE I used polite speech the whole time.
JUNE: That’s true, there isn’t anything good about being shy. I was also shy in the past and even now when I meet strangers in private, I can’t start talking to them, but when working, it’s better to know each other quickly, so I don’t show my shyness there.

What I noticed during the first fanmeeting, “Our job is to sing and deliver”

On July 3rd, ORβIT’s first online fan meeting took place. Was there anything hard in the process of preparing for it or during it?
TOMO: It was the first time that I experienced how hectic it is to get dressed and prepare while doing it. This time, together with a band we did acoustic versions, but there were also live performances and we don’t do it by ourselves, so we kept in mind to sing it with the feeling that we are one with the people behind us. Hence, it didn’t feel like we were just singing.
JUNE: It was the first time to perform while being backed by a band. I think the live band feeling would have been conveyed better if there had been an audience before us. This is a little said, but I think we were able to show that we had fun.
TOMO: One thing that is unique to online is that there is no external sound which I personally found very difficult. Because it’s online, you don’t have to play the sound in the studio. So, when I was singing, I had to check the sound coming from the ear monitors. But then somehow I wondered what everyone else was hearing… There was no response from the audience and my ears heard this, but I was anxious about what everyone else was hearing. During JUNE’s turn was there any external sound?
JUNE: I asked for external sounds during the rehearsal. I felt I was just chattering to myself when there was no external sound, so I asked the sound engineer. But I was told it’s bad when it’s too loud, so he made sounds that were about the right amount of noise.

The leader HEECHO-san mentioned that “The timing was because we were committed to go offline”, but what did you feel when the fan meeting ended even though it was online?
JUNE: I was relieved that it was over, but I was more worried about whether it was alright. Because it was our first event, I hoped that we had done it well. We haven’t experienced everyone’s response directly. It was that when there is an actual audience, you understand their response, but when there is none it’s hard to understand.
TOMO: To be honest, we felt that it would have been the best to meet everyone directly and do our first first live with an audience, so the event was postponed until July, but we also felt that we had to do what we could under these circumstances. Our work is to bring our music to everyone, so online or otherwise it’s better to do it than not to do anything. This is our nature. I thought it’s the thing we should do. Also, when we saw everyone’s response to the fanmeeting, I felt glad about doing it, and there is no regret. Even when it wasn’t directly, it simply makes me happy that they heard our songs.

Right now it’s a situation where the chances are rare to perform in front of fans, but what do you do to keep your motivation and confidence?
TOMO: We can’t meet directly, but we were able to see the faces of the fans during online events, so when we saw their faces, talked and they told us their thoughts about our songs, I got energy from it. I was just happy that they were taking part in the online events, so everything they said made me the happiest. Or rather, I am happy and grateful for the situation and environment itself. It’s not something to expect, so each day my gratitude continues. Moreover, I really like the process of songwriting, so the time I’m involved with music is also my motivation.
JUNE: Thankfully, I don’t have a lot of free days, so I feel like I’m dealing with my day by day schedules. Right now, the work in front of me piles up and the thankfulness for having work is my motivation.
TOMO: As expected, this interview is one of those. When we heard that this interview is going to be published, it was a moment when we were glad that we worked hard and we felt that there were people watching us somewhere. We are working hard to be able to make good things and hope to be invited again.

On September 25th (Saturday) and 26th (Sunday) your first online live “With” is scheduled to take place. What do you want to show at this live show?
TN: It was announced later that the live shows were moved to October 9th and 10th, because of the possibility that all 7 members can be together at one place.
JUNE: It’s our first live, so we hope to deliver our most cool selves. For this we are practicing hard right now, so please look forward to it!
TOMO: We haven’t talked deeply about it yet, but we are advancing on the preparation for these days. The members and staff became one and we are in the middle of talking about the production and the set up. After all, a live is not just listening to the music, but also seeing it with your eyes and hearing it with your ears, so we hope to create something interesting as an image. Right now, every day in my head I enjoy thinking about what kind of live we will do. Because I think everything we are doing right now is connected to the preparation of the live shows.

Lastly, please give us a message to the readers.
TOMO: We have been involved in the production of our songs and there are also songs that were mainly choreographed by YUGO and SHUNYA who are not here, and we are proud to be a group where each member shows his individuality. Of course, music is our axis, but there are also beautiful designs made by SHUNYA. We are a group made of different personalities, but we are a group that is mysteriously united. Our own feelings are put into the music we created, so please just listen to our songs once!
JUNE: All members are rich in individuality and everyone is my pace, but we are expressing our current feelings through the music we create, so I feel we are a group that is easy to support and relate to. We are still at the stage of learning and growing, so I hope we will become a group that can go up with everyone together while enjoying this process together. We hope to continue to challenge various things and broaden our horizons.

[ORβIT] TV GUIDE ALPHA 210531

An unknown brillance

The strongest and praised beautiful looks in which an unknown potential is hidden Approaching the real face of TOMO from ORβIT, a Japanese-Korean group that gains a lot of attention

Ando Tomoaki gained a high popularity at an audition held in ‘19 with his handsome looks, strong and stable singing as well as good personality. After the absolutely unexpected result of the audition, Ando (joined) as TOMO the Japanese-Korean dance and vocal group ORβIT. They made their debut with the full album “OO” in November ‘20 and in April they released the mini album “Enchant”. No matter with which troubles he is struck with, he turns to the light of “singing” and continues to move forward while shining brightly and illuminating his surroundings like a QUASAR (= the most bright celestial body in the space). He attempts his first solo interview in a magazine.

Speaking of TOMO-san, you are called the “the most handsome/strongest face” in SNS and so on, but how do you react to all this praise?
No not at all~ (laughs) I’m happy, but I don’t have any interest in my appearance. Before I joined this world, I was on a boat and I let my facial hair grow. Even now, the member Shunya only downgrades my clothes (laughs). I didn’t expect that my looks would be praised, so I don’t really get it.
Do you have the experience of being popular (with the other gender) during your school years?
Not at all. Because my face is strong, I was often thought of as scary and no one talked to me, too, so I wasn’t popular and I only had a few friends. However, once we talked a bit, people understood that I’m someone who likes funny things.
I was surprised by your gap that also during the shooting you were cheerful and amiable. (laughs) What do you mean by “you were on a ship” which you mentioned earlier?
Since I was a child, I liked fishing and after joining a highschool in order to become a fisher, during my 2nd year, I chose a course to obtain an engineer’s license for a large scale ship because of my parent's recommendation. For that class I boarded a ship for two months to fish tuna while going to Hawaii and after graduation I advanced to a special class to get the qualification for boarding large scale passenger boats and for a whole year I was on a ship. I also boarded the ship of the marine transport company where I got a job.
On the other hand, you thought “I want to become a singer”?
TOMO: Yes, originally I despised karaoke, but after entering highschool I suddenly ended up loving to sing. My personality is that when I become absorbed into something, I move forward to it without looking aside, so I did the engineer studies for the time being, but I made the resolution to “I will make a living with singing for sure” during my highschool years, after graduation my life was to take auditions when we stopped at a port.

Did you also sing on the ship?
I sang a lot in the engine room (laughs). No matter how loud I sang, no one heard it, so my daily routine was to practise there.
For example, which song?
I like western R&B. EXILE-san and Tamaki Koji’s songs. I especially like Tamaki’s songs and I also admire his unrivaled expression power.
How did you feel back then?
When there was an age limited at the audition, I felt impatient. Yet, I only felt positively that “No matter how I will do music for sure”.
For you who had taken up various auditions (before), the last audition was a little different from your favourite music and nature, but did you try it out of your own intention?
It was recommended by my older sister who likes K-POP. I was in the state of “What’s that?”, but back then I was taking acting auditions and everything I could get my hands on, so while having no clue, I dove into it.
What did you gain from it?
TOMO: There were no judges and it was the first time to perform in front of an audience, so I learnt a lot. Also, it gave me a chance to sing of course but also to dance.
Please tell us of your experiences until you joined ORβIT.
When I thought about what I should do from now on after the audition, Heecho-san called me and asked “Do you want to make music together?”. I didn’t know what kind of music, but I heard the other member’s names and I thought if it’s these 7 members, we can do the music we want on a high level, so I decided on the spot.
Were there any other offers?
To be honest, there were talks, but… I declined everything.
What made you decide this?
After all, Number 1 is the members. Heecho-san is the first one I’ve seen close up with such a high level of singing and performaning. I didn’t know whether I could make the music I wanted to do if I jumped to other talks, but I thought that if these people were together, my own level would gradually rise and I would be able to reach new grounds. That’s why I chose ORβIT.
Any regrets about (not) singing solo?
No. It is overwhelmingly more appealing to do it with these 6 people than to sing alone.
ORβIT‘s songs don’t have the so-called K-POP sound, but have the standart feeling of R&B and a maturity.
That’s right. Lively and cheerful songs are necessary, but as for the impression of the sound, we are concious about maturity and sexyness and express those.
Please tell us about the strengths of a Japanese-Korean group and the places you aim for.
At the moment the Korean members are still contributing to the Japanese songs, but in the future we want to improve our Japanese, Korean and English, so that we can communicate with the world on a high level.

From your view point, what kind of existence are the other 6 members?
Younghoon-san, who is the oldest one, is a big brother, cool and funny person, but he is really shy (laughs). At dance practise, he watches us while dancing with us and after dancing he gives precise advice, so I’m always helped. The leader Heecho-san is someone who is highly skilled in all aspects of singing, dancing and shooting. He makes me think that when I look at his back, I want to become a person like him. He is unexpectantly a loner (laughs). Yoondong-san is the younger brother when he is with Younghoon-san and Heecho-san, but he becomes a big brother when he is with us. He spent a long time living with us 4 Japanese members, so he supported us in dancing and mental states. June is the sole member who is the same age as me. Our likes and humour align, we both don’t care about our clothes, so I feel like we have something in common (laughs). We go to eat together outside of work, too, we play games, and he is someone like a like minded friend. Shunya is someone who gives me clothes. (laughs) He is the one who thinks the most about the group and he makes use of our individuality in the design of our costumes and in our presentation. I’m grateful that I can leave all the visual aspects to him. On the first glance, you tend to see Yugo only as someone cute, but he has a mature and sexy part, too. He was the central one who came up with the dance of “Dionaea” and he is more particular than anyone else when it comes to dealing with singing, dancing and recording. Also, he is making big efforts. At the beginning he used formal speech, but before you know it he talks to you in informal speech, but it won’t make you uncomfortable. He is someone who is good at getting closer (to others). By the way, he has quite the sharp tongue (laughs).

And what kind of existence are you in ORβIT?
I’m good at watching people and analysing them, but I have no idea about myself (laughs). However, “Ready To Burn” from “OO” is a song I’m singing in a really high tone and I think they might have relied on me for that. In the regard of singing I want to become someone who the group relies on.
Was there no slight shifting regarding “I will live from singing”?
Yes. Because I believe there are no limits for me, my motto is to continue to grow. I think that my limits of that time will change each time, so I’m never satisfied with my recordings and I will continue to struggle “It’s not enough” my whole life.
Because of the Corona pandemic, you weren’t able to meet the members in Korea?
Last year in December we could meet for an instant after 10 months, but the loneliness of not being able to meet became stronger when you actually feel how much you can do because there are 7 members for a moment. It was great to practise dancing, do the recording or eat together as 7 people. It’s so frustrating…
After Corona made its last breath, what do you want to do with ORβIT?
A live! I want to perform live in front of an audience.
Is there some work you want to do personally? I would like you to appear in magazines like “Tarzan” or programs like “Sasuke”* where you can make use of your trained body (laughs).
It would be really good if I could make use of my trained body! But right now for the balance of the 7 members, I’m reducing my muscles… Also for today’s costume, I was worried not to tear it every time I moved (laughs). Personally, I love animals, so I would like to do work together with animals. Generally speaking, I like Gorillas the most, so I spent my whole life aiming to become like one.
TN: Sasuke: The program might be better known under its international name “Ninja Warrior”.
So that you trained…?
I began to train with my own weight during the 5th year of elementary school because I admired gorillas. The grip strength of a gorilla is 300kg and my own record is 87kg. It’s about enough to crush an apple with one hand in a squish.
That’s amazing! By the way, do you have any interest in the work of an actor?
I’m interested but… I feel self conscious towards the pros of this path, but should I ever get the chance, I would like to challenge it. Because I think it will be for the benefit of the group, too, if I make acting experience and polish my expressiveness for singing and MVs.
Finally, a message for your fans.
I decided to stick to my beliefs, so I would be happy if you kindly watch over me who will continue to grow his whole life.

[ORβIT] GIANNA 210413

First GIANNA appearance of ORβIT, the super popular Japanese-Korean 7 member group! Big release of a honest talk about love, friendship, music and more which wasn’t talked about before!

TOMO: I wasn’t interested in anything but singing and I finally arrived here.
YOUNGHOON: If it’s not heartfelt, that relationship will crumble on the spot.
HEECHO: Because I’m bad at expressing myself in words.
SHUNYA: I feel like slowly I can like my singing voice.
JUNE: Since I listened to Eminen and was shocked.
YUGO: When I noticed it, I liked it.
YOONDONG: I want to bring high quality songs and performances

Q1: When you meet a girl the first time, where do you pay attention to first?
TOMO: Actually, I haven’t paid attention to that yet, but when we talk, I look at her eyes, so it might be those? Girls with beautiful hair are also lovely. Also, I have a thing for legs.
YOUNGHOON: I pay attention to the words and actions they use towards seniors. That’s an important point for me.
HEECHO: Atmosphere.
SHUNYA: I think I want to enjoy food and shopping with each other, so it might be that I pay attention to the attitude and wording towards the clerks. Because if you are a scary person, I might become uncomfortable and exhausted -laughs-
JUNE: There is a lot, but it’s nice when the perfume or shampoo has a nice smell! Whenever I go out I use perfume, too.
YUGO: It’s her hair. When I see women who have smooth black hair, I end up following her with my eyes.
YOONDONG: I pay attention to the atmosphere. Rather than paying attention to one thing, I'm someone who looks at the surrounding aura and atmosphere.

Q2: In order to make the girl like you, which charm do you bring out?
TOMO: I’m not good at that, so I might be just able to tell her that I like her. Also, staying natural as much as possible so that the other likes me for who I am.
YOUNGHOON: There isn’t any charm that I have shown so far or that I should show. I think the best is when she sees my actual self and naturally starts to like me.
HEECHO: The ones who daringly not do anything might be noticed.
SHUNYA: I’m someone quite friendly towards girls, but I’m a late bloomer towards the one I like, so I’ll start with polishing myself -explodes in laughing- With this person as my motivation in order to become a cool guy I will work hard to become more and more handsome from the parts that can be changed like working out or clothes!
JUNE: I’m going to attack ravenously without giving up until I’m liked. From time to time I might act like I’m not interested, but then I’m attacking again!
YUGO: I think I try to look neat even on OFF days. Actually I have no idea through… -laughs-
YOONDONG: I will be kind until she likes me. I try to understand this person little by little, match my preferences to them and make them like me naturally.

Q3: When it comes to date fashion what is the part that you give your all about?
TOMO: I might be shoes? I’m not stylish so I have no idea
YOUNGHOON: It’s not fashion, but perfume. Because the memories that remain together with the smell will be vividly recalled in the moment I smell that scent.
HEECHO: atmosphere
SHUNYA: Normally, I don’t use it at all, but when I want to aim high or on an important day I often use perfume! During the online singing for “OO” there were a lot of questions about “perfume”, but actually I want “perfume” to be something special when we meet, so I didn’t answer -sweats- I’m sorry!
JUNE: I think I’m the most hyped about tops! It’s the part that’s the most noticeable, so I want to keep in mind a sense of cleanliness and the attire that fits the fashion of the other one.
YUGO: Because I’m short, it’s pants. I wear flare pants and make a cord that takes care of the length.
YOONDONG: I give my all about bringing out a natural feeling that looks like I’m not giving my all -laughs- A showy style is also good, but I like simple fashion that is mainly casual.

Q4: An imagined date plan of what you want to do in spring?
TOMO: I want to do something like making a spring-ish lunchbox, going to watch the cherry blossoms and go on a walk with the dog in the park. Spring is pleasantly warm, so a date outside might be nice.
YOUNGHOON: I want to go to watch the cherry blossoms or to a festival in the cherry blossom season. Since I was born I haven’t done that yet.
HEECHO: I’m not someone who is energetic … or who makes plans so… eh, maybe going on a drive…
SHUNYA: We decide on the schedule in advance, but we arrange the meeting time while exchanging messages and while wandering around we search for shops and parks that we both enjoy. In the evening it would be nice if we eat some delicious food and drink alcohol and go home while sobering up or wandering around again.
JUNE: I want to go out on a day with good weather and eat something at various shops! I want to eat and drink delicious things little by little.
YUGO: We buy delicious coffee and bread and go on a drive along the shore while listening to our favorite music! It’s nice if we can take a walk at night while watching the cherry blossoms.
YOONDONG: Going to watch the cherry blossoms and a drive on a day with good weather!

Q5: What words from a girl would you make the most happy?
TOMO: I might be happy when she tells me that she likes my voice. Because singing is my profession, I’ll be very happy if my voice and my singing is praised.
YOUNGHOON: YOUNGHOON-san is cool and gentle! I will forever support you.
HEECHO: Well, I’m not really a person who is influenced by the words of others so…
SHUNYA: It’s “lovely”. Normally, when I praise other people, it’s hard to use words like “lovely” and it’s a bit embarrassing with adult-like words… Especially that’s why I want to become able to use it myself and I would be very happy to hear it!
JUNE: Simply, I will be happy if someone says I’m “cool”. When I’m told this my mood raises.
YUGO: There is nothing in particular. Regardless of being a man or a woman, if you can express your gratitude, it will feel honest and warm.
YOONDONG: “Here is the coffee that you ordered” (Because I love Starbucks) -laughs-

Q6: What is your favourite song until now?
TOMO: Of course, I like all songs, but it might be the ballad “Flor Luner” from the new album. When I listened to the demo track, I made everyone do it because I wanted to do it in any way -laughs-
YOUNGHOON: I like “Dionaea” which is featured on our new mini album “Enchant”. I like it since the stage of being a demo and I want to perform it live soon.
HEECHO: I favour my own songs and I value all of them. I think I wouldn’t release not even one song I don’t like.
SHUNYA: No idea~~~ -laughs- I think for “OO” we choose nothing but good songs, but if I had to choose one, it’s “Ready to burn”! Personally, I rarely like such powerful songs, but the lyrics really do match our mental attitude before the debut and I think JUNE-kun really wrote good lyrics.
JUNE: It’s “Dionaea”! I wrote the lyrics and it’s a song I’m really fond of. I tried to write lyrics that fit the concept and included rapping, so please listen to it!
YUGO: I think there are a lot of people who like “Crazy Love” and “Bloom” among ORβIT’s songs, but I like “Show Off” which showcased that I can also do such songs.
YOONDONG: I like all of them, but of course “Lazurite” which was the first song we published is something special among them.

Q7: Please tell us about your favourite phrase from the new mini album!
TOMO: It is “I wish it was the reason that his garden became a thorny shrub and I can’t go home” from the ballad this time. All songs have really good phrases, so everyone please discover a lot of those.
YOUNGHOON: The last part of “Gokurakuchouka ~ Bird of Paradise~”. The gentle atmosphere of the singing makes it more touching.
HEECHO: The phrases from “Flor Luner” “At least don’t wake me if the dream bubble breaks.” and “I want to stay beautiful, and looking down flowers are nimbly”
SHUNYA: I like the phrase from the chorus of “Blind” “blindfold of sin~”Actually, I think that phrase is a poem that expresses the song “Blind” well and it’s based on JUNE-kun’s idea, so please pay attention to it when listening!
JUNE: It’s the part “To the point that I don’t care whether it’s a rusty cage” from “Gokurakuchouka ~ Bird of Paradise~”! I think there are many things that seem rusty on the surface when you look at their essence they are something wonderful.
YUGO: It’s the phrase “an appropriate defect” from “Never gonna get away” which I wrote the lyrics for. It’s hard to understand conflicting words, but you will understand it when you progress through the story. There isn’t one answer, so please think about it.
YOONDONG: I like the sound of “Never gonna get away” from the song with the same name.

Q8: During your music activities, was there a moment when you thought you are glad that you are doing this with these members?
TOMO: I always think that, but it might be when we happily eat something or fool around no matter if it’s during work or outside of work. Each one's personality is absolutely different, everyone is unique and I never get tired of it -laughs.
YOUNGHOON: When the members sing a ballad together. It’s difficult to express your emotions in a ballad, but everyone expresses their own colour perfectly, so I feel that’s amazing.
HEECHO: It seems like the reason why I want to be active for a long time is that I want more moments when I think so.
SHUNYA: After all, it was the moment when the first album was completed and I listened to the songs. I thought that the voices and colours of each person played the role of good spices, and I thought I’ll do my best not to lose to these people, so it was the moment when I felt again that we are members of the same group.
JUNE: It’s all the members! Everyone has something that I don’t have and I’m always motivated by them, so I feel I want to work harder.
YUGO: Everyone is gentle and the atmosphere in the group is good, so I always feel it’s good that we are together.
YOONDONG: When we completed ORβIT’s debut album “OO” and listened to the songs together, I was really happy and felt blessed.

Q9: Please tell us how you started to like music and dancing!
TOMO: In the beginning I didn’t like singing, but when I was a middle or high school student, I sang seriously and since then I suddenly liked to sing. Since that day, I wasn’t interested in anything but singing and it brought me here. -laughs-
YOUNGHOON: There was a famous dancer that I like during my time as a university student and while watching these videos a lot I ended up falling for the charms of dancing.After that when I embraced the dream of a choreographer and worked as a backdancer for TV programs, there was an offer from an agency and I debuted.
HEECHO: Because I think I’m bad at expressing myself with words.
SHUNYA: To be honest, I hated singing. I didn’t like my voice and much more I didn’t like my singing voice. But since I joined ORβIT, whenever EαRTH who support me or the members praise me, slowly I become confident and I feel like I can like my singing voice.
JUNE: I was shocked when I first listened to Eminen after a friend at school recommended him to me. From there on I started to listen to various music genres and noticed how wonderful music is!
YUGO: While I watched the high level songs, dancing and rapping from K-POP artists and imitated those, I noticed that I ended up liking it.
YOONDONG: Since I was young I watched a lot of music programs, so naturally I started to like singing and dancing.

Q10: When doing music activities what is something you value?
TOMO: It’s something obvious, but it’s to continually grow in order to do each song as good as possible. I don’t want to compromise on anything for sure, so I’ll do everything I can in this case.
YOUNGHOON: It’s sincerity. I think that in the relationship of mankind supporting each other, if you are not heartfelt, this relationship will crumble on the spot.
HEECHO: Placing your identity and feelings into a song.
SHUNYA: I value “the things I like”. After all, there are preferences in music and those are different among the members, too. But it’s consistent to do the things you like! Especially that’s why there are times when you come in conflict, but I feel like when there are clashes something good can result from it!!!
JUNE: It’s balancing the music that you want to express yourself with and the music that the fans and people who don’t know you yet would like.
YUGO: Not to make compromises. It’s the job of an artist to use sounds to deliver a lot of thoughts to everyone, so I won’t even compromise a bit. I think it’s time to quit when you start to compromise.
YOONDONG: I value quality the most. I want to bring high quality music and performances to the people who listen to our music.

Q11: What do you want to do with the members now? Where do you want to go?
TOMO: When the current awful situation has calmed down, I want to travel abroad. I want to visit various places and more than anything else I want to do lives and go on tour. But just eating with everyone is already fun, so everything is fine -laughs-
YOUNGHOON: I want to take a VLOG of all members borrowing a car and going on a trip. The destination doesn’t matter. Because no matter where we go it will be the happiest place on earth.
HEECHO: More than something like what we are doing or where we are going, I just want us to be together.
SHUNYA: I want to have a live!! I really want to bring live the 7 members singing and dancing to all the fans who support us. When I first saw a live of a male artist, I thought “I want to become someone who can give a time that you can forget yourself in”, so together with these members and the fans I want to have a live as soon as possible where we can share the same room and time.
JUNE: It’s fun no matter where we go if all members gather, so I want to gather as soon as possible. I want to have silly conversations with everyone the whole time!
YUGO: I want to have a BBQ in the depth of the mountains. I really like the mountains, so I want to eat delicious meat there. I want to have various talks with the members during the BBQ.
YOONDONG: I want to go on vacation with all members and eat lots of delicious things! The destination could be the sea!? But, it’s fine no matter where we go because I want us to go together!

Q12: Who is the most hardworking member? Who is the loveable one?
TOMO: Because everyone is working hard, I can’t decide on who works the hardest, but SHUNYA who had the mind that he wasn’t good at singing really makes an effort. Whenever we go through the recordings repeatedly, he steadily becomes better, so it’s joyous to see. The loveable one is absolutely YUGO -laughs-
YOUNGHOON: SHUNYA. When we practised the choreography in Japan, it took some individual practise to match everyone, but I was impressed that he practised alone a lot to the point that I really wanted to say “Stop it!”. The loveable one… It should be YUGO? -laughs- He’s cute no matter what he does.
HEECHO: It’s that everyone works hard, but each member has different attribute values, so I can’t judge who is the most hardworking one. I think everyone is doing their biggest efforts… And who is beloved is YUGO for sure. From the viewpoint of his big brothers, no matter what he does, it seems cute.
SHUNYA: The most hardworking member might be YUGO! He is the greediest member or that he is very intense and aiming high. That’s why, when I see this YUGO, I’m always motivated!! The lovable one might unexpectedly be JUNE-kun -breaks out laughing- Both the Korean and Japanese members repeatedly joke with him and he often relaxes the atmosphere.
JUNE: Both the hard worker and the loveable one is YUGO! Also during practise he stoically works hard and even during shootings he is loved due his lots of cuteness!
YUGO: JUNE is both. His efforts regarding the things he likes are amazing. No matter what you let him do, he can do it, so there are times when I think “Was that really an effort?” -laughs- Also, JUNE is the one who is the biggest jester in the group.
YOONDONG: Everyone is making a lot of efforts, but I think among them Shunya is very seriously working hard. That’s why he is loved by everyone.

Q13: If a fight happens with another member, how would you reconcile?
TOMO: There might not have been a true fight yet. Of course, when doing our activities, we talk with each other a lot so that we can understand the opinions, but because we can talk with each other, it hasn’t become something like a fight.
YOUNGHOON: There was no fight yet, but if there was one, I think first I would apologise in Japanese and reconcile.
HEECHO: There was no fight yet, so.. We will inform you how we make up if there is a fight in the near future.
SHUNYA: There was no fierce fight yet, but something like a small quarrel? But after a while everything returned to normal, so I don’t have any special reconcile experience. But there might be some in the future -laughs-
JUNE: There wasn’t such a fight yet, but if there was one we would talk with each other earnestly and settle it.
YUGO: Because everyone is quite old, there was no big fight yet. Even when there was one by talking with each other we would reconcile fast.
YOONDONG: I don’t know because there wasn’t a fight yet.

Q14: Please tell us about a secret “2nd face” of a member!
TOMO: I feel like pretty much all members are good guys who don’t have a second face -laughs- If I had to say something, it’s SHUNYA and JUNE who have a silly side and quite like to joke around, so that the settings are always lively. They really become like kids -laughs-
YOUNGHOON: I think the members know everything about me until my private side, so there is no second face.
HEECHO: I think to some extent I showed everything.
SHUNYA: HEECHO-san’s cheeks become bigger when he pronounces “so” -breaks out laughing- It becomes like “ah so!” Everyone please try to pay attention to this!!
JUNE: HEECHO-kun is a loner. I often end up being surprised because he suddenly contacts me -laughs-
YUGO: The fans might think HEECHO is not a human, but something like a godlike being, but actually he is the most human one.
YOONDONG: I’m someone who cries on the spot when there is a sad scene in a drama or movie, but I’ve noticed that I didn’t show that to the members yet.

Q15: Please tell us about your goal for this year and for the future!
TOMO: This year the awful current situation finally passes, I want to bring our music to the fans at a live as soon as possible. Also, I want to make a year when a lot of people will listen to our music.
YOUNGHOON: It will be a topic that once COVID is over, I want to do lives and fanmeetings and I want to take a VLOG of traveling with all the members.
HEECHO: Realistically, first it’s getting the members together.
SHUNYA: It’s “”Performing with the 7 members!!!!!!!” In 2020 due to COVID we couldn’t travel between Japan and South Korea and the time we had together was really short, so I hope 2021 becomes a year when the 7 members can be together. I want to make a year of ORβIT with EαRTH.
JUNE: I want to be more known by people who don’t know us yet. I will work hard to release a lot of songs this year so that everyone can support me even more!
YUGO: I wish we can have a live with all 7 members. Because we have a lot of wonderful songs, I want to work hard so that people who don’t know us yet will listen to those.
YOONDONG: My aim is that more people get to know about ORβIT, releasing lots of works and more than anything having a live as soon as possible.