Honest Boyz (stylized in all caps), also HONEST BOYZ®, is a 5-member hip hop group consisting of four MC's and one DJ: Naoto (Exile member and Sandaime J Soul Brothers leader), Verbal (from M-Flo and PKCZ®), Sway (from Doberman Infinity and Gekidan Exile), Mandy (from Exile and Generations) and Nigo.
The group was formed in 2016 and is managed by LDH under the label LDH Music.
Overview This group made their debut with "Part Time Hero", a theme song of TV Tokyo drama Night Hero Naoto starring Naoto. Their second single "YO!" had been selected as an interlude of the movie High & Low The Movie 2 / End Of Sky. These 2 songs both took up the 1st place on iTunes Top Singles Chart.
On April 17, 2019, it was announced that the unit will make its world debut with the new song "Electricity" featuring Lil Uzi Vert, which was selected as the ending song of Hollywood's live-action movie Pokémon Detective Pikachu for both "the original movie" and "the Japanese version", the song is produced by Pharrell Williams and is scheduled to be released under a major overseas label.
Members NamePositionDate of birthNotesNaotoMC and LeaderAlso a member of Exile and Sandaime J Soul BrothersVerbalMCAlso a member of M-Flo, PKCZ® and Teriyaki BoyzSwayAlso a member of Doberman Infinity and Gekidan ExileMandyAlso a member of Exile and GenerationsNigoDJAlso a member of Teriyaki Boyz
Discography
Singles YearRelease dateTitleChart positionsJPNHot 1002019March 6"Sakura"1757
Digital singles YearRelease dateTitle2016June 25"Part Time Hero"2017November 7"YO!"2018February 5"HeartBreakerZ"June 16"Bepping Sound"2019"Electricity"
Music videos YearTitle2018"Tokyo Dip"
Tie-up SongTie-Up"Part Time Hero"TV Tokyo's Night Hero Naoto theme song"YO!"High & Low The Movie 2 / End Of Sky interlude song"Electricity"Pokémon Detective Pikachu ending song
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References
External links
HONEST BOYZ Official Website