NIK

I. Introduction

NIK is a 11 member Japanese-Korean boy group formed by the survival program G-EGG, which was produced by Yoonhak from the boy group SUPERNOVA. Their current lineup consists of Gunmin, Hyeonsu, Fumiya, Ryuta, Yunsol, Taehoon, Kogun, Ryo, Parkha, Taichi, and Hinata. Sihyuk is a former member who left on May 26, 2021.

The group's name stands for: New, Inspire, and Kindle. It is also a combination of Nippon (Japanese for Japan) and Korea. Their fandom name is NIK ISLAND and their fans are called NIKEE.

They made their Korean debut on September 27, 2021 with their single Santa Monica. Then their Japanese debut on October 6, 2021 with their single Universe.

II. Career

The show G-EGG aired starting on February 2nd, 2020 to September 29th, 2020 through AbemaTV. With the goal to launch a Japan-Korean boy group with the management from Yoonhak.

The show featured four teams (TEAM A - D) that competed against each other. Through the 13 episodes, contestants were eliminated until they reached the point where they could form the winning group.

A lot of the members are from many kinds of K-Pop and J-Pop groups such as B.I.G, LC9, BLK, LUCENTE, ZEST, Nu'Bility, Apeace, Junon Superboy Anothers, and CODE-V aswell as participated on survival shows before.

The group is managed by SVent and ARGS Productiosn. SVent handles the Korean activites while ARGS handles the Japanese side with support from UNIVERSAL.

On May 26th, 2021 NIK's management and Sihyuk's company was revealed to not come to a agreement about promotions, so he left the group. Taehoon was then added to the group in April to fill his spot.

On September 16th, they revealed group photos for their Korean debut single. They dropped Santa Monica on September 27th. They later made their Japanese debut on October 6 with Universe.

On December 8th, NIK released their first album titled "NIK Project 1: We Are The Future"

On August 10th, they released their 2nd single titled "La Vida Loca".

On August 22nd, 2022 Fumiya announced via his personal Twitter account that he had left NIK but will still surport the group behind the scenes as much as he can after he had been on hiatus for a couple of months before.

III. Members

	Gunmin Birth Name: Lee Gunmin Born on October 3, 1994 Leader, Vocalist, Main Dancer He is member of B.I.G
	Hyeonsu Birth Name: Kang Hyeonsu Born on June 18, 1996 Lead Vocalist, Rapper, Main Dancer He was member of LC9 and BLK
	Ryuta Birth Name: Hayashi Ryuta Born on July 23, 1996 Vocalist Previous contestant on Produce 101 Japan
	Yunsol Birth Name: Park Yunsol Born on October 21, 1996 Vocalist, Lead Rapper, Lead Dancer Used to be a backup dancer for BTS and HOTSHOT
	Kogun Birth Name: Ko Geun Born on March 7, 1997 Main Vocalist He was in ZEST and LUCENTE
	Ryo Birth Name: Mitsui Ryo Born on July 15, 1997 Rapper Previous contestant on Produce 101 Japan
	Taehoon Born on November 23, 1997 Leader Rapper He was a member of CODE-V
	Parkha Birth Name: Han Jongyeon Born on May 21, 1998 Main Vocalist, Visual He was a member of LUCENTE and Nu'Bility
	Taichi Birth Name: Ishizaka Taichi Born on July 27, 1998 Main Rapper
	Hinata Birth Name: Yonemaru Hinata Born on March 25, 2000 Vocalist, Maknae He was a Junon Superboy Anothers

Former Members

	Sihyuk Birth Name: Choi Sihyuk Born on February 18, 1997 Rapper, Dancer He was a member of APEACE
	Fumiya Birth Name: Miura Fumiya Born on August 21, 1996 Rapper, Lead Dancer Used to be a backup dancer for BTS, SHINee, etc.

IV. Discography

	Santa Monica / Universe	Digital Single	September 27th, 2021
	Universe / Santa Monica (Japanese ver.)	Single Album	October 6th, 2021
	NIK Project 1: - We Are The Future	Album	December 8th, 2021
	La Vida Loca	Single	August, 10

V. Videography

Music Videos

Shows

VI. Videos

Santa Monica MV

Universe MV

Santa Monica (Japanese ver. MV)

[M COUNTDOWN] Santa Monica debut stage

ANOTOKIE MV

La Vida Loca MV

VII. Trivia

• Gunmin choreographed the dance for B.I.G's Are You Ready? and 1.2.3
• Hyeonsu and Fumiya can also choreograph
• Kogun likes writing music
• Parkha like composing
• Ryo can do Karate

(credit to kprofiles.com)