NYC (band)

NYC
Origin	Japan
Genres	J-pop
Years active	2010 (2010)-present
Labels	Johnny's Entertainment
Members
Ryosuke Yamada Yuri Chinen Yuma Nakayama
Past members
Kento Nakajima Kikuchi Fuma Hokuto Matsumura Yugo Kochi

NYC is a Japanese boy band formed by Ryosuke Yamada and Yuri Chinen of Hey! Say! JUMP and Johnny's Jr. Yuma Nakayama in 2010. Before that, seven-members unit NYC Boys (stylized NYC boys) was formed on June 7, 2009, to promote the FIVB World Grand Prix 2009, an event that began on July 31 and ended on August 23, 2009. They performed the theme song "NYC" in Tokyo and Osaka before each game.

History

On June 7, 2009, at the concert "Forum Shinkiroku!! Johnny's Jr. 1 Day 4 Performances Yaruzo!", it was announced that Ryosuke Yamada and Yuri Chinen of Hey! Say! JUMP would join Yuma Nakayama w/B.I.Shadow to form NYC Boys. On July 15, 2009, their first single "NYC/Akuma na Koi", "NYC" being the theme song for the FIVB World Grand Prix 2009, was released. During the announcement for forming NYC Boys, it was said that the group will be a temporary one, only active for the time of the Volleyball Tournament which was from July 31 to August 23, but even after the end of the tournament, the members of the group meet periodically to perform their songs.

In November, the media announced that they would be guest appearing on Japan's highest rated annual music television show, Kōhaku Uta Gassen, on December 31, 2009. Other guest appearances this year include FNS Kayosai on December 2, 2009. On January 1, 2010, media announced that the group would not be a temporary one anymore and that Ryosuke Yamada and Yuri Chinen would be working as members of both Hey! Say! JUMP and NYC Boys in the future.

On March 3, 2010, it was announced on the Johnny's website that NYC without the boys (B.I.Shadow) will release a new single entitled "Yūki 100%" which is opening theme song for an anime entitled Nintama Rantarō. The coupling song entitled "Yume no Tane" will be the ending theme. Their single was released last April 7, 2010.^[1] The said song "Yūki 100%" topped Japan Billboards' Weekly Hot 100 and Oricon's Weekly Chart.

On October 20, 2010, NYC released a single titled Yoku Asobi Yoku Manabe. The single became #1 on the Oricon weekly charts in its first week of sales.

On March 9, 2011, the group released a new single with the name of 'Yume Tamago', which peaked first on the Oricon Daily Singles chart with 31,393 sales and ended up in fourth position on the Oricon Monthly singles chart with 154,140 sales, being certified gold by the RIAJ.

Members

Current members

• N Nakayama Yuma
• Y Yamada Ryosuke
• C Chinen Yuri

Former members

• Boys
  • Kento Nakajima
  • Kikuchi Fuma
  • Hokuto Matsumura
  • Yugo Kochi

Discography

Singles

Release	Title	Notes	Chart positions		Oricon sales [2]	RIAJ Certification
			Oricon singles chart [2]	Billboard Japan Hot 100 [3]
2009	"NYC"	Split single with Yuma Nakayama w/B.I.Shadow as NYC Boys	1	3	287,000	Platinum[4]
2010	"Yūki 100%" (勇気100%?, "Courage 100%")	Hikaru Genji cover	1	1	122,000	Gold[5]
	"Yoku Asobi Yoku Manabe" (よく遊びよく学べ?, "Lots of Play, Lots of Study")		1	1	118,000	Gold[6]
2011	"Yume Tamago" (ユメタマゴ?, "Dream Egg")		2	1	148,218	Gold[7]

Concert

• Forum Shinkiroku!! Johnny's Jr. 1 Day 4 Performances Yaruzo! Concert (June 7, 2009)

References

1. ^ "NYC to Debut with "Nintama Rantaro" Theme Song!". Musicjapanplus. 2010-03-03. http://musicjapanplus.jp/news/?action=detail&news_id=4225. Retrieved 2010-03-04. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」". Oricon. http://ranking.oricon.co.jp. Retrieved April 10, 2011.  (subscription only)
3. ^ "Hot 100｜JAPAN Charts｜Billboard JAPAN" (in Japanese). Billboard. http://www.billboard-japan.com/system/jp_charts/hot100/. 
4. ^ "ゴールド等認定作品一覧　2009年7月" (in Japanese). RIAJ. August 10, 2010. http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/200907.html. Retrieved September 12, 2010. 
5. ^ "ゴールド等認定作品一覧　2010年4月" (in Japanese). RIAJ. May 10, 2010. http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/201004.html. Retrieved September 12, 2010. 
6. ^ "ゴールド等認定作品一覧　2010年10月 [Works Receiving Certifications List (Gold, etc) (October 2010)]" (in Japanese). RIAJ. November 10, 2010. http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/201010.html. Retrieved April 10, 2011. 
7. ^ "ゴールド等認定作品一覧　2011年03月 [Works Receiving Certifications List (Gold, etc) (March 2011)]" (in Japanese). RIAJ. April 10, 2011. http://www.riaj.or.jp/data/others/gold/201103.html. Retrieved April 10, 2011.