Although their time on the idol reality show Boys Planet is finished, the four remaining participants will continue to perform as the popular Japanese boy band TOZ with the members profile and age out
Following the series finale in April 2023 and the debut of ZEROBASEONE, Jellyfish Entertainment announced the development of the project group BLIT, featuring several of the show’s trainees.
TOZ Japanese boy group members profile, names, age, debut date
Boys Planet’s Anthony, Takuto, Yuto, Haruto will make their debut in Japan as group “TOZ”. pic.twitter.com/syWfBhW46H
— Kpop Charts (@kchartsmaster) August 14, 2023
On August 14, 2023, YY Entertainment said that Anthonny, Haruto, Yuto, and Takuto would be making their debut as the idol group TOZ in Japan. In the fall of this year, the four-piece will launch their career as a band, with plans to perform and promote in both the Japanese and Korean music industries. The four trainees in Boys Planet are all Japanese, but their performances and charisma have won over fans of Korean pop music all over the world. Starting on February 2, 2023, the performance ran through April 20, 2023.
The four boys trainees of TOZ
Haruto
As of the eleventh episode of Boys Planet, Maeda Haruto had fallen to position number 22 and was no longer a part of Group G. The trainee’s linguistic versatility also led to his elimination from the eighth episode of the idol survival show LOUD.
The November 16th, 2004 birthdate of the former WAKEONE trainee who went viral for the brutality with which he announced his departure from the agency a few months earlier. After that, he made multiple Instagram videos in which he pretended to be the elf Dobby from the Harry Potter books and movies and declared that he was finally “free.”
Anthonny
Anthonny from Group G, a former trainee at WAKE ONE Entertainment, placed 32nd on the idol reality show. The future idol currently resides in Nagano, Japan, despite having been born in the Philippines. He entered and finished 18th on Season 2 of the Japanese version of Produce 101. He was born on February 13, 2004.
Iinuma Anthonny, a global star, is fluent in English, Filipino, and Korean in addition to his native Japanese. Soon, as TOZ, he will make his debut with YY Entertainment.
Takuto
Takuto’s birthday is November 13, making him the group’s youngest member. The 27th episode of Boys Planet was his last, as he had reached that ranking. This fifteen-year-old from Saitama, Japan speaks both Korean and Japanese fluently. Currently, he is working as an intern at YY Entertainment.
Takuto’s favorite band is GHOST9, and his favorite song is “CHEERS” by SVT LEADERS (SEVENTEEN), according to his official MNet profile.
Yuto
Yuto was another Group G contestant from Boys Planet to be removed after Episode 5. He finished in 90th position. The Osaka native speaks English, Korean, and Japanese, much like the rest of TOZ. According to his Mnet page, the K-pop septet BTS are his role models and their song “Spring Day” is his favorite.
He was born on December 14th, 2004, and he’ll be making his YY Entertainment debut this coming Autumn.