Kobunsha Co., Ltd. Breaking news Finalists decided! Introducing the 18 finalists of the 2nd JJ Model Auditio n 2025 “J-BOY #National Boyfriend”

[Kobunsha Co., Ltd.] [Breaking news] Finalists decided! Introducing the 18 finalists of the 2nd JJ Model Audition 2025 “J-BOY #National Boyfriend” ​
Kobunsha Co., Ltd. Press release: November 13, 2024 [Breaking news] Finalists decided! Introducing the 18 finalists of the 2nd JJ Model Audition 2025 “J-BOY #National Boyfriend” The model audition “JJ Model Audition 2025” is sponsored by the fashion media “JJ” which will celebrate its 50th anniversary next year. In this article, we will introduce 18 J-BOY candidates who will proceed to the final examination

“2nd JJ Model Audition 2025” started in July this year. We would like to announce the results of the J-BOY semi-final screening, which was held from October 26th (Saturday) to November 10th (Sunday) after qualifying, interviews, and camera tests. A total of 18 people, including the top 15 judging points 3 selected by JJ Editorial Department, got the ticket to advance to the final. We would appreciate it if you could check out the candidates who will move on to the final screening. What is JJ Model Audition 2025 A project to discover and develop stars who will lead the era of “J-GIRL” = “national girlfriend” and “J-BOY” = “national boyfriend” in
preparation for the 50th anniversary of the publication in 2025. Two Grand Prix winners and two JJ Editorial Department Award winners will be decided based on a comprehensive evaluation of interviews, camera tests, live streaming, online voting, etc. If he wins the Grand Prix/JJ Editorial Department Award, he will promote J-BOY for a year with the full cooperation of JJ, such as releasing a photo book, appearing at JJ events, appearing on JJnet, appearing on TV, and appearing on radio. Introducing the 15 J-BOY semi-finalists! 1st place Yamato Sora
Yamato Sora Instagram April 28, 1999 (25 years old) Height: 187cm 2nd place Ryuhei Nishihara
Ryuhei Nishihara Instagram January 6, 2000 (24 years old) Height: 181cm 3rd place Takuro Oki
Takuro Oki Instagram January 1, 1999 (25 years old) Height: 180cm 4th place Nao Kawaguchi
Nao Kawaguchi Instagram February 26, 1997 (27 years old) Height: 180cm 5th place Yu Narimiya
Yu Narimiya Instagram August 15, 2000 (24 years old) Height: 175cm 6th place Haruki Kai
Haruki Shina Instagram August 4, 1999 (25 years old) Height: 176cm 7th place Ikkun
Ikkun Instagram June 30, 2001 (23 years old) Height: 171cm 8th place Masaya Ichinose
Masaya Ichinose Instagram July 18, 1997 (27 years old) Height: 175cm 9th place: Jo Hasegawa
Jo Hasegawa Instagram February 12, 1996 (28 years old) Height: 171cm 10th place Shion Osaki
Shion Osaki Instagram April 11, 2001 (23 years old) Height: 175cm 11th place Junmai Akito 15%
Junmai Akito 15% (Junmai Aki and Jugo Percent) Instagram November 29, 1995 (28 years old) Height: 180cm 12th place Haru Naoki
Haru Naoki Instagram July 5, 2003 (21 years old) Height: 183cm 13th place Rinnosuke Nakazawa
Rinnosuke Nakazawa (Rinnosuke Nakazawa) Instagram April 3, 2002 (22 years old) Height: 174cm 14th place Sho Oizumi
Sho Oizumi Instagram November 29, 2003 (20 years old) Height: 176cm 15th place Hiroto Ichinose
Yuto Ichinose Instagram March 12, 2004 (20 years old) Height: 182cm The following three people will be selected by JJ Editorial
Department! Kagaya Kaedeya
Kagaya Fuuya Instagram April 1, 2004 (20 years old) Height: 175cm Sho Minase
Sho Minase Instagram October 22, 2001 (22 years old) Height: 178cm KAITO
KAITO Instagram December 4, 2003 (20 years old) Height: 176cm Click here for candidates below 16th place 17th place EIKI 18th place Kohei Takiyama 20th place Kenta Terakado 21st place Torachi Araki 22nd place Yuihito Konishi 23rd place Yuma Kawamoto 24th place Reiya Yukimura 25th place Takeru Sasaki 26th place Akiya Hata 27th place Kazuma Ishibashi 29th place Yuki Ibuki 30th place Eiji Kawada 31st place Tatsuhisa Kamisaka 32nd place Seiya Shiratori 33rd place: Himeko Matsumasa 34th place Kenya Tsuruoka 35th place Kim Do Hoon 36th place Kouki Nagano 37th place Elegance *Candidates ranked 16th and below will be given the right to participate in the repechage match to be held from November 15th (Friday). The top 1 person will advance to the final judging Click here for future plans Repechage match 11/15 (Friday) – 11/17 (Sunday) Live streaming examination Final 11/30 (Sat) – 12/7 (Sat) Online gacha review 12/1 (Sun) – 12/7 (Sat) WEB voting review 12/8 (Sun) Fan meeting @WITH HARAJUKU 12/9 (Mon) – 12/22 (Sun) Live streaming examination 12/27 (Friday) Grand Prix, JJ Editorial Department Award Candidate Notification Grand Prix Announcement Press Conference 1/25 (Sat) Grand Prix Announcement Press Conference @SHIDAX Culture Hall *Grand Prix winner benefits, judging method, and selection schedule are subject to change. We appreciate your understanding in advance [Inquiry] Kobunsha Co., Ltd. Media Rights Business Bureau JJ model audition person 1-16-6 Otowa, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8011 Tel: 03-5395-8164 Mail：jj_audition@gr.kobunsha.com