KPOP DISCOVER

4th generation · JYP Entertainment / Sony Music

NiziU

ニジュー / 니쥬

NiziU is a JYP Entertainment girl group with a strong Japan-facing path and a friendly entry point for Japanese-language listeners.

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  • 2020DebutDecember 2, 2020
  • 9Members
  • 4thGeneration
  • WithUFandom
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Make you happy / Official MV
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In 30 seconds: NiziU

The group's audition-programme origin, Japanese catalogue, and Korean promotions make its activity across both markets easy to follow.

Choose NiziU if Japanese releases and a clearly documented path from audition programme to debut matter most.

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Key facts

Group name
NiziU
Reading / Hangul
ニジュー / 니쥬
Company
JYP Entertainment / Sony Music
Debut date
December 2, 2020
Days active
2,167 days (5 years, 11 months)
Debut song
Step and a step
Generation
4th generation
Fandom name
WithU(ウィジュー)
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Member guide

マコ마코 · Mako View in Japaneseリオ리오 · Rio View in Japaneseマヤ마야 · Maya View in Japaneseリク리쿠 · Riku View in Japaneseアヤカ아야카 · Ayaka View in Japaneseマユカ마유카 · Mayuka View in Japaneseリマ리마 · Rima View in Japaneseミイヒ미이히 · Miihi View in Japaneseニナ니나 · Nina View in Japanese

Profile comparison

MembersBirth dateBlood typeMBTINationality
マコ2001-04-0425159cmAESFJJapan
リオ2002-02-0424159cmBENFPJapan
マヤ2002-04-0824158cmOENFPJapan
リク2002-10-2624162cmABESFPJapan
アヤカ2003-06-2023167cmAESTJJapan
マユカ2003-11-1322159cmAISFPJapan
リマ2004-03-2622160cmOINFPJapan
ミイヒ2004-08-1222159cmOESFPJapan
ニナ2005-02-2721171cmOINFJJapan · United States

Ages are as of 2026-11-08.

Selected releases

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Start here

Follow a few songs from the starting point to the group's current sound.

Sour Grapes artwork

September 28, 2026 · EP

Sour Grapes

View tracksOfficial MV
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Make you happy MVMake you happy MVBegin with the pre-debut hit that introduced the members through a bright hook and its signature jump-rope dance.Step and a step MVStep and a step MVChoose the official debut single to continue the story from Nizi Project into the group's first release.HEARTRIS MVHEARTRIS MVUse HEARTRIS for NiziU's Korean debut and a view of the group beyond its Japan-based catalogue.
MV View in JapaneseDance Practice View in JapanesePerformance View in JapaneseLive View in JapaneseStage View in Japanese
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From debut to now

  • 2020
    The pre-debut song Make you happy became widely known, and Step and a step was the official debut.
  • 2021
    Take a picture, Poppin' Shakin' and Chopstick settled a brightness and a playfulness in the choreography.
  • 2022
    The range widened past upbeat pop to winter songs such as Blue Moon, which gave more reason to follow the releases one by one.
  • 2023
    COCONUT carried the work in Japan forward, and HEARTRIS from Press Play opened the way into a Korean debut.
  • 2024
    Around RISE UP, anime tie-in context included, the momentum of NiziU came across more sharply.
  • 2025
    Japanese albums and Korean releases ran together, and performance videos and THE FIRST TAKE added more ways in.
  • 2026
    Too Bad, from Good Girl Gone Bad, traces where NiziU stands now through the official music video and the dance practice.
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Achievements

3Music show wins

Key milestones

2020Make you happy widens early recognitionThe skipping-rope dance and a bright hook multiplied the people who knew NiziU before the official debut.
2023Korean debut with Press PlayWith HEARTRIS at the centre, a route opened for following NiziU in the K-pop comeback context.
2025THE FIRST TAKE and Korean releases widen the ways inYOAKE, AlwayS and LOVE LINE made both the singing features and the Korean-language performances available.

Music show wins

Records

3 recordsMost recent broadcast first

Checked

Some episodes unverified

Period 2023-09-01 – 2026-10-26
Show ChampionSour GrapesMBC PLUS
Show ChampionLOVE LINEMBC PLUS
Show ChampionHEARTRISMBC PLUS

Each record is checked against its source. These are within the collected period, not lifetime totals.

Verified information

Verified English information is not yet available for this section.

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Official links

Official site

niziu.comniziu.comniziu.jype.comniziu.jype.com

Official social accounts and platforms

YouTubeInstagramXTikTokInstagramLINE

Shopping guide

Verified English shopping links are not yet available.

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KPOP DISCOVER's NiziU note

What anchors NiziU is the brightness of Japanese-language pop and a route that runs through work in both Japan and Korea. The nine-member girl group came out of the Nizi Project audition run by JYP Entertainment and Sony Music, widened recognition at a stroke with Make you happy in 2020, and debuted properly on December 2 that year with Step and a step.

The early period established the brightness of Japanese-language pop and choreography that is easy to read, through Make you happy, Step and a step and Take a picture. Putting COCONUT and Blue Moon in between shows a range that reaches past upbeat title tracks to ballads and album tracks.

HEARTRIS brought the Korean debut in 2023, and the line continued through LOVE LINE in 2025 and Too Bad in 2026. Stopping at the Japanese work alone misses it; the Korean-language releases and the official performance videos are what show the present. Make you happy, then Step and a step, then HEARTRIS runs from the rise in recognition through the debut to the move into Korea.

Editors' take Make you happy / Step and a step / HEARTRIS — a nine-piece from JYP and Sony whose three songs cover Japanese-language brightness and work in both countries.

KPOP DISCOVER editorial team

Trivia worth knowing

Nizi Project

The audition process behind NiziU is widely known, so the context before and after the final selection is as visible as the debut song.

WithU

The fandom name WithU carries the sense of people walking alongside the group.

Jump-rope dance

The choreography of Make you happy worked as an entry point that made the group memorable even on a first viewing.

Korean releases

Korean-language releases start from Press Play, and they can be followed as a separate market from the Japanese work.

Singing project

THE FIRST TAKE footage opens a door to the voices that a music video or a dance performance does not.

Latest route

Following through to Too Bad shows not only the bright early years but also the recent turn towards K-pop.

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Japan activity score

KPOP DISCOVER original metric
No. 5/ 241 groups

No. 5 of 241 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 2%)

  • 15Japanese releases
  • 93Japan-related tracks
  • 9Members from Japan
  • 1Official Japanese accounts

The denominator is the 241 groups, out of 564 covered by KPOP DISCOVER, whose raw score reaches at least one point. The score adds 10 points per Japanese-market release, 3 per Japan-related track, 12 per member from Japan, and 8 per official Japanese account. Japanese-market releases carry the most weight because they are the most direct evidence of activity; related tracks add track-level detail; members from Japan stand for Japanese-language communication and continuity; official accounts stand for a permanent point of contact. The weights are an editorial judgement, not a statistical optimisation, and the ranking tracks release volume in Japan closely. Source: releases, tracks, members, and official links recorded by KPOP DISCOVER (updated 2026-11-08).

How this score is calculated → View in Japanese

Frequently asked questions

What defines NiziU?
The group's audition-programme origin, Japanese catalogue, and Korean promotions make its activity across both markets easy to follow.
Why should a new listener start with NiziU?
Choose NiziU if Japanese releases and a clearly documented path from audition programme to debut matter most.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with Make you happy, Step and a step, HEARTRIS, then continue to the official video index.