Discovering Japanese popular girl group’Niju’
‘Park Jin-young’s words’ topic during the audition process
Singer Park Jin-young. Photos provided by JYP Entertainment
Park Jin-young, JYP Entertainment’s representative producer, ranked 5th in the category of male celebrities, ideal workplace bosses selected by the Japanese. It is quite unusual that a person from a Korean company was chosen. Meiji Yasuda, a Japanese life insurance company, conducted an Internet survey (2980 respondents) of students, office workers, and public officials who are expecting to get a job in December last year. It was announced on the 2nd that it was occupied. Park Jin-young has gained popularity in Japan for discovering and raising NiziU, a nine-member girl group composed of Japanese. Niju is a team formed by JWP selecting members through an audition method with Sony Music in Japan. It was evaluated as a new’K-pop’ phenomenon, such as receiving Korean idol training at JWIP headquarters in Seoul. Niju’s debut single,’Step and a Step’, released in early December last year, is enjoying great popularity in Japan, ranking first on the Oricon Daily Singles Chart. In the course of the Niju audition, Park Jin-young’s’word’ became a hot topic among Japanese netizens. For example, “Never do anything you can’t say or do in front of the camera, even where there is no camera”, “If I keep whipping myself, practicing singing, practicing dancing, studying language, etc., it will pile up and make my dreams come true. “Park Jin-young’s quotes” spread to social network services (SNS). Said that Park Jin-young was highly regarded in his leadership and was the first to rank in the top ranks in this survey. On the other hand, in this survey, Teruyoshi Uchimura, a comedian, kept the ideal boss in the male category for 5 years. In addition, Asami Miura, an announcer, ranked first in women. By Kim So-yeon, staff reporter [email protected]