Honest Boyz (stylized in all caps)also HONEST BOYZ®, is a 5-member

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group consisting of four MC's and one DJ: Naoto (

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member & Sandaime J Soul Brothers leader), Verbal (from

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and PKCZ®), Sway (from Doberman Infinity & Gekidan Exile), Mandy (from Exile & Generations) and

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. The group was formed in 2016 and is managed by LDH under the label LDH Music.

Overview

This group made their debut with "Part Time Hero", a theme song of TV drama "''Night Hero Naoto''" starring Naoto. Their second single "YO!" had been selected as an interlude of the movie "''High & Low The Movie 2 / End Of Sky''". These 2 songs both took up the 1st place on iTunes Songs Chart. On April 17, 2019, it was announced that the unit will make its world debut with the new song "Electricity featuring Lil Uzi Vert" which was selected as the ending song of Hollywood's live-action movie "'' Pokémon Detective Pikachu''" for both "the original movie" and "the Japanese version", the song is produced by

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and features rapper

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and is scheduled to be released under a major overseas label.

Members

Discography

Singles

Digital singles

Music videos

Tie-up

Notes

References

External links

HONEST BOYZ Official Website
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