Aile The Shota, SOTA, SEITO, TAIKI – Nikkei x BMSG Special Interview (2025.01.08)

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Nikkei had a BMSG special issue released in print last year that is slowly being released online as a series.

Nikkei x BMSG series: Revolutionaries changing Japan through entertainment (BMSG　エンタメで日本を変える革命児たち)

The first installment of the series talked about BMSG FES '24. The second provides an overview of the history of BMSG.

So far, the special talks among the solo artists with their BMSG FES '24 teams have been translated (3rd and 4th installments). You can check them out:
SKY-HI, REIKO, NAOYA, KANON special talk
Novel Core, edhiii boi, JUNON, RUI special talk

The fifth installment is a special talk between solo artist Aile The Shota, Sota from BE:FIRST, Seito from MAZZEL, and BMSG Trainee Taiki. (Original interview here)

Summary of what they talked about below!

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BE:FIRST – Rolling Stone Japan interview (vol. 32, November 2025)

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Rolling Stone Japan interviewed BMSG Artists in light of their 5th anniversary and BMSG FES '25. In the same issue, BE:FIRST was featured in their own interview.

In the interview, they were individually asked about Ryoki and going from 7 to 6. What they said generated discourse and discussion on Twitter among J-BESTYs when it was published.

The magazine also came out around the release of BE:FIRST's best of album "BE:ST", so the six also looked back on their discography and what was a song that is significant for them.

Thanks to hana_hana, I was able to spend some time to translate their thoughts.

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