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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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The October, 2025 issue of rockin' on magazine featured an interview with the older members of 6Beef - SOTA, JUNON, and LEO.

The interviewer asks them about going from 7 to 6, the world tour, Sota's solo song - "Chill With You", "Sora", JuLeo's "BLUE", and the lead song from their upcoming best of album.

Enjoy!

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An interview with SKY-HI on his upcoming album was released in the September, 2025 issue of "Ongaku to Hito".

Magazine link: https://ongakutohito.com/2025/07/31/ongakutohito_news-13/

Credit: The following translation wouldn't have been possible without the help of hana_hana, thank you!

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Shigoto Reach! recorded a day in the life of Hamamoto Yuumi, the chief manager of BMSG's Trainee Program. The management of Trainees in BMSG is referred to as Trainee's Base

Shigoto Reach! went behind the scenes, following Yuumi around for a day when she was on-site and with the boys from THE LAST PIECE during Training Camp. Shigoto Reach! also talked to a few of the boys.

Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V7wLdSNjos

Note: Shigoto Reach also interviewed the chief manager for BE:FIRST, Matsuo Taisei, which you can read here!

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Musicman had an interview with the chief manager of MAZZEL (Kida Junpei) and one of the managers of HANA (Nasu Taeko).

They shared a lot about the company culture at BMSG, what BMSG is looking for in their new hires, and what it's like working with the artists they manage.

Interview link here: https://www.musicman.co.jp/interview/678089

Summary of what they discussed below!

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Translated and summarized from SKY-HI's interview series with Nikkei, "Be myself, for ourselves"

Original interview, 128th installment from May 15, 2025

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Translated and summarized from SKY-HI's interview series with Nikkei, "Be myself, for ourselves"

Original interview, 126th installment from April 17, 2025

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Translated and summarized from SKY-HI's interview series with Nikkei, "Be myself, for ourselves"

Original interview, 124th installment from April 3, 2025

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Translated from SKY-HI's interview series with Nikkei, "Be myself, for ourselves"

Original interview, 122nd installment from February 27, 2025

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Ni Tele News (NNN) ran articles on THE FIRST contestants back in 2021 when the audition show was ongoing.

This article was on Leo who was ranked 7th by THE FIRST VS Pro Artist Screening.

Original article here

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