Aoen

Aoen
アオエン
Logo
Background information
GenresJ-pop
Years active2025 (2025)–present
Labels
Members
  • Yuju
  • Ruka
  • Gaku
  • Hikaru
  • Sota
  • Kyosuke
  • Reo
Websiteaoen-official.jp

Aoen (Japanese: アオエン, stylized in all lowercase) is a Japanese boy band managed by JCONIC. The group is composed of seven members: Yuju, Ruka, Gaku, Hikaru, Sota, Kyosuke, and Reo. They were formed through the reality-survival program Oen-High. Aoen released their debut single "The Blue Sun" on June 11, 2025.

Name

Their group name is a combination of the purity and possibility represented by "Ao (青; translation: blue)" and the encounters and connections represented by "En (炎; translation: flame)". It holds the meaning of "a passionate run that fills the world with blue, the color of the hottest flame", and symbolizes the world's hottest flame burning inside the group's heart while they work energetically and support everyone.[1]

History

2023–2025: Pre-debut activities and formation

On September 24, 2023, HYBE Labels Japan announced their upcoming boy group through the opening of their official SNS accounts on various platforms under the tentative name 24kumi (24組). By mid 2024, the group went inactive and was ultimately disbanded.

On February 2, 2025, HYBE Labels Japan announced the launch of a new project to form a next-generation J-Pop boy group. To achieve this, an audition program titled Oen-High would air starting February 15, 2025.[2] The eight members previously introduced as 24kumi were revealed to be contestants on this show.[3]

On April 4, it was announced that the group produced by Oen-High would be called aoen. Five members would be chosen through the results of their stage performances and two members would be chosen through a public fan voting making the team a seven-member group. Their official SNS accounts were also opened by YX Labels.

During Oen-High's finale on April 12, the first five members of the debut team were announced. Kyosuke ranked first overall, followed by Yuju, Sota, Ruka and Hikaru respectively.

The results of the public fan voting were announced during a live broadcast of Nippon TV's show DayDay. on April 23, 2025. Gaku and Reo ranked sixth and seventh overall respectively therefore completing the lineup of the aoen. The same day, the group's fandom name was also announced to be "aoring".

2025: Debut with "The Blue Sun", "Seishun Incredibles" and "Seishun Incredibles/MXMM (Remixes)"

On April 24, 2025, it was announced that aoen would be making their debut with their first single album "The Blue Sun" on June 11.[4] The group held a debut announcement press conference the same day.[5] "Finish Line ~Last Race, New Start~" and "The Blue Sun" were pre-released on May 16 and June 2, respectively.[6]

On September 26, aoen announced that they will release their third Japanese digital single "Seishun Incredibles", on October 15.

2026: Transfer of agency, "Instant Crush" and aoen LIVE TOUR 2026

On December 7, 2025, aoen announced their second single album "Instant Crush" (秒で落ちた), set for release on March 18, 2026. On January 5, 2026, HYBE Japan announced that the group was transferred to JCONIC, a new record label established on January 1, as part of the restructuring of HYBE Japan's multi-label system.[7]

Members

  • Yuju (優樹) — leader
  • Ruka (琉楓) — sub-leader
  • Gaku (雅久)
  • Hikaru (輝)
  • Sota (颯太)
  • Kyosuke (京助)
  • Reo (礼央)

Discography

Single albums

List of singles as lead artist with selected chart positions and sales, showing year released, certification and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Certifications Album
JPN
[8] 		JPN
Hot
[9]
"The Blue Sun" (青い太陽) 2025 3 6
  • JPN: 78,939 (phy.)[10]
 TBA
"Instant Crush" (秒で落ちた) 2026 3 8
  • JPN: 75,711 (phy.)[12]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Digital singles

List of digital singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released, sales, and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
JPN
[8] 		JPN
Hot
[9]
"Finish Line ~Last Race, New Start~" 2025 — —
"The Blue Sun" — —
"Seishun Incredibles" — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Soundtrack appearances

List of soundtrack appearances, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak

chart positions

Album
JPN

Hot

"MXMM" 2025 — Your Divorce Is Served! OST
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Filmography

Reality programs

Year Title Network Notes Ref.
2025 Oen-High 〜 The Starting Line of Dreams 〜 YouTube, Hulu Japan, Nippon TV Survival show featuring trainees aiming to become aoen members; eight episodes. [13]

Videography

Music videos

Year Song Title Version Director(s) Length Ref.
2025 "The Blue Sun" Watanabe Masaki (maxilla) 3:21 [14]
"Blue Flame" Performance te2ta (NEiGHBOR FLOW) 3:15 [15]
"Seishun Incredibles" Okawa Shin 3:17 [16]
"MXMM" Fujimoto Moeyo 2:54 [17]
2026 "Instant Crush" Takaya Ohata (isai Inc.) 4:11 [18]

Dance practice videos

Year Song Title Notes Choreographer(s) Length Ref.
2025 "The Blue Sun" Suzuki Hiroyuki, KAITA, Ryusei Harada, Jikang Choi, Sammy y Mazy 2:58 [19]
"Blue Flame" Relay Dance KAITA, Ryusei Harada, Jikang Choi 3:10 [20]
"Seishun Incredibles" Team Same (Tamzin, S.hyun y Nayoungsin), Sota (GANMI) 2:59 [21]
"MXMM" MOTF (Beom Kim & Hae-ri Park) 2:46 [22]

Live performances

Concert and tours

aoen LIVE TOUR 2026 ～The Beginning of Blue 47+1~
Date City Country Venue Attendance
April 24 Tokyo Japan Ebisu The Garden Hall
April 27 Okinawa Drive
April 29 Tokushima Club GRINDHOUSE
April 30 Kagawa Takamatsu MONSTER
May 2 Ehime Matsuyama W studio RED
May 3 Kochi CARAVAN SARY
May 7 Ishikawa Kanazawa EIGHT HALL
May 9 Fukui CHOP
May 10 Toyama MAIRO
May 13 Nagano NAGANO CLUB JUNK BOX
May 14 Niigata Golden Pigs Red Stage
May 18 Kagoshima Caparvo Hall
May 19 Miyazaki LAZARUS
May 21 Oita DRUM Be-0
May 23 Fukuoka DRUM LOGOS
May 24 Kumamoto B.9 V1
May 26 Saga GEILS
May 27 Nagasaki DRUM Be-7
June 10 Akita Akita Club Swindle
June 11 Aomori Aomori Quarter
June 15 Iwate Morioka Club Change WAVE
June 16 Miyagi Sendai Rensa
June 18 Fukushima Koriyama HIPSHOT JAPAN
June 19 Yamagata Yamagata Music Showa Session

Other events

Year Event Venue City Country Ref.
2025 41st Mynavi Tokyo Girls Collection 2025 AUTUMN/WINTER Saitama Super Arena Saitama Japan [23]

References

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  9. ^ a b Billboard Japan Hot Singles peak chart position:
  10. ^ Total sales of The Blue Sun:
  11. ^ "Certifications search results: Aoen (physical format)" (Enter "aoen" into the "アーティスト" (Artist) field) (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
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  15. ^ HYBE LABELS (2025-07-28). aoen 'Blue Flame' Official Performance MV. Retrieved 2025-12-19 – via YouTube.
  16. ^ HYBE LABELS (2025-10-14). aoen ‘Seishun Incredibles’ Official MV. Retrieved 2025-12-19 – via YouTube.
  17. ^ HYBE LABELS (2025-11-16). aoen ‘MXMM’ Official MV. Retrieved 2025-12-19 – via YouTube.
  18. ^ HYBE LABELS (2026-03-09). aoen 'INSTANT CRUSH' Official MV. Retrieved 2026-03-16 – via YouTube.
  19. ^ aoen (2025-07-04). aoen ‘The Blue Sun’ Dance Practice. Retrieved 2026-03-08 – via YouTube.
  20. ^ aoen (2025-07-30). aoen 'Blue Flame' RELAY DANCE. Retrieved 2026-03-08 – via YouTube.
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