Japanese trio Number_i has signed with WME in all areas of global representation, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned.
The signing comes on the heels of the J-pop group’s latest single, “3XL,” which was released last week. Comprising members Sho Hirano, Yuta Jinguji and Yuta Kishi, the chart-topping J-pop act has already begun wading into the U.S. music market with several performances over the last few years.
In 2024, the group joined the management company and music label 88Rising’s Futures stage lineup at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. It was their first U.S. performance and first major music festival as Number_i.
Last year, the three-member group performed their first featured festival set in the U.S. at 88Rising’s Head in the Clouds Festival at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. The performance came on the heels of their album God_i, featuring a lead single of the same name. Kishi produced the track, which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard Japan’s Hot 100 chart.
The group has found immense domestic success, earning several No. 1 hits on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart. Their first full-length album, No. I hit No. 1 on the Billboard Japan JP Albums chart and No. 4 on Spotify’s Top Albums Debut Global chart. Their global reach has continued to grow alongside the group.
“We believe that music goes beyond borders, of course, and good music, good anything, can be understood and shared by people across the world,” member Hirano told THR in an interview last year. “We just make good music, whatever we believe in and whatever we are happy with, and we’d like to spread that to more and more people.”
TOBE, the Japanese entertainment agency where the group hails from, will continue to manage Number_i.
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