Hi ☆ Five is a five-member boy group formed in December 2018 and debuted in April 2019. Watanabe Entertainment, a performing arts agency, announced that they would form a brand new idol group that would act as the brother group of MAG! C ☆ PRINCE, another boy idol group. The goal was to gather a group of “the most popular boys in the class” and all members are residents from the Tokai (central) region in Japan. The temporary name for the group was TOKAI School Boys. Watanabe Entertainment held an audition with over five thousand hopefuls. One of the winners was Takuma Hayashi, who had over one million followers on popular video app TikTok at the time of audition. 

In Hi ☆ Five’s short career they have had three singles, all of which have hit the top ten on the Oricon. All of these have been high energy pop songs that are a complete blast to listen to; they feature amazing harmonization and catchy melodies that could stay stuck in your head for days. The group’s second single “Heart Beat” is a fun upbeat summer song that really captures the rays of joy that people tend to feel in the summer heat. Even though it’s a lighthearted song the listener can really hear the vocal talent that these guys possess. 

The Hi ☆ Five all stars are Takuma Hayashi, Daigo Kato, Yuya Otani, Otomo Kai , and Yusuke Noguchi. Like all modern idol groups, they are represented by the colors red, blue, yellow, green, and purple. Follow Hi ☆ Five on their official website or their Twitter. All of their music is up on Spotify and Apple Music and their hit song “Heart Beat” is posted below.