BUDDiiS

Overview

BUDDiiS is an eight-member "DIY" dance and vocal group within EBiDAN (Ebisu Gakuen Danshibu), the unit of young actors under Stardust Promotion. Members handle much of the creative work themselves: KEVIN leads songwriting, FUMINORI and FUMIYA lead choreography, SEIYA designs merchandise concepts, and MORRIE does hair styling. DIY also stands for Dance, Individuality and Yell. As of 2026 the lineup is main vocalists KEVIN and MORRIE, lead vocalists SHOW and SHOOT, rappers FUMINORI, SEIYA and FUMIYA, and dancer TAKUYA.

Career

• 2020: The group made its first performance at the ONE N' ONLY online live on September 23. On October 1 it announced a regular radio show, and on December 23 it premiered its first original song, "CLICK ME".
• 2021: First outside event and first live with an audience in February; official YouTube channel in April. At the first one-man live on May 2, the fan name "Buddy" was decided, and on May 19 "CLICK ME" was released as the group's release debut. A first Osaka one-man show followed on September 26.
• 2022: "R4U", its first tie-in song, was released on March 9. KANATA graduated and retired from entertainment on April 30. BUDDiiS became the first male artist to perform at Yokohama Budokan (May 29), released its first digital photo book in June, and issued its first CD single "SM:)LE" on August 24, which debuted at No. 7 on Oricon's weekly singles chart. A first nationwide tour of five major cities ran from August 28 to September 18. "her+art" was released in December.
• 2023: "Magic" premiered at EBiDAN THE PARADE 2023 SPRING on April 29 and was released on May 10. The group opened its fan club in June and held its first outdoor one-man lives. "Glow Gold" (July), "Koi to me" (September) and the album "BRiLLiANT" (October) followed.
• 2024: Released "JUBiiLEE", "HONEY", "LOUD" and "UtopiiA". The first mini-album "Utopia" (September 24) debuted at No. 1 on Oricon's weekly album chart with 127,000 copies in its first week, also giving the group its first No. 1 on the weekly music ranking.
• 2025: "Iris", its first theme song for a terrestrial TV drama, came out on January 20. The group gave its first overseas performance on June 1 and released "LÖVE ME", "BLUE SODA" and "Dear". HARUKI graduated on August 31. At the encore of the arena tour "BUDDiiS vol.10 - COSMiiC -" at Yokohama Arena on September 21, a contract with Sony Music Labels and a nationwide hall tour for spring 2026 were announced.
• 2026: "#KISSYOU" was released in January, followed on February 11 by the major-label first album "THIS IS BUDDiiS" (a Special Edition also appeared). The major first single "Kimi wa Toshi Densetsu / Crash Paradise" arrived on July 8 and the major second single "Mugendai LOVE!!!" on November 18. YUMA also graduated.

Musical Style

As a dance and vocal group, BUDDiiS is defined by its DIY approach, with members writing songs, creating choreography and shaping stage direction. Its lineup is divided into main vocalists, lead vocalists, rappers and a dancer.