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Nidaime J Soul Brothers (二代目J Soul Brothers; J Soul Brothers Second Generation), at that time known as simply J Soul Brothers, was a Japanese pop-R&B male dance & vocal unit who was formed in 2007, signed to the Rhythm REPUBLIC label and managed by LDH. It was the second generation of the original J Soul Brothers group.

On March 1, 2009, the group disbanded after the members were transferred to EXILE.

Members

Tachibana Kenchi	Kuroki Keiji	TETSUYA	NESMITH
SHOKICHI	NAOTO	Kobayashi Naoki

History

On January 2007, EXILE announced at the beginning of the EXILE LIVE TOUR 2007 EXILE EVOLUTION concert tour that J Soul Brothers would be revived with new members. At the end of the tour, in August, EXILE VOCAL BATTLE AUDITION 2006 ~ASIAN DREAM~ finalists NESMITH and SHOKICHI were added as the new vocalists while KENCHI, KEIJI, and TETSUYA were added as the new performers. Both NAOTO and NAOKI were added three months later to group as performers at COLOR LIVE TOUR 2007 BLUE concert tour.

The second generation released a total of four singles under the indies label Rhythm REPUBLIC. The group also released their first self-titled album on February 2009, however, the group was put on hiatus once again when it was announced that all the second generation members would be joining EXILE a week after the album's release.

After the disbandment, the group was renamed Nidaime J Soul Brothers in 2011, when the group was temporarily revived for the EXILE TRIBE Nidaime J Soul Brothers VS Sandaime J Soul Brothers Live Tour 2011 ~Keishou~. The group also temporarily revived in 2012 for the EXILE TRIBE LIVE TOUR 2012 ~TOWER OF WISH~, and in 2014 when the group participated in selected dates of the EXILE TRIBE PERFECT YEAR 2014 SPECIAL STAGE "THE SURVIVAL" IN SAITAMA SUPER ARENA 10DAYS, performing together with Sandaime J Soul Brothers again. As of October 2020, the group has not made any more revivals.

Post-Nidaime Careers

Both NAOTO and NAOKI later rejoined J Soul Brothers as leaders of its third generation, the Sandaime J Soul Brothers, which debuted in 2010.
NESMITH, SHOKICHI, KENCHI, KEIJI and TETSUYA formed a new unit in 2012, THE SECOND from EXILE. In 2016, the unit changed its name to EXILE THE SECOND and added the EXILE member AKIRA to its line-up.

Discography

Studio Albums

[2009.02.25] J Soul Brothers

Singles

[2008.05.07] WE! (indies)
[2008.08.20] FREAKOUT! (indies)
[2008.11.19] Be On Top (indies)
[2009.01.07] My Place (indies)

Collaborations / Other

[2008.07.30] COLOR - BLACK ~A night for you~ (#5 "BUDDY" feat. J Soul Brothers)
[2008.09.24] EXILE - "The Birthday ~Ti Amo~" (#3 "24karats" feat. J Soul Brothers & DOBERMAN INC)
[2008.12.03] EXILE - EXILE BALLAD BEST (#14 "Love Dream & Happiness")
[2011.06.01] Sandaime J Soul Brothers - J Soul Brothers (#9 "GENERATION", #10 "Japanese Soul Brothers" / Nidaime J Soul Brothers + Sandaime J Soul Brothers)

Concerts/Tours

Tours

[2011.06.28-2011.08.07] EXILE TRIBE Nidaime J Soul Brothers VS Sandaime J Soul Brothers Live Tour 2011 ~Keishou~ (with Sandaime J SOUL BROTHERS)

Concerts Featured In

[2012.04.14-2012.07.01] EXILE TRIBE LIVE TOUR 2012 ~TOWER OF WISH~
[2014.06.13-2014.06.22] EXILE TRIBE PERFECT YEAR 2014 SPECIAL STAGE "THE SURVIVAL" IN SAITAMA SUPER ARENA 10DAYS

External Links

YouTube Account

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 '''Nidaime J Soul Brothers''' (二代目J Soul Brothers; ''J Soul Brothers Second Generation''), at that time known as simply '''J Soul Brothers''', was a Japanese pop-R&B male dance & vocal unit who was formed in 2007, signed to the [[Rhythm REPUBLIC]] label and managed by [[LDH]]. It was the second generation of the original [[J Soul Brothers]] group.

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