HARU (NEXZ) - CVM Sekai

HARU is Haru Inoue (井上陽), a dancer and vocalist whose value is easiest to see between the headline moments. He keeps the shape of a routine intact, lands transitions cleanly and supports the seven-member picture without confusing visibility with excess. As of August 2026, official sources do not document a solo music release under his name, so his music remains attached to his member and NEXZ profiles rather than a separate solo catalog.

Where HARU stands in 2026

NEXZ entered 2026 with a larger performance record than a debut-date summary suggests. The group’s Budokan concert recording reached number one on Oricon’s weekly combined music DVD and Blu-ray ranking in February, evidence that its Japanese audience was following the live team as well as the singles. On April 27, NEXZ released the second single album Mmchk, giving HARU another concept built around unusual rhythmic phrasing and exact group timing.

Those milestones keep his status simple: HARU is a current NEXZ member, active from the group’s official May 2024 debut to the present. His December 2023 appearance on Miracle belongs in the pre-debut timeline, not the formal membership-years field. That distinction makes the directory card consistent with the group profile while preserving the earlier release in the career narrative. No official 2026 notice changes his membership or establishes a separate solo debut.

Profile File

Stage name: HARU (ハル / 하루)
Birth name: Haru Inoue (井上陽)
Born: January 23, 2006
Birthplace: Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Nationality: Japanese
Group: NEXZ
Companies: JYP Entertainment and Sony Music Labels for the group’s Japanese activity
Official debut: May 20, 2024 with NEXZ’s Ride the Vibe
Pre-debut release: “Miracle,” released in Japanese and Korean versions on December 18, 2023
Current status: Active NEXZ member
Western zodiac: Aquarius
Chinese zodiac: Fire Dog

Before NEXZ

HARU entered Nizi Project Season 2 as a JYP trainee from Osaka with dance already sitting at the center of his skill set. That matters because the program was not simply looking for seven boys who could survive choreography. It was testing whether trainees could absorb corrections, communicate emotion, stabilize vocals, and function inside a team while the rankings kept moving under their feet.

HARU’s early advantage was precision. He understood where his body needed to be and how sharply a movement should land. The more important development was learning not to let technical concentration flatten the performance. Across the project, his file grew from “strong dancer” into “reliable stage member,” which is a much more useful identity in a group built around synchronized performance.

Nizi Project Season 2

The audition project was created jointly by JYP Entertainment and Sony Music. HARU finished third after the Japanese training camp and second in the final ranking, securing a place in the seven-member lineup announced in December 2023. Those rankings are useful history, but they are not permanent group positions. NEXZ’s current official profiles list the members without assigning rigid “main,” “lead,” or “sub” labels.

His final placement also explains why fans often read him as one of NEXZ’s performance anchors. That description is an observation about the work, not an invented official title. Watch him during formation changes: he rarely looks as if he is rushing to arrive. He controls the route between positions, which makes the entire formation look cleaner.

From “Miracle” to the Mmchk Era

NEXZ connected the end of the survival show directly to the beginning of the group by releasing “Miracle,” the final-stage song, in both Japanese and Korean. Their formal Korean debut followed on May 20, 2024 with Ride the Vibe. Instead of presenting the members as polished mannequins, the debut leaned into restless youth, physical rhythm, and the awkward confidence of people still figuring out what kind of group they could become.

The catalog expanded through the Japanese EP Ride the Vibe (Japanese Ver.) / Keep on Moving, the Korean mini albums NALLINA and O-RLY?, and the Japanese EP One Bite. In 2025, the first Japanese national tour, NEXZ LIVE TOUR 2025 “One Bite,” covered eighteen performances in fifteen cities and drew more than 50,000 attendees according to the group’s official Japanese profile. The tour turned a rookie catalog into a full concert and forced the members to sustain character, stamina, and audience connection beyond a three-minute broadcast stage.

In February 2026, the Budokan recording of that tour reached number one on Oricon’s weekly music DVD and Blu-ray ranking. On April 27, 2026, NEXZ released the second single album Mmchk, continuing the group’s taste for strange, rhythmic concepts that need committed performers more than generic cool poses. HARU fits that lane because he can make deliberately odd movement look intentional instead of accidental.

Performance Style: Clean Does Not Mean Boring

HARU’s dancing is easiest to recognize through his control of edges. His arms finish the line. His center stays stable when the choreography suddenly changes direction. He can snap into a stop without looking frozen, then release into the next count without making the transition look like recovery time.

He also understands scale. In a close shot, he does not throw movement so widely that his face disappears behind it. In a full-group shot, he expands enough to keep the formation readable. That ability to resize a performance for the camera is one reason he remains visible without constantly breaking the group picture.

His best stages are not always the ones with the most individual screen time. They are the ones where the group’s difficult sections look unusually smooth. HARU often functions like hidden stitching: you notice the outfit first, then realize the seam is why it holds together.

Personality, Team Chemistry, and the Fan Rabbit Hole

Official and broadcast material tends to show HARU as observant, competitive about performance, and comfortable letting humor arrive through reactions rather than forcing himself to dominate every conversation. In the 2025 MBS series NEXZ to Cafe, he appeared with SO GEON and SEITA in the Osaka cafe team, which let viewers see the members work through a playful food mission away from a music-show stage.

That quieter public rhythm makes his performance switch more satisfying. Offstage, he can read as measured and watchful. Once the beat starts, the details become much sharper. Fans who enjoy members whose personalities unfold slowly instead of announcing themselves in capital letters will probably end up spending too much time replaying his fancams.

HARU is also part of NEXZ’s current seven-member structure with TOMOYA, YU, SO GEON, SEITA, HYUI, and YUKI. His profile should always connect back to the complete NEXZ group file, because a member page without the group history is only half a rabbit hole.

Official Video Trail

“Ride the Vibe”

The debut MV is the cleanest starting point for understanding how HARU fits NEXZ’s full formation. Watch the transitions as much as the center moments.

“O-RLY?”

“O-RLY?” pushes the group toward louder character acting and gives HARU more room to sharpen the comedy without loosening his technique.

“One Bite”

The Japanese title track became the identity of NEXZ’s first national tour. Read the CVM Sekai React after watching the official MV.

Discography Map

2023: “Miracle” in Japanese and Korean versions
2024: Ride the Vibe; Ride the Vibe (Japanese Ver.) / Keep on Moving; NALLINA
2025: O-RLY?; One Bite; Beat-Boxer
2026: Mmchk and the group’s continuing Korean and Japanese releases

This is a group discography trail, not a HARU solo catalog. If HARU releases official solo music later, his profile can gain Artist routing at that point. Until then, the accurate classification is current member of NEXZ.

Zodiac Side Quest: Aquarius Meets the Fire Dog

Astrology is a fan side quest, not a scientific personality test, but HARU’s combination is almost suspiciously on brand. Aquarius stereotypes describe independent thinkers who dislike being reduced to the obvious answer. The Fire Dog is associated with loyalty, alertness, direct standards, and a warmer competitive streak than the quieter exterior suggests.

Translated into fan language: the signs predict someone who will quietly study the choreography, notice the one count everybody else keeps rushing, fix it, and then act as if that was not a dramatic contribution. That does not prove anything about HARU, but it is a fun lens for the performance-detail rabbit hole he already creates.

YouTube tracking history

CVM Sekai tracks NEXZ official channels for music videos, dance practices, performance films, behind-the-scenes footage, and clearly credited HARU content. Group videos remain linked to the NEXZ profile and this canonical member page without creating a duplicate person profile.