HARU of NEXZ: Member Profile, Career and 2026 Guide

BLUF: where HARU stands now

HARU is a current NEXZ member, active from the group’s May 20, 2024 global debut through the current seven-member lineup. There is no verified independent solo release under this name as of August 2026, so CVM Sekai files this as one member profile rather than creating a duplicate Artist page.

Profile file

Stage name	HARU
Born	January 23, 2006
From	Osaka, Japan
Group	NEXZ
Working roles	Dancer, rapper and vocalist
Formation route	Nizi Project Season 2
Global debut	May 20, 2024 with “Ride the Vibe”
Current status	Active NEXZ member in the continuing seven-member lineup; no verified independent solo release as of August 2026

Born: January 23, 2006
From: Osaka, Japan
Current group: NEXZ
Working role: dancer and vocalist
Status: Active member
Solo-artist status: No verified solo release

The Nizi Project Season 2 chapter

Haru arrived with a strong dance foundation, but the survival show also tested whether technique could remain musical. The current answer is visible in how he releases tension between accents instead of treating choreography as a sequence of stops. The competition record should be used as chronology, not a permanent personality test. Evaluation footage shows trainees under a format designed to produce stakes; it does not grant access to their private thoughts.

From Miracle to the global debut

The seven finalists released “Miracle” in Japanese and Korean on December 18, 2023, linking the final stage to the group’s first public catalog. NEXZ then made its global debut on May 20, 2024 with Ride the Vibe. The song’s elastic rhythm and youthful uncertainty established a lane that valued physical timing as much as conventional polish.

The Japanese debut and Keep on Moving

The August 2024 Japanese EP paired “Ride the Vibe (Japanese Ver.)” with “Keep on Moving.” The latter is not just a cheerful extra: its Korean-version performance film tests stamina, bounce and ensemble clarity. HARU can be tracked through the whole frame instead of only the assigned close-up.

NALLINA and the first Korean expansion

NALLINA arrived in November 2024 with heavier percussion and a more mischievous performance vocabulary. That shift matters for HARU because it asks for character without allowing synchronization to dissolve into seven separate skits. The best stages preserve both the joke and the geometry.

O-RLY?, One Bite and touring scale

The 2025 catalog expanded through O-RLY? and the Japanese EP One Bite. The first national Japanese tour covered eighteen performances in fifteen cities and passed 50,000 attendees according to the official profile. A tour tests whether a three-minute television identity can survive pacing, repeated performances and a room that cannot rely on camera editing.

The 2026 checkpoint

The Budokan concert recording reached number one on Oricon’s weekly music DVD and Blu-ray ranking in February 2026. Mmchk followed on April 27 and gave NEXZ its first Show Champion win on May 6. Hellmate then connected the year’s Korean and Japanese activity while the 2026 arena tour raised the scale again.

Performance signature

Haru is the precision specialist whose clean angles, controlled weight changes and exact expressions keep complicated formations readable. He does not need to overstate a move for the viewer to understand its finish. Watch the counts before and after the obvious highlight. That is where performers reveal whether a center moment belongs to the song or exists only as a clipped social-media fragment.

Voice, rap and arrangement function

NEXZ does not publish a rigid current list of permanent main and lead positions. That is useful. Instead of turning fan shorthand into fact, listen for what changes when HARU enters: register, rhythmic pressure, vocal brightness, physical weight or the emotional temperature of the frame.

Dance, formation and camera work

Clean choreography is the baseline, not the whole verdict. The more revealing details are travel paths, recovery after a large accent, the finish of a hand when the camera is elsewhere and the ability to scale expression for a wide shot. HARU should be evaluated across all of those conditions.

Why this is not an Artist profile

A fan-club member edition, individual fancam or profile film is not a solo music debut. CVM Sekai routes a member into Artists only after a verified independent release. Group songs remain on this page as career evidence, while the NEXZ hub owns the shared discography and release tracker.

How international fans can follow closely

Start with the official NEXZ profile, official discography, JYP and Sony notices, and the NEXZ Official Artist Channel. Subscribe to uploads and use the release pages as the date record. Translation accounts can help with language, but a cropped screenshot that hides the source is not a substitute for the notice it cropped.

The visibility gap outside Korea

NEXZ works across Korean and Japanese systems, which means information is split across sites, languages, physical-release notices, music-show uploads and tour pages. Overseas fans are not failing because they missed one rumor account; the publicity trail is genuinely fragmented. A good hub reunites it without pretending every schedule is global.

What quick profiles usually miss

Birthday lists and one-word positions cannot explain why a performer matters. They also age badly. This page keeps dates, current status and release evidence separate from observations about technique so an official update can change the facts without rewriting the entire person into a new stereotype.

RaeRae verdict

Haru is the precision specialist whose clean angles, controlled weight changes and exact expressions keep complicated formations readable. He does not need to overstate a move for the viewer to understand its finish. That is specific enough to test against another stage, and it leaves room for the answer to change. Praise should point to a choice. Criticism should name a tradeoff. Private-character claims should stay out unless the member has actually said the thing being attributed to them.

Earlier local research preserved

The following prose preserves the earlier local research trail as plain WordPress paragraphs. The rebuild removes embedded styling and places the material under the current 2026 status rule.

HARU of NEXZ: Member Profile, Career and 2026 GuideHaru is the precision specialist whose clean angles, controlled weight changes and exact expressions keep complicated formations readable. He does not need to overstate a move for the viewer to understand its finish. BLUF: where HARU stands now HARU is a current NEXZ member, active from the group’s May 20, 2024 global debut through the current seven-member lineup. There is no verified independent solo release under this name as of August 2026, so CVM Sekai files this as one member profile rather than creating a duplicate Artist page. Haru is the precision specialist whose clean angles, controlled weight changes and exact expressions keep complicated formations readable.

He does not need to overstate a move for the viewer to understand its finish. Profile file Born: January 23, 2006From: Osaka, JapanCurrent group: NEXZWorking role: dancer and vocalistStatus: Active memberSolo-artist status: No verified solo release The Nizi Project Season 2 chapter Haru arrived with a strong dance foundation, but the survival show also tested whether technique could remain musical. The current answer is visible in how he releases tension between accents instead of treating choreography as a sequence of stops. The competition record should be used as chronology, not a permanent personality test. Evaluation footage shows trainees under a format designed to produce stakes; it does not grant access to their private thoughts.

HARU is most useful to study comparatively: watch the same passage in an official music video, a fixed-camera performance and a tour clip. The repeated decision shows the personal habit; the difference shows adaptation to format. From Miracle to the global debut The seven finalists released “Miracle” in Japanese and Korean on December 18, 2023, linking the final stage to the group’s first public catalog. NEXZ then made its global debut on May 20, 2024 with Ride the Vibe. The song’s elastic rhythm and youthful uncertainty established a lane that valued physical timing as much as conventional polish.

HARU is most useful to study comparatively: watch the same passage in an official music video, a fixed-camera performance and a tour clip. The repeated decision shows the personal habit; the difference shows adaptation to format. The Japanese debut and Keep on Moving The August 2024 Japanese EP paired “Ride the Vibe (Japanese Ver.)” with “Keep on Moving.” The latter is not just a cheerful extra: its Korean-version performance film tests stamina, bounce and ensemble clarity. HARU can be tracked through the whole frame instead of only the assigned close-up. HARU is most useful to study comparatively: watch the same passage in an official music video, a fixed-camera performance and a tour clip.

The repeated decision shows the personal habit; the difference shows adaptation to format. NALLINA and the first Korean expansion NALLINA arrived in November 2024 with heavier percussion and a more mischievous performance vocabulary. That shift matters for HARU because it asks for character without allowing synchronization to dissolve into seven separate skits. The best stages preserve both the joke and the geometry. HARU is most useful to study comparatively: watch the same passage in an official music video, a fixed-camera performance and a tour clip.

The repeated decision shows the personal habit; the difference shows adaptation to format. O-RLY?, One Bite and touring scale The 2025 catalog expanded through O-RLY? and the Japanese EP One Bite. The first national Japanese tour covered eighteen performances in fifteen cities and passed 50,000 attendees according to the official profile. A tour tests whether a three-minute television identity can survive pacing, repeated performances and a room that cannot rely on camera editing.

HARU is most useful to study comparatively: watch the same passage in an official music video, a fixed-camera performance and a tour clip. The repeated decision shows the personal habit; the difference shows adaptation to format. The 2026 checkpoint The Budokan concert recording reached number one on Oricon’s weekly music DVD and Blu-ray ranking in February 2026. Mmchk followed on April 27 and gave NEXZ its first Show Champion win on May 6. Hellmate then connected the year’s Korean and Japanese activity while the 2026 arena tour raised the scale again.

HARU is most useful to study comparatively: watch the same passage in an official music video, a fixed-camera performance and a tour clip. The repeated decision shows the personal habit; the difference shows adaptation to format. Performance signature Haru is the precision specialist whose clean angles, controlled weight changes and exact expressions keep complicated formations readable. He does not need to overstate a move for the viewer to understand its finish. Watch the counts before and after the obvious highlight.

That is where performers reveal whether a center moment belongs to the song or exists only as a clipped social-media fragment. HARU is most useful to study comparatively: watch the same passage in an official music video, a fixed-camera performance and a tour clip. The repeated decision shows the personal habit; the difference shows adaptation to format. Voice, rap and arrangement function NEXZ does not publish a rigid current list of permanent main and lead positions. That is useful.

Instead of turning fan shorthand into fact, listen for what changes when HARU enters: register, rhythmic pressure, vocal brightness, physical weight or the emotional temperature of the frame. HARU is most useful to study comparatively: watch the same passage in an official music video, a fixed-camera performance and a tour clip. The repeated decision shows the personal habit; the difference shows adaptation to format. Dance, formation and camera work Clean choreography is the baseline, not the whole verdict. The more revealing details are travel paths, recovery after a large accent, the finish of a hand when the camera is elsewhere and the ability to scale expression for a wide shot.

HARU should be evaluated across all of those conditions. HARU is most useful to study comparatively: watch the same passage in an official music video, a fixed-camera performance and a tour clip. The repeated decision shows the personal habit; the difference shows adaptation to format. Why this is not an Artist profile A fan-club member edition, individual fancam or profile film is not a solo music debut. CVM Sekai routes a member into Artists only after a verified independent release.

Group songs remain on this page as career evidence, while the NEXZ hub owns the shared discography and release tracker. HARU is most useful to study comparatively: watch the same passage in an official music video, a fixed-camera performance and a tour clip. The repeated decision shows the personal habit; the difference shows adaptation to format. How international fans can follow closely Start with the official NEXZ profile, official discography, JYP and Sony notices, and the NEXZ Official Artist Channel. Subscribe to uploads and use the release pages as the date record.

Translation accounts can help with language, but a cropped screenshot that hides the source is not a substitute for the notice it cropped. HARU is most useful to study comparatively: watch the same passage in an official music video, a fixed-camera performance and a tour clip. The repeated decision shows the personal habit; the difference shows adaptation to format. The visibility gap outside Korea NEXZ works across Korean and Japanese systems, which means information is split across sites, languages, physical-release notices, music-show uploads and tour pages. Overseas fans are not failing because they missed one rumor account; the publicity trail is genuinely fragmented.

A good hub reunites it without pretending every schedule is global. HARU is most useful to study comparatively: watch the same passage in an official music video, a fixed-camera performance and a tour clip. The repeated decision shows the personal habit; the difference shows adaptation to format. What quick profiles usually miss Birthday lists and one-word positions cannot explain why a performer matters. They also age badly.

This page keeps dates, current status and release evidence separate from observations about technique so an official update can change the facts without rewriting the entire person into a new stereotype. HARU is most useful to study comparatively: watch the same passage in an official music video, a fixed-camera performance and a tour clip. The repeated decision shows the personal habit; the difference shows adaptation to format. RaeRae verdict Haru is the precision specialist whose clean angles, controlled weight changes and exact expressions keep complicated formations readable. He does not need to overstate a move for the viewer to understand its finish.

That is specific enough to test against another stage, and it leaves room for the answer to change. Praise should point to a choice. Criticism should name a tradeoff. Private-character claims should stay out unless the member has actually said the thing being attributed to them. HARU is most useful to study comparatively: watch the same passage in an official music video, a fixed-camera performance and a tour clip.

The repeated decision shows the personal habit; the difference shows adaptation to format. Earlier local research preserved The following prose preserves the earlier local research trail as plain WordPress paragraphs. The rebuild removes embedded styling and places the material under the current 2026 status rule. NEXZHARUStatus: Active NEXZ memberYears active: 2024-presentHaru Inoue is the Osaka-born NEXZ performer whose clean angles, controlled weight changes and precise expressions make complicated formations look easy. He earned his place through Nizi Project Season 2 and remains an active member across the group’s Korean and Japanese work.ProfileNizi ProjectCareerPerformanceDiscographySourcesHARU in the official JYP Entertainment NEXZ profile.StatusActive memberYears2024–presentHARU 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 2026NEXZ 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 historyCVM 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.Sources JYP Entertainment: official NEXZ profile and member lineup NEXZ Japan: official profile, member birth dates, release history, tour attendance, and 2026 updates Sony Music Japan: official NEXZ artist profile Oricon: NEXZ showcase reporting and seven-member lineup Oricon: HARU, SO GEON, and SEITA in NEXZ to Cafe JYP Entertainment: “Ride the Vibe” official MV JYP Entertainment: “O-RLY?” official MV JYP Entertainment: “One Bite” official MV Back to Top Exact-video tracker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q79GXnvja4cNEXZ “One Bite” official music video Read the One Bite React for the full song and video analysis.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoaD9FDNE_MNEXZ “Keep on Moving (Korean Ver.)” official performance video Read the Keep on Moving Korean Version React for the performance-film deep dive. Sources NEXZ official profileNEXZ official discographySony Music official NEXZ profileJYP Entertainment NEXZ artist site Keep on Moving Korean Version React card NEXZ “Keep on Moving (Korean Ver.)” — read the full performance React

Official video tracker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q79GXnvja4c

NEXZ “One Bite” official music video

Read the One Bite React for the full song and video analysis.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoaD9FDNE_M

NEXZ “Keep on Moving (Korean Ver.)” official performance video

Read the Keep on Moving Korean Version React for the performance-film deep dive.

Sources

React image cards

NEXZ “One Bite” React: The Hook Bites Harder Than the Concept

Read the exact-video deep dive

NEXZ “Keep on Moving” Korean Version React: Bright Does Not Mean Easy