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XG MEMBER PROFILE

JURIA

Status: Active XG memberYears active: 2022-present

JURIA is XG’s warm-toned main vocalist, a former child idol who rebuilt her performance language for global R&B and pop. Her voice often becomes the melodic release after the group’s hardest rap sections.

JURIA of XG official profile portrait
StatusCurrent member
Years2022–present

Quick File

Stage name JURIA
Birth name Ueda Juria (上田純利亜)
Born November 28, 2004
Nationality Japanese
Group XG
Primary role Main vocalist and performer
Group debut March 18, 2022 with “Tippy Toes”
Agency XGALX
Fandom ALPHAZ
Status Current member · 2022–present

This page covers JURIA of XG, not other performers with similar names. XG is a seven-member Japanese artist group trained and managed by XGALX, based primarily in South Korea, and designed for an international audience. The members describe their genre as X-POP rather than limiting themselves to a single national-market label.

Before XG: Amorecarina

JURIA performed from childhood and was a member of the Japanese idol group Amorecarina. That first career gave her experience with cameras, choreography, fan-facing appearances, and the bright presentation expected in a domestic child-idol setting.

Her later work with XG required a major reset. The group emphasizes English-language delivery, hip-hop and R&B phrasing, heavier choreography, and a fashion identity built for global pop coverage. Earlier idol experience helped her understand performance, but it did not remove the need to develop a different vocal texture and physical vocabulary.

The contrast is useful when tracking her growth. Amorecarina presented youth and accessibility. XG asks JURIA to sound emotionally direct inside arrangements that can move from aggressive rap to layered harmony in seconds. The continuity is her comfort in front of an audience; the transformation is everything she learned to do with that comfort.

The XGALX Training Years

JURIA joined the XGALX development project as a teenager and trained for several years before debut. The final members studied dance, vocals, rap, languages, recording, and performance under a system designed to create a group capable of working across markets rather than simply translating an existing Japanese idol model.

For JURIA, vocal training became the clearest specialty. XG’s pre-debut and early XG VOX material allowed the singing line to demonstrate tone and technique outside the visual density of a seven-member title track. Her covers with CHISA showed a clean, warm instrument that could hold sustained melody without losing intimacy.

Training also changed how she uses English. XG records heavily in English, so pronunciation is only the first requirement. A vocalist must understand where consonants sit in the rhythm, how vowels affect a sustained note, and how emotional phrasing survives in a language that may not be the singer’s first.

XG Career: From Tippy Toes to the First World Tour

XG debuted on March 18, 2022 with “Tippy Toes.” The single introduced a controlled, low-key confidence rather than relying on a maximal debut chorus. “Mascara” followed, then the group expanded its international reach with “Shooting Star” and “Left Right” in 2023.

Those releases clarified JURIA’s function. XG often places intense rap passages beside smoother R&B hooks. JURIA provides a melodic center that can soften the temperature without weakening the song. Her warmth is contrast, not decoration.

The group’s first mini album, NEW DNA, extended that balance through songs including “GRL GVNG,” “TGIF,” “New Dance,” and “Puppet Show.” The 2024 mini album AWE and singles such as “WOKE UP” showed an even harder rap and visual direction, while vocal material preserved room for JURIA, CHISA, HINATA, and the other members to broaden their roles.

XG launched its first world tour, The first HOWL, in 2024 and continued it into 2025. Touring made the vocal line especially important because a full concert requires more dynamic range than a short music-show set. Ballads, covers, acoustic or stripped moments, and transitions give JURIA space to carry emotional weight beyond the title tracks.

In 2025, XG became the first Japanese artist group to headline a Coachella stage, closing the Sahara stage during the festival’s second weekend. The milestone placed the group in front of a large international festival audience and confirmed that its global strategy had moved beyond online attention.

What JURIA Brings to XG

JURIA’s tone is clean, rounded, and emotionally open. She can brighten a chorus without making it thin, and she often sounds most effective when the arrangement gives her a clear melodic path after a denser rhythmic section. That shift lets the listener breathe while keeping the song moving forward.

Her strength is not limited to high notes. Watch how she begins a line, shapes the center of a phrase, and releases the last word. The emotional clarity often comes from small choices rather than a single climactic belt. XG VOX covers remain one of the fastest ways to isolate those skills.

She also contributes to the group’s visual performance. XG choreography demands precision and strong character changes, but JURIA’s stage identity stays connected to singing. She does not need to imitate the rappers’ attack. The group works because the seven members maintain distinct textures rather than becoming seven versions of the same trainee.

The 2025 vocal-unit release “4 Seasons,” performed by CHISA, HINATA, and JURIA, further centered the singing line. It is unit work within the XG catalog, not a standalone JURIA solo debut. This distinction matters for site routing: a member can have individual or unit songs without automatically becoming a solo artist.

RaeRae take: JURIA is the voice XG reaches for when the song has spent a minute acting invincible and finally needs to admit it has feelings. Warmth is not softness here. It is structural support.

2026: THE CORE and the Second World Tour

On January 23, 2026, XG released its first full-length album, THE CORE – 核. XGALX described the album as a statement of the group’s deepest musical identity, moving freely across genres and eras while defining X-POP on its own terms.

“GALA” introduced the era through ballroom-influenced performance, while “HYPNOTIZE” served as a central album track and visual focus. XGALX released a dedicated JURIA visual teaser for “HYPNOTIZE” on January 17, confirming her presence in the campaign before the album arrived.

JURIA described the album as a way for listeners to experience a wide range of emotions through X-POP. That perspective fits her role: the record needs singers who can connect genre shifts emotionally, not only performers who can execute a new visual concept for each track.

THE CORE became XG’s first release to enter the top 100 of the Billboard 200. In February 2026, the group began its second world tour, XG WORLD TOUR: THE CORE. Official 2026 content also included JURIA’s diary covering dance practice and filming in Los Angeles, adding member-specific documentation to the larger album cycle.

As of August 12, 2026, JURIA remains an active XG member. She has vocal-unit and cover work but no verified standalone solo music debut, so this page belongs in the Members carousel and should not appear in the Artists carousel. Any future solo release should be added to this same canonical profile.

Facts and Useful Context

  • JURIA was born on November 28, 2004.
  • She performed in Amorecarina before joining the XGALX project.
  • She is one of XG’s core vocalists and is commonly identified as the main vocalist.
  • XG consists of JURIN, CHISA, HINATA, HARVEY, JURIA, MAYA, and COCONA.
  • The group debuted in 2022 and calls its cross-border musical approach X-POP.
  • ALPHAZ is XG’s fandom name.
  • XG VOX performances are useful for hearing her vocal tone outside dense title-track arrangements.
  • “4 Seasons” is vocal-unit material, not evidence of a separate solo career.
  • THE CORE is XG’s first studio album and the group’s first Billboard 200 top-100 entry.

Where to Start

Begin with “Tippy Toes,” “Left Right,” and “Shooting Star” for the early group balance. Add an XG VOX performance to isolate JURIA’s singing, then move through NEW DNA, “WOKE UP,” “4 Seasons,” and THE CORE. Compare studio audio with a world-tour performance to hear how her role expands across a full set.

YouTube tracking history

This profile tracks official XG music videos, XG VOX performances, dance practices, vocal-unit releases, tour films, member diaries, and broadcast or festival stages featuring JURIA. The trail begins with “Tippy Toes,” includes “Shooting Star,” “Left Right,” NEW DNA, AWE, “4 Seasons,” and THE CORE, and separates unit work from a solo debut. View totals change continuously, so the page records official uploads and context instead of freezing temporary counts.

Sources

Last verified: August 12, 2026. Shared official XG accounts are used because no separate personal account should be invented.

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