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Career

In 2012, after relocating to South Korea due to his mother's job, Noa was scouted by a hairstylist for K-pop artists, who encouraged him to audition. He became a trainee at YG Entertainment, and after training for seven years, he left the company in 2018 to return to Japan. Noa made the decision after seeing One Ok Rock performing in Seoul, inspiring him to "[share] music from [his] country to the world." The song received at least 1 million playbacks on YouTube as of 2020 and also reached No. 1 on Spotify's Viral Chart in Thailand. On March 13, 2021, Noa held his first online concert on his 21st birthday. Later in the year, he announced that he will be releasing one digital single per month over the course of three months. "Let Go", featuring Jeon Woong from AB6IX, was released on August 22; "Don't Waste My Time" was released on September 19; and "Highway" was released on October 10. On May 6, 2022, Noa was announced to star in TBS' television drama I Will Be Your Bloom as Takumi Kurushima, which was set to premiere in October 2022. He will also participate in the drama's in-universe boy band 8loom, where he was announced as the fifth member of the group. On April 3, 2022, Noa released the song "It Ain't Over" digitally, of which the song was produced by KM-Markit. On September 9, 2022, Noa released the song "Paradise" digitally; the song was produced by Tofubeats.

On March 22, 2023, Noa released his debut studio album, No.A, which featured "Purple Sky" as its lead track.

Endorsements

Throughout his music career, Noa has modeled and endorsed brands such as Marc Jacobs and Crocs. He also served as a brand ambassador for Liese, of which his song "True Colors" was featured in a campaign.

Released: February 22, 2023 Label: Universal Music Formats: CD, digital download 2 2 JPN: 61,437

Released: May 29, 2024 Label: Universal Music Formats: CD, digital download 3 5 JPN: 22,385

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album JPNHot "Lights Up" 2020 — No.A "Taxi" — "Too Young" 2021 — "Let Go" — "Don't Waste My Time" — "Highway" — No.A "True Colors" 2022 — "It Ain't Over" — No.A "Paradise" — "Burn" 2023 82 Primary Colors "Between" 99 "YBOM (You've Been On My Mind)" 2024 — "Colors" — "Red Light" — "YBOM (Korean ver.)" — "Christmas Lights" — "Seasons" 2025 — "Merry Go Round" — "Just Say It" — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Filmography

Television

Film