Shosei Ohira (25) of the 11-member global boy group JO1 announced on March 15 that he will be taking a hiatus. His group LAPONE ENTERTAINMENT reported through their official website. Photo] In July this year, Shosei Ohira took the stage at a stage greeting and smiled for his fans. The official website of the agency posted a message “Notice regarding Shosei Ohira,” and reported, “We have discovered a matter that violates our regulations regarding Shosei Ohira. We have decided that a period of intense reflection and review of his behavior is necessary. As a result, we have decided to suspend our activities for the time being, starting today. He continued, “We deeply apologize to our fans who have always supported us and to everyone involved for this sudden announcement,” and apologized, adding, “We will once again thoroughly instruct and educate all of our artists to adhere to a code of conduct that meets the expectations of our fans. We will once again instruct and educate all artists to adhere to a code of conduct that meets the expectations of our fans,” he wrote. JO1 is an 11-member group consisting of Kazunari Mamehara, Ren Kawajiri, Takumi Kawanishi, Shosei Ohira, Shion Tsurufusa, Rui Shiraiwa, Keigo Sato, Shoya Kimata, Junki Kono, Hekimi Kinjo, and Sho Yonashiro, who were created through “PRODUCE 101 JAPAN,” a survival audition program where members are chosen by viewer votes. They made their debut on March 4, 2020 with the release of their first single, “PROTOSTAR,” and made their first appearance on NHK’s Kohaku Uta Gassen on December 31, 2010. Ohira was born on April 13, 2000, in Kyoto Prefecture. Tsurufusa Shion, who was found to have been using online casinos and was summarily indicted for gambling in August, has also been inactive with the group to date, bringing the total number of inactive members in the group to two.
