is a Japanese girl group formed through the reality competition show Produce 101 Japan The Girls. The group is composed of seven members: Momona Kasahara, Rinon Murakami, Ayane Takami, Miu Sakurai, Suzu Yamamoto, Keiko Shimizu and Tsuzumi Ebihara. Originally formed with eleven members, Cocoro Kato, Kokona Sasaki, Shizuku Iida and Ran Ishii left the group on December 31, 2025. They debuted with the single Mirai on April 17, 2024. The group is managed by Lapone Girls, a subsidiary of Lapone Entertainment.
Name The group's name, "Me:I", means "an idol who is loved by everyone, an idol of the future, moving forward together towards the future". When spoken, it sounds like the Japanese word . The name was revealed in the final episode of Produce 101 Japan The Girls.
History 2023: Formation through Produce 101 Japan The Girls
Me:I was formed through the reality competition show Produce 101 Japan The Girls, which was aired primarily on the streaming service Lemino from October 5 to December 16, 2023. A total of 14,000 participants auditioned for the show, ranging in age from 15 to 25 and not affiliated with any talent agency. The final 11 trainees were picked by viewers from the original 101 trainees through online voting and announced during a live television broadcast on TBS. Like the previous winners of Produce 101 Japan, Me:I is intended to be a permanent group without restriction on activity duration.
Several members of Me:I had experience in the entertainment industry before the show. Momona Kasahara was a member of the Hello! Project girl group Angerme from 2016 to 2021. Ran Ishii was a member of the girl group Girls² and appeared in the Japanese drama Secret × Heroine Phantomirage!. Cocoro Kato was a member of the South Korean girl group Cherry Bullet under FNC Entertainment. Miu Sakurai was a contestant on Nizi Project and Girls Planet 999, while Suzu Yamamoto spent six months as a trainee at a South Korean agency.
2024–present: Debut with Mirai, departure of members
Me:I gave their first performance as a group ahead of debut at the 38th Tokyo Girls Collection 2024 Spring/Summer on March 2, 2024. On April 14, the group concluded their first fan concert, 2024 Me:I Launching Show Me:Iconic, which was held in two cities and attracted approximately 65,000 people. Me:I officially debuted with the single Mirai on April 17, topping the Oricon Singles Chart with over 232,000 copies sold. Its lead track, "Click", peaked at second place on the Billboard Japan Hot 100. On July 1, Lapone announced that Ebihara would be temporarily absent from the group's activities due to "poor health". Me:I released their second single Hi-Five on August 28, 2024; the title track topped the Japan Hot 100. On November 25, Me:I released the Japanese version of "Beyond" (End Credit Version) from Moana 2 on digital platforms.
On December 22, 2025, Lapone Entertainment announced that Shizuku Iida, Ran Ishii, Cocoro Kato, and Kokona Sasaki would not renew their exclusive contract and would end their activities with the group starting December 31.
Members
Current members
– leader
Former members (2023–2025) – sub-leader (2023–2025) (2023–2025) (2023–2025)
Discography Albums + List of albums, with selected chart positions and sales, showing year released and album name Title Details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications JPN JPNComb. JPNHot Who I Am Released: September 3, 2025 Label: Lapone Girls Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 3 3 3 JPN: 125,750 RIAJ: Gold
Singles + List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and sales, showing year released, certification and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Certifications Album JPN JPNComb. Mirai 2024 1 1 JPN: 289,807Physical sales of Mirai and Hi-Five as of January 2026: In 2024: 2024–present: RIAJ: Platinum rowspan="4" Hi-Five 2 2 JPN: 295,300 RIAJ: Platinum Muse 2025 1 1 JPN: 229,860Physical sales of Muse as of January 2026: In 2025: 2025–present: RIAJ: Platinum 2026 3 3 JPN: 116,489 RIAJ: Gold
Promotional singles + List of promotional singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Certifications Album JPNComb. JPNHotPeaks on the Billboard Japan Hot 100: "Click" and "Sugar Bomb": "Hi-Five": "Tomorrow": "Muse": "This Is Me:I": "L to R": "Flower Road": "Click" 2024 1 2 JPN: 4,004Total digital sales of "Click":
RIAJ: Gold Mirai "Sugar Bomb" 79 "Hi-Five" 2 1 JPN: 6,176Total digital sales of "Hi-Five":
Hi-Five "Tomorrow" — 92 JPN: 2,805 Sweetie "Beyond" (End Credit Version) — — JPN: 1,508Moana 2: Japanese Original Motion Picture Soundtrack "Sweetie" — 94 JPN: 2,444 Sweetie "Muse" 2025 1 2 JPN: 4,670Total digital sales for "Muse":
Muse "This Is Me:I" — 36 Who I Am "L&R" 2026 — 95 rowspan="2" 3 2
Music videos + List of music videos, showing year released, and name of the director(s) Title Year Director(s) "Click" 2024 Woogie Kim (Mother Media) "Hi-Five" Naive Creative Production "Muse" 2025 Hasegawa Anderson (Digipedi) "This is Me:I"
Filmography + Year Title Role Note English Original 2024 Me:I no Yume Mitai! Themselves Variety series About Me:I Themselves Special
Awards and nominations + Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination Award ceremony Year Category Nominee / Work Result Japan Gold Disc Award 2025 Best 5 New Artists (Japan) Me:I Japan Record Awards 2024 Newcomer Award Korea Grand Music Awards 2024 K-pop Global Rookie Award MAMA Awards 2024 Favorite New Asian Artist MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2025 Best New Artist Video (Japan)"Click" Music Awards Japan 2025 Best of Listeners' Choice: Japanese Song
Notes Notes for albums and songs
Notes for peak chart positions
References
External links official website