title: Honest Boyz
text: # Honest Boyz
  
  Honest Boyz (stylized in all caps)also HONEST BOYZ®, is a 5-member hip hop group consisting of four MC's and one DJ: Naoto (Exile member & Sandaime J Soul Brothers leader), Verbal (from m-flo and PKCZ®), Sway (from Doberman Infinity & Gekidan Exile), Mandy (from Exile & Generations) and Nigo.
  
  The group was formed in 2016 and is managed by LDH under the label LDH Music.
  
  ## Overview
  
  This group made their debut with "Part Time Hero", a theme song of TV drama "Night Hero Naoto" starring Naoto. Their second single "YO!" had been selected as an interlude of the movie "High & Low The Movie 2 / End Of Sky". These 2 songs both took up the 1st place on iTunes Songs Chart.
  
  On April 17, 2019, it was announced that the unit will make its world debut with the new song "Electricity featuring Lil Uzi Vert" which was selected as the ending song of Hollywood's live-action movie "Pokémon Detective Pikachu" for both "the original movie" and "the Japanese version", the song is produced by Pharrell Williams and features rapper Lil Uzi Vert and is scheduled to be released under a major overseas label.
  
  ## Members
  
  | Name | Position | Date of birth | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Naoto | MC and Leader | (1983-08-30) August 30, 1983 (age 39) | Also a member of Exile and Sandaime J Soul Brothers |
  | Verbal | MC | (1975-08-21) August 21, 1975 (age 47) | Also a member of m-flo, PKCZ and Teriyaki Boyz |
  | Sway | MC | (1986-06-09) June 9, 1986 (age 37) | Also a member of Doberman Infinity and Gekidan Exile |
  | Mandy | MC | (1991-01-25) January 25, 1991 (age 32) | Also a member of Exile and Generations |
  | Nigo | DJ | (1970-12-23) December 23, 1970 (age 52) | Also a member of Teriyaki Boyz |
  
  ## Discography
  
  ### Digital Singles
  
  | Year | Release date | Title |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2016 | June 25 | Part Time Hero |
  | 2017 | November 7 | YO! |
  | 2018 | February 5 | HeartBreakerZ featuring Crazyboy |
  | 2018 | June 16 | Bepping Sound feat. Hiroomi Tosaka |
  | 2019 | | Electricity featuring Lil Uzi Vert |
  
  ### Singles
  
  | Year | Release date | Title | Chart positions | Chart positions |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Year | Release date | Title | JPN | Hot 100 |
  | 2019 | March 6 | Sakura feat. Kobukuro | 17 | 57 |
  
  ### Music Videos
  
  | Year | Title |
  | - | - |
  | 2018 | Tokyo Dip feat. Pharrell Williams |
  
  ## Tie-up
  
  | Song | Tie-Up |
  | - | - |
  | Part Time Hero | TV Tokyo "Night Hero Naoto" theme song |
  | YO! | "High & Low The Movie 2 / End Of Sky" interlude song |
  | Electricity featuring Lil Uzi Vert | "Pokémon Detective Pikachu" ending song |
  