


On January 10, the official covers for the single were released. On January 8, 2019, Neko ni Naritai was aired for the first time on AKB48 no All Night Nippon and confirmed to be a unit song. Only four days later, on New Year's Eve 2018, a short version of the song was aired for the first time on CDTV'S New Year Special. On December 27th, the name of the single, " Suki to Iwasetai" was announced. On December 12, 2018, it was announced that IZ*ONE would have their Japan debut in February of 2019. Sakura and Nako also joined an HKT48 concert, however, they attended as IZ*ONE members and special guests and not as HKT48 members. The songs were performed on multiple television programms in Korea and La vie en Rose was also performed in Japan (although not in Japanese).ĭuring the time of COLOR*IZ's promotion in Japan, the Japanese members Miyawaki Sakura, Yabuki Nako and Honda Hitomi also joined a performance of NO WAY MAN. The lead single was La Vie en Rose and as a second promotional song also performed regularly, O' My! was chosen.

On October 29, 2018, IZ*ONE released their first mini album COLOR*IZ.
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Leading up to their debut single, they also released four episodes of their own reality TV shows IZ*ONE CHU. On September 21, 2018, Off the Record Entertainment revealed that they would take over the management of IZONE from Stone Music Entertainment and Pledis Entertainment. The star (*) inbetween stands for the astrological signs of the zodiacal circle. ‘IZ’ is a numeronym for the number 12, a homage to the groups 12 members, while ‘ONE’ is the indication that the 12 girls is one as a group that was formed through Produce 48. Similar to the previous group of I.O.I and Wanna One, the group's name, IZ*ONE was chosen through an online public voting during the shows period. Out of an initial 96 trainees representing various South Korean agencies and the Japanese idol AKB48, the final 12 were chosen by audience voting and announced via live television broadcast. IZ*ONE was formed through the television competition show Produce 48, which aired on Mnet from June 15 to August 31, 2018.
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Kim Minju had appeared as an actress in music videos and Korean dramas, notably the 2018 MBC television series Tempted. Jo Yuri was a contestant in the past 2017 Mnet competition show Idol School, where she came in 15th place. Lee Chaeyeon previously competed in SBS's K-pop Star 3, and JYP Entertainment's own reality survival show Sixteen. Kwon Eunbi previously debuted with Ye-A in 2014 under the stage name Ka-zoo but left the group later. Honda Hitomi previously made her debut as a member of AKB48, while Miyawaki Sakura and Yabuki Nako debuted as members of AKB48's sister group HKT48. Prior to appearing on the show, several members had already been active in the entertainment industry.
