INI (アイエヌアイ, Aienuai) is a Japanese boy band formed through the reality competition show Produce 101 Japan 2.

The group is composed of eleven members: Masaya Kimura, Hiromu Takatsuka, Shogo Tajima, Kyosuke Fujimaki, Takumi Ozaki, Hiroto Nishi, Jin Matsuda, Xu Fengfan, Rihito Ikezaki, Yudai Sano and Takeru Goto.

[3] The group's name, INI, was chosen by Lapone Entertainment among all the suggestions given by the viewers through Produce 101 Japan's official website.

Kimura and Nishi worked as back-up dancers while Tajima had been a trainee at Cube Entertainment for 2 years prior to his appearance in the show.

[12] Following the end of Produce 101 Japan Season 2, the group flew to South Korea to start preparing for their debut.

Teasers for the songs "Rocketeer" and "Brighter" were released and it was announced that the title track would be decided by fan voting.

The show followed the group's 3-month long training programme in South Korea and the recording of their debut single.

[33] On the 18th, Kimura, Tajima, Takatsuka, Fujimaki and Matsuda appeared in the TBS drama I Will Be Your Bloom where they played the role of CHAYNEY, the rival of idol group 8LOOM.

[37] Documentary videos of the live tour were sequentially released the group's official YouTube channel from March 15.

[38][39] On January 19, the group appeared in a commercial for the retail company Aoyama Tailor [ja], with their song "New Day" used as the accompanying music.

[40][41] On May 2, Takatsuka was chosen to star in the Japanese dub version of the 2018 Ukrainian animated film The Stolen Princess.

[45] The single's lead track is "Fanfare", with Fujimaki writing the lyrics for "Let's Escape" and Nishi contributing to the song "Drop".

[52] On September 12, the group sang the OST "Busterz" for Mnet's dance survival show Street Woman Fighter 2.

The programme was also streamed on Telasa, and a video following the process behind the making of the live performance was also available after the show ended.

[60][61] On February 7, the title track "Legit" was made available for download prior to the release of their second album, with Nishi contributing to the lyrics.

[65] On March 15, it was announced that their song "Whatever Happens" would be used as the opening theme for the anime Touken Ranbu Kaze -Kyoden Kennuru Honnouji-.

[66][67] On April 23, it was announced that the group's sixth single The Frame will be released on June 26 with the title track "Loud".

[71] On July 4, the group announced that they will release the track "Break of Dawn" which will act as the theme song for the movie Atashi no!

[76] On October 23, it was announced that the group's new TV programme INItime Music will begin airing on Nippon Television from November 11.

The single serves as opening theme song for the anime You're Going to Fall in Love Anyway which will start airing on January 9.