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1chika (이치카) is a Japanese-Korean singer under his own label JJ Music.

He made his solo debut on December 28, 2024 with the digital single "12 Times a Day".

He is best known for being a contestant on the Chinese survival show Produce Camp 2021 and Korean survival show Boys Planet.

Career[]

2021: Produce Camp 2021[]

In 2021, Ichika participated in the Tencent reality show Produce Camp 2021. Unfortunately, he was was eliminated in the seventh episode with his final rank being 35th.[1]

2022-2023: Boys Planet[]

On December 29, 2022, he was introduced as a contestant of Boys Planet, which aired on February 2.[2] On March 2, 2023, he was eliminated in episode 5 after ranking 75th place.[3]

2024: JJ Music, solo debut with "12 Times a Day"[]

On October 22, 2024, Ichika revealed he established JJ Music, a music agency alongside a producer colleague.[4]

On December 26, it was announced he would be making his solo debut on December 28 with the digital single "12 Times a Day". It is a remake of Yoon Gun's song with the same title.[5]

2025: Upcoming release[]

On April 6, 2025, 1chika shared on Instagram that his album is "coming very soon".[6]

Discography[]

Digital singles[]

  • "12 Times a Day" (2024)

Filmography[]

Korean[]

Reality shows[]

Chinese[]

Reality shows[]

Trivia[]

  • He is half Korean and half Japanese.
  • His younger brother, Uehara Jun, is a member of the Japanese boy group ORBIT and a former Produce X 101 and Produce 101 Japan (season 1) contestant.
  • He has trained for 11 months prior to Boys Planet.
  • His MBTI personality type is ENFP.
  • He can speak Japanese, English, Korean, Chinese, Tagalog and Thai.[5]
  • His hobbies are reading and hiking.
  • His favorite songs are "Rehab" by Amy Winehouse and "View" by SHINee.
  • His role model is Taemin.

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