# @nextshark on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2023-09-25T22:03:58.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NextShark (@nextshark) — https://gondola.cc/nextshark

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Not sure if we can still consider them a ‘boy’ band…⁠
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Meet JI-POP: 5 senior-citizens in a Japanese idol group that broke the mOLD of what an idol group can look like.⁠
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The members of the group, who are all aged 65-87, are:⁠
Norihiro Tanioka,  the “City Market Sheriff”⁠
Akira Odaka, the “Town Fisherman Director”⁠
Iwao Yamamoto, the “Manufacturing Association Prez”⁠
Yoshinori Deki, the “Shellfish-Loving Fisherman”⁠
Hidetada Yamada, the “Marathon Lover”⁠
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Universal Studios Japan reportedly signed JI-POP soon after the group’s debut single caught the record company’s attention. The male idol group released another single in 2017 titled “I Was Young,” which has a disco element to it.⁠
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JI-POP also performed around the country frequently after their discovery.⁠
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Tanioka, who recently told The Straits Times that he did not want people to view or treat him “like an old man,” said that because of their age, the JI-POP members can “seize new challenges by making the most of our previous experiences, rather than just sit around and grow old.”⁠
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