DreamLand 2 (ドリームランド2; also known as DreamLand 2: Boy's World; Jp: ドリームランド2: 少年の世界) is a Japanese large-scale survival-reality based on Girls' Fantasy: Japan. It's premise is to create Japan's next big boy group. It will premiere in TokiToki for Japan and SCS for everywhere else on September 6, 2024.
A third season featuring female trainees, DreamLand 3 is currently on the planning stages for late 2025.
Concept[]
In Japan, a new island has popped up called the DreamLand where boys all over japan and overseas who dream to become superstars are invited. In Fantasy Land the boys will showcase their talents to where the Dreamers (fans) will vote for their favorite contestants to become part of the ultimate line-up for the dream boy group.
History[]
On February 2, 2024, TokiToki revealed that the show is being renewed for a second season under a new name. The show would be called DreamLand: Season 2. On June 1, 2024, TokiToki announced that auditions have officially been finished and they're currently on the process of filming, they're currently deciding on what the date for the premiere of the show should be, TokiToki also revealed that I:O will do the grand opening for the show, Ito Furata, Hatarimura Mae and Nakano Miyumi would be featured as guest mentors in the first two episodes.
On July 1, 2024, the first teaser revealing the two MCs for the show was released, it featured Kenzo Keita recurring his role as MC alongside famous singer and actress Watanabe Kasumi. TOKITOKI revealed that Minami was unable to reprise her role as MC alongside Keita due to busy schedules.
On July 29, 2024, TOKITOKI posted a hint regarding the final group name with the cryptic message Ten, Idea, Aim, Dream. At the end of the teaser it was revealed that the signal song AYE-HO! would be released on August 5, 2024 and the show would began airing on September 6, 2024. During the announcement it was revealed that DreamLand: Season 2 would be simplified as DreamLand 2.
On August 5, 2024, the signal song AYE-HO! was released with the grand performance on the show's official YouTube channel. The center position for the song was Hideo Takaki. Shortly after all the profiles for the 50 boys were released on the show's official webiste.
Contestants[]
| Region | Name | Age (Entry) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kyoto | Hadake Kenzo | 18 | former MAKE Japan trainee. pre-debut DEFINE member. |
| Osaka | Miura Hinata | 20 | trainee under SOURCE ON Japan. |
| Tokyo | Tamura Eito | 19 | N/A |
| Tokyo | Mamehara Moto | 17 | N/A |
| Yokohama | Yakuta Nana | 19 | former MAKE Entertainment trainee. former YA DancerZ member. |
| Tokyo | Hatari Sudata | 20 | N/A |
| Fukuoka | Idota Han | 19 | former PERSONA Entertainment trainee. |
| Tokyo | Sato Kenji | 21 | former IJB member. |
| Kyoto | Kenmotsu Hidan | 19 | former IJB member. older brother of Chlo. |
| US | Kato Joseph | 19 | former PJM Entertainment trainee. |
| Tokyo | Ito Tsutada | 17 | N/A |
| Kyoto | Wenyan | 21 | former BLACKCODE member. |
| Fukuoka | Junichi Tendo | 19 | former LAPIN Entertainment trainee. |
| Tokyo | Mana Shuichi | 20 | former WE BE ONE member. |
| Osaka | Kagura Shoto | 20 | former MAKE Japan trainee. |
| Tokyo | Kato Yui | 18 | former LE100 Entertainment trainee. |
| Kyoto | Watanabe Kokomi | 20 | former KYOTO BOY5 member. |
| US | Sakata Mark | 18 | N/A |
| Hiroshima | Iwaba Riiho | 22 | participated on Dawn of Teenagers 2 under the name Taeki Riiho. |
| Tokyo | Sato Kazuma | 17 | former ONE/T member. |
| Kitakyushu | Wakari Shin | 19 | former PERSONA Entertainment trainee. |
| Tokyo | Idota Mame | 17 | former RING Entertainment trainee. |
| Tokyo | Mamehara Jun | 19 | N/A |
| Osaka | Ogura Sana | 18 | N/A |
| Tokyo | Tendo Shun | 20 | former WiXi members. |
| Canada | Kawashi Noah | 19 | |
| Nagoya | Ida Yuusei | 19 | former LI1 member. |
| Tokyo | Hideo Takaki | 18 | pre-debut member of NepHew. |
| Tokyo | Imai Ouju | 19 | Former WSTL Boyz Trainees member. |
| Fukuoka | Yamaguchi Reiichiro | 20 | N/A |
| Tokyo | Sakurai Makoto | 18 | N/A |
| Tokyo | Yamamoto Youhei | 18 | N/A |
| Kyoto | Nakamoto Shiryu | 19 | N/A |
| Tokyo | Miyata Masaaki | 18 | N/A |
| Osaka | Tagawa Mashiro | 16 | trainees under DIVE Japan. |
| Australia | Inoyue Kuma | 20 | |
| Nagoya | Kajiwara Kazu | 17 | |
| Tokyo | Miyura Yuta | 19 | former YORI Entertainment trainee. |
| Sendai | Honogawa Rito | 19 | trainee under SOURCE ON Japan. |
| Tokyo | Hideo Min | 22 | former ABE Entertainment producer. |
| Canada | Kudo Soma | 20 | N/A |
| US | Ito Waren | 19 | former Prime Labels trainee. |
| France | Chris | 19 | N/A |
| Tokyo | Yokuya Jin | 19 | N/A |
| Tokyo | Otoma Hanji | 18 | former ADRB trainee. |
| Fukuoka | Iwabe Aron | 19 | former LITBIT Recordings trainee. |
| Kyoto | Yakuta Mashiro | 20 | Former MAKE Entertainment, MAKE Japan trainee. |
| Hiroshima | Sato Juun | 17 | N/A |
| Tokyo | Watanabe Kunim | 19 | N/A |
| Osaka | Mamehara Shuhei | 24 | former FROM1 member |
Final[]
| # | Name | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hideo Takaki | 786,924 |
| 2 | Imai Ouju | 751,240 |
| 3 | Mamehara Jun | 701,245 |
| 4 | Kagura Shoto | 700.103 |
| 5 | Wenyan | 678,596 |
| 6 | Ida Yuusei | 651,996 |
| 7 | Hadake Kenzo | 591,701 |
| 8 | Tendo Shun | 532,592 |
| 9 | Kenmotsu Hidan | 477,194 |
| 10 | Miura Hinata | 432,518 |
| Eliminated | ||
| 11 | Yakuta Nana | 430,981 |
| 12 | Sakata Mark | 421,222 |
| 13 | Iwaba Riiho | 407,987 |
| 14 | Wakari Shin | 376,267 |
| 15 | Sato Kenji | 356,661 |
| 16 | Watanabe Kokomi | 325,269 |
| 17 | Junichi Tendo | 298,918 |
| 18 | Kawashi Noah | 287,211 |
| 19 | Miyura Yuta | 265,826 |
| 20 | Honogawa Rito | 249,240 |
Top 10 debuts as IN10S.