History: Boku ga Mitakatta Aozora
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2022
- On September 4, Weekly Bunshun Online announced that Akimoto Yasushi would produce a new idol group as "Nogizaka46's Official Rival Group". Avex Group was announced as the record label, and had informed their own staff of the project in June 2022.
- In fall, Ligareaz Management was formed. Ligareaz would become the main management agency of Boku ga Mitakatta Aozora. Its CEO is Akatsuka Yoshihiro, a longtime member of KeyHolder, Zest, and Allfux.
- Avex Entertainment would also contribute to management.
2023
- On February 1, auditions for the Boku ga Mitakatta Aozora 1st Generation began.
- 1st Round, Document Screening: February 1-18. Women between the ages of 12 and 22 (as of February 18) were eligible. Successful applicants were notified by email, and public scouting was done via TikTok.
- 2nd Round, Audition: February 25th and 26th (Tokyo), March 4th (Osaka), March 5th (Nagoya), March 11th (Sapporo), March 12th (Hiroshima), March 18th (Sendai) , March 21 (Fukuoka), March 25 and 26 (Tokyo).
- 3rd Round, Audition: April 15th and 16th (Tokyo). From April 20th to 21st, a few of those who passed the 3rd round streamed live on SHOWROOM.
- 4th Round, Final Audition: April 22 (Tokyo). There were 23 successful applicants.
- On May 22, an image with the number "100" was posted on the Boku ga Mitakatta Aozora Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok accounts, and countdown images were posted every day subsequently.
- On June 15th, the "Nogizaka46 Official Rival Member Presentation @ Zepp DiverCity" was livestreamed. The 1st generation members were unveiled, the group name was announced, and the debut single title and release date were announced.
- On June 21, Boku ga Mitakatta Aozora was named a special supporter of the "Odaiba Adventure King 2023 SUMMER SPLASH!" event
- On August 30th, their debut single Aozora ni Tsuite Kangaeru will be released.
