King & Prince is a two (originally six) member Japanese boy group under the company STARTO Entertainment (formerly known as Johnny & Associates), which debuted in 2018. The group was originally a trainee (formerly known as Johnnys' Jr. in Japan) unit called Mr. King vs Mr. Prince that consists of two units from Johnnys' Jr., Mr. King and Prince.

The group debuted on May 23rd, 2018 with debut single "Cinderella Girl (シンデレラガール)" which set best-selling record for debut single since 2010's with selling over 622K physical copies in its first week according to Billboard Japan.

Members:
-Mr. King
Ren Nagase (永瀬廉), 1999/01/23
Kaito Takahashi (髙橋海人), 1994/04/03

Ex-members :
-Mr. King
Sho Hirano (平野紫耀), 1997/01/29 (left on May 22, 2023)
-Prince
Yuta Kishi (岸優太), 1995/09/29 (left on May 22, 2023)
Yuta Jinguji (神宮寺勇太), 1997/10/30 (left on May 22, 2023)
Genki Iwahashi (岩橋玄樹), 1996/12/17 (left on march 30th, due to health issues )

Awards:
Best New Artist of The Year 2018
Best 5 Albums of the Year 2019 (1st album "King &Prince")
GQ Men of the Year 2019 Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.