SONOKI

SONOKI, an abbreviation of Soko no Kimi ni (소코노키미니/そこの君に), was a former South Korean live idol group.

Their group name originates from Japanese and means "to you there".

2020–Present
On June 19, 2020, the official SONOKI twitter account opened with a blurred preview photo of the members captioned "Are you ready?". A series of posts followed on June 22 revealing the first photos of original members Yui, Aru, Dchi and Hana.

They made their live debut on July 25, 2020, at Loud Carnival vol.3. Since then they have been among the most active live idol groups, with regular appearances at events such as IDOL ARENA and Choose Your STAR, among others.

On November 19, 2020, Yui announced her graduation from SONOKI to pursue other projects. On March 13, 2021, SONOKI announced that former Perfume de Ange member Mako had joined the group under the new name of Natsu.

On November 3, 2021, SONOKI announced their first album would be released at a special free release event at Prism Hall on November 28. This was followed by new official photos showing their refreshed image on December 10.

On March 27, 2022, it was announced that member Aru would be graduating SONOKI as of April 30.

On July 3rd, the group announced that they would be suddenly disbanding at a live show that would be taking place later that day.

Albums

 * 1) [2021.11.28] Soko no Kimi ni (そこの君に)

Final Line-Up

 * Dchi (디치/ディチ)
 * Hana (하나/はな)
 * Natsu (나츠/夏)

Former Members

 * Yui (유이/ゆい)
 * Aru (아루/ある)

Trivia

 * SONOKI have performed live covers of songs by Qumari Depart, Nankin Pepper, NECOPLA, chuLa, CY8ER and Zenbu Kimi no Sei da.
 * Former member Yui was a founding member of LIPIMOON and now performs under the name Hina.
 * Members Dchi and Natsu re-debuted as members of the 2022 To Hermitage group POCHIPURI.

Official links

 * Instagram
 * Twitter
 * YouTube