TOKYO -- In 2012, Yuta Nakamoto flew from Osaka to Seoul with a one-way ticket and a determination to plunge into K-pop music, which was gaining popularity around the world. The 16-year-old passed ...

TOKYO -- Yuta Nakamoto, a Japanese member of K-pop band NCT, was just 16 when he headed to Seoul with a sheer determination to make a splash in South Korea's entertainment scene.

Yuta Nakamoto, the new Japanese representative of the JTBC variety show "Abnormal Summit" and a trainee at SM Entertainment (SM Rookies), revealed that he was a soccer player before deciding to ...