Sekai

Other Name: 山本世界

Age: 33

Birthday: February 21, 1991

Nationality: Japanese

Gender: Male

Sekai is a member of a Jpop group EXILE as well as a member and co-leader of Fantastics from Exile Tribe. He started dancing at the age of 2 at a dance studio that his mother ran. In elementary school, he passed the audition for the Shiki Theatre Company and for the next three years played young Simba in the Lion King musical. In 2010 after high school, Sekai went to NYC to further study dance under the tutelage of Elite Force Crew. While in NY, he competed in the "Step Ya Game Up" dance event. In 2010, he placed in the top 4 while two years later he was the winner in the Hip Hop category. After returning to Japan, Sekai worked as a backup dancer for various pop artists such as Miriam Yeung and Daichi Miura. During that time he also became an instructor at LDH's dance school EXPG. In 2014, he joined "EXILE PERFORMER BATTLE AUDITION" held in order to find new performers for EXILE. He was one of 5 winners. Also in 2014, he formed a dance crew XXIV CLAN (aka FTHEB), so he could continue being active as an underground dancer on the side, and participate in international dance competitions while EXILE was on hiatus. In 2016, Sekai and fellow EXILE bandmate Taiki were announced as leaders of a new 9 member group, Fantastics, and made their debut in 2018. (Source: Wikipedia).