Meet Hot New Boy Band: Down To Mars

CURRENTLY GAINING fans in “Party Pilipinas” is a new boy band called Down to Mars. Tagged as the Elite Power of Seven, it’s composed of seven young men who are either half Pinoy, half Japanese, half Chinese or half Korean, all born and raised here. Aside from “Party Pilipinas”, they’re also seen regularly in “Kusina Master” as the Kusina Warriors who are official tasters of all the dishes cooked by Chef Boy Logro.

Their group leader-spokesman is Kenji (real name: Mark Chua), the eldest of two kids of a Pinay mom and Chinese dad. His mom, Beng Chua, generously gave them their own place in Caloocan where they now all live together. How was the group formed?

“All of us met sa modelling,” he says. “That’s how we became friends. Then we auditioned sa GMA-7 and we’re now managed by GMA Artist Center.”

Why is their group called Down to Mars? “Kasi we’re all down to earth. Mars came from the Planet Mars that represents Men, as opposed to Venus. We specialize on electro pop as our music genre.”

The other members are: Daisuke (pronounced Daiske), 20, the theatre actor who’s the comedian of the group and most pasaway; Vheen, 20, the rapper ramp model; Jeongwon, 20, the pop belter; Jang, 22, the balladeer; Kiro, 19, the talented frat guy; and Sky, 19, the dance floor prince. You can visit their fan page on Facebook that now has 29,000 followers.