On January 27, it was announced that NCT 127’s Yuta will be on the special edition cover of Numéro TOKYO. The cover is for the April 2022 issue of the magazine, which is set to release on February 26.

 

In addition to the cover, he will be featured in a 16-paged appendix titled “CONVERSATION with YUTA (NCT 127): Dialogue with YUTA.” The appendix features a fashion story and a lengthy interview. 

Numéro TOKYO will be Yuta’s fifth solo magazine appearance and his second time starring on a cover. He has solo features in Pia Music Complex (Vol. 20 issue), GINGER Magazine (July 2021 issue), and Bessatsu Kadokawa Magazine (June 2021 issue). He was also previously on the cover of GQ Japan for their November 2021 issue.

Numéro TOKYO Past Features

Numéro is a French-based fashion magazine. It has now expanded into several international issues, such as Tokyo, Korea, China, Thailand, Russia, Berlin, and The Netherlands. In 2007, Numéro TOKYO was launched and has featured various K-pop acts such as BLACKPINK and TXT

Ai Reaction to the Announcement

Once the news was announced, Ai — fans of Yuta — were ecstatic to hear him being the cover star of another magazine. Some tweeted photos of their Yuta magazine and album collections, and expressed their excitement to add this upcoming issue to their collection! Other Ai speculated what would come from the photoshoot by looking at previous Numéro shoots and covers.

https://twitter.com/aoichous/status/1486886787901685762?s=20&t=0YQDM8VahOFxgNJ3vJy2Rw

https://twitter.com/ainoyuta/status/1486878152613785601?s=20&t=NSKqdIt9vLuEfY9THGv6zg

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