was a short-lived Japanese
pop group made up of five
Hello! Project Kids members led by
Mari Yaguchi of
Morning Musume. Yaguchi acted as a mentor and the group released two singles. ZYX is important in that it is the first unit that Hello! Project Kids officially joined with the second being
Aa! formed in 2003, the third being
Berryz Kobo in 2004, and the fourth being
Cute] in 2005. As
Saki Shimizu and
Momoko Tsugunaga were selected to become members of Berryz Kobo in 2004, the activity of ZYX ended.