Jellyfish Entertainment (), is a South Korean entertainment company established by composer and producer Hwang Se-jun in

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. Jellyfish Entertainment is the home of artists including Jang Hye-jin,

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and formerly

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. The agency is also the home of actors including Kim Sun-young,

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and Kim Min-kyu.

History

2007–2011: Founding and beginning

Jellyfish Entertainment was founded on August 17, 2007 in

by composer and producer Hwang Se-jun. The first artist to sign under the company was the established ballad singer Sung Si-kyung, who released the single "Parting Once Again" (). One year later, the company signed Lisa and Park Hak-ki. In November 2008, singer

Park Hyo-shin Park Hyo-shin (Hangul: 박효신, Hanja: 朴孝信; born September 1, 1981) is a South Korean ballad singer and musical theatre actor known for his emotional vocals. He debuted in 1999 and has since released many hit songs including, "Things ...

signed to the agency and was featured on the album ''Hwang Project Vol.1 Welcome To The Fantastic World''. The following year, '' Super Star K'' contestant

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and Altair ( Lee Ji-hoon) later joined Jellyfish Entertainment. In December 2010, Jellyfish Entertainment artists collaborated for the ''

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'' holiday album project with the lead single "Christmas Time". In December 2011 Sung Si-kyung,

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, Seo In-guk, Park Hak-ki, Park Jang-hyun and Hwang Project collaborated again for ''Jelly Christmas'' with the single "Christmas for All"''.''

2012-2015: VIXX and company acquisition

In April 2012, Jellyfish Entertainment revealed lineup trainees of their upcoming boy group and formed the boy group on ''

MyDOL VIXX ( ko, 빅스 pronounced "vicks"; acronym for "voice, visual, value in excelsis") is a South Korean boy band formed by Jellyfish Entertainment through the 2012 reality show ''MyDOL''. Originally a sextet, the group is presently composed of f ...

'', a competition survival show that aired on

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. The winners debuted as a member of

on May 24, 2012. In June, Lee Seok-hoon of

SG Wannabe SG Wannabe () is a South Korean vocal group consisting of members Kim Yong-jun, Kim Jin-ho and Lee Seok-hoon. The group debuted in January 2004 with the single, "Timeless", from the album ''SG Wanna Be+'', and won Best New Artist at the Golden ...

released the digital single "The Beginning of Love" (Y.Bird from Jellyfish Island with Lee Seok Hoon) as part of Hwang Se-jun's '' Y.Bird from Jellyfish Island'' project. On September 12, Jellyfish Entertainment held their first live concert ''Jellyfish Live'' at Tokyo's Zepp Diver City in Japan, and in December, both Park Hyo-shin and Sung Si-kyung held concert performances in Seoul. Jellyfish Entertainment's artists collaborated again for the ''Jelly Christmas 2012 Heart Project'' with the single “Because It's Christmas” with the proceeds from the project donated to

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Korea. In February 2013, the ''Y.Bird from Jellyfish Island'' project released the digital singles "I Can't Live Because of You" by Seo In-guk featuring

Verbal Jint Kim Jin-tae (Hangul: 김진태; born December 19, 1980), better known by his stage name Verbal Jint (Hangul: 버벌진트), is a South Korean rapper, record producer and musician who is known for his groundbreaking innovations in Korean hip hop ...

(

Y.BIRD from Jellyfish Island With Seo In Guk "Y.BIRD from Jellyfish Island With Seo In Guk" is the eighth digital single by South Korean singer, Seo In-guk. The single was released on February 4, 2013, containing the title track "I Can't Live Because of You" featuring Verbal Jint. "I Can't ...

) in February and "Girl’s Why?" by VIXX and indie duo OKDAL (Y.BIRD from Jellyfish with VIXX & OKDAL) in October. In December, 19% of Jellyfish's shares were acquired by their distributor,

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and joined the CJ E&M label system as an independent label. In July 2015, ''

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'' TOP 6 contestant

signed under the agency. following month,

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was formed as the sub-unit of VIXX, composed of rapper

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and vocalist Leo. The ''

2015'' single was released on December 15 with the song "Love In The Air" ().

2016–2018: ''Produce'', Gugudan, and expansion into acting

In the first half of 2016, Jellyfish trainees Kim Na-young,

Kang Mi-na Kang Mi-na (; born December 4, 1999), known mononymously as Mina, is a South Korean singer, rapper and actress signed under Jellyfish Entertainment. She is best known for finishing ninth in Mnet's K-pop girl group survival show ''Produce 101'' ...

and

represented Jellyfish Entertainment in the television survival show ''

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''. Kang Mi-na and Kim Se-jeong winning the survival show debuted as part of the lineup of the year-long project girl group

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, while still under Jellyfish Entertainment. It was confirmed that following their promotions as part of I.O.I, the trainees would officially debut as members of the agency's first girl group. On June 3, Jellyfish Entertainment launch their new music channel ''

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''. ''Jelly Box'' is similar to Jellyfish Entertainment's previous project ''Y.Bird from Jellyfish Island'' and it will showcase Jellyfish Entertainment artists and producers and include collaborations with artists outside of the label. On June 28, Jellyfish debuted the nine-member girl group

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. In August, Park Hyo-shin departed from the agency after eight years working together. In October, Jellyfish Entertainment announced that former

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member Jiyul, signed a contract with the agency in order to pursue her career as an actress. In November, former

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member Kim Ye-won, joined Jellyfish Entertainment as an actress. On December 13, Jellyfish Entertainment released their '' Jelly Christmas 2016'' single album with the song, "Falling" (), as part of their digital music channel project ''

''. The Jellyfish artists participating were

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, Kim Gyu-sun, Kim Ye-won and Jiyul. In April 2017, agency trainee Yun Hee-seok represented Jellyfish Entertainment in the second season of the television survival show ''

''. On April 10, actress Cho Hye-jung joined Jellyfish Entertainment. In June, actress

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joined Jellyfish Entertainment. In August, Jellyfish's 32% shares was acquired by CJ E&M, which previously acquired 19% of Jellyfish's shares in 2013 and effectively becoming Jellyfish Entertainment largest shareholder after having 51%. The following month, Gugudan 5959 was formed as the sub-unit of Gugudan, composed of Hyeyeon and Mina. On August 16, indie soloist Jang Hye-jin joined Jellyfish Entertainment.

2019–present: Verivery debut and Gugudan disbandment

On January 9, 2019, Jellyfish debuted their second boy group

. On May 3, agency trainee Kim Min-kyu and Choi Jun-seong represented Jellyfish Entertainment in the fourth season of the television survival show ''

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''. On February 4, 2020, it was announced that

signed under the label. On March 6, it was revealed that as of June 6, 2019, CJ E&M had sold 40,396 shares of Jellyfish Entertainment for 1.9 billion won. The stake was acquired by Hwang Se-jun, the CEO of the company, increasing his stake from 51% to 73.53%. From May to July, Gugudan member

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participated in the Chinese television survival show ''

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''. She placed sixth and made into the final group,

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. On December 30, Jellyfish Entertainment announced that Gugudan would end all group activities and officially disband on December 31, 2020. On March 31, 2021, Mimi, Soyee, and Nayoung announced that they would depart from Jellyfish after their contracts have ended. On April 7, Haebin and Hyeyeon announced their departures from Jellyfish. On April 30,

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announced her departure from Jellyfish. On May 11, Jellyfish announced that Sejeong renewed her exclusive contract with the agency. On August 6, Jellyfish Entertainment trainees Kim Da-yeon and Sakamoto Shihona competing in the television survival show

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. On October 22, Dayeon successfully placed 4th in the final lineup of the show's debut group,

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Artists

Recording artists

Soloists * Jang Hye-jin *

* Son Chamchi * Leo *

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Groups *

Sub-units *

Notable trainees * Kim Da-yeon (

)

Studio artists

* Hwang Se-jun (YellowBIRD/Y.BIRD) (

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) * MELODESIGN Source:

Actors

Park Ki-woong Park Ki-woong (born February 13, 1985) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for the TV series '' The Slingshot'' (2009) and '' Bridal Mask'' (2012), Return (2018) and Rookie Historian Goo Hae-ryung (2019) as well as the films ''My Tutor F ...

* Kim Young-ju *

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* Kim Min-kyu *

* Park Si-young * Tak-ion * Ryu Won-woo Source:

Former artists

*Kim Hyeong-jung (2008-2009) *Altair ( Lee Ji-hoon) (2009) *Kyun Woo (2010) *Lisa (2008–2010) *Park Hak-ki (2008–2011) *Park Jang-hyun (2011) *

(2010–2012) *

Lee Seok-hoon Lee Seok-hoon (born January 6, 1972) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Lee began his directorial debut with the high school comedy '' See You After School'' (2006), followed by romantic comedy '' Two Faces of My Girlfriend'' ...

(2012–2013) *

(2008–2016) *

(2009–2017) * Sung Si-kyung (2007–2018) *

(2017–2019) * Kim Ye-won (2016–2022) * *

(2012–2019) ** Hongbin (2012–2020) ** N (2012–2020) **

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(2012–2022) *

Gong Hyun-joo Gong Hyun-joo (born January 7, 1984) is a South Korean actress. Personal life Gong married a non-celebrity 1 year older than her in March 2019. In January 2023, Gong's agency announced that she is pregnant with the couple's first child and ex ...

(2016–2020) *

(2016–2020) **Mimi (2016–2021) **

(2016–2021) **Haebin (2016–2021) **Soyee (2016–2021) **Gugudan 5959 (2017–2018) ***Hyeyeon (2016–2021) **

Gugudan SeMiNa Gugudan SeMiNa () was the second official subgroup of South Korean girl group Gugudan, formed by Jellyfish Entertainment in 2018. It was composed of three Gugudan members: Nayoung, Sejeong and Mina. History On June 29, Jellyfish Entertainment ...

(2018) ***Nayoung (2016–2021) *

Discography

Project albums

Jelly Christmas ''Jelly Christmas'' is a series of annually released special winter single albums by Jellyfish Entertainment which includes six Christmas singles from their artists. The singles were released on different dates, across six years. Singles Jelly Ch ...

* ''Jelly Christmas'' (2010) * ''Jelly Christmas 2011'' * ''Jelly Christmas 2012 Heart Project'' * ''겨울 고백 (Jelly Christmas 2013)'' * ''Jelly Christmas 2015 – 4랑'' * ''Jelly Christmas 2016''

Y.Bird from Jellyfish Island

*''Y.Bird from Jellyfish Island with Lee Seok Hoon'' (2012) *''Y.BIRD from Jellyfish Island With Seo In Guk'' (2013) *''Y.BIRD from Jellyfish Island With VIXX & OKDAL'' (2013) *''Y.BIRD from Jellyfish with LYn X Leo'' (2014)

Projects

*''

'' - music channel

Soundtracks

*'' The Legend of the Blue Sea: Original Soundtrack'' (2017) *'' Touch Your Heart: Original Soundtrack'' (2019)

Concerts

* ''Jellyfish Live'' (Japan, 2012) * '' Y.Bird from Jellyfish Island Showcase'' (2013)

Filmography

* 2012:

- Reality show that documented the formation and debut process of Jellyfish Entertainment's first boy band,

Partnership

Distributing labels *

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(2020–present) * CJ Victor Entertainment (

) (2012–present) *

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(

) (2013–2017) * QQ (

) (2015–present) *

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(

) (2015–present)

Notes

References

External links

Official website
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