Maroo Entertainment () is a South Korean entertainment company established in 2010. The company operates as a talent agency, music production and distribution company, and film/drama production company. The company currently manages singer and actor

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, idol group such as

Teen Teen Teen Teen (틴틴) was a South Korean boy band formed by Maroo Entertainment in 2019. The group debuted on September 18, 2019, with ''Very, On Top''. The unit effectively disbanded following Taeseung's departure from GHOST9. Pre-debut Before de ...

, and

Ghost9 Ghost9 (고스트나인) is a South Korean boy band formed by Maroo Entertainment in 2020. They made their debut on September 23, 2020, with their debut Extended play, EP ''Pre Episode 1: Door''. History Pre-debut Before debut, Choi Jun-seong, ...

History

Maroo Entertainment was firstly active as a

Mnet Media Stone Music Entertainment (Hangul: 스톤 뮤직 엔터테인먼트), is a South Korean music distribution company under CJ ENM, along with music streaming store Genie Music. It was one of the largest co-publisher companies in South Korea. The ...

music label in 2007, debuting boy group

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. In July 2010, Maroo Entertainment officially registered as a legal independent company. In 2012, former SeeYa member

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joined Maroo as a soloist. In February 2014, Maroo debuted their first girl group 1PS. In May 2014, OneTwo member Song Ho-beom joined Maroo. In February 2015, former LPG member Han Young, joined Maroo. In May 2015, actor

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joined Maroo. Maroo debuted their second girl group myB in August 2015. On October 21, 2015, singer and entertainer

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joined Maroo. On December 28, 2016, former The Ark member

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joined Maroo. On January 1, 2017, Maroo debuted their third girl group BONUSBaby. On June 14, 2017,

officially signed a contract with Maroo. On August 4, 2017, actress Bae Geu-rin joined Maroo. On May 23, 2018, Maroo debuted former The Ark member Euna Kim and Minju as the duo KHAN. Later that month,

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member Jo Bin joined Maroo. On August 21, 2018, Norazo made a comeback under Maroo after adding new member Won Heum. On September 10, 2018, Maroo announced that BONUSbaby member Kongyoo would leave the group to focus on her studies, and that the group will take a hiatus. On September 18, 2019, Maroo debuted ''

Produce X 101 ''Produce X 101'' () is a 2019 South Korean boy group survival reality show on Mnet and the fourth season of the ''Produce 101'' franchise. The public, referred to as "national producers", "produces" a boy band by choosing 11 members among the ...

'' trainees Lee Jin-woo, Lee Tae-seung and Lee Woo-jin as

. On September 23, 2020, Maroo debuted their new boy group

, consisting of 9 members, including the members from Teen Teen. In June 2022, IHQ acquired 47.14 % of the company shares.

Artists

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Recording artists

Groups *

Soloists *

Former artists

Former recording artists

(2012–2017) * 1PS (2014–2015) * Song Ho-beom (2014–????) * Han Young (2015–2018) *

MyB MyB (Hangul: 마이비) was a South Korean girl group formed by Maroo Entertainment. The group debuted on August 25, 2015 with ''My Oh My'' and made a comeback on November 13, 2015 with ''Ddoddo'', before the group officially disbanded on December ...

(2015–2016) ** Jookyung (2015–2016) ** Heejoo (2015–2016) ** U-Jung (2015–2016) ** G-won (2015–2016) * ASHGRAY (2016) *

(2007–2018) * BONUSBaby (2017–2020) ** Kongyoo (2017–2018) * KHAN (2018–2019)

Former entertainers

(2015–2018)

Former actors

(2015–2018) * Bae Geu-rin (2017) * Kwon Yohan (2018–????) * Lee Sang-mi (2018–????) * Seo Eun-chae * Dabee * Choi Moon-hee * Kwon Seung-woo

References

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* {{Authority control South Korean companies established in 2007 Companies based in Seoul Record labels established in 2007 South Korean record labels K-pop record labels Music publishing companies of South Korea Talent agencies of South Korea