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, VIXX,

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and formerly gugudan,

Park Yoon-ha Park Yun-ha (Hangul: 박윤하, (also known as Park Yoon-ha) (born April 17, 1999) is a South Korean singer signed under Jellyfish Entertainment. She is known for reaching the TOP 6 in the fourth season of the South Korean reality television c ...

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

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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 Sung Si-kyung (; born April 17, 1979) is a South Korean singer, entertainer and television host. He debuted in 2001 and has released eight studio albums in Korean and two studio albums in Japanese. He has also hosted and appeared on numerous So ...

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

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'' contestant

Seo In-guk Seo In-guk (; born October 23, 1987) is a South Korean singer-songwriter and actor. He launched his singing career after winning the talent reality show ''Superstar K'' in 2009, and made his acting breakthrough in ''Reply 1997'' (2012). Since ...

and Altair (

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) later joined Jellyfish Entertainment. In December 2010, Jellyfish Entertainment artists collaborated for the ''

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 ...

'' holiday album project with the lead single "Christmas Time". In December 2011 Sung Si-kyung, Brian Joo, 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'', a competition survival show that aired on Mnet. The winners debuted as a member of VIXX on May 24, 2012. In June, Lee Seok-hoon of SG Wannabe 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 ''Y.BIRD from Jellyfish Island'' is a series of periodically released single albums, created by Jellyfish Entertainment's CEO Hwang Se-jun for the purpose of showing the different sides of their artists to the public. Jellyfish Entertainment artist ...

'' 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

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( Y.BIRD from Jellyfish Island With Seo In Guk) 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,

VIXX LR VIXX LR ( ko, 빅스 LR) is the first official sub-unit of South Korean boy band VIXX formed by Jellyfish Entertainment. Established in August 2015, VIXX LR consists of VIXX vocalist Leo and rapper Ravi. The duo debuted with their first mini albu ...

was formed as the sub-unit of VIXX, composed of rapper Ravi 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 Kim Se-jeong 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 Gugudan. 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

, VIXX, Gugudan,

, Park Jung-ah, 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 Sally 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, Hana 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 Girls Planet 999. On October 22, Dayeon successfully placed 4th in the final lineup of the show's debut group, Kep1er.

Artists

Recording artists

Soloists * Jang Hye-jin *

* Kim Se-jeong * Son Chamchi * Leo *

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* Sally Groups * VIXX *

Sub-units *

Notable trainees * Kim Da-yeon ( Kep1er)

Studio artists

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

executive Executive ( exe., exec., execu.) may refer to: Role or title * Executive, a senior management role in an organization ** Chief executive officer (CEO), one of the highest-ranking corporate officers (executives) or administrators ** Executive di ...

) * 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 Fr ...

* Park Jung-ah * Kim Young-ju *

Nam Bo-ra Nam Bo-ra (; born November 27, 1989) is a South Korean actress. She appeared in '' Sunny'', ''Moon Embracing the Sun ''Moon Embracing the Sun'' (, also known as ''The Moon that Embraces the Sun'' or ''The Sun and the Moon'') is a 2012 South K ...

* Kim Min-kyu * Kim Se-jeong *

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

Former artists

*Kim Hyeong-jung (2008-2009) *Altair (

) (2009) *Kyun Woo (2010) *Lisa (2008–2010) *Park Hak-ki (2008–2011) *Park Jang-hyun (2011) * Brian Joo (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) * Park Hyo-shin (2008–2016) *

(2009–2017) *

(2007–2018) *

(2017–2019) * Kim Ye-won (2016–2022) * * VIXX ** Ravi (2012–2019) ** Hongbin (2012–2020) ** N (2012–2020) ** Hyuk (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) * Gugudan (2016–2020) **Mimi (2016–2021) ** Hana (2016–2021) **Haebin (2016–2021) **Soyee (2016–2021) **Gugudan 5959 (2017–2018) ***Hyeyeon (2016–2021) ** Gugudan SeMiNa (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'' is a series of periodically released single albums, created by Jellyfish Entertainment's CEO Hwang Se-jun for the purpose of showing the different sides of their artists to the public. Jellyfish Entertainment artist ...

*''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) * ''

Showcase'' (2013)

Filmography

* 2012: MyDOL - Reality show that documented the formation and debut process of Jellyfish Entertainment's first boy band, VIXX.

Partnership

Distributing labels *

Kakao Entertainment Kakao Entertainment Corp. (), stylized as kakao ENTERTAINMENT, is a South Korean entertainment, mass media, and publishing company founded in 2021. A subsidiary of the internet company Kakao, it was established subsequent to the merger of the la ...

(2020–present) * CJ Victor Entertainment ( VIXX) (2012–present) *

Nippon Crown is a Japanese record label established as Crown Records on 6 September 1963. It is a spin-off of Nippon Columbia and is owned by karaoke maker Daiichikosho. The record label singles which topped the Oricon Singles Chart are Kaze's "22-Sai no ...

(

) (2013–2017) * QQ ( VIXX) (2015–present) * Avex Taiwan ( VIXX, Gugudan) (2015–present)

Notes

References

External links

Official website
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