FANTASY BOYS (group)

For other articles titled 'Fantasy Boys', see Fantasy Boys.

“	Shine the way! Hello, we are FANTASY BOYS! (Shine the way! 안녕하세요, FANTASY BOYS 입니다!)	”
—FANTASY BOYS

FANTASY BOYS

Concept photo for Make A Fantasy

Names

Hangul

판타지보이즈

Katakana

ファンタジー・ボーイズ

Background

Origin

Seoul, South Korea

Debut

September 21, 2023 (South Korea)
June 19, 2024 (Japan)

Years active

2023–present

Label(s)

PocketDol Studio
M25
KISS Entertainment (Japan)

Associations

Fantasy Boys

Members

Current

Inactive

K-Soul

Former

Yu Jun Won

Fandom

Name

Bandi (반디)^[1]

Website
KR: JP:

SNS
KR: ^(Off.) ^(Mem.) JP:

FANTASY BOYS (판타지보이즈) is an 11-member multinational boy group under PocketDol Studio and M25. Formed through the MBC reality survival show Fantasy Boys and originally as 12, they made their debut on September 21, 2023 with the mini album New Tomorrow.

History[]

Pre-debut: Fantasy Boys[]

On June 8, 2022, production company Phunky Studio officially announced that the idol audition show Fantasy Boys would be returning with a male version early next year. "PD [producing director] Han Dong Chul has begun preparing to produce a male version for Season 2," stated the agency. "It is currently scheduled to air in February or March of next year. Just like Season 1, it will be an audition for the birth of a talented K-pop group."^[2] On August 23, MBC confirmed the show will be airing in early 2023.^[3] On November 14, the began filming it's first episode.^[4]

Fantasy Boys premiered on March 30, 2023,^[5] while the live finale was broadcasted on June 8, with the boys who ranked in the top twelve to debut in the show's product group FANTASY BOYS. During the finale, twelve different contestants were revealed to make their debut; Yu Jun Won ranked first overall, Kim Gyu Rae ranked second, Hong Sung Min ranked third, Oh Hyeon Tae ranked fourth, Lee Han Bin ranked fifth, Ling Qi ranked sixth, Kang Min Seo ranked seventh, Hikari ranked eighth, K-Soul ranked ninth, Kim Woo Seok in tenth, Hikaru ranked eleventh, and finally, Kaedan ranked twelfth.^[6] SNS accounts were opened later that day.^[7]

On August 14, it was announced that the group would be debuting in September.^[8]

On August 23, PocketDol Studio announced that FANTASY BOYS will debut as an 11-member ensemble without Yu Jun Won, due to his unauthorized departure from the group following disagreements about his contract between his parents and the agency.^[9]

2023: Debut with New Tomorrow, K-Soul's hiatus, Potential[]

On August 24, 2023, PocketDol Studio announced that FANTASY BOYS will be debuting on September 21.^[10]

On August 28, it was announced that FANTASY BOYS will be debuting with their first mini album, New Tomorrow, on September 21.^[11]

On October 1, a statement was released announcing that member K-Soul would be temporarily halting all scheduled activities and returning to China due to the worsening of his father and maternal grandmother's health.^[12]

On October 21, PocketDol Studio announced that FANTASY BOYS would be making a comeback in late November, followed by a Japanese concert in December.^[13] On October 30, PocketDol Studio announced that the group will be returning on November 24.^[14] The title of their second mini album, Potential was later confirmed.

2024: Make Sunshine, Japanese debut with Make A Fantasy, Project 7, Starlight Boys[]

On April 10, it was announced that FANTASY BOYS will be making their Japanese debut on June 19 with the mini album Make A Fantasy.^[15]

On April 15, a coming soon poster was unveiled for the group's third mini album, Make Sunshine, set to be released on May 2.^[16]

Members[]

Rank	Name			Position(s)	Nationality	Year(s) active
Rank	English	Korean	Japanese	Position(s)	Nationality	Year(s) active
11	Hikaru	히카루	ヒカル	TBA	Japanese	2023–present
10	Kim Woo Seok	김우석	ウソク	TBA	Korean	2023–present
4	Oh Hyeon Tae	오현태	ヒョンテ	TBA	Korean	2023–present
2	Kim Gyu Rae	김규래	ギュレ	TBA	Korean	2023–present
12	Kaedan	케이단	ケイダン	Maknae	American	2023–present
Inactive
3	Hong Sung Min	홍성민	ソンミン	TBA	Korean	2023–present
5	Lee Han Bin	이한빈	ハンビン	TBA	Korean	2023–present
6	Ling Qi	링치	リンチ	TBA	Chinese	2023–present
7	Kang Min Seo	강민서	ミンソ	Leader	Korean	2023–present
8	Hikari	히카리	ヒカリ	TBA	Japanese	2023–present
9	K-Soul	소울	ソウル	TBA	Chinese	2023–present
Former
1	Yu Jun Won	유준원	ジュンウォン	Leader, Center^[17]	Korean	2023

Discography[]

Korean[]

Japanese[]

Mini albums[]

Make A Fantasy (2024)

Videography[]

DVDs[]

FANTASY BOYS 2nd Mini Album [Potential] MV Behind DVD (2024)

Concerts[]

Japan concerts[]

Fan Concert in Japan [~Welcome to your Fantasy~] (2023)
FANTASY BOYS in Tokyo 2023 Fanconcert [New Tomorrow] (2023)

Concert participation[]

Music Core In Japan 2024 (2024)^[18]

Fanmeetings[]

FANTASY BOYS 1st Fanmeeting [Summer in the Fantasy] (2024)

Trivia[]

Ling Qi is a former member of the Chinese boy group X-TIME.
- He is also a former contestant of the Chinese survival show Idol Producer.
K-Soul is a former contestant of the Chinese survival shows Super Idol and We Are Young.
Former member Yu Jun Won is a former contestant of the survival show &AUDITION - The Howling -.