IST Entertainment (아이에스티엔터테인먼트) is a South Korean record label and entertainment agency under Kakao Entertainment.
History[]
IST was originally founded in 2011 as A Cube Entertainment, then a subsidiary of Cube Entertainment. In November 2015, LOEN Entertainment acquired the company after purchasing 70 percent of their stocks. The company was renamed as Plan A Entertainment on June 8, 2016.[1]
On February 13, 2019, Kakao M announced that Plan A and FAVE Entertainment would be merging together. It was later confirmed that the company would be called Play M Entertainment and started operating on April 1.[2][3] The company's name change was registered on April 22 with Plan A as the surviving company and FAVE as the defunct company.[1]
On September 17, 2021, Kakao Entertainment officially announced that Play M would undergo a merger with Cre.ker Entertainment before the end of the year.[4] On November 12, 2021, it was announced that the company's new corporate name would be IST Entertainment, which took in effect on November 1.[5] The company's name change was registered on November 19, 2021 with Play M as the surviving company and Cre.ker as the defunct company.[1]
On February 7, 2022, IST announced that they will debut a new boy group in the first half of the year through a survival show, The Origin - A, B, or What?, which will air on MBN and also be available online on KakaoTV and 1theK. The show premiered on March 19, 2022.[6] On the finale episode aired on May 7, 2022, it was announced that the final 7 will debut as ATBO.[7]
Artists[]
Groups[]
- Apink (2011–present)
- Apink BnN (2014–present)
- Apink YOS (2018–present)
- Apink JooJiRong (2020–present)
- Apink CHOBOM (2022–present)[8]
- VICTON (2016–present)
- Weeekly (2020–present)
- THE BOYZ (2021–present)
- ATBO (2022–present)
Soloists[]
- Jeong Eun Ji (Apink) (2016–present)
- Han Seung Woo (VICTON) (2020–present)
Trainees[]
Former artists[]
- Apink
- Lim Jimin (2019–2021)
- Huh Gak (2011–2021)[11]
- Bandage (2020–2022)[12]
- Lim Hyeong Bin (2020–2022)
- Lee Chan Sol (2020–2022)
- Kang Kyoung Yoon (2020–2022)
- Shin Hyun Bin (2020–2022)
- VICTON
- Do Han Se (2016–2023)
- Choi Byung Chan (2016–2023)
- Jung Su Bin (2016–2023)
Trainees[]
- Bae Sumin (2015–2018)
- Yoon Seeun (2018–2019)
- PlayM BOYS (2018–2021)
- Lee Seung Hwan (2018–2020)
- Jung Jin Sung (2018–2020)
- Jeon Do Yum (2018–2021)
- Song Byeong Hee (2018–2021)
- FAVEGIRLS
- Kodai
- Park Gwan Young
- Jeong Junho (2022)
- Kim Minseo (2022)
- Choi Jinwook (2022)
- Kang Daehyun (2022)
- Yang Donghwa (2022)
- Park Jaehoon (2022)
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