This is a place to share information about both confirmed and rumored trainees under all labels of Hybe including but not limited to:
-BigHit
-Pledis
-Source Music
-Belift Lab
-ADOR
-KOZ
-Hybe Japan
-Hybe America
-collab groups involving Hybe in some way
So the thought just occurred to me...if Hikaru and Gaku really are in Pledis's new boy group, aren't they Pledis's first Japanese trainees that will have debuted there?
-BigHit Music: males only
-Source Music: females only
-Pledis: males and females
-ADOR: males and females
-KOZ: males and females
-Hybe Japan: males and females
-Belift Lab: males and females
Ah, so this is the new Hybe Japan group! I'm surprised they're likely to be debuting so soon after &TEAM, but it's nice to see Hikaru and Gaku again, and nice to meet Kyosuke, someone we haven't met yet!
These are the two trainees we saw in the T&D videos...the one on the left definitely sounds like Yejun from &audition, but the other I'm having trouble recognizing
Potential Source Music Trainee Name
-Lee () an (age 13)
Potential Belift Trainee Name
-Han () min (age 14)
Both became trainees within the last few days
I've been sitting on this for a while, but I feel like the Hybe Japan group is gonna be a girl group owned solely by Hybe Japan, not a collab one like MOONCHILD
Hybe planning to debut groups on the second half of the year and next year in Korea, the US, and Japan ㅡ Korea most likely for Pledisnbg (hopefully really is in 2nd half) and I'LL-IT, USA Hybe x Geffen gg, and Japan possibly new group under HLJ
I wonder how many members TWS: will have? It seems like for now, it's six, but I'm kinda sick and tired of Hybe doing six member groups, so I hope it's more
I wonder what the plan is gonna be for 24kumi... like, will they debut at the beginning of this year or closer to the end? Presumably, they'll debut sooner than later since we've known about them since, like, around September of last year? I feel like they'll probably debut
Also, I wonder when and how the members of TWS will be revealed? Will it be before debut, or will Pledis try to pull a NewJeans or a BND and either not reveal them until their first mv releases, or only give us their names respectively?
Likely KOZ Female Trainees: A Thread
*keep in mind that these are based on the most likely names who left after passing final auditions for KOZ and are bound to change*
More info will likely be added if more can be found
To anyone wondering if Hybe Japan even accepts female trainees, this is from their official website, so yes, they do accept female trainees too, and likely have a few at the moment as well
Potential BigHit Trainee Name:
-() () won
Passed in December 2022
Potential Belift Trainee Names:
-() () rin (last name is potentially Shin)
Passed in March 2021
-() () yeon
Passed in January 2022
Potential Pledis Trainee Name:
-Jeong () ()
Passed January 2023
If we do get any info within the next few days about the members of BOYNEXTDOOR and your favorite trainee doesn't make it into the lineup, this is your reminder to congratulate the ones that do make it, and to not be nasty to them if the person you want in the group isn't there!
Potential Pledis Trainee Names:
-Choi Gunhee
Passed June 2022
-Park () ()
Passed May 2019
-Yang Seoyun (05 liner)
Passed January 2019
-Lim or Im () hyeok
Passed May 2020
I was looking on KIPRIS out of boredom and I think I may have stumbled upon a possible group name, though I'm not sure that it's either a group name, nor for a HYBE group but it sure is...something
Source Music has a bunch of first audition passers, but not a whole lot of final passers of late, which is interesting...we'll have to see if that changes within the next few weeks
I wonder when they'll introduce the members of BOYNEXTDOOR. Will it be predebut, or will they pull a NewJeans and not introduce the members until they debut?
I found another possible Pledis Trainee Name that I somehow missed
-Woo () dong
Passed January 2022 I think (I found it on the AROOT Academy website with a few other January passers, so this is just a guess)
[RUMOR] Alleged names and ages of the upcoming Pledis boy group (L->R)!
2003- Shin Junghwan (신정환)
2005- Kim Dohoon (김도훈), Choi Youngjae (최영재)
2006- Han Jihoon (한지훈), Hanzhen (韩振/한진)
2007- Lee Kyungmin (이경민)
#PLEDIS
#플레디스
Potential Belift Trainee Name:
-Kang () won
Passed in May 2021
Potential KOZ Trainee Names:
-Hwang () seong
Passed in June 2020
-Choi Jiwoo
Passed in June 2020
Potential Source Music Trainee Name:
-Byun () in
Passed in September 2017
Like, all they have under NAECO right now is Yurina Hirate, and I'm not sure what they will be doing with her, if she's acting or doing music, or what, but it'd make sense if they had a group there as well if it's for music
BOYNEXTDOOR has 6 members, so not every rumored trainee is going to make it into the group...be kind to the trainees that are announced, and don't harrass them if they are not one of the trainees you wanted in the group!
It doesn't feel right to post about kpop in light of what's currently happening in Palestine, so for the time being, I'll be holding off on posting trainees.
It's been rumored that Sara Bohme from My Teenage Girl joined Source Music after not making the final lineup!
She's an 09 liner so if the rumor is true, it's possible she'll debut in the group that the new audition is for!
Since R U Next is starting soon, what nationality do you think some of the trainees will be (aside from the Korean trainees)?
My guesses based on the most common nationalities in Kpop:
-Japanese 🇯🇵
-Chinese 🇨🇳
-Taiwanese 🇹🇼
-Thai 🇹🇭
-Vietnamese 🇻🇳
-American 🇺🇸
-Australian 🇦🇺
I think I may have found a video of Choi Gunhee, one of the Pledis trainees
Here's a cover he did with some of his former fellow Power Vocal attendees!
3 confirmed Source Music trainees (likely to debut in 3+ years since Le Sserafim just debuted this year if they debut)
-Lee Yeju (09 liner)
-Um Jiwon (09 liner)
-Lee Siyoung (10 liner)
Also, it's highly likely that Byun Seoyoung (07 liner) is still at Source Music as a trainee
It sounds like possibly Hayate or Junwon, maybe even Hikaru, or it could be one of the remaining I-Land or ex-Trainee A boys... I'm honestly not sure...
[RUMOR] According to OP's Pushoong (think Curious Cat), an alleged classmate of Daniel's revealed he was unable to go on a class trip. The anonymous ask says he's in Pledis & OP speculates he may be preparing for debut.
Cr. @/DKzz66
#PLEDIS
#플레디스
#Daniel
#다니엘 #김동규
It'll certainly be interesting to see if maybe they will pick a few of the R U Next girls to debut a new group since the current trainees are rumored to be really, really young
Le Sserafim's lineup was revealed around a month before they officially debuted, so if this is the way KOZ will do it, then they'll likely start posting members soon
Current Suspected Trainees
Haruka - suspected Belift or Source Music Trainee
- was in line to become a member of Le Sserafim predebut but didn't make it to the final lineup
- 🇯🇵
@Gyu3131
I mean, Seventeen does have 13 members, and BTS and Enhypen both have 7 members, so it's certainly not impossible for the group to have more members under a different label, just unlikely! Still, there have been four Hybe groups that have had 6 members debut, so who knows?
Pledis also has 2 potential Japanese trainees but alas, since they're not named I can't say much about them other than the Dance Bridge one passed in July of 2022 and the Uri Zip one just passed their final and became a trainee a few days ago
@hytepen
I mean, it was mentioned that one of the girls in R U Next who is an I'LL-IT member (Moka) trained under Hybe Japan, so it's not unlikely they have female trainees as well
Honestly, if Jiwoo is still in Belift, I could see them pulling a Hanbin with her and attempting to debut her as a soloist the way it seemed like they were going to do with him before he joined Yuehua as a member of Tempest
So, first Source Music loses Byun Seoyoung, which I only found out due to a recent post from Def Dance saying she'd passed an audition for High Up, and now Um Jiwon is back at Def Dance based on a recent video of her dancing to a Le Sserafim song
These two were confirmed
So if we're getting a similar reveal schedule to I-Land for RU Next, there were 26 days from the first contestant reveals and the air date for the pilot, so if it's gonna be similar to that, our first reveals of the contestants will be on June 4th or something like that
So something thatdoes strike me as odd is it hasn't even been two wweeks since the KOZ first tease of BOYNEXTDOOR, so surely we'll be getting more soon, right?