ENHYPEN

ENHYPEN (엔하이픈; pronounced ‘uhn-hai-pen’; also stylized EN- ; debuted on Nov 30, 2020) is a 7-member South Korean Kpop boy group formed through the Korean reality show I-LAND (아이 랜드) under BELIFT LAB. ENHYPEN debuted on November 30, 2020 with the mini album Border: Day One .

Members

ENHYPEN Member Ages

ENHYPEN Age Ranking

Ranked from oldest to youngest.

ENHYPEN Member Heights

ENHYPEN Height Ranking

Ranked from tallest to shortest.

Name and Fandom

Name

The name ENHYPEN means connection, discovery, and growth . Similar to how a hyphen connects words to discover a new meaning, ENHYPEN refers to how the members discovered each other, are connected to one another, and will continue to grow together.

Fandom

ENHYPEN’s fandom name was announced on October 8, 2020 to be ENGENE . ENGENE combines the words engine, en (from ‘en’hypen) , and gene . The name carries two meanings. One of them describes how fans represent a source of fuel and energy for ENHYPEN similar to an ‘engine’. The second meaning comes from the combination of en + gene, which represents the connection between ENHYPEN and fans through a common gene.

Members

ENHYPEN is composed of seven members born between 2001 and 2005. Their names are: Jungwon, Jay, Jake, Niki, Heeseung, Sunghoon, and Sunoo.

ENHYPEN members’ ages ranged from 19 to 14 years old at the time of their debut in November 2020. The oldest member is Heeseung (born Oct 15, 2001). The youngest member is Niki (born Dec 9, 2005).

ENHYPEN has 5 Korean members and 2 foreign members. Jay and Ni-ki were born outside of Korea (USA and Japan, respectively). Jake was born in South Korea but moved to Australia at a very young age. All the other members were born in South Korea.

Positions

Except for the position of leader held by Jungwon, ENHYPEN members do not have official positions or roles. The goal is for each member to be able to fulfill all positions at a high quality and be all-rounders.

Here are the positions of each of ENHYPEN’s members based on their performances:

• Heeseung: vocalist, dancer
• Jay: rapper, vocalist, dancer
• Jake: rapper, vocalist, dancer
• Sunghoon: vocalist, dancer, rapper
• Sunoo: vocalist, dancer
• Jungwon: leader, vocalist, dancer
• Ni-ki: vocalist, dancer, maknae

The maknae line of ENHYPEN is comprised of Sunoo, Jungwon, and Ni-ki. They are the youngest members born in 2003, 2004, and 2005, respectively.

The hyung line of ENHYPEN is comprised of Heeseung, Sunghoon, Jay, and Jake. They are the oldest members. They were born between 2001 and 2002.

I-Land Final Ranking

I-Land

 I-Land (아이 랜드; 2020) was a South Korean survival reality show that followed the creation of the perfect Kpop boy idol group by BELIFT LAB, a joint company of Big Hit Entertainment (label behind BTS) and CJ E&M Entertainment. The show took place in the I-LAND , a state-of-the-art construction with 3 years in the making.

The top seven final contestants on the show became the members of ENHYPEN.

I-Land Season 1 Final Ranking

ENHYPEN Members Profile

ENHYPEN (엔하이픈) is the final 7 members of the survival show I-LAND under BE:LIFT Lab, a subsidiary label under HYBE. The group consists of Heeseung, Jay, Jake, Sunghoon, Sunoo, Jungwon, and Ni-ki. They debuted on November 30th, 2020 with the mini album, “BORDER: DAY ONE“. The group made their Japanese debut on July 6th, 2021.

Group Name Explanation: ENHYPEN is a mix of an en dash and a hyphen that connects different words to create new meaning, members of ENHYPEN will connect, discover each other, and grow together. ENHYPEN Fandom Name: ENGENE (엔진)
ENHYPEN Fandom Color: – Dorm Arrangements:
(4) Sunghoon, Jungwon, Sunoo, and Ni-ki
(2) Jay and Jake
(1) Heeseung ENHYPEN Official Accounts:
Website: ENHYPEN / ENHYPEN JAPAN
Store: ENHYPEN Store
Twitter: ENHYPEN / ENHYPEN_members
Instagram: enhypen
YouTube: ENHYPEN
TikTok: @enhypen
SoundCloud: ENHYPEN
Facebook: officialENHYPEN
Naver Blog: ENHYPEN
Weverse: ENHYPEN
Weibo: ENHYPEN 官方微博
bilibili: ENHYPEN ENHYPEN Members Profile:
Jungwon

Stage Name: Jungwon (정원)
Birth Name: Yang Jung Won (양정원)
English Name: Johnny Yang
Position: Leader
Birthday: February 9th, 2004
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius
Chinese Zodiac: Monkey
Height: 175 cm (5’9″)
Weight: –
Blood Type: AB
MBTI Type: ISTJ (Previous result was ESTJ)
Nationality: Korean
Representative Emoticon: 🐱 Jungwon Facts:
– Jungwon has an older sister that is 2 years older than him.
– Training Period: 1 year, 4 months.
– He ranked 1st in the final episode with 1,417,620 votes.
– His microphone color is Gray .
– Edens is Jungwon’s fandom name created by fans.
– Education: Namgang High School, Hanlim Multi Art School.
– Habits: Lowering his sleeves, fluttering his eyebrows up and putting his palms facing up while sitting.
– Jungwon’s favorite colors are Blue and Orange .
– Jungwon does popping in his sleep.
– He has a pet dog named Maeumi, who is named after the dog in the drama Heart Is.
– According to Ni-ki, he and Sunoo snore the most.
– He is a former SM Entertainment (2017-2018) and BigHit Entertainment (2018-2019) trainee.
– Jungwon used to train with NCT and WayV members when he was an SM Trainee.
– His role model is BTS’ Jungkook (Applicant Profile).
– Jungwon’s charm is being charming in many different ways (Behind the Profile Shoot).
– His special skill is copying the sound of Squidward’s footsteps (Behind the Profile Shoot).
– Jungwon’s English name is Johnny (V-Live 2020.09.22).
– Specialty: Singing, dancing, popping, and taekwondo (Self-Revised Profile).
– Hobbies: Watching movies and taking a walk while it’s raining (Self-Revised Profile).
– Charming Point: Dimple, cute personality, eye smile, shoulders (Self-Revised Profile).
– His nicknames are Sheep Garden, Jung One, Yang Garden, Yang Chamber, and Nyang Jungwon (Self-Revised Profile).
– Likes: Jake, all members, removing socks, curry, and ENHYPEN (Self-Revised Profile).
– Dislikes: Layin g on a bed with socks on and loudly chewing on food (Self-Revised Profile).
– He doesn’t have a motto (Self-Revised Profile).
Show more Jungwon fun facts… Heeseung

Stage Name: Heeseung (희승)
Birth Name: Lee Hee Seung (이희승)
English Name: Ethan Lee
Position: Main Vocalist, Center
Birthday: October 15th, 2001
Zodiac Sign: Libra
Chinese Zodiac: Snake
Height: 181.5 cm (5’11”)
Weight: 64 kg (141 lbs)
Blood Type: A
MBTI: Type ESTP (Previous results were ESTP -> ISTP -> ISFP -> INFJ -> INFP -> INTP)
Nationality: Korean
Representative Emoticon: 🐹/ Heeseung Facts:
– He is from Uiwang, South Korea.
– Heeseung has an older brother.
– Training Period: 3 years, 1 month.
– Since he won rock-paper-scissors competition, he got the solo dorm
– Heeseung ranked 5th in the final episode of I-LAND with 1,137,323 votes.
– His microphone color is Red .
– He is a former BigHit Entertainment trainee.
– Aces is Heeseung’s fandom name created by fans.
– Heeseung is close to the TXT members and even trained with them.
– He is good at English because he prepared for foreign language high school.
– Heeseung’s favorite colors are purple and ivory.
– He graduated from Gwangnam High School.
– Heeseung has perfect pitch (Weekly Idol).
– His role model is his father (Applicant Profile).
– He likes basketball (Behind the Profile Shoot).
– Heeseung has experience with both songwriting and song composing (Forbes Interview).
– He is in a friend group called 이즈 (ee-z) with Stray Kids I.N, TXT Beomgyu, and JUST B Lim Jimin. (Beomgyu’s vLive – Dec 2, 2021)
– Heeseung is friends with Jaehyuk of TREASURE (fansign).
– Specialty: Vocals (Self-Revised Profile).
– His nickname is Heedeung (Self-Revised Profile).
– Hobbies: Eating ramen, playing games (Self-Revised Profile).
– Charming Point: Eyes, vocal line (Self-Revised Profile).
– He was confirmed center through his self-revised profile.
– Likes: Ramen, sleeping, dogs, and cats (Self-Revised Profile).
– Hates: Mint C hocolate and bugs (Self-Revised Profile).
– Motto: “Let’s live diligently as life pass by” (Self-Revised Profile).
Show more Heeseung fun facts… Jay

Stage Name: Jay (제이)
Birth Name: Jay Park
Korean Name: Park Jong Seong (박종성)
Position: –
Birthday: April 20th, 2002
Zodiac Sign: Taurus
Chinese Zodiac: Horse
Height: 180 cm (5’11″)
Weight: 60 kg (132.3 lbs)
Blood Type: B
MBTI Type: INTP (Previous results were INTP -> INFJ -> ENFJ -> ENTP -> ENFP)
Nationality: Korean-American
Representative Emoticon: 🦅/ Jay Facts:
– He was born in Seattle, Washington, U.S but moved to Korea when he was 9 years old.
– Jay is an only child (I-Blank interview).
– Training Period: 2 years, 11 months.
– His microphone color is Green .
– He ranked 2nd in the final episode of I-LAND with 1,182,889 votes.
– Blue Jays is Jay’s fandom name created by fans.
– Education: Hanlim Arts High School (Practical Dance Department).
– Jay speaks a little Japanese and learned it by watching anime.
– He trained at LP Dance Academy before joining BigHit.
– Jay is ticklish.
– He ranked 58 on TC Candler’s Most Handsome Faces of 2020.
– Jay’s favorite color is Purple .
– His role model is EXO‘s Kai. (VLive April 20, 2021)
– His nickname is ‘Angry Bird’ (Behind the Profile Shoot and Self-Revised Profile).
– Jay enjoys cooking and eating delicious food and dreamed of becoming a chef when he was young (Teen Vogue).
– Specialty: Hip-hop bounce and dance (Self-Revised Profile).
– Hobbies: Blank staring, playing games, and shopping for clothes (Self-Revised Profile).
– Charming Point: Funny personality, full of energy, and mood maker (Self-Revised Profile).
– Likes: Clothes, Heeseung, Ni-ki, ENHYPEN, and himself (Self-Revised Profile).
– Hates: Sesame leaves, carrots, and bugs (Self-Revised Profile).
– Motto: “Live your life the way you were born” and “Let’s just talk and live. I am human too! Can’t I even talk? I’m really mad. Anyways, you’ve done a great job” (Self-Revised Profile).
Show more Jay fun facts… Jake

Stage Name: Jake (제이크)
Birth Name: Jake Sim (제이크 심)
Korean Name: Sim Jae Yun (심재윤)
Position: –
Birthday: November 15th, 2002
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
Chinese Zodiac: Horse
Height: 175 cm (5’9″)
Weight: –
Blood Type: O
MBTI Type: ISTJ (Previous results were ISTJ -> ESTJ)
Nationality: Korean-Australian
Representative Emoticon: 🐶 Jake Facts:
– He was born in South Korea but raised in Australia since he was nine years old.
– Jake has an older brother (born in 2000).
– Training Period: 9 months.
– His microphone color is Blue .
– He played soccer for a while.
– He ranked 3rd on the final episode of I-LAND with 1,179,633 votes.
– Jakeys is Jake’s fandom name created by fans.
– He is a junior at Dwight School Seoul.
– Jake is smart and he used to be in the smartest math class.
– According to a former classmate in Australia, Jake comes from a wealthy family.
– Jake’s favorite colors are black and ivory.
– He’s close friends with Stray Kids‘ Bang Chan and Felix.
– Jake likes puppies/dogs (Behind the Profile Shoot).
– His special skill is working out (Behind the Profile Shoot).
– Jake plays violin (I-LAND ep. 1).
– Jake has a dog named Layla (I-LAND ep. 12).
– He ranked 45 on TC Candler’s Most Handsome Faces of 2020.
– Education: Edge Hill State School, St Peters Lutheran College
– Specialty: Impressions of dogs and controlling his voice tone (Self-Revised Profile).
– Hobbies: Playing with his dog, listening to music, and shopping for clothes (Self-Revised Profile).
– Charming Point: Daengdaengmi, meongmeong (likes dogs), clumsy, cute (Self-Revised Profile).
– His nicknames are Sim Jake, Daeng, and Jaeila (Jake + Leila) (Self-Revised Profile).
– Likes: Leila, clothes , hip-hop, Sunghoon, all of the members (Self-Revised Profile).
– He doesn’t dislike anything (Self-Revised Profile).
– Motto: “Live with positive vibes” and “work hard & play hard” (Self-Revised Profile).
Show more Jake fun facts… Sunghoon

Stage Name: Sunghoon (성훈)
Birth Name: Park Sung Hoon (박성훈)
Position: –
Birthday: December 8th, 2002
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
Chinese Zodiac: Horse
Height: 180 cm (5’11″)
Weight: –
Blood Type: O
MBTI Type: ISTJ (Previous results were ISTJ -> ISTP)
Nationality: Korean
Representative Emoticon: 🐧 Sunghoon Facts:
– He was born in Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea.
– Sunghoon also lived in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do; in Eunpyeong district of Seoul; in Anyang, Gyeonggi-do; and in Namyangju, Gyeonggi-do.
– He is a former BigHit Entertainment trainee.
– Sunghoon has a younger sister, named Park Yeji (born in 2007).
– He has a dog named Gaeul (I-LAND ep. 12).
– Training Period: 2 years, 1 month.
– His microphone color is White .
– Sunghoon ranked 6th on the final episode with 1,088,413 votes.
– Penguins is Sunghoon’s fandom name created by fans.
– His role model is BTS‘ V.
– His nickname is ‘Figure Skating Prince’ (Behind the Profile Shoot).
– He used to be a competitive ice skater.
– He was a two-time national junior silver medalist who represented South Korea in various international competitions.
– Education: Pangok High School.
– Sunghoon’s favorite color is White .
– Sunghoon had severe Amblyopia (lazy eye) when he was young (Milk Magazine Korea).
– Sunghoon was chosen as #1 in visuals (I-LAND ep 12).
– Specialty: Face and skating (Self-Revised Profile).
– Hobbies: Figure skating and clothes (Self-Revised Profile).
– Charming Point: Face, eye smile, and nose (Self-Revised Profile).
– His nicknames are Ice Prince, ENHYPEN’s Handsome Member (Self-Revised Profile).
– Likes: Shoes, clothes, latte, and members (Self-Revised Profile).
– Dislikes: Hats, mint choco, ghosts, and bugs (Self-Revised Profile).
– Motto: “Just do it!” (Self-Revised Profile).
– Sunghoon’s Ideal Type: He has stated in an interview that his ideal type is Irene from Red Velvet.
Show more Sunghoon fun facts… Sunoo

Stage Name: Sunoo (선우)
Birth Name: Kim Seon Woo (김선우)
Position: –
Birthday: June 24th, 2003
Zodiac Sign: Cancer
Chinese Zodiac: Goat
Height: 177 cm (5’10″)
Weight: –
Blood Type: O
MBTI Type: ESFJ (Previous results were ESFJ -> ENFP)
Nationality: Korean
Representative Emoticon: 🦊 Sunoo Facts:
– Sunoo is from Suwon, Gyeonggi, South Korea.
– He has a sister (born in 2000).
– Training Period: 10 months.
– His microphone color is Purple .
– He has a black belt in hapkido.
– He placed 8th in the final episode with 935,771 votes but was the producer’s choice to debut.
– Sunshines is Sunoo’s fandom name created by fans.
– Education: Chilbo Middle School, Chilbo High School, Hanlim Arts High School .
– He started taking piano lessons at a young age.
– In middle school, he was the class president and a student council member.
– His rumored English names are William, Hunter and James.
– He loves to use emojis.
– Sunoo’s favorite colors are Mint , Purple , Pink , and Blue .
– According to Ni-ki, he and Jungwon snore the most.
– If he were to compare himself to an animal it would be a desert fox (Applicant Profile).
– Sunoo’s special skill is aegyo (Behind the Profile Shoot).
– Sunoo’s special charm is that he looks cold but he’s actually cute (Behind the Profile Shoot).
– He doesn’t usually count but he took at least 50 selfies a day (TMI video 20.09.28).
– Sunoo declared the 24th of every month as SunKi day (Sunoo + Ni-ki) (Twitter 2020.09.24).
– He loves spicy food (Forbes Interview).
– Sunoo also loves Disney movies, mellow music, scented candles, mood lighting, etc (Forbes Interview).
– He revealed in a V LIVE that his name is spelt ‘Seonwoo’ while his stage name is spelt ‘Sunoo’.
– Specialty: Selfies, face, expressions, talents (Self-Revised Profile).
– Hobbies: Taking selfies, listening to music, playing games, and watching movies (Self-Revised Profile).
– Charming Point: Eye smile, face/expression, skin, eye shape (Self-Revised Profile).
– His nicknames are Ddeonu & Desert Fox (Self-Revised Profile).
– Likes: Food, games, selfies, and receiving love (Self-Revised Profile).
– Dislikes: Ann oying things (Self-Revised Profile).
– Motto: “To have passion all year round” (Self-Revised Profile).
Show more Sunoo fun facts… Ni-ki

Stage Name: Ni-ki ( 니키 )
Birth Name: Nishimura Riki (西村 力)
Korean Name: Oh Cheolsoo (오철수)
Position: Main Dancer, Maknae
Birthday: December 9th, 2005
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
Chinese Zodiac: Rooster
Height: 183 cm (6’0″)
Weight: 63 kg (138.8 lbs)
Blood Type: B
MBTI Type: ENTJ (Previous results were ENTJ -> ENTP-T -> ESFP)
Nationality: Japanese
Representative Emoticon: 🐆/🐥 Ni-ki Facts:
– He is from Okayama, Japan .
– He is considered the best dancer in the group by both fans and the members.
– Ni-ki has a sister who is a year older than him and a younger sister.
– Training Period: 8 months.
– His microphone color is Black .
– Nikitties is Ni-ki’s fandom name created by fans.
– He was ranked 4th in the final episode with 1,140,718 votes.
– Ni-ki was in a group called SHINee Kids, where he was as Key through 2016-2017. He has danced with SHINee for multiple stages.
– His favorite color is Black .
– He is ambidextrous.
– He can memorize the whole choreography in just 10 minutes (I-LAND ep. 12)
– He ranked 24 on TC Candler’s Most Handsome Faces of 2020 and is nominated for TC Candler’s Most Handsome Faces of 2021.
– Ni-ki was named as I-LAND’s No.1 Dancer / I-LAND’s Best Dancer (I-LAND ep. 6)
– He began learning how to dance with genres like Jazz and Ballet. (Teen Vogue).
– Ni-ki is said to look like a male version of “Squid Game” actress, Jung Hoyeon.
– Specialty: Dance [x3] (Self-Revised Profile).
– Hobbies: Dancing [x4], sports, and watching movies (Self-Revised Profile).
– Charming Point: Having opposite charms and acting like the maknae (Self-Revised Profile).
– His nicknames are Super Dancer, Little Michael Jackson (Self-Revised Profile).
– Likes: Heeseung [x4], ENHYPEN, Sleep, Golden Fish Bread, and Sushi (Self-Revised Profile).
– Dislikes: Waking up [x3] and bugs (Self-Revised Profile).
– Ni-ki was nominated for the 100 Most Handsome Faces of 2020.
– Motto: “Dance is life” (Self-Revised Profile).
Show more Ni-ki fun facts… Note #1: Please don’t copy-paste the content of this page to other sites on the web. If you need to use info from our profile, kindly put a link to this post. Thanks! – KProfiles.com Note #2: Positions are now removed (except for leader and maknae) until they are stated officially otherwise. Thank you.
Update: Ni-ki confirmed his Main Dancer position (Source: Dope Club June 2023). Heeseung has been called Main Vocalist in several occasions (Source). Note #3: Heeseung (from 183 cm (6’0”) to 181.5 cm (5’11”) & Sunghoon (from 181 cm (5’11″) to 180 cm (5’11″) heights were confirmed on EN-O’CLOCK EP.73. For Reference On MBTI Types:
E = Extroverted, I = Introverted
N = Intuitive, S = Observant
T = Thinking, F = Feeling
P = Perceiving, J = Judging Heeseung updated his MBTI result to INTP on April 15, 2022, via vLive.
All the members updated their MBTI results on May 21, 2022. (Source: ENHYPEN MBTI)
Sunghoon updated his MBTI to ISTP, Ni-ki updated his MBTI to ENTJ/ENTP, Jay updated his MBTI to INTJ. (Source: Weverse live Feb 18, 2023). Jake updated his MBTI to ISTJ, Heeseung updated his MBTI to ISTP on MBC Radio May 31, 2023. Sunghoon updated his MBTI to ISTJ, and Jay updated his MBTI to INTP on August 10, 2023 (Workdol).
Heeseung updated his MBTI to ESTP and Jake updated his MBTI to E/ISTJ on August 10, 2023 (EN-O’CLOCK, Ep. 65). Sunoo updated his MBTI to ESFJ on January 7, 2024 (Weverse). (Special thanks to: gret, ST1CKYQUI3TT, Mai Nhu Do, Kaye_02, 만송미, Jenny Wilde, haoxuan, Maddi, XiaoZhan & WangYiBo, Mojojako19, KHUNGBIN, rojin ♡ chan, rielised, and Jocelyn Richelle Yu, veerol, Eris_StayCarat, Kaye_02, aeriel, melonpan, ytvhwr, 💎~Jewel~💎, Astra H, Nisa, Khiibie, Elaine W, Hosannaly X, JK, Kian, iesiinpizdamatii, Nicole Zlotnicki, hannah, sucrose, veronicahill, pnda, Zoya, iesiinpizdamatii, channie, Liah, luvsbn_, WonRules, wjfhejfw, Looloo, Nami, 일리아나♡, engene2023, ⊂(￣(ｴ)￣)⊃, stan dxmon, Raindrop)

ENHYPEN

ENHYPHEN (Hangul: 엔하이픈, Japanese: エンハイプン) is a seven-member South Korean boy group under BE:LIFT LAB, which was a joint venture between HYBE and CJ ENM.

ENHYPEN debuted on November 30, 2020 with their mini album BORDER : DAY ONE. HYBE posted the group’s first official debut trailer on October 21, 2020. [1] The second trailer was posted on October 24, 2020. [2]

Contents

History

Pre-Debut: I-LAND

In March 2019, BE:LIFT Lab was co-founded by South Korean entertainment agencies CJ E&M and HYBE (known as Big Hit Entertainment at the time), with plans of creating a new band in 2020. Auditions commenced the same month in Seoul, the United States, Taiwan, and Japan, among others, for male trainees born between 1997 and 2008. On May 8, 2020, television channel Mnet announced the survival competition series, I-LAND, a joint venture of both companies that “follows the process of next generation K-pop artists being born.” ENHYPEN was formed through I-LAND, featuring 23 male idols who had been training under BE:LIFT Lab, and was aired weekly on Mnet from June 26 to September 18, 2020, and distributed internationally through Big Hit Entertainment’s YouTube channel. The show was split into two parts. 12 contestants from the first part made it to the second part of the series. On the final episode of the show, seven members were selected out of the nine final contestants, with six being chosen by global ranking and the last member by the producer’s choice. The debut line-up of the group with seven members, Heeseung, Jay, Jake, Sunghoon, Sunoo, Jungwon, and NI-KI, was announced via live television broadcast of the finale.

2020–2021: Debut with BORDER : DAY ONE, BORDER : CARNIVAL, and DIMENSION : DILEMMA

On October 22, 2020, a trailer titled “Choose-Chosen” was posted to ENHYPEN’s YouTube channel, announcing the band’s debut in November 2020. A second trailer titled “Dusk-Dawn” was released three days later, followed by a pair of concept mood boards on October 27. On October 28, BE:LIFT Lab announced that ENHYPEN will release their debut mini album, BORDER : DAY ONE on November 30. On November 4, it was announced that album pre-orders had surpassed 150,000 copies in two days. Ahead of their debut, the group amassed a large following on social media platforms, garnering over one million followers simultaneously across TikTok, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and V Live. By November 21, pre-orders had surpassed 300,000 copies. The mini album BORDER : DAY ONE and the lead single “Given-Taken” were released on November 30, 2020, with a live showcase to promote it. On December 4, 2020, ENHYPEN officially made their debut on KBS’ Music Bank, where the band performed “Given-Taken”. The EP debuted at number two on South Korea’s Gaon Album Chart, having sold 318,528 copies in one day and becoming the highest-selling album by a K-pop group that debuted in 2020. It also charted at number two on the Oricon Albums Chart, with over 71,000 copies sold in Japan. Within two weeks of debut, the band won “Next Leader” award at the 2020 The Fact Music Awards.

On March 25, 2021, BE:LIFT Lab announced that ENHYPEN will make their comeback in the end of April. A trailer titled “Intro : The Invitation” was released on April 5, announcing that their second extended play BORDER : CARNIVAL will be released on April 26, 2021.

On July 6, 2021, ENHYPEN made their Japanese debut with the single “BORDER : Hakanai”, which includes an original Japanese song and the Japanese versions of “Given-Taken” and “Let Me In (20 Cube)”.

On July 29th, 2021, ENHYPEN collaborated with the cartoon “Tayo the Little Bus” by remaking the theme song “Hey Tayo” and by releasing a new song called “Billy Poco”.

On September 16, 2021, BE:LIFT Lab announced that their first full length album, DIMENSION : DILEMMA, is set to be released on October 12, with a trailer titled “Intro : Whiteout” being released on September 17. On September 23, it was announced that the album pre-orders had surpassed 600,000 copies in six days.

2022: DIMENSION : ANSWER, DIMENSION : Senkou, MANIFESTO: DAY 1 and Sadame

On the end of December 2021, BE:LIFT Lab released promotional material for the repackage of their first album, DIMENSION : ANSWER. The album was released on January 10, 2022.

On January 16, the first of a new fictional webtoon series about the group was released, titled “Dark Moon: The Blood Altar”.

The group released a second Japanese digital single, “Always”, on February 22, 2022. “Always” was included as the main theme of the Japanese drama “Muchaburi! I Am the President!”, making the song ENHYPEN’s first Japanese soundtrack.

ENHYPEN released their Japanese second single DIMENSION : Senkou on May 3, 2022. The single featured Japanese versions of “Drunk-Dazed” and “Tamed-Dashed”, as well as the previously released single “Always”.

The group released their third Korean mini album, MANIFESTO : DAY 1, on July 4, 2022 with the title track “Future Perfect (Pass the MIC)”.

In July 2022, it was announced that ENHYPEN would be embarking on their first world tour starting in September 2022 in Seoul and ending in Japan in November, called the 1st World Tour “MANIFESTO” (2022). Also, was confirmed that on August 12 would release the original song “I Need The Light (구해줘)” as the theme for the Playlist and Naver NOW’s drama Mimicus, which would air beginning on July 22.

On July 21, Belift announced that member Jay tested positive for COVID-19; the same day, the label confirmed that member Jake also tested positive. On July 22, Belift confirmed that member Heeseung also tested positive for COVID-19. On July 27, Belift announced Jay and Jake had fully recovered and ended quarantine, resuming his activities from the same day. On July 28, the label confirmed Heeseung also fully recovered and ended quarantine, resuming his activities from the same day.

On August 27, the teaser for “One In A Billion”, for the official soundtrack of the webtoon Dark Moon: The Blood Altar, was released; the song will premiere on September 3, and the music video and digital single will officially be released on September 6.

On October 26, Enhypen’s first Japanese studio album Sadame (定め) was released with 10 tracks including the Japanese songs “Always” and “Forget Me Not”, and the Japanese versions of “Polaroid Love”, “Blessed-Cursed” and “Future Perfect (Pass the Mic)” through Universal Music Japan. It also contained the new original Japanese song “Make The Change”, which was digitally released on October 12.

2023-present: DARK BLOOD, 結 -YOU- and ORANGE BLOOD

The group released their fourth Korean mini album, DARK BLOOD, On May 22, 2023 with the title track Bite Me.

On September 4, the group released their third Japanese single, 結 -YOU-, containing the new original Japanese song “BLOSSOM” alongside japanese versions of “Bite Me” and “Bills”

The group will release their fifth Korean mini album, ORANGE BLOOD, on November 17.

Etymology

The name means that just like how hyphens connect different words to make new words and meanings, the members of ENHYPEN will “connect, discover each other, and grow together”.

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