- For the company that is based in China, see Banana Culture Music.
Banana Culture Entertainment (바나나컬쳐 엔터테인먼트; or simply as Banana Culture) was a South Korean entertainment agency.
The company was founded in 1992 as Yedang Entertainment Company before it was acquired by Wellmade StarM in 2014. It separated from Wellmade Yedang in 2016 and changed to their current name after signing a strategic agreement to merge with Chinese company Banana Project.
On March 25, 2020, it was reported that Banana Culture would be closing, with employees and executives stepping down and the departure of EXID. However, the label CEO denied this statement, saying that the label still has many Chinese shares and they would continue to manage TREI and other female trainees.[1] Despite this, their website was deleted after TREI's disbandment.
Former artists[]
Soloists[]
- Sung Eun (2012–2020)
- Shin Zisu (2015–2020)
Groups[]
- C-CLOWN (2012–2015)
- EXID (2014–2020)
- TREI (2017–2020)
- Lee Jae Jun (2012–2020)
- Chae Chang Hyun (2017–2020)
- Kim Jun Tae (2018–2020)
Actors and actresses[]
- Lim Ju Hwan (2004-2011)
- Lee Jung Hyun (2017–2020)
- Ha Seung Lee (2017–2020)
Trainees[]
- Kim Dahye (–2018)
- Banana Culture Newkid (2018–2019)
- Kim Jihye (–2018)
- Kim Songsun (–2019)
- Kim Hyunbin (–2019)
- Kim Nayoung (2016–2019)
- Kishimoto Maika
- Shin Minseo