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Choi Young-jae (최영재)
Choi Young-jae (최영재), known as Youngjae, born 1996 in Mokpo, is the main vocalist of GOT7, debuting January 16, 2014 with Got it?. Solo debut 2021 with COLORS from Ars; musical theater actor; enlisted November 27, 2025. Distinct from TWS's Youngjae.
Choi Yu-ju (최유주)
Choi Yu-ju (최유주), stage name Yuju, born 1997 in Goyang, is a South Korean singer and actress, former lead vocalist of FNC girl group Cherry Bullet (2019 debut, disbanded April 2024), now acting under FNC; distinct from GFRIEND's Yuju (Choi Yu-na).
Choiza
Choiza (최자), real name Cho Jae-ho, is a South Korean rapper who forms the hip hop duo Dynamicduo with Gaeko and co-founded the label Amoeba Culture in 2006.
Chowon
Chowon (초원; real name Han Chowon, born 2002 in Seoul) is a South Korean singer, main vocalist of the girl group LIGHTSUM, and a confirmed Produce 48 vote-manipulation victim.
Chuei Liyu (최리유)
Chuei Liyu (崔立于, 최립우), Taiwanese singer under FNC Entertainment; Boys II Planet 10th-place finalist; solo debut Sweet Dream (Dec 2025); FLARE U duo member with Kang Woojin (YOUTH ERROR, May 2026); The Show MC.
Chuu
Chuu (Kim Ji-woo) is a South Korean singer who debuted with the girl group LOONA in 2017 and has performed as a solo artist since 2023.
Circle Chart Music Awards
Circle Chart Music Awards (써클차트 뮤직어워즈), formerly Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards and Gaon Chart Music Awards, is a KMCA data-based K-pop awards ceremony; 13 editions through January 2024, indefinitely postponed since March 2024.
CIX (씨아이엑스) (band)
CIX (씨아이엑스), Complete in X, is a C9 Entertainment K-pop boy band that debuted July 2019 with Movie Star; five members, four after Bae Jinyoung's 2024 exit; team activities ended April 2026.
CL (이채린) (rapper)
CL (씨엘, Lee Chae-rin, born 1991) is a South Korean rapper and singer, leader of 2NE1 (2009–2016), solo debut "The Baddest Female" (2013), U.S. crossover with Scooter Braun, and 2021 debut album Alpha on Very Cherry.
Clazziquai Project
Clazziquai Project (클래지콰이) is a South Korean electronic and acid-jazz music project formed by producer DJ Clazzi in 2001, with vocalists Alex and Horan, known for "Be My Love" in the 2005 drama My Lovely Samsoon.
CLC (씨엘씨) (group)
CLC (씨엘씨, CrystaL Clear) was a South Korean girl group under Cube Entertainment, debuting March 19, 2015 as five members and expanding to seven in 2016; known for the Hobgoblin girl-crush turn, first win with "No", disbandment June 2022, and a seven-member 2026 reunion.
Close Your Eyes (클로즈 유어 아이즈) (group)
Close Your Eyes (클로즈 유어 아이즈, CYE) is a seven-member multinational K-pop boy group formed on JTBC's PROJECT 7, debuting April 2, 2025 under UNCORE with ETERNALT; fans are CLOSER, with 310,000-copy debut first-week sales and nine rookie awards.
Club Ellui
Club Ellui (클럽 엘루이) was a large nightclub in Cheongdam-dong, Gangnam, Seoul, operating from 2011 to 2016 and, with up to 5,000 capacity, the biggest club in Korea.
Club Octagon
Club Octagon (옥타곤) was a large EDM nightclub in Seoul's Gangnam district, opened in 2011 and ranked No. 7 in DJ Mag's Top 100 Clubs.
CNBLUE (씨엔블루)
CNBLUE (씨엔블루) is a South Korean rock band under FNC Entertainment, now a trio of Jung Yong-hwa, Kang Min-hyuk, and Lee Jung-shin. It debuted indie in Japan in 2009 before its 2010 Korean debut, topped Oricon and Billboard World Albums charts, and released 3LOGY in 2026.
CocaNButter
CocaNButter (코카앤버터) is a South Korean all-female dance crew that rose to fame on Mnet's Street Woman Fighter in 2021 and signed with MLD Entertainment in 2022.
Colde
Colde (콜드; born Kim Hee-soo in 1994) is a South Korean alternative R&B singer-songwriter who began in the duo Offonoff, debuted solo in 2018, and founded the label Wavy.
Coogie
Coogie (쿠기), born Kim Jeong-hoon in 1994, is a South Korean rapper known for his melodic flow, who debuted in 2018 and gained fame on Show Me the Money 777.
Cool
Cool (쿨) is a South Korean co-ed pop group formed in 1994, best known for summer sing-along hits like 'Sorrow' and 'Woman on the Beach'.
Cortis (코르티스)
Cortis (코르티스) is a five-member BigHit Music boy group, its third after BTS and TXT, debuting August 18, 2025 with COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES; a self-producing "young creator crew" with record-setting debut sales.
Crayon Pop (크레용팝)
Crayon Pop (크레용팝), originally named Hurricane Pop, was a five-member South Korean girl group formed by Chrome Entertainment, debuting July 18, 2012. Known for the helmet-costumed viral hit "Bar Bar Bar" (빠빠빠), a 2013 Billboard K-Pop Hot 100 No. 1, and opening for Lady Gaga in 2014; inactive since 2017.
Crooked
"Crooked" (삐딱하게) is a 2013 song by South Korean rapper G-Dragon, released by YG Entertainment as the title track of Part 2 of his second album Coup d'Etat.
Crush (크러쉬) (singer)
Crush (크러쉬), real name Shin Hyo-seop (신효섭), born 1992, is a South Korean R&B and hip hop singer-songwriter who debuted in 2012 with "Red Dress", known for Crush On You, the Goblin OST "Beautiful", and Rush Hour featuring j-hope. Not the Crocs shoe or CrossFit gym of the same name.
Crying Nut
Crying Nut (크라잉넛) is a South Korean punk rock band from Seoul's Hongdae scene, performing since 1995; its 1998 debut album sold over 100,000 copies and introduced punk rock to mainstream Korean audiences.
CSJH The Grace
CSJH The Grace, also known as Cheon Sang Ji Hee The Grace, is a South Korean girl group formed by SM Entertainment that debuted in 2005.
Cube Entertainment (큐브엔터테인먼트)
Cube Entertainment (큐브엔터테인먼트) is a South Korean entertainment company founded in 2006 and listed on the KOSDAQ market, best known for the K-pop acts (G)I-DLE, BTOB, and PENTAGON.
D.Ark
D.Ark (디아크) is a Korean-Chinese rapper born in 2004 in Yanbian, China, who competed on Show Me the Money 777 at 14 and debuted under P Nation in 2020.
D.O. (도경수) (entertainer)
D.O. (도경수, Doh Kyung-soo, born 1993) is a South Korean singer and actor, EXO main vocalist since 2012, solo mini albums Empathy, Expectation, Growth, actor in Swing Kids and 100 Days My Prince, formerly SM then Company Soosoo.
Daesung (강대성)
Daesung (강대성; born Kang Dae-sung, 1989, Incheon) is the BIGBANG vocalist who performs solo in Japan as D-LITE; his 2017 EP D-Day topped Oricon and Billboard Japan, and he released his first Korean EP D's WAVE in 2025 under RND Company's D-Lable.
Dahyun
Dahyun (Kim Da-hyun, 김다현), born 1998, is TWICE's lead rapper and sub-vocalist, a JYP Publishing lyricist, and an actress who won the 2026 Global OTT Awards Rising Star award.