Banana Culture

Banana Culture Entertainment (바나나컬쳐 엔터테인먼트) or simply, Banana Culture, was a South Korean entertainment company. It was a division of the Chinese company Banana Culture Music.

Banana Culture
Native name
바나나컬쳐 엔터테인먼트
Formerly
Yedang Planning (1984–1992)
Yedang Sound (1992–2000)
Yedang Entertainment (2000–2010)
Yedang Company (2010–2016)
Subsidiary
IndustryEntertainment
Founded1992
FounderWang Sicong (Banana Culture Music) (2015)
Defunct2020
HeadquartersSeoul, South Korea
Key people
Yoo Jae Woong (CEO)
OwnerBanana Culture Music (Shanghai)
Websitewww.yedang.co.kr 

History

The company was founded in 1984 under the name Yedang Planning by Byun Dae-yun (real name Byun Doo-seop). On October 28, 1992, the company became corporation under name Yedang Sound. In May 2000, the company was renamed to Yedang Entertainment.

In March 2010, the company was renamed again to Yedang Company.

In March 2014, Yedang Company was acquired by Wellmade StarM and start using new name Wellmade Yedang .[1]

In June 2014, girl group EXID signed with Yedang when their original label AB Entertainment was acquired by Wellmade Yedang. The head of the label and their producer, Shinsadong Tiger, also joined Wellmade Yedang. It was confirmed that Shinsadong Tiger will remain as the producer of EXID.[2][3]

In December 2015, Wellmade Yedang officially separate and Yedang became an independent company.

In 2016, Yedang official changing their name after signing a merger agreement with Banana Culture Music and also announced that the brand of Yedang would returning to the family of former Yedang Company Chairman Byun Doo-seop.[4][5]

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.[6] Despite this, their website was deleted after TREI's disbandment.[7]

Artists

Soloists
  • Shin Zisu

Actors/Actress

Former artists

Former recording artists

Former actors/actresses

Notes
  1. Hani and Jeonghwa both left Banana Culture in 2019, while Hyelin, Solji, and LE departed in 2020. Despite Hani and Jeonghwa's departures from Banana Culture, the label has stated they are both still members of EXID. No word is released on Hyelin, Solji, or LE's status.
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References
  1. https://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=101&oid=018&aid=0002958108&viewType=pc
  2. https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/213/0000502560
  3. https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/003/0005868197
  4. https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/144/0000419858
  5. https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/416/0000180133
  6. "[단독] 바나나컬쳐 유재웅 대표 "엔터 사업 정리는 '오보', 트레이 소속"(인터뷰)" (in Korean). March 25, 2020.
  7. http://www.bananact.com/
  8. https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/404/0000179198
  9. https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/109/0003557119
  10. https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/311/0001127403
  11. https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=117&aid=0003378484
  12. "Lim Ju-hwan profile" Archived 2011-02-10 at the Wayback Machine. Yedang Entertainment. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
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