The K-pop idol who has debuted 8 times but never left his official group

In the K-popper dictionary, when they say that an idol has debuted, it means that he made his debut in the Korean music industry by officially releasing his first work, whether released as a member of a group or through his career as a solo artist. — But, did you know that an idol has already debuted 8 times without leaving his official group?

This happens because, when an artist joins a sub-unit of the group or agency to which they already belong, the first release of that unit will mark the debut of those members in the new formation. The same happens when he releases his first single or solo album, where the release of this product will mark his debut as a soloist.

WHO IS HE?

In this way, the artist in question is Eunhyuk, from Super Junior, who in addition to making his long-awaited debut in 2005, as a member of the group (then called Super Junior 05), ended up making four more debuts by being included in new sub-units of the group. Are they:

Super Junior-T — Debuting in 2007, the sub-unit that also goes by the name of Super Junior-Trot, achieved a historic feat: counting Eunhyuk, Leeteuk, Heechul, Shindong and Sungmin in its lineup, they became the first idol group to launch songs in the trot style, which is the oldest form of Korean popular music.

Super Junior-H — In 2008, he debuted as a member of Super Junior-H, or Super Junior-Happy. Alongside Leeteuk, Yesung, Kangin, Shindong and Sungmino, their debut was made with the release of their first mini-album, “Cooking? Cooking!”

Super Junior-M — Also known as Super Junior-Mandarin, this is the Chinese sub-unit of the boy group, which made its official debut on April 8, 2008. In addition to Eunhyuk, the current lineup has six more members: Sungmin, Siwon, Zhoumi Donghae, Ryeowook and Kyuhyun.

Super Junior-D&E— The duo composed of Eunhyuk and Donghae, made their debut on December 16, 2011, with the release of the digital single “Oppa Oppa”. Remember!

Furthermore, Eunhyuk also debuted in two sub-units of SM Entertainment, the company that handled the idol’s career. The first of these was the YOUNIQUE Unitwhich emerged in 2012 through a partnership between SM Town and Hyundai PYL (Premium Younique Lifestyle).

The dance group is formed Kai, Luhan (EXO members), Eunhyuk, Henry (Super Junior members), Taemin (member of SHINee) and Hyoyeon (member of Girls’ Generation), having his official debut with the release of the track”Maxstep”, which was included in the special single album “PYL Younique Album Vol.1”, which features two more songs:”Lookin”, by soloist BoA and “My Lifestyle” by Jessica Jung.

In the same year, Eunhyuk also became a member of the unit SM The Performancewhich debuted in 2012, with members Donghaeby Super Junior, U-Knowfrom TVXQ!, Taemin It is Minho of SHINEE, and Kai It is Lay of EXO, in its first formation.

Finally, the idol’s eighth debut came with his first solo release. This happened in 2021, when he released his first digital single, “Be”, which even had an MV. Remember!