NK Entertainment Co. (Korean: 엔케이엔터테인먼트) is a South Korean entertainment company and record label conglomerate led by founder Kim Nahyun (Korean: 김나현), better known as Nahe.
Established the 15th June 2017, the company operates as a record label, talent agency, event management, music production and concert production company.
NK Entertainment Co.
NK Entertainment's new logo.
The company's headquarters in Seoul, South Korea.
Native name
엔케이 엔터테인먼트
NK 엔터테인먼트
Type
Private
Industry
Entertainment
Retail
Genre
K-Pop
C-Pop
J-Pop
Pop
R&B
EDM
Electropop
Trot
Services
Concert production
Record distribution
Licensing
Publishing
Artist management
Event management
Founded
2017; 3 years ago
Founder
Nahe (CEO/MD; chairwoman)
Headquarters
Seoul, South Korea
Area served
worldwide
Number of employees
678 (2020)
Divisions
NK Entertainment Japan (2017)
NK Media (2018)
NK Entertainment Beijing (2018)
NK Entertainment Hong Kong (2018)
NK Entertainment USA (2019)
NK F&B development (2019)
NK brand marketing (2019)
NK Entertainment Thailand (2020)
NK Entertainment Taiwan (2020)
Subsidiaries
Tdoong Entertainment
Website
nkent.com
NK Entertainment currently is managing Nahe, Haven, Cress, Liberty, Liri, Neverland and Galaxy, a collaboration girl group with SM Entertainment. This company is considered one of the faster growing companies in Korea.
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Nahe in 2017.
The agency was founded in 2017 by soloist, songwriter and producer Nahe.
This decision was taken when she left her former agency, YG Entertainment, after understanding that the CEO wasn't respecting their contractual terms since she signed with the agency in 2005.
She decided to file a lawsuit against the agency and she won it, getting a compensation for the damages she received.
With this money, she invested in making her own agency firstly to promote her music.
Once founded the agency the 15th June 2017, she started to work again on her musical career.
She made her comeback the 15th of August of that same year and her new single Gashina got a lot of attention.
This gave her enough strength to open the agency to the public and to start accepting trainees.
In September 2017, NK Entertainment held its first Auditions in various Asian cities.
2017 auditions promotional poster.
As the new year began, NK Entertainment founded its mass media division, NK media and its official TV channel, NK TV, started operating.
In February 2018, NK Entertainment signed a collaboration contact with JYP Entertainment and founded a common subsidiary named Tdoong Entertainment, which is currently led by Twice members.
In March 2018, NK Entertainment held its first global audition, adding 8 North American cities and 5 Australian cities.
In December 2019, the agency announced a collaboration between NK TV and Mnet to make another Produce survival show, named Produce 37. The show officially began the 16th of January and ended in May 2020, with the debut of a 7 members girl group named Haven.
In January 2020, it was announced that NK Entertainment will be collaborating with SM Entertainment to debut a girl group, Galaxy.
In February, the agency announced that its subsidiary, Tdoong Entertainment, will be collaborating with Mnet for another survival show based on Sixteen.
In the middle of May 2020, NK Entertainment will hold another global audition.
All the informations can be found on their official website.
Tdoong Entertainment
This subsidiary was formed by a collaboration with JYP Entertainment. It is directed by Twice members.
All the artists under NK Entertainment are called 'NK gang', or also 'NK family'.
Soloists
Nahe, Cress, Liri
Groups
Galaxy, Haven, Liberty, Neverland
Duos
Actors
Models
All the trainees under NK Entertainment are referred to as 'NK rookies', abbreviated often as NKR.
Check the list here!
Groups
Galaxy
Galaxy is a collaboration girl group between SM Entertainment and NK Entertainment (Their collaboration is commonly named SM x NK).
Tdoong Entertainment
Tdoong Entertainment is a subsidiary label founded by Twice members. It's a collaboration between JYP Entertainment and NK Entertainment. (Their collaboration is usually referred to as JYP x NK, or also JYNY)
Produce 37 and OIAM
These two shows were born after joining Mnet and NK TV. Their collaboration is often referred to as NMnet TV.