South Korean model management company
For the Southeast Asian pay television channel, see
K-Plus .
KPlus (Korean: 케이플러스) is a South Korean model and actors management company established by fashion model-turned-CEO Go Eun-kyung in 2008.
K-Plus was founded by former model Go Eun-kyung in 2008 to train future models and fashion industry professionals.[ 2]
In February 2014, K-Plus signed a contract for strategic partnership and share investment with talent agencyYG Entertainment and finalised the merger with a new name called "YG KPLUS" in September.[ 3] Go's former protege model-turned-actorCha Seung-won would be training K-Plus models to become future actors.[ 4]
In September 2014, top modelKang Seung-hyun signed a contract with YGKPlus.[ 5]
In June 2017, for the first time inVietnam's Next Top Model , starting fromAll-stars' cycle onwards, the winner will receive this contract for him/her to include in the roster list of models.
In May 2022, Chorokbaem Media acquired 50% of the company's shares.[ 6] [ 7] [ 8] On August 22, 2022, it was announced that the company would change its name from YGKPLUS to KPLUS after the acquisition, while still collaborating with YG in the future.[ 9]
Ahn Ye-won (Produce 48 contestant, eliminated in episode 5) Bae Yoon-young Cho Yelim Choi Ah-reum* Choi Ha-rim* Choi Jung-in* Choi Yeon-soo (Produce 48 contestant, eliminated in episode 5) Choi Young-ji Choi Sae-hui Choi Sora Ellis Ahn Gil Minso Ha Naryoung Han Hye-yeon Hanna N Huh Bo-mi Hong Hyo Hong Na-kyung* Hwang Hyun-joo Hwang Seung-eon Hwang So-hee Hyun Ji-eun Jennie Kim* Jeon Min ok Ji ESuu Ji Ho-jin Jo Hye-joo Ju Hee-jeong Jung Han-sol Jung Ji-young Jung Soo-hyun* Jung Yoo-sun Kang Yoon-ji Kim Eun-sun* Kim Hae-ah Kim Hyo-kyung Kim Hyun-hee Kim Jisoo* Kim Min-Kyeung Kim Sae-in* Kim Sang-Won Kim Su-bin* Kim Yae-ji Kim Ye-rim* Ko Eun-bi* Kwon Ji-ya* Lalisa Manoban* Lee Ha-eun Lee Ho-jung Lee Jay Lee Ji-hye* Lee Jung-hyun Lee Roo-young Lee Seung-mee Lee Song-yi Lee Su-jin Lee Sung-kyung Lee Yeon-joo* Nadine Lee Oh Hye-ji Park Chaeyoung* Park Jung-min* Park Sae-jin* Park Se-jeong Park Su-jin Park Sun-ha Park Yae-woon Shim Soyoung Shin Ha-young Shin Hey-nam Shin Hye-jin* Shin Hyun-ji Shin Yae-min* Song Hyun-min Song Jae-hee* Tiana Tolstoi Um Ye-jin Um Yoo-jung Wu I-Hua Yang Rira Yeo Yeon-hui Yoo Eun-bi Yoon Seon-ah* Jéanjel Sucnaan* (* indicates models in Development)
Ahn Juni Bae Joon-seok* Bang Joo-ho Cheon Sang-hun* Cho David Cho Hwan* Cho Hyo-in Cho Jae Hyung* Cho Sung-hoon Choi Chang-wook Choi Han-bin Choi Jeong-gab* Choi Yeon-kyu Erick Vic. Go Ung-ho Ha Seok-hwan* Han Sol* Jang Ki-yong Joo Woo-jae Joel Roberts* Jeon Jun-yeong* Jeong Rok-hui Jiwon Hyuk Jung Hyo-joon* (Produce 101 Season 2 contestant) Jung Jong-won* Jung Sung-joon Jung Ui-sung Jung Yongsoo Kang Hui Kang Hyuk-moon Kang Sung-jin Kang Won-jae Kim Alex* Kim Bo-heon Kim Gun-woo* Kim Gyu-ho Kim Hak-soo Kim Han-byul Kim Ho-sung* Kim Hyun-jin Kim Hyun-woo* (Produce 101 Season 2 contestant) Kim Jong-hoon Kim Jung-sik Kim Ki-bum Kim Kwan-joon* Kim Min-jong Kim Pil-su Kim Seung-eun Kim Seung-hyun Kim Sung-yeon Kim Tae-wan Kim Tae-woo Kim Woo-ram* Kim Young-seok Kwon Hyun-bin (Produce 101 Season 2 contestant and member of South Korean boy groupJBJ )Kwon Ju-hyung* Lee Bom-chan Lee Gi-hean Lee Hyun-jun Lee Hyun-wook Lee Hyung-seok Lee Jae-seok* Lee Jin-kyeong Lee Ji-seok Lee Keun-yong Lee Ki-taek Lee Myoun-gil Lee Seok-chan Lee Soo-min* Lee Soo-hyuk Lee Woo-chan* Lim Hoo-seok Lim Jae-hyung Meng Joo-ho Nam Goong-dam Nikita Tolstoi Oh Jae-young* Park Bo-sung Park Byung-min Park Hong Park Hyeong-seop Park Jong-ik* Park Ki-tae Park Min-Seop Park Yae-chan* Seo Soo-won Seo Hong-seok Seok Ji-an Seong Woo-jin Shin Jae-hyuk Shin Dongho Shin Yong-guk Song Kyung-mok Yoon Jun-woo Yoon Su-ho Yu Hyun-woo Won Jeong Hwang Woo Jin-kyung (* indicates models in Development)
Kang Dong-wook Go Yi-jin Gi Eun-su Yoo Ji-ae Kim Min-kyeung Kim Hyun-jae Nam Gung-dam Nam Gyu-hee Shin Ji-hoon ^ Ryu, Eunhyuk-mo (May 27, 2022)."초록뱀미디어, YG케이플러스 경영권 인수…사업영역 확대" [Chorokbaem Media takes over management rights of YG K Plus... Expansion of business area].Hankyung Media (in Korean). RetrievedFebruary 21, 2024 . ^ "패션모델의 대모, 고은경 대표를 만나다" .The Korea Times (in Korean). February 11, 2016.^ " 'YG Entertainment forms a strategic partnership with model management company K PLUS" .Allkpop . February 18, 2014.^ " 'Cha Seung Won to Join Hands with YG to Train Future Model-Turned-Actors" . Mwave. June 27, 2014.^ "Top Model Kang Seung Hyun Makes A Contract With YG KPLUS" . Archived fromthe original on 2014-09-04. Retrieved2014-09-08 .^ "초록뱀미디어, Yg 케이플러스 인수 "소속 아티스트 400명 규모 대형 기획사 도약" " .^ "초록뱀미디어, Yg 케이플러스 인수 "소속 아티스트 400명 규모 매머드급 K-엔터사 탄생" " . 26 May 2022.^ "초록뱀미디어, Yg 케이플러스 인수 "400명 규모 매머드급 K-엔터사 탄생" " .^ "YG 쏙 뺐다…케이플러스로 사명 변경 [공식]" .스포츠동아 (in Korean). 2022-08-22. Retrieved2024-02-21 .
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