Banana Culture

Banana Culture
Native name	바나나컬쳐 엔터테인먼트
Formerly	Yedang Planning (1984?1992) ; Yedang Sound (1992?2000) ; Yedang Entertainment (2000?2010) ; Yedang Company (2010?2016)
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Entertainment
Founded	1984
Founder	Wang Sicong (Banana Culture Music) (2015)
Defunct	2020
Headquarters	Seoul, South Korea
Key people	Yoo Jae Woong (CEO)
Owner	Banana Culture Music ( Shanghai )

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 . On March 25, 2020, it was reported that Banana Culture would be closing.

History [ edit ]

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 a corporation under the 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 would remain as the producer of EXID. ^[2]^[3]

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

In 2016, Yedang officially changed their name after signing a merger agreement with Banana Culture Music and 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 [ edit ]

Korea [ edit ]

Soloists [ edit ]

Shin Zisu
Lee Youjin

Actors/Actress [ edit ]

Lee Jung Hyun (2017?present) ^[8]
Ha Seung Ri (2017?2020) ^[9]

Former artists [ edit ]

Korea [ edit ]

Former recording artists [ edit ]

Seo Taiji and Boys (1992?1996)
Deux (1993?1995)
Tim (2005?2006)
C-Clown (2012?2015)
EXID (2014?2020)
Sung Eun (2015?2020) ^[10]
TREI (2019?2020) ^[11]

Former actors/actresses [ edit ]

Lim Ju-hwan (2004?2011) ^[12]

Notes [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

^ "웰메이드스타엠, '웰메이드 禮堂'으로 相互變更" .
^ "걸그룹 Exid, 禮堂엔터 專屬契約締結…컴백 앨범 準備中" .
^ "웰메이드 禮堂, 異端옆차기·新沙洞虎狼이 會社引受" .
^ "Exid 所屬社禮堂에서 바나나컬쳐로 이름 바꿔" .
^ "㈜禮堂엔터테인먼트, ㈜바나나컬쳐로 새 出發" .
^ "[單獨] 바나나컬쳐 유재웅 代表 "엔터 事業整理는 '誤報', 트레이 所屬"(인터뷰)" (in Korean). March 25, 2020.
^ "바나나컬쳐 엔터테인먼트" . Archived from the original on 2020-03-25 . Retrieved 2020-03-25 .
^ "이정현, 바나나컬쳐엔터와 專屬契約 '過去義理 빛났다' " . Archived from the original on 2020-03-25 . Retrieved 2020-03-25 .
^ " '學校2017' 下勝利, 바나나컬쳐와 專屬契約..이정현·Exid와 한솥밥" .
^ "[單獨] 姓은, 바나나컬쳐 專屬契約終了→獨自活動中" .
^ "[專門] 트레이, 데뷔 1年餘 만에 解體…"새 始作應援付託" " .
^ "Lim Ju-hwan profile" Archived 2011-02-10 at the Wayback Machine . Yedang Entertainment . Retrieved 2013-06-22.

[1] "웰메이드스타엠, '웰메이드 禮堂'으로 相互變更" .

[2] "걸그룹 Exid, 禮堂엔터 專屬契約締結…컴백 앨범 準備中" .

[3] "웰메이드 禮堂, 異端옆차기·新沙洞虎狼이 會社引受" .

[4] "Exid 所屬社禮堂에서 바나나컬쳐로 이름 바꿔" .

[5] "㈜禮堂엔터테인먼트, ㈜바나나컬쳐로 새 出發" .

[6] "[單獨] 바나나컬쳐 유재웅 代表 "엔터 事業整理는 '誤報', 트레이 所屬"(인터뷰)" (in Korean). March 25, 2020.

[7] "바나나컬쳐 엔터테인먼트" . Archived from the original on 2020-03-25 . Retrieved 2020-03-25 .

[8] "이정현, 바나나컬쳐엔터와 專屬契約 '過去義理 빛났다' " . Archived from the original on 2020-03-25 . Retrieved 2020-03-25 .

[9] " '學校2017' 下勝利, 바나나컬쳐와 專屬契約..이정현·Exid와 한솥밥" .

[10] "[單獨] 姓은, 바나나컬쳐 專屬契約終了→獨自活動中" .

[11] "[專門] 트레이, 데뷔 1年餘 만에 解體…"새 始作應援付託" " .

[12] "Lim Ju-hwan profile" Archived 2011-02-10 at the Wayback Machine . Yedang Entertainment . Retrieved 2013-06-22.

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