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RIIZE’s Seunghan has decided to depart from the boy group.
Departure
Just two days after announcing the 21-year-old’s return from a yearlong hiatus, Wizard Production—the SM Entertainment division in charge of RIIZE—has announced Seunghan’s official departure.
Controversy
Seunghan was suspended from group activities last November personal videos and photos from his trainee days were leaked online in August last year before RIIZE’s debut. The leaks depicted him engaging in underage smoking and intimate behavior with a girl.
About RIIZE
RIIZE — a combination of the words “rise” and “realize” — is SM Entertainment’s first new boy group in three years and the first boy group from SM Entertainment in seven years.
The band debuted last September 2023 with the physical single ‘Get A Guitar,’ which sold over a million copies.
RIIZE currently has six members: Anton, Shotaro, Eunseok, Sungchan, Wonbin, and Sohee.
In June, the rookies released their first EP ‘Riizing’, consisting of tracks ‘Impossible,’ Boom Boom Bass, ‘Siren,’ ‘9 Days,’ ‘Honestly,’ ‘Talk Saxy,’ ‘Love 119,’ and ‘One Kiss.’