Yuehua Entertainment
Yuehua Entertainment (Chinese: 乐华娱乐) (Korean: 위에화 엔터테인먼트) is a privately held Chinese multinational entertainment group and talent agency based in Beijing.[1] The company was founded in June 2009. Yuehua is involved in television production and distribution, movie production, artist management and training, music and music video production, public relations, and entertainment marketing.[2] Yuehua Entertainment has partnerships with the South Korean companies Pledis Entertainment,[3] Starship Entertainment[4] and SM Entertainment.[5]
Type | Private |
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Industry | Music Entertainment |
Founded | June 2009 |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | Du Hua (CEO) Li Ruigang (President of China Media Capital (CMC)) Lee Sang-gyu (Co-CEO of YueHua Korea) Jung Hae-chang (Co-CEO of YueHua Korea) |
Products | Albums Concerts Music videos Movies |
Services | Publishing records Music Copyright Artist Management Film/TV Production Entertainment agency |
Website | http://www.yhfamily.cn/ http://www.yhfamily.co.kr/ |
Yuehua Entertainment received series-B financing from Gravity Media and CMC Capital in August 2014.[6] CMC Capital invested US$49 million into the group and became its strategic shareholder at the completion of financing.[7] In 2014 Yuehua Entertainment established a Korean branch located in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea.[8] Yuehua announced plans for further expansion of their Korean branch operations beginning in February 2016.[9] In 2019, Yuehua Entertainment's Korean branch moved to a new building.[10]
China
Groups
Soloists
- Mai Meng (2009–present)
- Han Geng (2010–present)[11]
- Angela (2010–present)
- Zhang Yao (2012–present)
- Shawn (2012–present)
- Lucy Wang (2012–present)
- Ma Song (2013–present)
- Xiao Fei (2013–present)
- Nana Tse (2013–present)
- Ivy (2015–present)
- Owodog (2017–present)
- Cherry Ho (2017–present)
- Xi Wang (2019–present)
- Jin Zihan (2020-present)
- Cao Lu (2017-Present)
Notable Idols
- Li Wenhan (UNIQ / UNINE Member)
- Hu Chunyang (UNINE Member)
- Zhou Yixuan (UNIQ / New Storm Member)
- Xuanyi (WJSN /Rocket Girls 101)
- Meng Mei Qi (WJSN/Rocket Girls 101)
- Cheng Xiao (WJSN)
- Zhu Zhengting (NEXT Leader/Nine Percent)
- Fan Chengcheng (NEXT/Nine Percent)
- Justin (NEXT/Nine Percent)
Actors/Actress
Drama/Film Directors
- Jang Tae-yoo (2014-present, Chinese market only)
South Korea
Groups
- UNIQ
- Cosmic Girls (co-managed with Starship Entertainment)
- Hyeongseop X Euiwoong
- Everglow[12]
Soloists
Notable Trainee
- Choi Ye-na (IZ*ONE Member)
Actors
References
- "Yuehua Entertainment". PrivCo. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- "About Us". Yuehua Entertainment. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- "Pledis Embarks on Entering Chinese Market with YUEHUA". BNT International. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- "Starship Entertainment forms a strategic partnership with China's Yuehua Entertainment". Yahoo Celebrity. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- "Korean Entertainment Thrives On Beneficial But Tense Relationship With Chinese Investments". Forbes. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
- Su, Wiki. "CMC Capital Invests $49M Series B In Yuehua Entertainment". China Money Network. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- Liu, Winnie. "CMC leads $49m round for China entertainment firm Yuehua". Asian Venture Capital Journal. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- "China's leading entertainment agency to enter Korean market". Yonhap News. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- "乐华娱乐正式进军韩国娱乐市场". Sina Finance. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- "회사 이전으로 인하여 서포트 및 팬레터 발송 주소 변경 공지 드립니다". 17 December 2019.
- "韩庚与老东家和解". Ifeng Finance. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- "'프듀48' 시현X이런, 위에화 첫 걸그룹 '에버글로우' 데뷔 확정 [공식입장]". Naver (in Korean). February 18, 2019. Retrieved February 18, 2019.