KPOP 3rd generation · Universal Music Korea
Boys Republic
ボーイズリパブリック / 소년공화국
Boys Republic worked outward from the start, with releases for Taiwan and appearances across Southeast Asia soon after the Korean debut.
- 2013DebutJun 5, 2013
- 5Members
- 3thGeneration
- Royal FamilyFandom
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In 30 seconds: Boys Republic
Onejunn, Sunwoo, Sungjun, Minsu and Suwoong moved from bright electro pop into harder concepts, with Japanese singles alongside.
Useful as a benchmark for what a mid-sized boy group of the early third generation actually did.
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Key facts
- Group name
- Boys Republic
- Reading / Hangul
- ボーイズリパブリック / 소년공화국
- Company
- Universal Music Korea
- Debut date
- June 5, 2013
- Days active
- 1,671 days (4 years, 6 months)
- Final activity date
- 2018
- Debut song
- Party Rock
- Generation
- 3rd generation
- Fandom name
- Royal Family(ロイヤルファミリー)
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Member guide
Profile comparison
| Members | Birth date | Blood type | MBTI | Nationality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ウォンジュン | 1988-11-22 | 37 | 179cm | AB | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ソヌ | 1992-03-12 | 34 | 183cm | B | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ソンジュン | 1992-12-17 | 33 | 172cm | AB | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ミンス | 1993-04-15 | 33 | 175cm | O | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| スウン | 1995-01-20 | 31 | 174cm | B | Not disclosed | South Korea |
Ages are as of 2026-10-31.
Selected releases
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Start here
Follow a few songs from the starting point to the group's current sound.
Ending credit.
Party Rock MVParty Rock is the debut and the brightest thing the five recorded.
Get Down MVGet Down is the harder late single and the clearest change of direction.05
From debut to now
- 2013June brought the debut with Party Rock, and Identity in October carried You Are Special among the early signature work.
- 2014Video Game, Dress Up and The Real One shifted the concept each time, and Real Talk gathered the work of 2014 together.
- 2015Hello arrived, and live shows and fan meetings spread across Europe and Southeast Asia.
- 2016BR:evolution and Get Down set out the harder late direction, and a Japanese best-of in June with Only Girl in September opened the Japanese chapter.
- 2017The Japanese 1st album Beginning gathered the songs made in Japan, Only Girl, Closer and Stand Up! among them.
- 2018An indefinite hiatus was announced in September, and from then on they have been found through solo work and the older releases.
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Achievements
Key milestones
Verified information
Verified English information is not yet available for this section.
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Official links
Official site
Official social accounts and platforms
Shopping guide
Verified English shopping links are not yet available.
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KPOP DISCOVER's Boys Republic note
Boys Republic is Onejunn, Sunwoo, Sungjun, Minsu and Suwoong, a five-piece under Universal Music Korea that debuted with Party Rock on June 5, 2013. Electro pop and dance pop sit at the centre, and from the very start the plan reached outward, with a Taiwanese edition and exposure across Southeast Asia arriving soon after the Korean debut. The fandom is Royal Family.
Party Rock, You Are Special and Get Down are the three to hold. Party Rock is bright electro pop and makes the first impression of the five easy to catch, while You Are Special carries the friendly team feeling that Identity set out. Get Down from 2016 is a markedly harder concept, and in one song it shows where the same group went in its later years.
After BR:evolution and Get Down laid out the late direction in 2016, the Japanese debut single Only Girl followed that September, and the Japanese 1st album Beginning in 2017 gathered Only Girl, Closer, Stand Up! and the rest of the songs made in Japan. In September 2018 an indefinite hiatus was announced, and since then the group has been heard through solo work and by going back through the catalogue. Party Rock, then You Are Special, then Get Down covers the openness of the debut, the team feeling of the early signature and the shift of the late concept.
Editors' take Party Rock / You Are Special / Get Down — the change from debut to late concept in three songs, from a Universal Music Korea five-piece.
Trivia worth knowing
Name
Boys Republic build the name on the idea of a republic, which pairs with the fandom name Royal Family.
Early years
Party Rock is the bright way in, but You Are Special and Video Game show how wide the same five could range.
Trilogy
Video Game, Dress Up and The Real One followed through 2014 as the Fantasy Trilogy, shifting concept each time.
Japan activity
Beyond Only Girl, the 2016 best-of and the 2017 release Beginning give the Japanese career real weight.
Dance
Adding the dance footage for Party Rock and Dress Up reveals formations the clips keep hidden.
Later years
Get Down opens the strong later concept and stands in clear contrast with the bright early songs.
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Japan activity score
KPOP DISCOVER original metric
No. 41/ 241 groups
No. 41 of 241 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 17%)
- 4Japanese releases
- 32Japan-related tracks
- 0Members from Japan
- 0Official Japanese accounts
The denominator is the 241 groups, out of 564 covered by KPOP DISCOVER, whose raw score reaches at least one point. The score adds 10 points per Japanese-market release, 3 per Japan-related track, 12 per member from Japan, and 8 per official Japanese account. Japanese-market releases carry the most weight because they are the most direct evidence of activity; related tracks add track-level detail; members from Japan stand for Japanese-language communication and continuity; official accounts stand for a permanent point of contact. The weights are an editorial judgement, not a statistical optimisation, and the ranking tracks release volume in Japan closely. Source: releases, tracks, members, and official links recorded by KPOP DISCOVER (updated 2026-10-24).
How this score is calculated →View in JapaneseFrequently asked questions
What defines Boys Republic?
Onejunn, Sunwoo, Sungjun, Minsu and Suwoong moved from bright electro pop into harder concepts, with Japanese singles alongside.
Why should a new listener start with Boys Republic?
Useful as a benchmark for what a mid-sized boy group of the early third generation actually did.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with Party Rock, Get Down, then continue to the official video index.