KPOP 3rd generation · HISTAR Entertainment
HALO
ヘイロー / 헤일로
HALO were an approachable mid-sized boy group who spent as much of their run in Japan as in Korea.
- 2014DebutJun 28, 2014
- 6Members
- 3thGeneration
- HALOVEFandom
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In 30 seconds: HALO
Fever and Come On Now open brightly, and Feel So Good, Mariya and O.M.G. carry the rest; several members later turned up in Japanese audition shows.
Worth following if you found the members through their later work and want the original group.
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Key facts
- Group name
- HALO
- Reading / Hangul
- ヘイロー / 헤일로
- Company
- HISTAR Entertainment
- Debut date
- June 28, 2014
- Days active
- 4,508 days (12 years, 4 months)
- Debut song
- Fever
- Generation
- 3rd generation
- Fandom name
- HALOVE(ヘイラブ)
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Member guide
イネン인행 · InhaengView in Japanese
Profile comparison
| Members | Birth date | Blood type | MBTI | Nationality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ディノ | 1990-12-25 | 35 | 176cm | O | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| イネン | 1992-04-21 | 34 | 186cm | O | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| オウン | 1993-01-15 | 33 | 180cm | B | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ジェヨン | 1994-02-13 | 32 | 185cm | O | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ヒチョン | 1994-09-02 | 32 | 186cm | B | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ユンドン | 1995-02-19 | 31 | 176cm | A | 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.
Fever MVFever is the debut and the clearest picture of the early presentation.
Feel So Good MVFeel So Good is the brightest single and the most typical of the group.
O.M.G. MVO.M.G. is the later one and shows how much closer the six had grown.05
From debut to now
- 2014HALO debuted with Fever, and the 1theK official video carries the bright early image of the boy group.
- 2015Surprise, While You're Sleeping and Save Me carried the singing and the fresh look further after the debut.
- 2016Around Mariya the bright pop side doubles as an entrance to the stages, and the shift from the early to the middle years shows.
- 2017Here I Am moved to a calmer presentation, which makes the songs and the individual members easier to sort out.
- 2018O.M.G. is the later signature route easiest to find on the official channel, and it leads into the performance and stage footage.
- 2019Adding the later work of Heecheon, Yundong and Ooon opens routes from the group itself toward solo careers and rediscovery.
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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 HALO note
HALO takes its name from the initials of Hexagon of Absolute Light and Organization, a six-piece boy group that debuted from HISTAR Entertainment in June 2014. The line-up running from the debut song Fever to Come On Now the same year stood out for an unclouded brightness and dancing in unison, and it built the air typical of a third-generation entrance. Dino, Inhaeng, Ooon, Jaeyong, Heecheon and Yundong each held their own routes in vocals, rap and dance as well as acting and work in Japanese, which made them easy to follow as a group and as individuals.
The easiest musical entrances are Fever, where the fresh pop feel is clearest, While You're Sleeping, where the softness of the singing comes forward, and Mariya, which stands for the bright pop of around 2016. Listening across the run that takes in Grow Up and Young Love from 2015 makes the change of texture from the early to the middle years easy to hear. A style that placed the friendliness of the songs above showy staging landed squarely in the territory that solid third-generation boy groups did best.
Here I Am in 2017 took a step toward a calmer presentation, and O.M.G. in 2018 sits as the signature song of the later period. The run lasted from 2014 to 2019, and in 2019 the members each moved on to work of their own. Heecheon went from Produce 101 Japan to a route of rediscovery with ORβIT, so the story does not stop at the group itself. Fever, then Mariya, then O.M.G. runs through the freshness of the debut, the friendliness of the middle years and the signature song of the later ones.
Editors' take Fever / Mariya / O.M.G. — a HISTAR Entertainment six-piece whose run from 2014 to 2019 fits into three songs.
Trivia worth knowing
Entry point
Starting from Fever gives the brightness and the approachable performance style typical of a 2014 debut.
Song
While You're Sleeping fills in a softer vocal impression that the music videos alone do not carry.
Later years
Here I Am and O.M.G. suit a look at the later years, where expressions and the tone of the songs both shift.
Members
Learning the six members as Dino, Inhaeng, Ooon, Jaeyong, Heecheon and Yundong also makes their later work easier to trace.
Videos
Official stages from ARIRANG and music programmes sit beside the music videos and bring across the feel of a real performance.
Comparison
Lined up with MAP6, IMFACT and 100%, the mid-2010s layer of boy groups from smaller agencies comes into view.
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Japan activity score
KPOP DISCOVER original metric
No. 147/ 241 groups
No. 147 of 241 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 61%)
- 1Japanese releases
- 4Japan-related tracks
- 0Members from Japan
- 1Official 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 HALO?
Fever and Come On Now open brightly, and Feel So Good, Mariya and O.M.G. carry the rest; several members later turned up in Japanese audition shows.
Why should a new listener start with HALO?
Worth following if you found the members through their later work and want the original group.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with Fever, Feel So Good, O.M.G., then continue to the official video index.