KPOP 3rd generation · Star Crew Entertainment
HOTSHOT
ホットショット / 핫샷
HOTSHOT divided the work plainly — dancing, rapping, singing — and most people found the group backwards, through Produce 101.
- 2014DebutOct 31, 2014
- 6Members
- 3thGeneration
- HOTPLEFandom
Last updated:
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In 30 seconds: HOTSHOT
Junhyuk, Timoteo, Roh Taehyun, Sungwoon, Yoonsan and Hojung later turned up in Wanna One, JBJ and UNB, which sent listeners looking for the original.
Come here if the members' later projects brought you in and you want to hear what they did first.
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Key facts
- Group name
- HOTSHOT
- Reading / Hangul
- ホットショット / 핫샷
- Company
- Star Crew Entertainment
- Debut date
- October 31, 2014
- Days active
- 2,254 days (6 years, 2 months)
- Final activity date
- 2021
- Debut song
- Take A Shot
- Generation
- 3rd generation
- Fandom name
- HOTPLE(ホットプル)
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Member guide
Profile comparison
| Members | Birth date | Blood type | MBTI | Nationality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ジュンヒョク | 1992-04-21 | 34 | 183cm | B | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ティモテオ | 1993-01-25 | 33 | 180cm | B | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ノ・テヒョン | 1993-10-15 | 33 | 168cm | A | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ソンウン | 1994-03-22 | 32 | 167cm | A | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ユンサン | 1994-08-22 | 32 | 175cm | AB | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ホジョン | 1994-10-20 | 32 | 180cm | O | 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.
Early Flowering
Take A Shot MVTake A Shot is the debut and the most aggressive of the early dance singles.
Jelly MVJelly belongs to the restart after the audition shows and shows the smaller line-up.05
From debut to now
- 2014Emerging from Star Crew Entertainment as a six-piece, the group led with hip hop colour and strong dancing.
- 2015I'm a HOTSHOT and Body Talks pushed the group name to the front and built the core of the early catalogue.
- 2016Japanese singles turned them into a group with a route for overseas listeners as well as Korean activity.
- 2017Sungwoon moved to Wanna One and Taehyun to JBJ, which drew eyes back to HOTSHOT itself.
- 2018Alongside Hojung working with UNB, a later mini album including I Hate You renewed the group activity.
- 2021Even after group activity ended, solo work, acting and spin-off groups keep pointing back to HOTSHOT itself.
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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 HOTSHOT note
Star Crew Entertainment debuted HOTSHOT on October 31, 2014 with six members. Junhyuk, Timoteo, Taehyun, Sungwoon, Yoonsan and Hojung split the dance, rap and vocal roles cleanly between them. From the debut song Take A Shot, which led with hip hop colour and sharp dancing, they went on in 2015 to build the core of the early catalogue with I'm a HOTSHOT and Body Talks.
Take A Shot belongs first as a way in. The combination of aggressive formations and rap shows the foundation of the group as it was. Moving on to Jelly, the restart period from 2017 onwards comes into view, and another face of the same group appears. Close with I Hate You, where an emotional expression unlike the early sharpness makes clear that HOTSHOT never sat inside a single colour.
Sungwoon going to Wanna One and Taehyun to JBJ in 2017 gave HOTSHOT an unusual way of being referred to, where the group is rediscovered through individual careers. In 2018, while Hojung was working with UNB, the later mini album Early Flowering arrived, and group activity closed in 2021. Listeners still reach the catalogue through solo and acting work. Start at Take A Shot, pass through Jelly and end at I Hate You for the hip hop foundation, the restart period and the range of feeling.
Editors' take Take A Shot / Jelly / I Hate You — from a hip hop axis to emotional expression in three songs, from a six-piece out of Star Crew Entertainment.
Trivia worth knowing
Name
HOTSHOT suggests both a hard strike and a rising talent, which ties the name straight to the debut single Take A Shot.
Fandom
HOTPLE serves as the fandom name and picks up the HOT of the group name.
Offshoot
Sungwoon through Wanna One, Taehyun through JBJ and Hojung through UNB each give a route back to HOTSHOT.
Japan
Step by Step is a Japanese single and belongs to a different market from the Korean releases.
Signature song
Take A Shot, I'm a HOTSHOT, Jelly and I Hate You in that order trace the line from the first years to the last.
Comparison
Placed beside BIGFLO, MADTOWN and UNIQ, the gap between mid-tier boy groups around 2014 and their solo paths becomes clear.
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Japan activity score
KPOP DISCOVER original metric
No. 204/ 241 groups
No. 204 of 241 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 85%)
- 1Japanese releases
- 1Japan-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 HOTSHOT?
Junhyuk, Timoteo, Roh Taehyun, Sungwoon, Yoonsan and Hojung later turned up in Wanna One, JBJ and UNB, which sent listeners looking for the original.
Why should a new listener start with HOTSHOT?
Come here if the members' later projects brought you in and you want to hear what they did first.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with Take A Shot, Jelly, then continue to the official video index.