KPOP 1st generation · KYT Entertainment / Trifecta Entertainment
Koyote
コヨーテ / 코요태
Koyote have been going since 1998, a mixed trio built on Shinji's voice, Kim Jong-min's television familiarity and Bbaek Ga's rapping.
- 1998DebutDec 9, 1998
- 3Members
- 1thGeneration
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In 30 seconds: Koyote
The early records lean euro-dance, the middle ones are made for television, and the later ones show a group that simply refused to stop.
Start here for the longest-running dance act in Korean pop and one of the few from that decade still working.
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Key facts
- Group name
- Koyote
- Reading / Hangul
- コヨーテ / 코요태
- Company
- KYT Entertainment / Trifecta Entertainment
- Debut date
- December 9, 1998
- Days active
- 10,188 days (27 years, 10 months)
- Debut song
- Pure Love
- Generation
- 1st generation
- Fandom name
- (未公表)
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Member guide
Profile comparison
| Members | Birth date | Blood type | MBTI | Nationality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| シンジ | 1981-11-18 | 44 | 165cm | AB | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| キム・ジョンミン | 1979-09-24 | 47 | 176cm | O | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ペッカ | 1981-05-14 | 45 | 186cm | O | Not disclosed | South Korea |
Ages are as of 2026-10-31.
Selected releases
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View all official videos →Start here
Follow a few songs from the starting point to the group's current sound.
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From debut to now
- 1998Appeared as a mixed-gender dance group and became a way across between Korean popular song and K-pop.
- 2000A signature song heavy on Eurodance widened recognition and fixed a bright image for a mixed group.
- 2004An easy chorus and a warmth that suited television widened the shelf of songs people keep listening to.
- 2015Continuity as a long-running group strengthened the sense that acts who debuted in the 90s still reach the present.
- 2023Recent singles and music videos trace a Koyote of today, not only nostalgia, through the official footage.
- 2025Following through to the new songs of 2025 connects the updates of a long-running mixed group across the releases and the videos.
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Achievements
Key milestones
Verified information
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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 Koyote note
What anchors Koyote is mixed-gender dance music running since the end of the 90s, and the updating a long-running group keeps doing. A leading Korean mixed-gender dance group that debuted in 1998, it combines Shinji's vocals, the wide recognition of Kim Jong-min and Bbaek Ga's rapping into an entrance that has stayed listenable ever since.
The way in is Pure Love, Passion and Bingo. Pure Love and Passion give the early Eurodance colour, Bingo moves on to the warmth that suited television, and Hollywood and STORM confirm the updating a long-running group keeps doing.
Following through to Call Me in 2025 shows a mixed group that is still releasing rather than a shelf of nostalgia. Pure Love, then Passion, then Bingo covers the Eurodance, the momentum and the warmth.
Editors' take Pure Love / Passion / Bingo — three songs cover mixed-gender dance music still running since the end of the 90s, from a first-generation trio.
Trivia worth knowing
Co-ed group
Shinji carries the main vocal, Kim Jong-min brings the television reach and Bbaek Ga handles the rap.
Short name
Koyote is also written as KYT, and both forms turn up on the official YouTube channel and in billing.
Signature song
Pure Love, Passion and Bingo line up as the popular entry points from the early and middle years.
Television context
Kim Jong-min is widely known from variety television, which opens a route back to the group from outside the music programmes.
Recent songs
Following through to STORM and Call Me shows an active dance act rather than a nostalgia catalogue.
Comparison
Set beside Turbo and COOL, the place of mixed-gender acts in Korean dance pop from the 90s into the 2000s becomes clear.
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Japan activity score
KPOP DISCOVER original metric
No. 197/ 241 groups
No. 197 of 241 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 82%)
- 0Japanese releases
- 0Japan-related tracks
- 0Members from Japan
- 2Official 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 2026-10-28).
How this score is calculated →View in JapaneseFrequently asked questions
What defines Koyote?
The early records lean euro-dance, the middle ones are made for television, and the later ones show a group that simply refused to stop.
Why should a new listener start with Koyote?
Start here for the longest-running dance act in Korean pop and one of the few from that decade still working.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with Pure Love, then continue to the official video index.