3rd generation · CMG Chorok Stars
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M.Pire were a seven-piece who worked briefly in the early third generation and leaned darker than most of their peers.
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Taehee, Yooseung, Lumin, Haru, Red, T.O and Jerry carried the group through a line-up that kept shifting.
Useful as a comparison point when you are digging through the short-run boy groups of those years.
テヒ태희 · TaeheeView in Japaneseユスン유승 · YooseungView in Japanese
ルミン루민 · LuminView in Japaneseハル하루 · HaruView in Japaneseレッド레드 · RedView in Japanese
ティーオー티오 · T.OView in Japaneseジェリー제리 · JerryView in Japanese| Members | Birth date | Blood type | MBTI | Nationality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| テヒ | 1988-08-24 | 38 | 181cm | A | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ユスン | 1990-01-26 | 36 | 180cm | B | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ルミン | 1990-08-20 | 36 | 176cm | O | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ハル | 1991-12-26 | 34 | 178cm | AB | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| レッド | 1992-12-04 | 33 | 178cm | O | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ティーオー | 1993-06-03 | 33 | 177cm | B | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ジェリー | 1994-09-15 | 32 | 179cm | A | Not disclosed | South Korea |
Ages are as of 2026-09-17.
Follow a few songs from the starting point to the group's current sound.
Can't Be Friends With You MVCan't Be Friends With You is the debut and the clearest look at the original team.Not That Kind of Person MVNot That Kind of Person closes the run with a more adult tone.Verified English shopping links are not yet available.
Two things define M.Pire: a short run, and an appeal that has to be dug out of video and fan talk. A seven-member boy group that debuted from CMG Chorok Stars in 2013, they belong among the mid-tier, short-lived acts of the early third generation, and the changes to the lineup are part of what has to be remembered.
The way in runs Can't Be Friends With You, Rumor and Not That Kind of Person. The debut song fixes the early image, Rumor moves to the darker signature track, and Not That Kind of Person shows the more adult expression of the later period, which is where the arc becomes clear.
The catalogue is not large, yet the stages for each song, the individual careers of the members and the memory of events in Japan all remain. This is a group to dig out through video and fan talk rather than through chart placings. Can't Be Friends With You, then Rumor, then Not That Kind of Person runs from the early image through the signature track to the later years.
Editors' take Can't Be Friends With You / Rumor / Not That Kind of Person — a short run and an appeal dug out of video, in three songs from a seven-member act of the early third generation.
No. 157 of 210 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 75%)
The denominator is the 210 groups, out of 525 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 2026-09-17).
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