KPOP 2nd generation · H2 Media
MYNAME
マイネーム / 마이네임
MYNAME kept working in Japan long after the Korean releases stopped, which makes the catalogue longer than the domestic story suggests.
- 2011DebutOct 27, 2011
- 5Members
- 2thGeneration
- MYgirl / MYboyFandom
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In 30 seconds: MYNAME
Gunwoo, Insoo, Seyong, JunQ and Chaejin each have a separate route in — singing, rapping, dancing or acting.
Come here for a group that lasted through persistence rather than through one breakout moment.
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Key facts
- Group name
- MYNAME
- Reading / Hangul
- マイネーム / 마이네임
- Company
- H2 Media
- Debut date
- October 27, 2011
- Days active
- 5,483 days (15 years, 0 months)
- Debut song
- Message
- Generation
- 2nd generation
- Fandom name
- MYgirl / MYboy(マイガール / マイボーイ)
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Member guide
セヨン세용 · SeyongView in Japanese
ジュンQ준Q · JunQSoloView in Japanese
チェジン채진 · ChaejinView in JapaneseProfile comparison
| Members | Birth date | Blood type | MBTI | Nationality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ゴヌ | 1989-01-30 | 37 | 181cm | AB | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| インス | 1988-03-10 | 38 | 178cm | AB | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| セヨン | 1991-11-20 | 34 | 177cm | O | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ジュンQ | 1993-08-09 | 33 | 180cm | AB | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| チェジン | 1995-12-26 | 30 | 176cm | 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.
Message MVMessage is the debut and shows how the five voices were meant to work.
Hello & Goodbye MVHello & Goodbye is the sad one and the best of the early Korean singles.
Baby I'm Sorry MVBaby I'm Sorry has the long narrative video the group is remembered for.05
From debut to now
- 2011Arrived from H2 Media as five members and set out an early image combining dancing and singing.
- 2012While the Korean work continued they moved into a Japanese debut, building a base and a fan route across both countries.
- 2013Long narrative music videos and a Japanese album strengthened the dramatic presentation and the widening work in Japan.
- 2014The routes through Five Stars and Shirayuki made the original Japanese songs followable among the releases and the videos.
- 2015Following the Korean comeback and the Japanese albums in parallel shows the difference between the hard dance songs and the Japanese vocal work.
- 2016Following the Japanese releases through to Kiseki shows how MYNAME thickened its base of fans in Japan.
- 2017Through military service, acting and solo work by the members, a route under the MYNAME name remained, so the run can still be sorted out later.
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Achievements
Key milestones
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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 MYNAME note
A five-piece that arrived from H2 Media on October 27, 2011. Gunwoo, Insoo, Seyong, JunQ and Chaejin divide singing, rapping and dancing among themselves inside one group, and the debut song Message set that image out. Planting a flag as a second-generation Korean group, they used the Korean work as a footing and moved towards a Japanese debut the following year, in 2012.
The entrance is Message, Hello & Goodbye and Baby I'm Sorry. The tension and the reach of the voices at the debut, a melody with the ache out front, and a long narrative music video: those three points are what mark MYNAME out. Even on the more ballad-leaning songs they never drop the dancing, and the stance of showing both the singing and the movement runs all the way through.
The Japanese work stacked up singles and albums through What's Up, WE ARE MYNAME, Five Stars, I.M.G. Without You and Kiseki, building live work and a fan base in parallel with Korea. In 2015 Too Very So Much also brought a Korean comeback and cut a sharper edge as a dance song. From 2017 the members moved into military service, acting and solo work, but the run reads as Message, then Baby I'm Sorry, then Too Very So Much, covering the debut image, the ache and the hard dance song.
Editors' take Message / Baby I'm Sorry / Too Very So Much — three songs cover singing, narrative videos and hard dance songs in a five-piece from H2 Media.
Trivia worth knowing
Starter song
Message holds the early picture of MYNAME, Baby I'm Sorry the dramatic side, and Too Very So Much the later Korean material.
Japan activity
MYNAME put out a long run of Japanese singles and albums alongside the Korean releases.
MV
Shirayuki and Stop the Time sit on the Japanese official channel, and they look different from the Korean songs.
Stage
Pair Message and Too Very So Much with the KBS broadcast footage and the mood of the promotion period fills in beyond the music videos.
Members
Separating what each of the five members did in singing, rap, acting and solo work makes the later years easier to follow.
How we verify
For the Japanese side, official music videos and album tracks are the reliable material rather than fan-shot concert clips or unauthorised re-uploads.
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Japan activity score
KPOP DISCOVER original metric
No. 24/ 241 groups
No. 24 of 241 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 10%)
- 6Japanese releases
- 39Japan-related tracks
- 0Members from Japan
- 3Official 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 MYNAME?
Gunwoo, Insoo, Seyong, JunQ and Chaejin each have a separate route in — singing, rapping, dancing or acting.
Why should a new listener start with MYNAME?
Come here for a group that lasted through persistence rather than through one breakout moment.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with Message, Hello & Goodbye, Baby I'm Sorry, then continue to the official video index.