KPOP 5th generation · CUBE Entertainment
NOWZ
ナウズ / 나우즈
NOWZ debuted under a different name in 2024 and restarted with the current one in 2025, keeping the same five members throughout.
- 2024DebutApr 2, 2024
- 5Members
- 5thGeneration
- D-DAYFandom
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In 30 seconds: NOWZ
Hyeonbin, Yoon, Yeonwoo, Jinhyuk and Siyun moved from bright debut pop toward catchier singles and warmer, seasonal material.
Come here for a CUBE Entertainment boy group that changed its name without changing its people.
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Key facts
- Group name
- NOWZ
- Reading / Hangul
- ナウズ / 나우즈
- Company
- CUBE Entertainment
- Debut date
- April 2, 2024
- Days active
- 942 days (2 years, 6 months)
- Debut song
- OoWee
- Generation
- 5th generation
- Fandom name
- D-DAY(ディーデイ)
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Member guide
Profile comparison
| Members | Birth date | Blood type | MBTI | Nationality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ヒョンビン | 2002-08-31 | 24 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | South Korea | |
| ユン | 2003-08-27 | 23 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | South Korea | |
| ヨンウ | 2003-09-23 | 23 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | South Korea | |
| ジンヒョク | 2004-05-21 | 22 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | South Korea | |
| シユン | 2004-08-24 | 22 | Not disclosed | 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.
OoWee MVOoWee is the debut, released under the earlier name, and the first look at the group.
TICKET MVTICKET is the catchiest of the early singles and the easiest to remember.
Rainy day MVRainy day is the softer one, written closer to the audience than the title tracks.MVView in JapaneseDance PracticeView in JapanesePerformanceView in JapaneseLiveView in JapaneseStageView in Japanese
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From debut to now
- 2024NOWADAYS, NOWHERE and Rainy day laid out the early brightness and the softer songs.
- 2025Fly to the youth, EVERGLOW, Problem Child and HomeRUN showed a firmer direction after the restart.
- 2026HOOKED, the Japanese EP NOWZ and HomeRUN Japanese ver. separated the Japanese activity from the global releases.
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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 NOWZ note
A five-piece that debuted from CUBE Entertainment as NOWADAYS in April 2024 restarted under the name NOWZ in June 2025. The members are Hyeonbin, Yoon, Yeonwoo, Jinhyuk and Siyun. Because the change of name came roughly a year after the debut, either spelling should lead to the same place.
Three songs open the door: OoWee, TICKET and Rainy day. The early work under the NOWADAYS name is bright, catchy pop that shows plainly where the group started. Rainy day has a seasonal feel that sticks, and plenty of people were listening to it before the fan club name D-DAY existed. Getting the debut image from OoWee and then letting Rainy day settle the pace is the natural order.
After the renaming came Fly to the youth, EVERGLOW, Problem Child and HomeRUN, a run of sharply defined songs. HOOKED arrived in 2026, and the Japanese EP NOWZ followed in March of the same year. OoWee, then Rainy day, then HomeRUN runs from the starting point before the renaming through the early signature to where the group stands now.
Editors' take OoWee / Rainy day / HomeRUN — three songs tracing the change from the NOWADAYS era to NOWZ, from the five-piece group at CUBE Entertainment.
Trivia worth knowing
Name change
NOWZ is the name taken after NOWADAYS, and following the releases either side of that change without splitting them shows the shift.
D-DAY
The fandom name D-DAY suggests a special day and a beginning shared by NOWZ and its listeners.
YUQI feature
Fly to the youth involves YUQI of i-dle, which drew attention after the renaming.
IGNITION
Following IGNITION on video through EVERGLOW and Problem Child brings out the harder face of NOWZ.
Play Ball
The album Play Ball turns on HomeRUN and GET BUCK, which reappear in Japanese-language form on the EP for that market.
Japanese EP
AMMO and HomeRUN Japanese ver. sit on the Japanese side of the discography, kept separate from the Korean run.
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Japan activity score
KPOP DISCOVER original metric
No. 144/ 241 groups
No. 144 of 241 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 60%)
- 1Japanese releases
- 5Japan-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 2026-10-29).
How this score is calculated →View in JapaneseFrequently asked questions
What defines NOWZ?
Hyeonbin, Yoon, Yeonwoo, Jinhyuk and Siyun moved from bright debut pop toward catchier singles and warmer, seasonal material.
Why should a new listener start with NOWZ?
Come here for a CUBE Entertainment boy group that changed its name without changing its people.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with OoWee, TICKET, Rainy day, then continue to the official video index.