KPOP 3rd generation · FNC Entertainment
SF9
エスエフナイン / 에스에프나인
SF9 lead with height and with title tracks aimed squarely at adults, and Now or Never is where that direction settled.
- 2016DebutOct 5, 2016
- 8Members
- 3thGeneration
- FANTASYFandom
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In 30 seconds: SF9
ROAR, Easy Love and O Sole Mio carry the early momentum; Good Guy in 2020 brought the group its first music-show win.
Choose this for sleek, grown-up boy-group pop with acting and solo work running alongside it.
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Key facts
- Group name
- SF9
- Reading / Hangul
- エスエフナイン / 에스에프나인
- Company
- FNC Entertainment
- Debut date
- October 5, 2016
- Days active
- 3,678 days (10 years, 0 months)
- Debut song
- Fanfare
- Generation
- 3rd generation
- Fandom name
- FANTASY
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Member guide
Profile comparison
| Members | Birth date | Blood type | MBTI | Nationality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ヨンビン | 1993-11-23 | 32 | 178cm | AB | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| インソン | 1993-07-12 | 33 | 184cm | A | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ジェユン | 1994-08-09 | 32 | 183cm | O | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ダウォン | 1995-07-24 | 31 | 179cm | A | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ジュホ | 1996-07-04 | 30 | 185cm | O | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ユ・テヤン | 1997-02-28 | 29 | 181cm | O | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| フィヨン | 1999-05-11 | 27 | 179cm | B | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| チャニ | 2000-01-17 | 26 | 177cm | A | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ロウン | 1996-08-07 | 30 | 190.5cm | B | INFJ | 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.
Good Guy MVGood Guy is the first win and the most complete of the singles.
Now or Never MVNow or Never is where the adult direction was fixed, and it still sets the tone.
BIBORA MVBIBORA is the recent one and shows how far the presentation has been refined.MVView in JapaneseDance PracticeView in JapanesePerformanceView in JapaneseLiveView in JapaneseStageView in JapaneseAudioView in Japanese
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From debut to now
- 2016Debuted as FNC's first dance boy group and showed the team's momentum with Fanfare.
- 2017After ROAR and Easy Love, O Sole Mio made an impression with a Latin-leaning melody and formations built on height.
- 2018Around the album Sensuous a grown-up sound and performing that uses the line of the body came to the front.
- 2019The force of the concepts and a frame built for suits settled as the way people read SF9.
- 2020Good Guy, from First Collection, was the turning point and still works as the entrance to SF9.
- 2021Through the run after Kingdom they held delicate physical expression and a dense sound together.
- 2022The Wave OF9 set out a brighter direction while military service and solo work ran alongside.
- 2023After The Piece OF9, Rowoon stepped away from group activity and SF9 became an eight-member group.
- 2024Sequence and the fourteenth mini album FANTASY added entrances to the current line-up, changing participation included.
- 2025The fifteenth mini album LOVE RACE and the original Japanese album LOVE RACE joined the newest Korean and Japanese routes.
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Achievements
Key milestones
Music show wins
Records
1 recordMost recent broadcast first
| The Show | SBS Medianet |
Each record is checked against its source. These are within the collected period, not lifetime totals.
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 SF9 note
What anchors SF9 is performing that uses the members' height and title songs that sound grown-up. The boy group debuted from FNC Entertainment on October 5, 2016 with Fanfare, built momentum early with ROAR, Easy Love and O Sole Mio, and from Now or Never in 2018 pushed a polished, adult kind of performing hard.
Good Guy in 2020 led to a first No. 1 on the music shows and was a large turning point for anyone following the group. Since then Summer Breeze, Tear Drop, Trauma and BIBORA have widened the routes in through matured visuals and writing.
Rowoon stepped away from group activity in 2023 and SF9 was rebuilt as eight members. The current eight are the reference point, while the older signature songs stay followable as group history. Fanfare, then O Sole Mio, then Good Guy covers the momentum, the melody that sticks and the turning point.
Editors' take Fanfare / O Sole Mio / Good Guy — three songs cover height-driven performing and grown-up title songs in an FNC eight-piece.
Trivia worth knowing
Name
SF9 stands for Sensational Feeling 9, a name that outlasts any change in head count.
Fandom
FANTASY was reused as the title of the 2024 mini album, which gives the SF9 fandom name a sense of an ongoing series.
Starter song
Good Guy is the polished side, O Sole Mio the early memory and Tear Drop the way into pure physical expression.
Line-up
After Rowoon left, the earlier signature songs stay in the SF9 history while the current line-up of eight sets the baseline.
Japan
LOVE RACE, the 2025 Japanese album, runs from the 15th Korean mini into Japanese-language versions and is the most recent route in.
Videos
The Dance Practice for Good Guy, the LOVE RACE performance footage and the music-programme stages round out how SF9 presents itself beyond the music videos.
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Japan activity score
KPOP DISCOVER original metric
No. 61/ 241 groups
No. 61 of 241 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 25%)
- 6Japanese releases
- 9Japan-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 2026-10-27).
How this score is calculated →View in JapaneseFrequently asked questions
What defines SF9?
ROAR, Easy Love and O Sole Mio carry the early momentum; Good Guy in 2020 brought the group its first music-show win.
Why should a new listener start with SF9?
Choose this for sleek, grown-up boy-group pop with acting and solo work running alongside it.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with Good Guy, Now or Never, BIBORA, then continue to the official video index.