KPOP 3rd generation · TOP Media
UP10TION
アップテンション / 업텐션
UP10TION started with 10 people on stage and built everything on the density that made possible.
- 2015DebutSep 10, 2015
- 7Members
- 3thGeneration
- HONEY10Fandom
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In 30 seconds: UP10TION
The group now works as seven, and several members reached wider audiences through audition programmes that send people back to the original catalogue.
Come here if you like large formations and want a group that never stopped treating them as the point.
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Key facts
- Group name
- UP10TION
- Reading / Hangul
- アップテンション / 업텐션
- Company
- TOP Media
- Debut date
- September 10, 2015
- Days active
- 4,069 days (11 years, 1 month)
- Debut song
- So, Dangerous
- Generation
- 3rd generation
- Fandom name
- HONEY10(ハニーテン)
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Member guide
Profile comparison
| Members | Birth date | Blood type | MBTI | Nationality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| クン | 1995-11-11 | 30 | 184cm | O | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| コギョル | 1996-05-19 | 30 | 183cm | A | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ビト | 1996-08-24 | 30 | 181cm | O | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ソニュル | 1996-11-06 | 29 | 175cm | B | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ギュジン | 1997-11-21 | 28 | 181cm | AB | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ファニ | 1998-05-06 | 28 | 175cm | O | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| シャオ | 1998-12-13 | 27 | 178cm | B | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ジンフ | 1995-08-02 | 31 | 173cm | A | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ジニョク | 1996-06-08 | 30 | 185cm | O | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ウソク | 1996-10-27 | 30 | 173cm | 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.
Code Name: Arrow
So, Dangerous MVSo, Dangerous is the debut and the loudest of the early singles.
White Night MVWhite Night is the signature performance and the best of the group dance.
Blue Rose MVBlue Rose is the grown-up late single and the most controlled of the three.MVView in JapaneseDance PracticeView in JapanesePerformanceView in JapaneseLiveView in JapaneseStageView in Japanese
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From debut to now
- 2015Arriving as a 10-piece from TOP Media, they showed large formations and dancing with momentum.
- 2016The range widened from brightness through to hard performance, and several signature entry points were built.
- 2017Runner came out in Korea, while the Japanese activity used ID to strengthen the route for fans there.
- 2018From Invitation and Laberinto onward the concepts matured, and Blue Rose became the later signature song.
- 2019Routes through television for Wooseok and Jinhyuk widened the way into UP10TION from outside the group.
- 2021Even while carrying situations where members were absent, the releases kept a hard performance direction going.
- 2022The recent signature songs left both a settled vocal side and a performing side of the group.
- 2023After contracts ran out, Boys Planet and solo work, the seven-member lineup and the individual routes ask to be followed apart.
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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 UP10TION note
UP10TION set out from TOP Media in September 2015 with 10 members. So, Dangerous, carried on the debut work Top Secret, runs a large formation and fast choreography at the same time, and one look at the stage shows how dense that early lineup was. They widened from a bright direction through to a hard performance direction and kept releasing through 2016 and 2017.
Three songs are easy to pick as ways in: So, Dangerous, White Night and Blue Rose. So, Dangerous confirms the energy of the 10-member lineup, White Night shows the switch to a harder stage direction, and Blue Rose moves on to the settled later concept. Lined up, the three join the debut to the mature period in a single line. For Japan there was also ID in 2017, a separate route to fans there.
In 2019, Wooseok and Jinhyuk taking part in Produce X 101 widened the routes in from outside the group considerably. The lineup changed after contracts ran out and after Boys Planet, and the seven now active are Kuhn, Kogyeol, Bit-to, Sunyoul, Gyujin, Hwanhee and Xiao. Many people search a personal name and arrive at the group that way, which is one of its marks. So, Dangerous, then White Night, then Blue Rose covers the early energy, the stage direction and the later concept.
Editors' take So, Dangerous / White Night / Blue Rose — three songs run from the start as a 10-piece to the maturity of the later years, in a TOP Media seven-piece.
Trivia worth knowing
Name
The full meaning of UP10TION is a long acronym, and it is the key to remembering that the group started out with 10 members.
Fans
HONEY10 combines Honey with 10, tying the fandom name to the number inside the group name.
Line-up
Separating the original 10 members, the current seven and the departures of Wooseok, Jinhyuk and Jinhoo keeps the timeline tidy.
Individual route
Wooseok, Jinhyuk, Hwanhee and Xiao all offer a way back to the group from survival shows and solo work.
Releases
White Night, Blue Rose, Spin Off and Crazy About You line up to show the move from hard dance tracks towards a more mature expression.
Japan activity
Adding Japanese songs such as ID and Wild Love reveals a breadth of activity that the Korean catalogue alone does not show.
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Japan activity score
KPOP DISCOVER original metric
No. 150/ 241 groups
No. 150 of 241 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 62%)
- 1Japanese releases
- 1Japan-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 2026-10-24).
How this score is calculated →View in JapaneseFrequently asked questions
What defines UP10TION?
The group now works as seven, and several members reached wider audiences through audition programmes that send people back to the original catalogue.
Why should a new listener start with UP10TION?
Come here if you like large formations and want a group that never stopped treating them as the point.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with So, Dangerous, White Night, Blue Rose, then continue to the official video index.