KPOP 2nd generation · Star Empire Entertainment
ZE:A
ゼア / 제국의 아이들
ZE:A took the subtitle Children of Empire and used nine members to sell team spirit and individual character at once.
- 2010DebutJan 7, 2010
- 9Members
- 2thGeneration
- ZE:A'SFandom
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In 30 seconds: ZE:A
Siwan, Hyungsik, Kwanghee and Dongjun all built substantial careers outside the group, which is how many people arrive here.
Come here if you know the actors and want to hear the group they were in first.
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Key facts
- Group name
- ZE:A
- Reading / Hangul
- ゼア / 제국의 아이들
- Company
- Star Empire Entertainment
- Debut date
- January 7, 2010
- Days active
- 6,141 days (16 years, 9 months)
- Debut song
- Mazeltov
- Generation
- 2nd generation
- Fandom name
- ZE:A'S(ゼアズ)
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Member guide
テホン태헌 · TaeheonView in Japanese
ヒチョル희철 · HeechulView in Japanese
ヒョンシク형식 · HyungsikView in Japanese
Profile comparison
| Members | Birth date | Blood type | MBTI | Nationality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ケビン | 1988-02-23 | 38 | 180cm | A | Not disclosed | South Korea · Australia |
| グァンヒ | 1988-08-25 | 38 | 175cm | A | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| シワン | 1988-12-01 | 37 | 175cm | B | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ジュニョン | 1989-02-09 | 37 | 180cm | A | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| テホン | 1989-06-18 | 37 | 177cm | A | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ヒチョル | 1989-12-09 | 36 | 177cm | B | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ミヌ | 1990-09-06 | 36 | 178cm | B | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ヒョンシク | 1991-11-16 | 34 | 183cm | AB | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ドンジュン | 1992-02-11 | 34 | 175cm | 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.
Everything Is Just So
Aftermath MVAftermath is the brightest of the singles and the peak of the group's popularity.
The Ghost of Wind MVThe Ghost of Wind is the dramatic one and the best staged.
Breathe MVBreathe is the polished late single, made as the separate careers were taking off.05
From debut to now
- 2010Mazeltov, from Nativity, was the debut, and on through All Day Long and Level Up the hard beats and large-ensemble performing stayed out front.
- 2011Lovability and Exciting widened the presentation from the early hardness towards a friendlier dance pop.
- 2012Spectacular and Phoenix brought together a signature song easy for late arrivals and a dance song made for the stage.
- 2013Illusion put out an aching, large-scale visual language and opened an important way into later ZE:A.
- 2014Breathe and St-Dagger show the later group activity moving between brightness and a grown-up air.
- 2015From CONTINUE onward the view opened up across the older songs too, and the releases became something to follow as a catalogue.
- 2016Offshoots such as ZE:A J appeared, so the group itself and the solo activity of the members needed looking at apart.
- 2017From here the acting and variety work of Siwan, Hyungsik, Kwanghee and Dongjun became the way in, and returning to the group songs from there feels natural.
- 2021Older music videos were reposted on the official channel and on channels tied to the members, making the footage from the early to the late years easy to reach.
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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 ZE:A note
ZE:A debuted from Star Empire Entertainment on January 7, 2010 as a 9-member group. The weight of the phrase the name points to, Children of Empire, was already seeping through the hard beats of the debut work Nativity and the stage where nine moved as one. The thickness of formation that only a large lineup allows, set out at the same time as the individuality of each member, was the axis that separated early ZE:A from other acts.
Aftermath, Illusion and Breathe are the three songs that act as signposts for a first listen. Aftermath gives you the skeleton of ZE:A as a dance act, and Illusion steps into an aching, large-scale visual language. Breathe carries the later air where brightness and calm sit together, and makes the change since the early days land all at once. Add the dance practice for Phoenix and another face appears, the fineness of the formations.
Reading the story of ZE:A is impossible without the individual routes: Siwan and Hyungsik acting, Kwanghee in variety, Dongjun singing and acting. Offshoots such as ZE:A J were born from 2016 onward, and following both the group and the members apart became the natural way to look. By 2021 the music videos from the early to the late years were in place again on the official channel, so the catalogue runs through easily. Mazeltov, then Aftermath, then Breathe covers the debut period, the skeleton of the dance songs and the later change.
Editors' take Mazeltov / Aftermath / Breathe — the change from debut to the later years across three songs, from a Star Empire Entertainment 9-piece.
Trivia worth knowing
Spelling
The name is written with a colon, so searching under ZEA, under 제국의아이들 or under the English form Children of Empire turns up more.
Entry point
Mazeltov carries the strong early impact, Aftermath is the signature dance number and The Ghost of Wind opens up the drama of the later years.
Solo work
Many people meet Siwan, Hyungsik, Kwanghee and Dongjun through acting and variety shows first, which makes the route back to the group's songs important.
Japan route
Daily Daily and other releases made for Japan exist too, and reading them separately from the Korean catalogue makes the release history easier to follow.
Videos
For the early songs, broadcast stages from MBC and KBS fill in what the official music videos alone cannot show of the performances of the time.
Streaming
Streaming services differ in how they spell the name and in what they carry by region, so the releases and the official videos together give the safer picture.
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Japan activity score
KPOP DISCOVER original metric
No. 189/ 241 groups
No. 189 of 241 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 78%)
- 1Japanese releases
- 3Japan-related tracks
- 0Members from Japan
- 0Official 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 ZE:A?
Siwan, Hyungsik, Kwanghee and Dongjun all built substantial careers outside the group, which is how many people arrive here.
Why should a new listener start with ZE:A?
Come here if you know the actors and want to hear the group they were in first.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with Aftermath, The Ghost of Wind, Breathe, then continue to the official video index.