When it concerns trying out both music and stylistic expression, couple of K-Pop child bands press themselves better than Ateez. The eight-member team– Hongjoong, Seonghwa, Yunho, Yeosang, San, Mingi, Wooyoung and Jongho– debuted in 2018 as KQ Home entertainment’s initial child team. It’s not Ateez’s only initial: they made background in 2024 as the initial male Oriental team to dip into Coachella.
Ateez’s songs has actually commonly accepted various noises and societies, and their style is similar. From natural leather harnesses, combined steels and body jewelry to androgynous style, it’s never ever burning out to check out Ateez. And it’s those looks that have actually stood out of style residences, that are eager to welcome the team’s participants to their programs, not equally as visitors, yet when it comes to one participant, onto the footway itself.
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Hongjoong
Image: Dave Benett (Getty Pictures)The leader of Ateez, Hongjoong is a lot more frequently described as the team’s captain. Initially getting in touch with KQ Home entertainment due to the fact that he wished to be a manufacturer, he ended up being the business’s initial student and currently creates and creates for Ateez, along with rapping and (in some cases) vocal singing.
Hongjoong enjoys to change his very own garments, commonly putting on products he’s decorated himself. A fashionista that welcomes attracting attention, he’s participated in Paris Style Week reveals for Paul Smith, Balmain (for which he is an ambassador) and Vivienne Westwood.
Seonghwa
Image: Peter White (Getty Pictures)The earliest participant, Seonghwa is generally a vocalist, yet has actually additionally rapped, most especially as component of the duo Matz with Hongjoong. Satisfying a desire to design, he showed up on the footway for Isabel Marant’s Fall/Winter 2025 program, and additionally showed off 2 distinctive single and genderless view the footway for Songzio’s Spring/Summer 2026 program, both in Paris.
Seonghwa has actually never ever hesitated to try out his striking appearances and press the limits of design on and off phase, welcoming skirts, chainmail tops (for his solo Skin on the In Your Dream excursion) and significant makeup.
Yunho
Image: Tiffany Boubkeur (Getty Pictures)An all-rounder, Yunho is unofficially Ateez’s efficiency leader, and with his high stature, captivating smile and limitless power, it’s simple to see why he gets focus. Yunho has actually been progressively venturing right into the globe of acting, tackling functions in the on-line dramatization Replica and this year in the brief movie Back! Phase.
Sustaining neighborhood skill, Yunho showed up at Seoul Style Week in 2025. His design is commonly traditional; customized cuts and slim lines that emphasize his elevation for official celebrations, and a boy-next-door casualness beyond job.
Yeosang
Image: Michael Loccisano (Getty Pictures)The team’s aesthetic (although no person in Ateez is slacking in this division), Yeosang’s fragile face functions and muscle body are a deadly mix. He initially authorized with BigHit Songs i.e. the home of BTS, TXT and Enhypen, where he learnt more about TXT participants, creating a relationship that lasts to now. When he left BigHit, 6 various home entertainment companies supposedly called Yeosang, and he wound up picking KQ. The remainder is background.
San
Image: Andrea Cremascoli (Getty Pictures)Throughout efficiencies vocalist San has actually grown a sultry phase visibility the various other participants of Ateez teasingly call the Grand Fight it out of the North, yet off phase he’s all smiles. While his design is commonly a mix of timeless customizing with modern-day components, he additionally frequently sporting activities distinctive items, as at Dolce & & Gabbana’s Alta Moda program in Milan in 2024, when he used a remarkable brownish harness including baroque themes and with chain connections, going shirtless below.
Mingi
Image: River Callaway (Getty Pictures)You could have seen rather a great deal of Mingi as component of a Calvin Klein project this year; he flaunted their denims, underclothing and even more in a collection of pictures and video clips that created several to take a review. Together With Hongjoong, Mingi is Ateez’s rap artist, and while he’s all in-your-face on phase, he’s a gentler visibility off it.
As one of the team’s taller participants, Mingi’s design commonly has fun with lengthy lines; he’s specifically matched to lengthy customized layers, while his off-stage style commonly includes streetwear items. It’s suitable after that, that he looked like a visitor at Beige’s Loss RTW 2025 program in Paris.
Wooyoung
Image: Claudio Lavenia (Getty Pictures)The last participant to sign up with Ateez, Wooyoung was additionally a student at BigHit, where he ended up being good friends with Yeosang; it remained in reality the toughness of his relationship that made him sign up with KQ. With his sharp functions, Wooyoung has actually stood out of Courreges, and was welcomed to their Paris Style Week reveal previously this year. His distinct designing consisted of a natural leather coat– with absolutely nothing below– for the program itself.
Jongho
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The youngest participant of the team (the maknae), Jongho is Ateez’s giant vocal. Beyond Ateez, he’s videotaped tracks for the soundtracks of a variety of kdramas, consisting of for the hit program Beautiful Jogger.
His designing is underrated and layered, and commonly customized rather typically. Yet do not be misleaded by the simpleness of Jongho’s on and off phase looks; a review will certainly commonly expose a fascinating appearance or a spin on a timeless function.
