When it involves explore both music and stylistic expression, couple of K-Pop young boy bands press themselves even more than Ateez. The eight-member team– Hongjoong, Seonghwa, Yunho, Yeosang, San, Mingi, Wooyoung and Jongho– debuted in 2018 as KQ Amusement’s initial young boy 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 tiring to check out Ateez. And it’s those looks that have actually stood out of style homes, 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 bridge itself.
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Hongjoong
Image: Dave Benett (Getty Pictures)The leader of Ateez, Hongjoong is much more generally described as the team’s captain. Initially speaking to KQ Amusement 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 clothes, commonly putting on things he’s decorated himself. A fashionista that welcomes standing apart, he’s gone to 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 likewise rapped, most especially as component of the duo Matz with Hongjoong. Meeting a desire to version, he showed up on the bridge for Isabel Marant’s Fall/Winter 2025 program, and likewise showed off 2 captivating single and genderless view the bridge for Songzio’s Spring/Summer 2026 program, both in Paris.
Seonghwa has actually never ever hesitated to explore his striking appearances and press the borders of design on and off phase, accepting 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, lovely smile and limitless power, it’s simple to see why he orders focus. Yunho has actually been gradually venturing right into the globe of acting, tackling duties in the on the internet dramatization Replica and this year in the brief movie Back! Phase.
Sustaining regional 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 nobody in Ateez is slacking in this division), Yeosang’s fragile face functions and muscle body are a dangerous 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 this particular day. When he left BigHit, 6 various amusement firms supposedly spoken to 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 existence the various other participants of Ateez teasingly call the Grand Battle each other of the North, yet off phase he’s all smiles. While his design is commonly a mix of timeless customizing with contemporary components, he likewise routinely sporting activities captivating items, as at Dolce & & Gabbana’s Alta Moda program in Milan in 2024, when he used a significant brownish harness including baroque concepts and with chain connections, going shirtless beneath.
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 displayed their denims, underclothing and even more in a collection of images and video clips that created several to take a review. Along With Hongjoong, Mingi is Ateez’s rap artist, and while he’s all in-your-face on phase, he’s a gentler existence off it.
As one of the team’s taller participants, Mingi’s design commonly has fun with lengthy lines; he’s especially fit to lengthy customized layers, while his off-stage style commonly includes streetwear items. It’s ideal 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 likewise a student at BigHit, where he ended up being close friends with Yeosang; it remained in truth the stamina 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 unique designing consisted of a natural leather coat– with absolutely nothing beneath– 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 tape-recorded tunes 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 characteristically. However do not be misleaded by the simpleness of Jongho’s on and off phase looks; a review will certainly commonly expose a fascinating structure or a spin on a timeless function.
