Group Name: H.O.T – High-five of Teenagers

Members(Stage names): Heejoon(41) Woohyuk(41) Tony(41)
Kangta(40) Jaewon(39)

Period: 09/07/1996 – 05/13/2001
02/15/2018 - Current

About: H.O.T. is a five-member boy band in South Korea that debuted on September 7, 1996 under SM Entertainment. It disbanded in May 2001, but reunited in February 2018. As a legendary idol group that conquered the Korean pop scene in the late 1990s, it opened the door to the Korean Wave. The newly coined term "fan+fiction" came into being as fans of H.O.T. wrote their first novel featuring the members at a PC communication fan club. Currently, the idol market is respected for its own territory, driving the K-pop market, but even the word "idol" was unfamiliar until the late 1990s when idol groups first appeared, and there was a lot of controversy over idol groups because the concept was not established. Among them, H.O.T., the start of a Korean idol group, received keen attention from the media and critics. There were also columns and news reports analyzing their popularity with the title "Why are teenagers crazy about them?" After reuniting through a broadcast program called Infinite Challenge, they are now continuing their activities.

Official Site: @h.o.t.official