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TWICE's Jihyo leaves JYP after 21 years to launch own agency

Jihyo, a member of K-pop girl group TWICE, said Wednesday she has left JYP Entertainment to establish her own agency. In a handwritten letter poste...

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Jihyo from K-pop girl group TWICE / Courtesy of JYP
Jihyo from K-pop girl group TWICE / Courtesy of JYP

TWICE member Jihyo said Wednesday she had left JYP Entertainment after 21 years to establish her own agency, Emithaus. She plans to pursue her solo music career through the new agency while continuing activities with TWICE. Jihyo said she hopes to explore new possibilities and approach future choices and activities with greater care and responsibility.

Jihyo joined JYP Entertainment as a trainee before TWICE debuted in 2015.

In a handwritten letter posted on social media, Jihyo said she had ended her contract with JYP Entertainment.

Jihyo is 29 years old.

JYP Entertainment had managed Jihyo since she joined the company as a trainee.

Published Oct 21, 2026 2:12 pm KST

Jihyo from K-pop girl group TWICE / Courtesy of JYP

Jihyo, a member of K-pop girl group TWICE, said Wednesday she has left JYP Entertainment to establish her own agency.

In a handwritten letter posted on social media, Jihyo said she had ended her contract with JYP, where she had been for 21 years since childhood.

"I have established Emithaus," she wrote. "Through this new home, I hope to freely explore even the possibilities within myself that I have yet to discover."

The 29-year-old singer added, "I will approach every future choice and activity with greater care and a stronger sense of responsibility, as I step out of a familiar environment and continue my work in a new way."

Jihyo plans to pursue her solo music career under the new agency while continuing activities with TWICE.

JYP Entertainment, one of Korea's major K-pop agencies, had managed Jihyo since she joined the company as a trainee before TWICE's 2015 debut.

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