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Yuto Adachi

In this Japanese name, the surname is Adachi.

Yuto Adachi (安達 祐人, Adachi Yūto, born January 23, 1998), known mononymously as Yuto (Korean: 유토; Japanese: ユウト), is a Japanese rapper, singer, songwriter and composer. He is a member of the South Korean boy group Pentagon, formed by Cube Entertainment.[1]

Yuto Adachi
安達 祐人
Yuto in September 2017
Born (1998-01-23) January 23, 1998 (age 26)
Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • composer
Musical career
Genres
Years active2016–present
Labels
Member ofPentagon
Websitecubeent.co.kr/pentagon
Japanese name
Kanji安達 祐人
Hiraganaあだち ゆうと
Katakanaアダチ ユウト
Transcriptions
RomanizationAdachi Yūto
Korean stage name
Hangul
유토
Revised RomanizationYuto
McCune–ReischauerYut'o

Biography

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Early life and education

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Yuto was born on January 23, 1998, in Nagano, Japan.[1] He is the youngest of a family of three children with one sister and one brother.[1] He got interested in K-pop since he was in grade 4 elementary school. After seeing K-pop groups such as TVXQ and Girls' Generation together with his sister on television, he was fascinated with their vocal skills, synchronized dance, and visual.[1]

In an interview with BuzzFeed Japan, he said "I was not interested in music. I was the type who don't listen to music, and just played sports such as baseball and soccer. However, when I heard about K-pop for the first time, I got attracted and after that, gradually being more into it." After becoming a middle school student, he became a K-pop fan. He danced to K-pop choreography with friends together and uploaded choreography videos to the internet. Later, he applied to the global audition opened in Japan by a Korean entertainment company when he was in grade 2 middle school. However, he was rejected because he was too young. During the reading session set in the morning in his middle school, he studied Korean and imitated dancing while watching K-pop videos. People around him recognized his affection for K-pop. In the graduation article collection of his middle school yearbook, he wrote "I want to become a big star."[1] He was the school baseball and soccer player and a member of dance club which he would perform on stage for his school festival every year.[2]

At 15 years old, he moved to Korea after persuading his parents several times. He aimed to be the first Japanese male K-pop "[but] my skills was completely insufficient."[1] During his trainee days, Yuto's grandfather had passed away. However, he continued his practice with his grandfather's encouragement letter. Yuto trained for 3 1⁄2 years as a trainee before debuting with Pentagon.[1]

Pre-debut and Pentagon Maker

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Yuto was a former JYP Entertainment trainee. He passed "Cube Star World Audition" global selection and became a Cube trainee in 2014.[3][1] In 2015, Yuto participated in 2015 Idol Star Athletics Ssireum Basketball Futsal Archery Championships.[4] At the championship, Yuto teamed with Goaldae-Sliga alongside Doo-joon and Yoseob of Beast, and Roh Ji-hoon, and took the gold medal in the men futsal.[5][6]

In 2016, Yuto joined as survival candidate in a South Korean television reality program Pentagon Maker, hosted by Cube Entertainment and co-produced by Mnet.[7][8] Though he was initially in the bottom four in the first elimination,[9] he was save in the ninth week after performing "Young" (Prod. by Dok2) with his team.[10] On July 9, "Young" was released on various online music sites.[11] In episode 9, week 10 of Pentagon Maker, Yuto performed Block B's "Very good" alongside Jinho and Wooseok for the 3 vs 3 vs 3 match, where the confirmed member were selected as unit leaders and each team includes the elimination candidates including Yuto. As a result of the final mission, Yuto's team won first place in the unit performance. Thus, he was excluded from the candidate for elimination after completing his Pentagraph and joined as Pentagon's 6th member.[12] Before the group officially debuted, Yuto made his first cameo on Yeo One's web drama Spark, alongside fellow Pentagon members Hui, E'Dawn and Wooseok.[13]

 
Yuto in April 2020

2016–present: Debut with Pentagon and solo activities

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Main article: Pentagon (South Korean band)

On October 10, 2016, Yuto officially debuted as a member of Pentagon with their first extended play Pentagon.[14] He is the lead rapper and lead dancer in the group.[2] Less than two months later, Yuto participated in Pentagon's second extended play Five Senses. He co-wrote the song "Engine", making this his first Pentagon's song after debuting as a Pentagon member.[15] In 2017, he made a cameo in the drama Hello, My Twenties! 2 with his bandmates as a member of Asgard.[16] On September 24, Yuto challenged his first role as the MC for Japan-Korea 10th Anniversary KMF2017 which was held at Yokohama Arena.[17] In 2018, Yuto co-hosted 69th Sapporo Snow Fest 10th Anniversary K-POP FESTIVAL 2018 along with Monsta X's Hyungwon and Target's Woojin. The MCs were selected for being born in a year in which the Olympics took place, Yuto was born in 1998 during Nagano Winter Olympic.[18][19][20] In June 2021, Yuto began hosting his own bimonthly segment on Mnet Japan's program Mnet BANG!.[21]

In early 2023, Yuto became the co-host of the TV Tokyo program Who is your next? The Klobal Stage alongside ONF's U.[22] On October 9, it was announced that he had left Cube Entertainment alongside fellow Pentagon members Yeo One, Yanan, Kino, and Wooseok.[23] By the end of the month, he had signed with RINK Entertainment, moving his activity base to Japan.[24]

Yuto will release his first single Dat Girl, featuring the lead single "Dat Girl" and three other songs, on December 13.[25]

Personal life

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Yuto has expressed his fondness towards Shinee's song "Lucifer" in many of his interview. He also confessed that his role model is Taemin from the same group.[1] Yuto is known to have a low-tone voice especially during rapping.[1]

Discography

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Main article: Pentagon discography

Extended plays

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List of extended plays, showing selected details and chart positions
Title Details Peak chart positions
JPN
[26]
Dat Girl 15

Singles

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List of singles as lead artist, showing chart positions, year released, and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
JPN
"Dat Girl" 2023 — Dat Girl
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory

Other songs

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Year Title Format Ref.
2019 "Kuro" Digital download, streaming [27]
2020 "Pencil" [28]
"Sight(視線)" [29]
"Flower" [30]
"You are the main character" [31]
"Dreamer" [32]
"Honki" ft. Houdini [33]
2021 傷〜wounds〜 [34]
2022 "You Don't Have to Try Hard" (頑張らなくてもいいよ) [35]

Songwriting credits

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See also: List of songs recorded by Pentagon

All credits are adapted from the Korea Music Copyright Association, unless stated otherwise.[36]

Solo work

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Year Song Featured artist Album Lyrics Music
Credited With Credited With
2018 "Trust Me" Wooseok & E'Dawn Non-digital single Yes E'Dawn, Wooseok Yes Wooseok, E'Dawn

Pentagon albums/singles

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Year Song Album Lyrics Music Arrangement
Credited With Credited With Credited With
2016 "Young (젊어)" (Prod. by Dok2) Digital Single Yes Hui, Yeo One, Kino, Wooseok Yes Hui, Yeo One, Kino, Wooseok, Dok2 No —
"Back" Digital Single No — Yes E'Dawn, Hui, Hongseok, Kino No —
2017 "Engine" Five Senses Yes Ferdy, Kang Dong-ha, Wooseok No — No —
"Nothing" Ceremony Yes Kang Dong-ha, Ra Young-ssi, E'Dawn, Wooseok, Seo Jae-woo No — No —
"Spectacular" (스펙터클 해) Yes Son Young-jin, Jo Sung-ho, E'Dawn, Wooseok No — No —
"To Universe" (소중한 약속) Yes E'Dawn, Jinho, Wooseok No — No —
"Get That Drink" (멋있게랩)
(sung by rap unit) 		Demo_01 Yes E'dawn, Wooseok Yes E'dawn, Wooseok No —
"When I Was in Love" (설렘이라는건) Yes Hui, E'Dawn, Wooseok No — No —
"One More Night" (오늘까지만) Yes Ferdy, E'Dawn, Jinho, Wooseok No — No —
"Like This" Demo_01 Yes Hui, E'Dawn, Wooseok No — No —
"Violet" Demo_02 Yes E'Dawn, Wooseok, Kino No — No —
"Runaway" Yes Hui, E'Dawn, Wooseok No — No —
"Pretty Boys" (sung by rap unit) Yes E'Dawn, Wooseok No — No —
"All Right" Yes Son Young-jin, Jinho, E'Dawn, Wooseok No — No —
2018 "Shine" Positive Yes Hui, E'Dawn, Wooseok No — No —
"Think About You" (생각해) Yes Jinho, Kang Dong-ha, E'Dawn, Wooseok No — No —
"Off-Road" Yes Kino, E'Dawn, Wooseok No — No —
"Do It for Fun" (재밌겠다)
(sung by rap unit) 		Yes E'Dawn, Wooseok No — No —
"Shine" (Japanese ver.) Shine Yes Hui, E'Dawn, Wooseok No — No —
"Naughty Boy" (청개구리) Thumbs Up! Yes Hui, E'Dawn, Wooseok No — No —
"Just Do It Yo" (저두요) Yes Hui, Shinwon, Kino, Wooseok No — No —
"Skateboard" Yes Kino, E'Dawn, Wooseok No — No —
"When It Rains at Night" (밤에 비가 내리면) Yes Kino, Wooseok No — No —
2019 "Alien" (에일리언) Genie:us Yes Hui, Shinwon, Wooseok No — No —
"Round 1" Yes Hui, Jinho, Hongseok, Shinwon, Yeo One, Yanan, Wooseok, Kino Yes Hui, Jinho, Hongseok, Shinwon, Yeo One, Yanan, Wooseok, Kino, Mospick No —
"Spring Snow" (봄눈) Yes Kino, Wooseok No — No —
"Lost Paradise" (Hip Hop Unit) Yes Hui, Wooseok, Kino Yes Hui, Wooseok, Kino, NATHAN No —
"Round 2" Sum(me:r) Yes Hui, Jinho, Hongseok, Shinwon, Yeo one, Yanan, Wooseok, Kino Yes Hui, Jinho, Hongseok, Shinwon, Yeo one, Yanan, Wooseok, Kino, Mospick No —
2020 "Camellia" (동백꽃) Universe: The Black Hall Yes Wooseok, FCM Houdini Yes FCM Houdini Yes FCM Houdini
"Happiness" (Korean Ver.) Yes Kino, Wooseok No — No —
"Eternal Flame" (불꽃) Digital Single Yes Kino, Wooseok, Universe No — No —
2021 "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" Do or Not Yes Kino, Wooseok, Shoko Fujibayashi No — No —
"Dazzling" (眩しい君と) Yes Houdini, KushitaMine Yes Houdini Yes Houdini

Other works by Pentagon

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Year Song Artist Album Lyrics Music Arrangement
Credited With Credited With Credited With
2020 "Genius" Pentagon feat. Pentagon's dads Non-digital single Yes Hui, Shinwon, Kino, Wooseok No — No —

Other artist

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Year Song Artist Album Lyrics Music Arrangement
Credited With Credited With Credited With
2018 "Young & One" United Cube Digital single Yes Seo Jae-woo (Tenten), Seo Yong-bae (Tenten),
BreadBeat (Tenten), Hyuna, Minhyuk, Peniel, Yeeun,
Eunbin, E'Dawn, Wooseok, Soyeon 		No — No —
2020 "Hollow" Houdini Digital single No — Yes Houdini Yes Houdini
"I'm the Trend" (G)I-dle Dumdi Dumdi No — Yes FCM Houdini, Minnie, Yuqi Yes Houdini

Filmography

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See also: Pentagon videography

Television

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Year Title Role Network Notes Ref
2017 Hello, My Twenties! 2 Member of idol group Asgard JTBC Cameo [16]
2021 Mnet BANG! Host Mnet Japan [21]
2023 Who is your next? The Klobal Stage TV Tokyo [22]

Web dramas

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Year Title Role Network Notes Ref.
2016 Spark Naver TV Cameo [13]

Variety shows

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Year Title Network Notes Ref.
2016
Pentagon Maker
 Mnet-M2 Contestant [37]

Hosting

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Year Title Notes Ref(s)
2017 10th Anniversary KMF2017 with NCT's Yuta [17]
2018 69th Sapporo Snow Fest 10th Anniversary K-POP FESTIVAL 2018 with Monsta X's Hyungwon and Target's Woojin [19]
2023 KCON Japan 2023 [38]

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