HOWZ (하우즈) was an upcoming girl group under HOW Entertainment. They were expected to make their debut sometime in 2021, but have presumably disbanded.
Members
- Hwang Soyeon
- Wang Ke
- Jeon Soyoung
- Lim Sunyoung
- Ehara Nami
- Lee Haeun
- Choi Jihyun
Career & History
On January 30, 2019, NHN Bugs revealed plans to debut two girl groups in 2019 through their two subsidiaries, HOW Entertainment and JPlanet Entertainment. HOW was expected to debut their first girl group, centered around Kim Minseo and Wang Ke, in the second half of the year. However the year passed with no new updates.
On April 5, 2020, HOW reiterate plans to debut the girl group in 2020. On April 8, 2020, HOW opened the official Instagram account for their girl group trainees called HOWZ. Each trainee would revealed every Wednesday, beginning with Wang Ke. The next member to be introduced was Lee Haeun. The third member was Lim Sunyoung.
On April 28, 2020, the group's official Twitter account uploaded a dance video featuring six members. That same day, fourth member Choi Jihyun was revealed. On May 6, 2020, fifth member Ehara Nami was revealed. On May 12, 2020, the fifth member, Jeon Soyoung, was revealed.
On April 2, 2021, Hwang Soyeon was seen in their dance cover as a new member.
However, since September 2020, there have been no updates from their accounts, mainly to the financial difficulties faced by HOW Entertainment. The group is most likely to have silently disbanded after the company's website has been taken down, and since Wang Ke opened an new Instagram account on November 2021.