RIIZE

RIIZE (라이즈), is a 7 member boy group under SM Entertainment. They debuted on September 4, 2023 with their song, ‘Get A Guitar’.

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On May 24, 2023, SM released a video regarding their future plans for their new boy group, announcing that Shotaro and Sungchan would leave NCT to join the lineup and that Eunseok and Seunghan would be making their debut, and that Shohei would not be debuting. On July 11, it was reported that the seven-member boy group were filming their debut music video for a projected September debut.

On August 7, 2023, SM Entertainment announced that the group would be making their debut on September 4 with the release of their first single album, Get a Guitar. The album sold over a million copies in the first week of its release, earning the second most first-week sales of a rookie group's debut album.

On October 22, it was announced that Riize would have their first comeback with the single "Talk Saxy" on October 27

On November 22, SM announced that Seunghan would be put on indefinite hiatus due to rumors surrounding him

On January 5, 2024, Riize released their single "Love 119", and achieved their first music show win on January 18 episode of Mnet's M Countdown. The group also released a Japanese version of the single on January 24, which marked their Japanese debut.

Riize released the full version of their pre-debut teaser "Siren" on April 3. The single is part of their first EP Riizing, which was released on June 17.

On October 11, SM confirmed that Seunghan would be returning to group activities, including the group's "next chapter", scheduled to begin in November. Seunghan had been on hiatus from group activities since November 2023 due to released photos and videos showing him with a woman and smoking a cigarette prior to his debut. Two days after, amid backlash from South Korean fans, SM announced that Seunghan would be leaving the group and that Riize would continue as a six-member ensemble.

In April 2025, it was announced that Riize would release their first studio album titled Odyssey on May 19, 2025