# Yuto 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 and dancer. He is a member of the South Korean boy group Pentagon, formed by Cube Entertainment.

## Biography
### Early life and education

Yuto was born on January 23, 1998, in Nagano, Japan. He is the youngest of a family of three children with one sister and one brother. 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.
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." 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.
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." 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.

### Pre-debut and Pentagon Maker

Yuto was a former JYP Entertainment trainee. He passed "Cube Star World Audition" global selection and became a Cube trainee in 2014. In 2015, Yuto participated in 2015 Idol Star Athletics Ssireum Basketball Futsal Archery Championships. 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.
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. Though he was initially in the bottom four in the first elimination, he was save in the ninth week after performing "Young" (Prod. by Dok2) with his team. On July 9, "Young" was released on various online music sites. 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. 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.

### 2016–present: Debut with Pentagon and solo activities

On October 10, 2016, Yuto officially debuted as a member of Pentagon with their first extended play Pentagon. He is the lead rapper and lead dancer in the group. 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. In 2017, he made a cameo in the drama Hello, My Twenties! 2 with his bandmates as a member of Asgard. On September 24, Yuto challenged his first role as the MC for Japan-Korea 10th Anniversary KMF2017 which was held at Yokohama Arena. 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. In June 2021, Yuto began hosting his own bimonthly segment on Mnet Japan's program Mnet BANG!.
In early 2023, Yuto became the co-host of the TV Tokyo program Who is your next? The Klobal Stage alongside ONF's U. On October 9, it was announced that he had left Cube Entertainment alongside fellow Pentagon members Yeo One, Yanan, Kino, and Wooseok. By the end of the month, he had signed with RINK Entertainment, moving his activity base to Japan.
Yuto will release his first single Dat Girl, featuring the lead single "Dat Girl" and three other songs, on December 13.

## Personal life

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. Yuto is known to have a low-tone voice especially during rapping.

## Discography
### Extended plays

List of extended plays, showing selected details and chart positions :
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Details | JPN |
| Dat Girl | Released: December 13, 2023 Label: RINK Formats: CD, digital download, streaming | 15 |

### Singles

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

### Other songs

| Year | Title | Format |
| 2019 | "Kuro" | Digital download, streaming |
| 2020 | "Pencil" | Digital download, streaming |
| 2020 | "Sight(視線)" | Digital download, streaming |
| 2020 | "Flower" | Digital download, streaming |
| 2020 | "You are the main character" | Digital download, streaming |
| 2020 | "Dreamer" | Digital download, streaming |
| 2020 | "Honki" ft. Houdini | Digital download, streaming |
| 2021 | 傷〜wounds〜 | Digital download, streaming |
| 2022 | "You Don't Have to Try Hard" (頑張らなくてもいいよ) | Digital download, streaming |

## Songwriting credits

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

### Solo work

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

### Pentagon albums/singles

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

### Other works by Pentagon

| Year | Song | Artist | Album | Lyrics | Lyrics | Music | Music | Arrangement | Arrangement |
| Year | Song | Artist | Album | 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

| Year | Song | Artist | Album | Lyrics | Lyrics | Music | Music | Arrangement | Arrangement |
| Year | Song | Artist | Album | 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 |
| 2020 | "I'm the Trend" | (G)I-dle | Dumdi Dumdi | No | — | Yes | FCM Houdini, Minnie, Yuqi | Yes | Houdini |

## Filmography
### Television

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

### Web dramas

| Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes | Ref. |
| 2016 | Spark | | Naver TV | Cameo | |

### Variety shows

| Year | Title | Network | Notes | Ref. |
| 2016 | Pentagon Maker | Mnet-M2 | Contestant | |

### Hosting

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2017 | 10th Anniversary KMF2017 | with NCT's Yuta |
| 2018 | 69th Sapporo Snow Fest 10th Anniversary K-POP FESTIVAL 2018 | with Monsta X's Hyungwon and Target's Woojin |
| 2023 | KCON Japan 2023 | |