Yun Doyeon

Yun Do-yeon (Hangul: 윤도연), also known professionally as Eric Yun, is the founder and CEO of CTDE&M. He is a former member of BlockBerryCreative’s A&R team, as well as their former planning and cooperation director, having been credited from HeeJin up to, and including, LUMINOUS (2016–2022).
==History==
===2008: TVXQ===
Yun Do-yeon is first credited under Artist Management and Promotion for TVXQ’s “Mirotic”, released September 26, 2008, though is also stated to have also been involved as a manager for both TVXQ, as well as Girls’ Generation between July 2006 and December 2009 as well.“The talent scount”. TheStar Online. 2011.06.24.
===2009–2016: BIAS Entertainment, Alpha Entertainment Korea, Magic Fresh Company===
Presumably around September 2009, Yun Do-yeon moved to China as a general manager under BIAS Entertainment, assisting in the training of then-TVXQ member Junsu’s brother, Kim Moo-young (then Junho).Hwang Yong-hwi. “[KOR 시아준수형 주노를 아시나요?…한류콘서트서 MC 화제]”. Asia Gyeongjae. 2010.09.11. Moo-young, the sole artist under the company at the time, later made his debut in China on March 29, 2010, with his first and only Chinese release Beginning.
As part of Alpha Entertainment’s (a Singaporean talent agency) expansion into the Korean market, Yun Do-yeon was made CEO of their Korean branch. Auditions were held in both Hong Kong and Singapore alongside JYP Entertainment through his connections, with three Singaporean trainees successfully being scouted from this. Following two years of training, with one of these three trainees dropping out halfway through, the girl group SKarf debuted with four members in August 2012.
Despite having a comeback in May 2013 with the addition of a new Japanese member, it was later reported that the Korean branch of the company had run out of funding in 2014, later selling SKarf to CJE&M in 2015 with them quietly disbanding around the same time.Gwendolyn Ng. “Singaporean’s last shot at K-pop stardom”. The Straits Times. 2017.08.13.Drima Chakraborty. “‘How did they do it?’ Tasha Low realised she had to leave K-pop industry after singer’s suicide”. asiaone. 2022.11.25
Following the closure of Alpha Entertainment Korea, Yun Do-yeon started up Magic Fresh Company in 2014, with the company sending two trainees to the first season of Produce 101. These trainees did not debut under Magic Fresh following the finale of the show, however, with the company quietly closing sometime between late 2017 to early 2018, after debuting a soloist.“[KOR 신인가수 황재완, 23일 첫 데뷰 싱글 ‘보고싶다’ 발매]”. NewsCulture. 2017.11.23.
===2016–2022: Polaris Entertainment, BlockBerryCreative===
Yun Do-yeon is first credited as an A&R of LADIES’ CODE’s MYST3RY, released on February 24, 2016. With the establishment of Polaris Entertainment’s subsidiary BlockBerryCreative in March 2016, he also held this position for the majority of the LOONA pre-debut project, moving to the Cooperating department as of beauty&thebeat’s release in May 2018. During [&], he had become the Strategy Planning Director, holding this position up until LOONA’s final release of LUMINOUS, though he was still present at the company until approximately December 2022.
===2022–2023: CTDE&M===
On September 15, 2022, Yun Do-yeon founded CTDE&M with auditions being announced alongside the first trailer for their upcoming boy group Super8. HyunJin and ViVi were the first artists known to sign with the company, signing on June 11, 2023, followed by YeoJin, Go Won, and HyeJu (now using her birth name) on July 5, forming the group Loossemble.
==Noteworthy works for other artists==
Positions: Executive Producer, A&R, Strategy Planner... : 
* [2008.09.26] Artist Management & Promotion: TVXQ (동방신기) [Mirotic] - SM Entertainment
* [2012.08.13] Executive producer: SKarf (스카프) [Oh! Dance] - Alpha Entertainment Korea
* [2013.05.31] Executive producer: SKarf (스카프) [Luv Virus] - Alpha Entertainment Korea
* [2016.02.24] A&R: LADIES' CODE (레이디스 코드) [MYST3RY] - Polaris Entertainment
* [2016.09.09] A&R: IRON (아이언) [ROCK BOTTOM] - Polaris Entertainment
* [2016.10.13] A&R: LADIES' CODE (레이디스 코드) [STRANG3R] - Polaris Entertainment
* [2017.02.20] Strategy Planning: Han Heejun (한희준) [풋사랑] - Polaris Entertainment
* [2017.11.23] CEO: Hwang JaeWan (황재완) [보고싶다] - Magic Fresh Company
* [2018.01.04] Strategy Planning: Han Heejun (한희준) [DEEP INSIDE] - Polaris Entertainment
* [2018.03.08] Strategy Planning: Lee Sojung (이소정) [Stay Here] - Polaris Entertainment
* [2018.03.08] Strategy Planning: ASHLEY (애슐리) [HERE WE ARE] - Polaris Entertainment
* [2018.12.12] Strategy Planning: LADIES' CODE (레이디스 코드) [THE LAST HOLIDAY] - Polaris Entertainment
* [2019.05.16] Strategy Planning: LADIES' CODE (레이디스 코드) [FEEDBACK] - Polaris Entertainment
* [2022.07.26] Planning & Cooperating Director: Sunye (선예) [Genuine] - BlockBerryCreative
Artist 	Year	Song 	Album 	Notes
Han HeeJun	2017	SKIT: TO U(ft. Zuny of LADIES' CODE)	풋사랑 	Lyricist, Composer
==References==
Category:Producers