EKM Studios

EKM Studios is a company that just started out in January 0f 2021. The company has given a chance to every trainee to perform even if they won't get to debut. Their first girl group, Juliett, has won the 2021 Rookie and Top Artist Award. Their second girl group interestingly debuted with their subunits first before the whole group performs as a whole. Type A, the Ballad subunit, even won on their first show.

### **Girl Groups:**

* Juliett
* Peak
	+ April
	+ Type A
	+ Shawtys

### **Projects (Undebuted):**

* Seven Star
	+ Set 1
	+ Set 2
* Japanese trainees
* Korean trainees
* Fashionably Late
* Ayaka Murata

## Juliett

Juliett was formed from a survival show called "July 7th". They have 7 members consisting of Daeun Won, Yeona Hwang, Sujin Hwang, Hyunjoo Suh, Elly Son, Yeeun Son, and Eungyung Yoo. They debuted on February 14, 2021 with the single, Door Of Mirrors, and won a seasonal award, 23 wins, 900k sales, and 45M views as of Feb 2022.

## Peak

1. Peak is EKM Studios' second girl group after Juliett. They have 6 members consisting of *Hina Sasaki, Nanami Uchida, Rino Nomura, Rino Kojima, Himari Kaneko, and Kanon Yamazaki.* They were first split into 3 subunits each with a genre concept. Type A is a ballad subunit consisting of Kanon Yamazaki and Rino Nomura. April is a hiphop subunit consisting of Rino Kojima and Himari Kaneko. Shawtys is a pop subunit consisting of Hina Sasaki and Nanami Uchida.
2. They released an album titled "2021 Hallopeak Special" EP on November 4, 2021 with the title track, Pumpkin, and 3-bside covers, Bewitched by PIXY, Entrancing by Siyeon, and Is This Bad B\*\*\*\*\*\* Number? by Soyeon, BIBI, and Lee Youngji, as a whole. It garnered 1M sales and (Pumpkin) 17M views as of Feb 2022.
3. They released their Christmas single, Merry Christmas, on December 25, 2021 and it got 20M views, 700k sales, and 4 wins as of Feb 2022.
4. They finally debuted with the Ballad single, Birth of a New Generation, on January 8, 2022, and fans can't help but feel reminiscent of GFRIEND. As of Feb 2022, it got a seasonal win, 6 wins, 700k sales, and 20M views.

### Type A

Type A is the first subunit to debut and they already immediately garnered a lot of attention. They released a cover, Little Mix's Secret Love Song on September 11, 2021, and as of Feb 2022, they already won a seasonal award, 7 wins, 500k sales, and 13M views. Their logo is a cyan colored, double A.

### April

April is the second subunit to debut. Their logo is an autumn leaf. They covered Jessi's Zoom on September 25, 2021, and as of Feb 2022, they also won a seasonal award, 7 wins, 500k sales, and 13M views.

### Shawtys

Shawtys is the last subunit to debut. Their logo is a black and white color play with M and C. They promoted a cover called Wind Blows by Dreamcatcher on October 9, 2021, and as of Feb 2022, they got 4 wins, 500k sales, and 13M views.

## Ayaka Murata

Ayaka Murata is a soloist born on July 13, 2007. She is yet to debut but the company has already been promoting her performances. You can watch them on Youtube. She is allegedly going to debut in 2022 and so her pre-debut fans are already excited and cannot wait for her to finally debut.