Endzone

Endzone is a fanmade South-Korean K-Pop boy group from SM Entertainment. They consist of 21 members. The original 11 were introduced as part of SM Rookies, a project to promote SM Entertainment trainees and strengthen the bonds of the 11 boys that were chosen to be part of the future group. The next 10 members were introduced directly to the group, one by one, in 2021. Members of the group are: Kyte, Syx, Q, Silk, Maxy, Haeseong, Sunwoo, Ichiro, Juno, Sungho, Minjae, Snap, Orion, Jae-J, Takao, Chihun, Minseok, Joonki, Taewoo, Wiz and Insung.

Endzone debuted in April 9th, 2016 with the song The 7th Sense. Endzone went on to introduce 7 sub-units: Endzone G, Endzone M, Endzone Dance Unit, Endzone Rap Unit, Endzone Vocal Unit, Endzone C and Endzone 016.

Endzone is the center group of the Wattpad story "Endzone: Fanmade K-Pop Boyband" written by JeNCTstories, where the group takes the place of real group NCT and have a very similar path to success and the same discography.

2013-2016 (Pre-debut)
Preparations for Endzone began in late 2013, through SM Entertainment's trainee group SM Rookies. Members were cast through various auditions, with Silk, Maxy and Q joining the company via SM Global Auditions, while the remaining members were discovered through street casting, personal recommendations, and community entertainment shows.

In January 2016, SM founder Lee Soo-man gave a presentation at the SM Coex Artium speaking about the agency's plans for a new boy group in line based on their project of team chemistry building that started with SM Rookies. The idea was to create a group that could dominate the world by having no definite concept and style of music but always trying new things and mixing genres.

2016 (Debut of Endzone and Sub-Units Endzone G and Endzone M)
On April 4, 2016, SM Entertainment announced Endzone's debut. Endzone released digital singles "The 7th Sense" (all members) on April 9 and "Without You" in two versions on April 10 (a Korean version sung by Syx, Minjae and Sunwoo, and a Chinese version sung by Silk).

On April 9, 2016, Endzone made their first broadcast appearance with Endzone On Air on V Live, hosted by Super Junior's Kim Hee-chul.The same day, they had their first live performance in China at the 16th Music Feng Yun Bang Awards. On April 15, the group made their debut in Korea on Music Bank. They have since appeared in three seasons of their reality series EZ Life.

On July 1, SM announced Endzone's first unit, Endzone G. The unit consisted of the 6 older members with a more mature look for the title song. The unit debuted with members: Kyte, Syx, Q, Silk, Maxy and Haeseong. On July 7, they had their first official performance as 6 on the music program M Countdown, performing debut single "Fire Truck" and then the rest of the members joined them to perform "Once Again." Their debut EP Endzone was released digitally on July 10 and physically on July 11. On July 29, the unit released the single "Taste the Feeling" for the project SM Station in collaboration with Coca-Cola.

On August 18, SM announced Endzone's second unit, Endzone M. The unit debuted with five members: Snap, Sunwoo, Ichiro, Minjae and Chihun. Their first single, "Chewing Gum," was released on August 24, and the unit had their debut performance on M Countdown the next day.[29]

On December 6, five members of Endzone (Kyte, Maxy, Haeseong, Ichiro and Chihun) released a special dance music video for the song "Good Thing" in collaboration with W Korea. The track was eventually released on Endzone's second EP, Limitless. On December 20, Endzone released the music video for "Switch." The single was previously issued as a bonus track on Endzone's debut EP, and features the SM Rookies.

2017 (Promotions for Endzone and Endzone M)
On December 27, 2016, Endzone announced they would be making a comeback on January. On January 5, 2017, Endzone released two music videos for "Limitless" and performed the song on M Countdown. Their second EP Limitless was released digitally on January 6 and physically on January 9. The release debuted at number one on Billboard 's World Albums Chart, and the title track was later named one of the best K-pop songs of the year by Dazed.

On February 1, 2017, Endzone M revealed they would be releasing their first physical single The First on February 9. Endzone M returned to the stage on M Countdown, performing the single "My First and Last" and the B-side "Dunk Shot." On February 14, Endzone M won first place on the 100th episode of SBS MTV's The Show, marking the first-ever music show win for Endzone. Endzone M was also unveiled to be the official ambassadors for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup. They released the tournament's official theme song, "Trigger the Fever," on March 15.

On March 8, Endzone members Haeseong and Syx were announced to be the DJs for SBS Power FM's new program, EZ 's Night Night, which started to air on March 20.

On June 14, Endzone released their third EP, Cherry Bomb. They returned to the stage on M Countdown, performing the new songs "Cherry Bomb" and "0 Mile." Billboard and Idolator both later declared "Cherry Bomb" one of the best K-pop songs of the year.

On August 17, Endzone M released their first EP We Young. They gave the title track its debut performance on M Countdown. In December, Endzone M released their first Christmas song, "Joy".

2018 (Large-scale projects, Endzone: Empathy)
In January 2018, Endzone debuted its Vocal Unit (consisting of Syx, Silk, Sunwoo and Minjae) by releasing the single "Timeless" as part of the SM Station project.

On March 14, Endzone released its first full-length album, Endzone: Empathy. The album featured six singles:: "Boss", "Baby Don't Stop" (Endzone's Dance Unit: Maxy, Haeseong, Ichiro and Chihun), "Yestoday" (Endzone Rap Unit: Kyte, Q and Snap), "Go" (Endzone M), "Touch", and "Black on Black".

On May 5, Endzone topped Billboard 's Emerging Artists chart, marking the first time that a K-pop act had led the list.

On September 3, Endzone released their fourth EP, We Go Up with the lead single of the same name performed by the unit Endzone M.

On October 12, Endzone released their first full-length album, Regular-Irregular, with the lead single, "Regular". Endzone focused on promotions in America for the album.

On November 23, Endzone released the repackaged edition of Regular-Irregular, titled Regulate, along with the lead single, "Simon Says".

On December 28, Endzone M released the single "Candle Light" as part of the SM Station project.

2019 (Concert Tour and New Projects)
On December 31, 2018, SM Entertainment announced Endzone's project to promote in China. For chinese promotions the group is managed under Label V, a Chinese label collaborating with SM's production. Endzone released on January 17, 2019 a Chinese version of "Regular". Their first chinese single album, The Vision, was released digitally and also included a Chinese version of "Come Back" and an original song titled "Dream Launch".

On January 26, 2019, Endzone embarked on their first concert tour, E-City – The Origin, with tour dates in Korea, Japan, North America and Europe. During the tour, they released the single, "Wakey-Wakey" on March 18 which would later be included on their first Japanese full studio album, Awaken, released on April 17. Their fourth EP, We Are Superhuman, was released on May 24 with the title track, "Superhuman".

On May 9, Endzone released their first chinese EP, Take Off, along with its eponymous title track, "Take Off".

On June 6, Endzone M released "Don't Need Your Love," a collaboration with HRVY on SM Station Season 3. Endzone released their third EP, We Boom, and its title track, "Boom," on July 26.

On October 29, Endzone released their second chinese EP, Take Over the Moon, with the title track "Moonwalk".

On December 13, Endzone's Vocal Unit released "Coming Home" as part of the SM Station X project.

2020 (Promotions, Endzone Resonance)
On January 27, Endzone released a music video for a gift song titled "Dreams Come True", as well as an announcement that the group will release their second studio album E-Zone on March 6.

On March 6, Endzone released their second full-length album, E-Zone, along with the lead single "Kick It".

On April 7, it was also announced by SM Entertainment that they will release a repackage version of the album in May of the same year. The lead single "Punch" will be performed by Endzone G and will be their first official comeback.

On April 29, Endzone M released the EP Reload, with "Ridin'".

In May 2020, Endzone is held live online concerts, in a series of concerts jointly organised by SM Entertainment and Naver on the world's first technology-aided live concert streaming service Beyond LIVE.

On May 19th, Endzone released the repackaged version of the E-Zone album, entitled E-Zone: The Final Round. Endzone G released the song "Punch" along with the song "Nonstop" and Endzone Vocal Unit released the song "Make Your Day".

SM Entertainment announced Endzone will be debuting a new unit called Endzone C in order to release a full chinese album, entitled Awaken The World. The announced members are: Silk (leader), Q, Maxy, Haeseong, Sunwoo, Ichiro and Snap.

On June 9, Endzone C released their first full album Awaken the World, with the title track "Turn Back Time".

On September 15, Endzone announced they would have a new project, Endzone 2020, similar to their Endzone 2018 project, only this time for each song it will feature a different set of members, set to be released in October 2020. On September 20, 2020, it was confirmed that the group would be releasing their second album, Endzone Resonance Pt. 1 on October 12, featuring all members in rotational units according to the song.

On 12 October before the album's release, it was announced the Endzone Resonance Pt. 1 had garnered more than 1.1 million pre-orders, making it the first million seller album without counting a repackage by Endzone.With the release of the album, Endzone also released the music video for "Make A Wish (Birthday Song)", performed by members Kyte, Syx, Silk, Haeseong, Sunwoo, Ichiro and Chihun. Days later Endzone released the music video for track "From Home" – sung by members Syx, Q, Silk, Maxy, Sunwoo, Minjae and Snap – the album's second single.

During a live event, Endzone revealed the 4 different units for their future releases. The units are as follows:

Make A Wish Unit: Kyte, Syx, Silk, Haeseong, Sunwoo, Ichiro and Chihun.

From Home Unit: Syx, Q, Silk, Maxy, Sunwoo, Minjae and Snap.

90's Love Unit: Kyte, Syx, Q, Maxy, Haeseong, Minjae and Snap.

Work It Unit: Kyte, Silk, Maxy, Haeseong, Sunwoo, Ichiro and Chihun.

Endzone released the second part of their second album Endzone Resonance Pt. 2 on November 23. Endzone announced that the group might continue promotions as a rotational group according to the songs but haven't confirmed if they won't be releasing any more songs as 11. After the release of Endzone Resonance Pt.2, member positions were officially changed.

On November 29, SM Entertainment announced that in 2021, 10 members will be added to Endzone and things will change. It was confirmed that the current 11 members will still be under Endzone and units G and M will be kept but the others are likely going to change. It was also confirmed that there will be a fixed unit named Endzone 016 that will consist of all the current 11 members. None information was given about the future new members.

On November 30, SM announced that Endzone will release a new single titled "RESONANCE" which marks the finale of their second full album. This single combines "Make a Wish (Birthday Song)," "90's Love," "Work It," and "Raise the Roof" from their second full-length album into one song. The single features all the 11 members of Endzone. The song was released on December 4. At the end of the music video, the silhouettes of the new 10 members were shown.

SM Entertainment officially announced that in January, 2021 they'll start revealing the new members of Endzone and after all members have been revealed, all units will be updated. The members are already training with Endzone's current members and performed in live stages of "Resonance" but wore masks so they wouldn't be identified.

2021 (New Members and New Units)
SM Entertainment confirmed that now the original 11 members will form the unit Endzone 016 and their first release under the unit name will be "Loveholic" on February 17.

On January 16, SM introduced new members Juno and Jae-J to Endzone. The first two new members of the group. In the next days, SM will be announcing the remaining eight members that will make Endzone a 21-member group. On January 21, the third new member, Orion, was introduced to Endzone. On January 25, the fourth new member, Takao, was introduced to Endzone. On January 27, Minseok was introduced to Endzone. On January 8, Insung was introduced to Endzone. On January 29, Wiz and Sungho were introduced to Endzone. On February 3, Taewoo was introduced to Endzone. On February 4, the last new member, Joonki, was introduced to Endzone.

On February 17, Endzone 016 released their 1st japanese EP, Loveholic.

SM Entertainment announced Endzone C will comeback with their first mini-album Kick Back. It was also revealed that the unit had been restructured and members Haeseong, Sunwoo and Snap will be leaving the unit for the addition of new members Orion, Takao and Wiz. The unit is now formed by the following 7 members: Silk (leader), Q, Maxy, Ichiro, Orion, Takao and Wiz.

On March 10, Endzone C released their first EP, Kick Back, with the title track of the same name.

Endzone G
A unit formed to portray the more mature side of Endzone consisting of the 6 elder members.

Endzone M
Endzone's unit created to portray the teen/young side of Endzone. They consist of the 5 younger members of the group.

Endzone C
Endzone's unit created to release a full-length chinese album. They consist of 7 members.

Endzone 016
Endzone's unit formed by the first 11 members from the original lineup. It is a fixed unit that will release exclusive albums in the future.

Endzone's Skill Units
Endzone has 3 units based on the members' individual best skill. The units are: Dance, Rap and Vocal. All units have songs but no title tracks. The only unit out the three to feature on SM Station is the Vocal Unit.

Wattpad
The story is in progress on Wattpad and you can check it out whenever. Different from most fangroups, the member are not pictures of real people but drawings made by the author.

https://www.wattpad.com/story/218109318-endzone-fanmade-k-pop-boyband

Above is the link to the story.