Banana Culture

Korean: 바나나컬쳐 엔터테인먼트

Japanese: バナナ文化

Headquarters:

Seoul

Country:

South Korea

Introduction

Banana Culture Entertainment (바나나컬쳐 엔터테인먼트; or simply as Banana Culture) is a South Korean entertainment agency. The company was founded in 1984 under the name Yedang Planning by Byun Dae-yun (real name Byun Doo-seop). On October 28, 1992, the company became corporation under name Yedang Sound. In May 2000, the company was renamed to Yedang Entertainment. In March 2010, the company was renamed again to Yedang Company. It was acquired by Wellmade StarM in 2014. It separated from Wellmade Yedang in 2016 and changed to their current name after signing a strategic agreement to merge with Chinese company Banana Project and announced that the brand of Yedang would returning to the family of former Yedang Company Chairman Byun Doo-seop. On March 25, 2020, it was reported that Banana Culture would be closing, with employees and executives stepping down and the departure of EXID. However, the label CEO denied this statement, saying that the label still has many Chinese shares and they would continue to manage TREI and other female trainees. Despite this, their website was deleted after TREI's disbandment.

Parent company:

Banana Culture Music

Founded:

1984

Founder:

Byun Dae-yun

CEO:

Yoo Jae Woong

Closed:

in 2020

Subsidiaries:

Banana Culture Music