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RESCENE
THE MUZE Entertainment
RESCENE are a five-member girl group under THE MUZE Entertainment. They debuted on 26 March 2024 with the single album Re:Scene and its title track "UhUh".
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Minami
미나미
Minami (미나미) is a member of RESCENE, the five-member girl group that debuted in March 2024. Since March 2026 she has played a gyaru character on bandmate Woni's channel.
- Group
- RESCENE
- Position
- Vocalist
- Agency
- THE MUZE Entertainment
- Debut
- 26 March 2024
- Born
- 29 November 2006
- From
- Japan
- Brand model
- Hanskin, Hollys Coffee, A:PE, MBC 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games
Who is Minami?
Minami (미나미) is a vocalist in RESCENE, the five-member girl group that debuted under THE MUZE Entertainment on 26 March 2024 with the single album Re:Scene. She is from Japan and is the group’s only Japanese member.
Getting to the debut
On 26 April 2026 News1 ran a two-part interview with Minami in its series on idols who came to Korea from abroad. She said that she had been drawn to K-pop watching TWICE and that she moved to Korea in 2021, at 14. She was eliminated from the MBC audition programme My Teenage Girl and went back to Japan before returning, and she told her parents that if she had not debuted by the age of 18 she would give up and come home. She debuted on 26 March 2024.
Three months of a gyaru character
Minami’s gyaru character began in a Japanese-lesson episode published on Woni’s YouTube channel 안녕하세요원이입니다잘부탁드립니다 (Anwonjalbu) on 6 March 2026. In the News1 interview she said her agency’s chief executive had asked whether she could carry a gyaru concept and that she said she could. The greeting she called out towards Woni’s home city in the 20 March episode — “거제, 야호~!”, Geoje yaho — became a meme, and Hankook Ilbo reported that searches for RESCENE on Melon rose 66-fold afterwards. A medley episode followed on 9 April, and the 19 June episode filmed in Chiba passed 2.45 million views in a day; the channel crossed one million subscribers the next day. When Minami posted on 21 June that she was setting the character down, OSEN, Newsis and MyDaily each reported it, and in a Star News interview on 3 July she said retirement was too strong a word and that she wanted to be seen first as a singer, through ‘Pretty Girl’.
A summer back as a singer
On 1 July 2026 it’s Live published Minami’s cover of ‘Still With You’ as episode five of its 여보세요? series. She had said it was the song she most wanted to cover once she debuted, from her trainee years on. Two days later, on 3 July, BTS’s Jung Kook posted a link to the video on his Instagram story with the word “야호”, as Sports Kyunghyang and Top Star News reported, and on 11 July Minami looked back on that morning on MBC’s Omniscient Interfering View. On 31 July she threw the ceremonial first pitch at the KBO League game between the Lotte Giants and the Samsung Lions at Sajik Baseball Stadium in Busan; Sports Kyunghyang and Sports World counted her as the fourth RESCENE member on a KBO mound, after Woni, Liv and May. On 3 September she appeared on the web show Naengterview, and Newsen and OSEN reported a day earlier that the teaser published on 2 September showed her in tears on meeting TWICE’s Sana.
Shared appointments
Most of the broadcast and brand work has come to the group or to Minami alongside another member. On 23 July 2026 MBC named RESCENE broadcast ambassadors for the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, with Minami and Woni appearing in the special segment Star Tutor RESCENE. On 28 July the two were guests on episode 150 of the YouTube web-variety show Salon Drip. On 24 August the beauty brand Hanskin signed Minami and Zena as its models, as bnt news reported.
What to watch now
The it’s Live cover of ‘Still With You’ and the Naengterview episode are the longest record of Minami as a singer. The three months of the gyaru character are still on Anwonjalbu, from the 6 March episode to the Chiba episode of 19 June.
Official links
Timeline
- Appearance
Episode 22 of Sana's Naengterview, with Minami, is published
The episode runs 54 minutes and 24 seconds, and Seoul Economic Daily reported it passed one million views in under a day. Minami's mother and younger sibling came from Japan to watch the shoot.
Feature · Read the story - Appearance
Presented the digital-content programme award with Minami at the ceremony at MBC Open Hall. It was the first time either had presented an award since debut.
Explainer · Read the story - Appearance
66-second pre-release clip for the Minami episode of Sana's Naengterview
The official 117 channel posted the clip; the episode is released at 7 p.m. on 3 September.
Feature · Read the story - Endorsement
Named MLB's 26FW campaign brand models, with teaser content
MLB posted teaser content for its 26FW campaign to its official social accounts, announcing Liv, Minami, May and Zena as brand models.
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Hanskin brand model, with Zena
The two front the brand's rebranding campaign for its PDRN radiance serum.
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Guests on episode 150 of the web variety show 'Salon Drip'
Woni and Minami appeared as guests, and the episode turned to first paycheques and to the streaming behind the group's reverse run.
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Confirmed as the guest on TWICE Sana's Naengterview
The 117 channel's community tab announced the Sana and Minami meeting, and Minami wrote about it on a paid fan platform the same day.
Feature · Read the story - Ambassador
Named MBC's broadcast ambassador for the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games
Woni and Minami appear in the special series 'Star Tutor RESCENE' alongside Kim Sung-ju and Ahn Jung-hwan, and MBC's coverage starts on 10 September.
Explainer · Read the story - Milestone
Jung Kook shares Minami's 'Still With You' cover on his Instagram story
Jung Kook posted the word "yaho", a thumbs-up emoji and the video link, Sports Kyunghyang and Top Star News reported.
Feature · Read the story - Appearance
She said she wanted to show what she can do as a singer first, through the special single "Pretty Girl".
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Minami's cover of Jung Kook's 'Still With You' released on it's Live's 'Yeoboseyo?' episode 5
Top Star News reported Minami saying it was the song she had wanted to cover ever since she was a trainee.
Feature · Read the story - Appearance
Star News called the greeting one of the catchphrases of 2026 and the point at which attention on the group grew.
Explainer · Read the story - Appearance
Group
Profile RESCENE
Endorsements
Hanskin · brand model
Hollys Coffee · brand model · RESCENE
A:PE · brand model · RESCENE
MBC 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games · broadcast ambassador; 'star tutor' in the special segment 일타강사 리센느
MBC 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games · broadcast ambassador · RESCENE
Narangd Cider · model · RESCENE
7th Island Day · Ambassador · RESCENE
Character Licensing Fair 2026 · promotional ambassador · RESCENE
Domino's Pizza · exclusive brand model · RESCENE
Elite Student Uniforms · exclusive model, second year · RESCENE
Goyang City · promotional ambassador · RESCENE
CU · brand model · RESCENE
Gyeongju City · tourism ambassador · RESCENE
Suwon City · promotional ambassador · RESCENE
Geoje City · promotional ambassador · RESCENE
Korea Youth Association · 2025 promotional ambassador · RESCENE
Ongredients · model · RESCENE
Stories
Explainer
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RESCENE at the 53rd Korea Broadcasting Awards: A 'Pretty Girl' Stage and a First Turn Presenting
RESCENE performed 'Pretty Girl' at the 53rd Korea Broadcasting Awards at MBC Open Hall on 3 September 2026, and Woni and Minami presented the digital-content programme award, their first time presenting since debut. The stage began when the comedian Lee Seon-min called Woni out from the audience.
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What RESCENE Does as MBC's Asian Games Broadcast Ambassador: From the 10 September Opener to 'Star Tutor RESCENE'
MBC named RESCENE its broadcast ambassador for the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on 23 July 2026. The Games run 16 days from 19 September to 4 October; MBC's coverage opens on 10 September with men's basketball, South Korea against Saudi Arabia, and Woni and Minami's 'Star Tutor RESCENE' is due in the main broadcasts.
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RESCENE's Liv, Minami, May and Zena Front MLB's 26FW Campaign: 'SLEEK, THE RESCENE WAY'
MLB has named RESCENE's Liv, Minami, May and Zena its new brand models, Ilgan Sports reported on 3 September 2026. The brand announced it on 1 September with a 26FW campaign teaser and released the photoshoot on 3 September. The campaign film 'SLEEK, THE RESCENE WAY.' went up the same day.
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RESCENE in CU's 'Every Scene of Daily Life' Campaign: 18,800 Stores and a Voice at the Checkout
CU said on 1 September 2026 that it had begun the 'Every Scene of Daily Life, CU' campaign with its brand models RESCENE. Material goes up in about 18,800 stores, and voice lines from Woni, Minami and Zena play at the checkout and over store speakers. The brand film went up on 26 August.
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RESCENE's Five Members Enter Nexon's Sudden Attack — From the June Showcase to the 30 July Release
Nexon released all five RESCENE members — Woni, Minami, Liv, May and Zena — as new characters in the online FPS Sudden Attack on 30 July 2026. The characters come from the game's Multi Count item, and Nexon announced a launch event running to 3 September. RESCENE had previewed it at the game's showcase in June.
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How Liv and May Turned Woni's Channel Into a Whole-RESCENE Show
Liv and May were the last RESCENE members to appear on Woni's YouTube channel. Their 12 June 2026 episode reached 4.46 million views in three days and 5.84 million in a week.
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How RESCENE's 'LOVE ATTACK' Hit No. 1 Two Years After Release
'LOVE ATTACK' entered Melon's daily chart at 904th in 2024 and topped the TOP100 in July 2026. The reason was not a comeback but leader Woni's YouTube channel — and Melon published the numbers that show it.
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RESCENE Before the Breakout: 'lip bomb' Sales and the Korea First Brand Award
Before the 2026 reverse run, RESCENE's third mini album lip bomb sold 104,406 copies in its first week and the group took the rising-star female idol award at the 2026 Korea First Brand Awards. What the numbers show.
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RESCENE's 'Busy Boy': What AA Project and Aria Are
RESCENE's 'Busy Boy' (27 February 2026) opened AA Project and put a new song's master rights into Aria's $APL portfolio at release. What the parties said, and the Galantis remix.
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RESCENE's Dialect Episodes: Woni, Zena and 'Silla Princess'
Two May 2026 dialect episodes on Woni's channel gave RESCENE's Zena the 'Silla princess' name and a set of catchphrases. What Korean press reported, explained.
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RESCENE's Geoje Video by the Numbers: 10M Views, Gyaru Boom
Woni's Geoje episode (22 May 2026) passed 10 million views by 15 July and spun off a second meme; Money Today measured Naver 'gyaru' searches doubling.
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Why Is RESCENE Everywhere in 2026?
A song from August 2024 topped Melon in July 2026, a KARA remake gave RESCENE their first music show wins and four Korean cities made them ambassadors. Here is the chain of events behind the year, with sources.
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Minami's Sana's Naengterview Episode — the Family Who Came from Japan, and a Greeting in a Music Bank Corridor
The episode of Sana's Naengterview with RESCENE's Minami as its guest went up at 7 p.m. KST on 3 September 2026 on the official 117 YouTube channel. Seoul Economic Daily reported it passed one million views in under a day, and that Minami brought her mother and younger sibling from Japan to watch.
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Anwonjalbu Opened Its One-Million Gold Button at 1.96 Million — the Five Scenes the Members Picked
The YouTube channel of RESCENE's Woni, Anwonjalbu, published its one-million-subscriber Q&A, 'How do you feel right now?', on 4 September 2026. Sports Kyunghyang called it a gold button unboxing opened after the channel had passed 1.96 million, and Ilgan Sports set out the scenes each member picked.
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Seven Months of Woni's Channel, and What She Said in 'Woni Update'
RESCENE's Woni looked back on the group's early days and on her current popularity in 'Woni Update', posted to her own YouTube channel on 28 August 2026. The channel, opened in February 2026, was reported at 1.83 million subscribers in August.
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Woni's First Regular TV Slot: MBC's 'Road to Jikgwan'
RESCENE's Woni was named a regular on 'Road to Jikgwan', a segment of MBC's sports programme Welcome to Sports, on 8 July 2025. It was her first regular variety slot after debut, and the episodes on MBC's own sports channel run from a July 2025 baseball game to a 2026 outing with Minami.
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The Show Woni Asked For: RESCENE's Woni and Minami on 'Salon Drip' EP.150
RESCENE's Woni and Minami appeared on episode 150 of the YouTube web variety show 'Salon Drip', published on 28 July 2026. It is the programme Woni had named in an earlier interview as the one she wanted to do, and the episode turned to first paycheques and to the streaming behind RESCENE's reverse run.
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RESCENE's Minami on Sana's Naengterview: From the July Notice to the 2 September Pre-release
RESCENE's Minami is the guest on the Sana's Naengterview episode released at 7 p.m. on 3 September 2026, Newsen reported on 2 September. A 66-second pre-release clip went up on the official 117 YouTube channel the same day. Here is the run from the 27 July notice to that clip.
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Minami's 'Still With You' Cover, and the Day Jung Kook Shared It
Jung Kook posted a link to RESCENE's Minami's cover of 'Still With You' on his Instagram story on 3 July 2026 with the word "yaho", Sports Kyunghyang and Top Star News reported. The cover went up on it's Live on 1 July, and on 11 July Minami recounted that morning on 'Omniscient Interfering View'.
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RESCENE, Omniscient Interfering View's first-ever single guest: what episode 410 left behind
iMBC Entertainment reported that episode 410 of MBC's Omniscient Interfering View, broadcast at 11:10 p.m. on 8 August 2026, was the programme's first single-guest special: RESCENE filled it as a full five-member line-up, after Star News reported 100 advertising enquiries since their 11 July 2026 appearance.
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Five Weeks of Suwon: How a City Cast RESCENE's Liv
Suwon appointed RESCENE its ambassadors on 24 June 2026 and then kept filming: a day-one video, a run of shorts, a first pitch at KT Wiz Park, and an entertainment-format promotional film for the city's Visit Year. Here is what those five weeks actually produced.
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Goyang Yaho: What RESCENE Signed Up For in May's Hometown
Goyang appointed RESCENE at City Hall on 2 July 2026, and the video it posted the next day has passed 1.1 million views on a municipal channel. Here is what the group agreed to promote, the city mascot it put on its head, and what May said about home.
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How Goyang Turned RESCENE May's Birthday Into a City Campaign
On 19 August 2026 the city of Goyang spent RESCENE member May's birthday on her: a video with juniors from her two old schools and the mayor, a gold-lit fountain show at Ilsan Lake Park, and displays at the tourist centre. Here is what a Korean city ambassadorship actually involves.
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Minami's Road to RESCENE: An Audition Show and a Deadline
Minami arrived in Korea in 2021 at 14, told her parents she would go home if she had not debuted by 18, was eliminated from an MBC audition programme, went back to Japan, returned and debuted with RESCENE at 19. She told News1 the whole of it in April 2026.
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Not Chiba, Busan: Minami Pitched for the Other Lotte
Minami is from Chiba, home of the Chiba Lotte Marines. On 31 July 2026 she threw the first pitch in Busan for the Lotte Giants — the Korean one. Fans asked whether she had turned up at the wrong Lotte, and the Korean press ran with it.
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Who Are Lee Seon-min and Yoo Young-woo, Woni's Driving Uncles?
Lee Seon-min debuted in 2016 and Yoo Young-woo in 2019, and each saw the sketch programme he was appearing on end within about a year. From August 2025 to July 2026 the two sat beside RESCENE's Woni through her driving lessons, and by August 2026 both were describing what those eleven months changed.
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Who Are RESCENE? Members, Fandom Name and Discography
RESCENE debuted in March 2024 and broke out in 2026 with a song from 2024. The reference version: the five members and where they are from, the 'Scene' + 'Scent' name, every release the agency lists, the fandom name REMINE and how the breakout year actually ran.
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Why Four Korean Cities Made RESCENE Their Ambassador
Between 22 May and 2 July 2026, Geoje, Suwon, Gyeongju and Goyang each appointed RESCENE as their ambassadors — one city per member, starting with a short-form clip instead of a ceremony. Here is each appointment, what each city asked for, and the one gap left in the set.
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How K Car's Driving Series Cast Woni Before Her Breakout
In August 2025 K Car's YouTube channel 스튜디오ㅋㅇㅋ cast RESCENE's Woni as its learner driver, well before the '거제 야호' meme made her a breakout star. The series' timeline, and what the press credits it with.
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Minami's Gyaru Character: How a Three-Month Plan Played Out
Minami's gyaru character on Woni's channel ran a roughly three-month arc, from a 6 March 2026 Japanese lesson to its 19 June finale and 21 June farewell, before two 'real Minami' episodes closed the story on 3 July. The dates, the numbers and the sequel.
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Inside Season 2 of Woni's Channel: Zena's Gyeongju Homecoming
Woni's channel closed season 1 on 17 July 2026 and reopened on 7 August with three Gyeongju uploads for Zena: the Hwangnidan-gil homecoming, the dance academy, the nickname.
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RESCENE win Artist of the Year and Today's Choice at the 2026 TMA
RESCENE received Artist of the Year and Today's Choice at the 2026 THE FACT MUSIC AWARDS, held at Busan Asiad Main Stadium on 19 September 2026.
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RESCENE Take Two Awards at the 2026 SPOTV K-POP AWARDS
RESCENE won the Global Connect award and the SPOTV Ambassador award at the 2026 SPOTV K-POP AWARDS, held at Ilsan KINTEX in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, on 6 September 2026. Sports Khan wrote that the two trophies bring the group's award-show total to four.
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Anwonjalbu Reaches Two Million Subscribers Seven Months After It Opened
The YouTube channel of RESCENE's Woni, Anwonjalbu, passed two million subscribers on 5 September 2026. Ilgan Sports put it at 2.03 million the following day, about seven months after the first video went up in February. YouTube's own figures on 7 September are 2.04 million subscribers and 387,214,067 lifetime views.
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RESCENE Take Two Awards at the 2026 K-World Dream Awards
RESCENE won the K World Dream Best Fandom Award and the K World Dream Best Visual Content Award at the 2026 K-World Dream Awards, held at KINTEX in Goyang on 27 August 2026. They performed 'Deja Vu' at the ceremony.
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Hollys' first brand model RESCENE stars in three folk-tale ads
Hollys named RESCENE its first brand model on 18 August 2026, 28 years after the chain launched in 1998, and released three folk-tale ads with the group on its official YouTube channel on 26 August 2026, with Woni, May, Zena, Liv and Minami playing characters.
Roundup
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RESCENE's Scent on Every Record, From Floral to Grapefruit
RESCENE have set one main scent on seven records, from the floral of the March 2024 debut single Re:Scene to the grapefruit of 'Pretty Girl' in July 2026, with ambergris, soap, grass, berry and incense between. The concept began with CEO Lee Ju-heon's keyword 'scent', producer Kim Hye-su told IZM.
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The brands and organisations RESCENE fronted in 2026
RESCENE were named models for CU, Domino's Pizza, Narangd Cider, Elite school uniforms, APE and Hollys through 2026. Hollys says it is its first brand model since 1998. Woni, Minami and Zena added solo deals, and RESCENE returned as Character Licensing Fair ambassadors.
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RESCENE's Firsts and Milestones, 2024–2026
Twelve dated entries, from a song released before the group debuted to a coffee chain's first brand model — in the order they happened, with a source each.
Sources
The reports behind the facts above, for the ones no story on the site covers yet. A row with a story cites its sources there; the act's own channel and a brand's official page are linked in the rows themselves.
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