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Hunter Yoon (훈타 윤) is a Canadian-South Korean singer signed under Aprica Entertainment. He is also a member of the boy group CELOSIA.
History[]
Early Life[]
Hunter Yoon was born on January 17, 2007, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to a couple whose names are undisclosed. He is a fraternal triplet, with two sisters (Emily Yoon and Heather Yoon), he was the first one born amongst the three. His parents own a Korean restaurant in Toronto's Korea Town, named "Yoon's Seoul Foods", known in the city for its authentic feel of traditional Korean eating.
As he grew up, his family enrolled him and his sisters in cooking classes, and extracurricular activities such as piano, violin and karate in order to help them have outlets to their high energy and to help separate the three from not just being known as 'The Yoon Triplets' in their neighborhood. Hunter was enrolled in karate during which he became a blackbelt while also taking violin lessons.
Growing up, Hunter knew of K-pop due to it always appearing in their radio when him and his sisters helped in their family restaurant. At first he wasn't interested in music, but that all changed when his sisters played a prank on him in elementary school and signed him up for their schools musical.
At first, Hunter was going to drop out of it, but their schools choir teacher managed to persuade him to stay for the duration of the musical, stating that he was going to offer a spot to Hunter regardless of his sisters meddling.
Due to this, Hunter stayed in the production, and over time he realized that he liked being on stage. After talking about it with his family, he revealed to them that he wanted to become a singer, at first his parents were unsure of this due to the climate in which being a singer is a hard choice to live by, while his sisters encouraged it, both of them stating that they'll take care of the restaurant.
Emboldened by this, Hunter began auditioning for different companies, he didn't find success right away, he finally got his shot in July of 2021, in which he was accepted to join Aprica Entertainment as a trainee.
Joining Aprica Entertainment[]
Hunter joined Aprica Entertainment on July 17, 2021, at 14 years old.
Due to him having lived and worked at his families shop for years, his Korean was near perfect, save for the occasional part of his Canadian accept slipping in. Regardless his was able to quickly excell in training, being rewarded as 'Most Improved' in 2022.
Joining Apricot Boys[]
Sometime in August of 2023, Hunter joined the pre-debut line up for CELOSIA (then at the time known as Apricot Boys).
Hunter revealed later on that despite him having been a trainee since 2021, he was unsure of his debut, especially due to him adding so late, but he took each day in stride, confident that his skill set can get him his debut.
Career[]
2024-Present: Debut with CELOSIA[]
On February 14, Hunter along with the rest of CELOSIA were informally revealed on NAVIS COLUMBA's YouTube Channel under the video "Meet US CELOSIA".
On April 19, Hunter was revealed as the sixth member of CELOSIA.
On April 27, Hunter and the rest of CELOSIA debuted with their mini album Fire in Me.
Personal Life[]
Education[]
When Hunter joined the company, he was in his summer break entering his first year of high school. He finished up the first year of grade 9 in online school, before he transferred over to School of Performing Arts Seoul. In the school, he is part of their Department of Practical Dance.
As of 2024, he is in his second year of high school.
Personality[]
Hunter according to the other trainees was and continues to be someone who is very nice to everyone, always easy going, never wanting to cause a fuss about anything.
With his fellow CELOSIA members, the other members have stated that since he's the oldest in the maknae-line, he is often the one taking charge amongst the four of them, leading them in cooperation, with everyone calling him the groups second leader because of this.
Due to growing up in a diverse city, he is often seen as the one trainee that is calm and collected and willing to learn about new things everyday.
According to Wooju, he also has a hidden prankster side to him, often pulling jokes and laughs out of the other members during their breaks, stating that he wants to ease up their training time and getting everyone to get along as well.
Friendships in CELOSIA[]
- Nakano Kazuyuki: When Kazuyuki joined the team, they instantly got along well with each other. Kazuyuki stated that he views Hunter as a younger version of himself, stating that they have very similar mannerisms, and they both like the same thing.
- Jung Sungyoung: When Hunter first joined the company, Sungyoung was very interested in him because Hunter was not from Korea, so he and Hunter began to talk more and more as time went on, Hunter was even the one to help him pick his English name (Avery), and Sungyoung loved it so much that it became his stage name.
- Park Wooju: Hunter joined after Wooju, and when the other first joined, Wooju was assigned as his trainee mentor, helping the younger in learning the basics, such as singing, dancing, and basic idol manners. Hunter later revealed that they spent half that time actually practicing and the other half playing video games and playing on their phones watching TikTok videos.
- Seo Yeonghwan: When Yeonghwan first met Hunter, he was shocked at how pretty the younger was. As they as a group continued to hang out more and more to team bond, his awe for the younger was quickly replaced by fondness as he saw how goofy Hunter was.
- Minamaguchi Makoto: When Makoto first met Hunter, he was impressed with how fast the younger was with getting the information down in training. Despite the language barrier, they became close friends with each other, through their shared love of Anime.
- Kim Jinhae: Jinhae and Hunter are often the two members that stick around together the most, often because they go to the same school and have the same classes together. This has caused them both to learn ho to rely on each other and be able to talk things out with each other. Due to this, they often lead the maknae line together, with Hunter being called "Maknae-Father" and Jinhae being called 'Maknae-Mother" as a result.
- Takami Hayato: Hayato and Hunter both only first met each other the first time in December of last year when Hayato moved into their dorms. Hunter met him last as he was in Canada for Christmas break, so when he met Hayato, the younger was in his underwear cleaning his room. This incident caused them both to laugh uncontrollably and ever since have been close friends with each other.
- Seok Jumin: The groups baby, Jumin is treated and coddled like any other maknae, but with Hunter, even more so. Hunter often is the one to cook for Jumin. Due to living and working in a family restaurant, he is often the one that ensures the members eats well and has enough nutriants, even more so with Jumin who is a growing boy.
Discography[]
CELOSIA Centers[]
| Song Title | Album |
|---|---|
| 2024 | |
| Dumb Dumb Bunny | Fire in Me |
| 2025 | |
| Scar | Falling Fire |
CELOSIA Solos[]
| Song Title | Album | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ||
| Euphoric Love | Falling Fire | as Chive |
Endorsements[]
On May 28, 2024, it was announced that Hunter along with Joey were selected as the newest advertisement boys for Lotte World Adventure.
- Lotte World Adventure (2024) - with Joey
Trivia[]
- His likes listening to rock music on his off time.
- He prefers being called Hunter rather then Eunseok.
- Hunter revealed that his parents had a very strong belief in having the triplets develop each individually, and not being coined as a set of three. As such:
- Going to different elementary schools.
- Different extracurricular activities.
- He hates pickled radish, and always avoids eating it whenever he can.
- His favourite colors are: red, dark blue, and white.
- The members revealed that he is currently going through a growth spurt as of May 2024, with them seeing Hunter have to go out and keep n buying clothes every few weeks as he keeps growing out of it.
Gallery[]
Profile Photos[]
Meet US CELOSIA Images[]
