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NAVIS COLUMBA is the Featured Company of December 2024
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NAVIS COLUMBA (나비스 콜롬바) is a South Korean Entertainment company. Under its wing it houses Kpop acts such as: EMERGE (2015), WYVERN (2019), SeVenwrld (2023), AEON (2023), CELOSIA (2024), ALUNISSAGE (2024), VALARQVIN (2025), and SPECTER (2025), under its belt as its current group acts.
It was initially formed as Blair Recording back in 2008, before changing its name to Blair Entertainment in 2014, before it changed its name to NAVIS COLUMBA in 2024.
The name NAVIS COLUMBA comes from the Latin meaning 'Dove's Vessel', with the company hoping to encourage the meaning of freedom amongst its artists and bring fourth a new generation of music with their groups.
History[]
2008 to 2014: Company Formation and Search for Trainees[]
In June of 2008, Blair Entertainment was first formed originally as Blair Recording, Blair Recording was initially just a producing house, in which they had several producers and lyricists that they would loan to other companies for song recording.
Around May of 2009, the company decided to pool their resources and begin production for their first boy group. The company had launched several auditions but each audition was met with no successful candidates that would become trainees.
In January 2010, the company was able to recruit their first trainee, soon after having launched again several searches and scouts to try and get more potential members for the boy group, but sadly none was successful until Bae Jungyeol, the CEO of Blair Recording scouted the companies second trainee in the end of 2010.
From 2010 to 2013, the company recruited their first batch of trainees, it was during this phase of auditions that the company decided to only host male trainees and male groups due to undisclosed reasons.
Around the summer of 2014, they had changed their name from Blair Recording to Blair Entertainment.
2015-2020: Debut of EMERGE and WYVERN, and Popularity Increase, acquisition of Aprica Entertainment, and Cosmichaus, and creation of Noir et Blanc Project[]
In the beginning of 2015, Blair Entertainment announced that they are currently in preparations to debut their first boy group. All the members have been training up to 5 years with the shortest time being 1 year by the time of their debut.
From April to June 2015, the members were revealed within two week intervals.
On July 14, 2015, the boy group EMERGE debuted with their mini album Act I: Garnet.
On January 17, 2019, the second boy group WYVERN debuted with their mini album Mythology: The Book of Dragons Part 1.
In the winter of 2020, it was announced that Blair Entertainment and Republic Records had signed a co-dealership for EMERGE's activities in the west, becoming one of the first k-pop groups to sign with an American Label.
2021-2023: Debut of AEON and Continued Success, Subsidiaries, and name change to NAVIS COLUMBA[]
With EMERGE's American debut in 2021, the group saw a huge explosion in popularity not only for them, but for the company as well.
On November 8, 2021, it was announced that Blair Entertainment has acquired the rights and ownership to Aprica Entertainment after becoming its largest shareholder, after almost 1 year of discussions, officially making it Blair's first subsidiary.
On August 26, 2022, Blair Entertainment revealed that they have opened their first subsidiary Noir et Blanc Project. More information regarding the company will come at a later date.
In the summer of 2023, it was revealed that the company will be debuting their first boy group in 8 years in August.
On September 7, AEON debuted with their mini album Teenage Rebellion.
On November 15, it was announced that Blair Entertainment and its subsidiaries have signed a distributorship deal with Dreamup, and as such, all further releases will be released with Dreamup.
On December 19, it was announced that Blair Entertainment would be changing its name to NAVIS COLUMBA and will begin using that name starting on January 1, 2024. It was decided after much talks for the name change so in a way for NAVIS COLUMBA to be the over-seer for all the subsidiaries while watching over the groups without complicating things further. Along with that, it was also announced that EMERGE, WYVERN, AEON, and the trainee program Blair Boys would be transferred to a new agency under NAVIS COLUMBA named Blair Music which will now handle all of their promotions.
On December 26, it was announced that NAVIS COLUMBA have gotten the majority shares over Cosmichaus, this becoming its main shareholder. The label will officially start regulating itself as apart of NAVIS COLUMBA starting on January 1, 2024.
2024: Name change to NAVIS COLUMBA, 1st Global Audition, and 1st Collective Concert, Ownership Moonbridge Entertainment[]
On January 1, NAVIS announced their first company wide audition NAVIS COLUMBA NEW GROUP 2024 Audition. It will take place from January to April with the intent of finding new members for potential groups. The age range for the audition is 18-11 years old.
On April 4, it was announced that NEW COMPANY was renamed as Moonbridge Entertainment.
On April 27, CELOSIA debuted with their mini album Fire in Me.
On May 12, VELA, NAVIS COLUMBA's subsidiary that will house female idols was revealed along with their trainee group that will debut soon VELA New Girl Group.
On June 24, it was announced that soloist and producer Kim Dan has signed a contract with NAVIS COLUMBA and Moonbridge Entertainment.
On August 10, ALUNISSAGE debuted with their mini album ALNSG.
On August 31, it was announced that former Find Your DREAM contestant Tommy Jeon was signed onto Blair Music as a soloist.
2025: Creation of Blossomroot Actors[]
On January 30, it was announced that NAVIS COLUMBA has opened an acting subsidiary Blossomroot Actors, while acting in conjunction of their original companies, Blossomroot Actors will manage any and all modeling contracts for the signed artists.
Divisions[]
NAVIS COLUMBA HQ[]
Building Located in Gangnam, Seoul, South Korea.
- Idol Labels
- Aprica Entertainment (2021-Present)
- Noir et Blanc Project (2022-Present)
- VELA (2023-Present)
- Blair Music (2024-Present)
- Cosmichaus (2024-Present)
- Cygnus Labs (2024-Present)
- Odd Shores (2025-Present)
- Acting Labels
- Blossomroot Actors (2025-Present)
- Solutions
- NAVIS Printing
- NAVIS IP
- NAVIS Media Studio
- NAVIS T&D
- NAVIS Education
- NAVIS Logistics
Odd Shores[]
Building Located in Tokyo, Japan.
- Solutions
- NAVIS Solutions Japan
- NAVIS T&D Japan
- NAVIS Education Japan
Artists[]
For more information regarding NAVIS COLUMBAA and its groups please visit: NAVIS COLUMBA/Artist Section.
Groups[]
- EMERGE (Blair Music) (2015–Present)
- WYVERN (Blair Music) (2019-Present)
- SeVenwrld (cosmichaus) (2023-Present)
- AEON (Blair Music) (2023-Present)
- CELOSIA (Aprica Entertainment) (2024-Present)
- ALUNISSAGE (VELA) (2024-Present)
- VALARQVIN (Aprica Entertainment) (2025-Present)
- SPECTER (Cygnus Labs) (2025-Present)
- IMPERATRIX (cosmichaus) (2025-Present)
- SKYRIS (Noir et Blanc Project) (2025-Present)
Project Groups[]
- DESN (Blair Music) (2024-Present)
Soloists[]
- Helio (EMERGE) (Blair Music) (2023-Present)
- SENSE (EMERGE) (Blair Music) (2023-Present)
- LRV (EMERGE) (Blair Music) (2023-Present)
- Eden (EMERGE) (Blair Music) (2023-Present)
- Yohan (Aprica Entertainment) (2024-Present)
- Heejin (EMERGE) (Blair Music) (2024-Present)
- Skylar (EMERGE) (Blair Music) (2024-Present)
- Jaeseop (EMERGE) (Blair Music) (2024-Present)
- Kim Dan (Cygnus Labs) (2024-Present)
- Tommy (Blair Music) (2024-Present)
- Raea (cosmichaus) (2025-Present)
Actors[]
- Park Eunwoo (EMERGE) (Blair Music) (2012-Present)
- Kim Yeonseok (SeVenwrld) (Cosmichaus) (2012-Present)
- Noh Daeil (Blair Music) (2023-Present)
- Choi Heejin (EMERGE) (Blair Music) (2023-Present)
- Kim Seunghyun (EMERGE) (Blair Music) (2024-Present)
- Moon Jiseok (AEON) (Blair Music) (2024-Present)
- Lee Hwarang (Aprica Entertainment) (2025-Present)
Trainees[]
- Blair Boys (Blair Music) (2010-Present)
- WYVERN Rookies (Blair Music) (2024-Present)
- COSMONAUTS (Cosmichaus) (2024-Present)
- Ladies in Waiting (Cosmichaus) (2024-Present)
NAVIS COLUMBA Building at a Glance[]
NAVIS COLUMBA Main Building[]
Update: As of September 2024, EMERGE's department were moved to the 14th floor from the 9th floor, meanwhile, Noir et Blanc Project and Moonbridge Entertainment were moved into the 9th floor.
Floors 6th to 12th feature an open concept lobby, and then its sectioned off depending on the company and department that it has.
- 19th Floor: NAVIS COLUMBA CEO Office
- 18th Floor: Conference Center
- 15th-17th Floor: Offices and Meeting Rooms
- 14th Floor: EMERGE Specialized Recording/Filming Space
- 13th Floor: Recording Studios
- 12th Floor: Blair Music
- 11th Floor: Aprica Entertainment + NAVIS Label Japan
- 10th Floor: Cosmichaus + VELA
- 9th Floor: Noir et Blanc Project + Cygnus Labs
- 8th Floor: NAVIS Printing Department + NAVIS Logistics Department
- 7th Floor: NAVIS Media Studio Department + NAVIS IP Department
- 6th Floor: NAVIS Education Department + NAVIS T&D
- 5th Floor: NAVIS Make Up and Salon Department
- 4th Floor: Private Idol Gym and Pool + Idol Health Department
- 3rd Floor: Health Department + Staff Gym and Pool
- 2nd Floor: Cafeteria + Smoking Courtyard
- 1st Floor: Lobby + Gift Shop
- Basement 1: Blair Music, Aprica Entertainment, and Noir et Blanc Project training Center
- Basement 2: Cosmichaus, VELA, Moonbridge Entertainment training Center
- Basement 3-4: Parking + Private VIP Parking
Audition History[]
- [2024] NAVIS COLUMBA NEW GROUP 2024 AUDITION
Official Links[]
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| Blair Music · Aprica Entertainment · cosmichaus · Cygnus Labs · VELA · Noir et Blanc Project | |||
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| Former | Groups | SCOUT · Queen Amethyst
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| Noir et Blanc Project | Current | Groups | |
| Related Topics | |||
| Fly for the Future | |||