What is Jihyo planning to do after leaving JYP Entertainment?

Jihyo plans to pursue her solo music career under Emithaus while continuing her activities with TWICE. She said she hopes the new agency will let her explore possibilities within herself that she has yet to discover.

How long was Jihyo with JYP Entertainment, and how did she join the company?

Jihyo said she had been with JYP Entertainment for 21 years, since childhood. She joined as a trainee before TWICE's 2015 debut, and the company managed her from that time.

TWICE's Jihyo leaves JYP after 21 years to launch own agency

Q: What did Jihyo say about her approach to future choices and activities?

Jihyo said she would approach future choices and activities with greater care and a stronger sense of responsibility as she left a familiar environment and continued her work in a new way.

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Summary

TWICE member Jihyo said Wednesday she had left JYP Entertainment after 21 years to establish her own agency, Emithaus. She plans to pursue her solo music career through the new agency while continuing activities with TWICE. Jihyo said she hopes to explore new possibilities and approach future choices and activities with greater care and responsibility.

Key Facts

Jihyo joined JYP Entertainment as a trainee before TWICE debuted in 2015.
In a handwritten letter posted on social media, Jihyo said she had ended her contract with JYP Entertainment.
Jihyo is 29 years old.
JYP Entertainment had managed Jihyo since she joined the company as a trainee.

By Yonhap

Published Oct 21, 2026 2:12 pm KST

Jihyo from K-pop girl group TWICE / Courtesy of JYP

Jihyo, a member of K-pop girl group TWICE, said Wednesday she has left JYP Entertainment to establish her own agency.

In a handwritten letter posted on social media, Jihyo said she had ended her contract with JYP, where she had been for 21 years since childhood.

"I have established Emithaus," she wrote. "Through this new home, I hope to freely explore even the possibilities within myself that I have yet to discover."

The 29-year-old singer added, "I will approach every future choice and activity with greater care and a stronger sense of responsibility, as I step out of a familiar environment and continue my work in a new way."

Jihyo plans to pursue her solo music career under the new agency while continuing activities with TWICE.

JYP Entertainment, one of Korea's major K-pop agencies, had managed Jihyo since she joined the company as a trainee before TWICE's 2015 debut.

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