{{short description|South Korean model management company}} {{for|the Southeast Asian pay television channel|K-Plus}} {{Infobox company | name = KPlus Holdings Co., Ltd. | logo = | native_name = 주식회사 케이플러스홀딩스 | native_name_lang = ko | former_name = '''K-Plus'''<br> '''YG KPlus''' | foundation = 2008 | founder = Go Eun-kyung | location = Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea | key_people = Go Eun-kyung (founder and chief executive officer) | industry = Fashion<br> Advertisement<br>Event Production<br>Talent Management | products = | revenue = | num_employees = | parent = {{plainlist| * Chorokbaem Media (50%) (2022- present)<ref name="owner">{{Cite web|title=초록뱀미디어, YG케이플러스 경영권 인수…사업영역 확대 |trans-title=Chorokbaem Media takes over management rights of YG K Plus... Expansion of business area |url=https://www.hankyung.com/article/2022052762816|website=Hankyung Media|language=ko|last=Ryu|first=Eunhyuk-mo|date=May 27, 2022|access-date=February 21, 2024}}</ref> * YG Entertainment (2014-2022) }} | homepage = {{URL|https://kplusholdings.com/}} }}
'''KPlus''' (Korean: 케이플러스) is a South Korean model and actors management company established by fashion model-turned-CEO Go Eun-kyung in 2008.
==History==
K-Plus was founded by former model Go Eun-kyung in 2008 to train future models and fashion industry professionals.<ref>{{cite news|title=패션모델의 대모, 고은경 대표를 만나다|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2016/02/203_197779.html|work=The Korea Times|date=February 11, 2016|language=ko}}</ref>
In February 2014, K-Plus signed a contract for strategic partnership and share investment with talent agency YG Entertainment and finalised the merger with a new name called "YG KPLUS" in September.<ref>{{cite web|title='YG Entertainment forms a strategic partnership with model management company K PLUS|url=http://www.allkpop.com/article/2014/02/yg-entertainment-forms-a-strategic-partnership-with-model-management-company-k-plus|publisher=Allkpop|date=February 18, 2014}}</ref> Go's former protege model-turned-actor Cha Seung-won would be training K-Plus models to become future actors.<ref>{{cite web|title='Cha Seung Won to Join Hands with YG to Train Future Model-Turned-Actors|url=http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/69463/chaseungwon-to-train-models-who-wish-to-act|publisher=Mwave|date=June 27, 2014}}</ref>
In September 2014, top model Kang Seung-hyun signed a contract with YGKPlus.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ph.celebrity.yahoo.com/news/top-model-kang-seung-hyun-makes-a-contract-051337356.html |title=Top Model Kang Seung Hyun Makes A Contract With YG KPLUS |access-date=2014-09-08 |archive-date=2014-09-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904093644/https://ph.celebrity.yahoo.com/news/top-model-kang-seung-hyun-makes-a-contract-051337356.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In June 2017, for the first time in Vietnam's Next Top Model, starting from All-stars' cycle onwards, the winner will receive this contract for him/her to include in the roster list of models.
In May 2022, Chorokbaem Media acquired 50% of the company's shares.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://n.news.naver.com/article/008/0004751374?sid=101 | title=초록뱀미디어, Yg 케이플러스 인수 "소속 아티스트 400명 규모 대형 기획사 도약" }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://m.etoday.co.kr/view.php?idxno=2137870 | title=초록뱀미디어, Yg 케이플러스 인수 "소속 아티스트 400명 규모 매머드급 K-엔터사 탄생" | date=26 May 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://n.news.naver.com/article/011/0004058833?sid=101 | title=초록뱀미디어, Yg 케이플러스 인수 "400명 규모 매머드급 K-엔터사 탄생" }}</ref> On August 22, 2022, it was announced that the company would change its name from YGKPLUS to KPLUS after the acquisition, while still collaborating with YG in the future.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-22 |title=YG 쏙 뺐다…케이플러스로 사명 변경 [공식] |url=https://sports.donga.com/News/article/all/20220822/115080727/1 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=스포츠동아 |language=ko}}</ref>
==Female models== {{colbegin|colwidth=}}
*Ahn Ye-won (''Produce 48'' contestant, eliminated in episode 5) *Bae Yoon-young *Cho Yelim *Choi Ah-reum* *Choi Ha-rim* *Choi Jung-in* *Choi Yeon-soo (''Produce 48'' contestant, eliminated in episode 5) *Choi Young-ji *Choi Sae-hui * Choi Sora *Ellis Ahn *Gil Minso *Ha Naryoung *Han Hye-yeon *Hanna N *Huh Bo-mi *Hong Hyo *Hong Na-kyung* *Hwang Hyun-joo *Hwang Seung-eon *Hwang So-hee *Hyun Ji-eun *Jennie Kim* *Jeon Min ok *Ji ESuu *Ji Ho-jin *Jo Hye-joo *Ju Hee-jeong *Jung Han-sol *Jung Ji-young *Jung Soo-hyun* *Jung Yoo-sun *Kang Yoon-ji *Kim Eun-sun* *Kim Hae-ah *Kim Hyo-kyung *Kim Hyun-hee *Kim Jisoo* *Kim Min-Kyeung *Kim Sae-in* *Kim Sang-Won *Kim Su-bin* *Kim Yae-ji *Kim Ye-rim* *Ko Eun-bi* *Kwon Ji-ya* *Lalisa Manoban* *Lee Ha-eun *Lee Ho-jung *Lee Jay *Lee Ji-hye* *Lee Jung-hyun *Lee Roo-young *Lee Seung-mee *Lee Song-yi *Lee Su-jin *Lee Sung-kyung *Lee Yeon-joo* *Nadine Lee *Oh Hye-ji *Park Chaeyoung* *Park Jung-min* *Park Sae-jin* *Park Se-jeong *Park Su-jin *Park Sun-ha *Park Yae-woon *Shim Soyoung *Shin Ha-young *Shin Hey-nam *Shin Hye-jin* *Shin Hyun-ji *Shin Yae-min* *Song Hyun-min *Song Jae-hee* *Suh Minji* *Tiana Tolstoi *Um Ye-jin *Um Yoo-jung *Wu I-Hua *Yang Rira *Yeo Yeon-hui *Yoo Eun-bi *Yoon Seon-ah* *Jéanjel Sucnaan* {{colend}} (* indicates models in Development)
==Male models== {{colbegin}} *Ahn Juni *Bae Joon-seok* *Bang Joo-ho *Cheon Sang-hun* *Cho David *Cho Hwan* *Cho Hyo-in *Cho Jae Hyung* *Cho Sung-hoon *Choi Chang-wook *Choi Han-bin *Choi Jeong-gab* *Choi Yeon-kyu *Erick Vic. *Go Ung-ho *Ha Seok-hwan* *Han Sol* *Jang Ki-yong *Joo Woo-jae *Joel Roberts* *Jeon Jun-yeong* *Jeong Rok-hui *Jiwon Hyuk *Jung Hyo-joon* (Produce 101 Season 2 contestant) *Jung Jong-won* *Jung Sung-joon *Jung Ui-sung *Jung Yongsoo * Kang Hui *Kang Hyuk-moon *Kang Sung-jin *Kang Won-jae *Kim Alex* *Kim Bo-heon *Kim Gun-woo* *Kim Gyu-ho *Kim Hak-soo *Kim Han-byul *Kim Ho-sung* *Kim Hyun-jin *Kim Hyun-woo* (Produce 101 Season 2 contestant) *Kim Jong-hoon *Kim Jung-sik *Kim Ki-bum *Kim Kwan-joon* *Kim Min-jong *Kim Pil-su *Kim Seung-eun *Kim Seung-hyun *Kim Sung-yeon *Kim Tae-wan *Kim Tae-woo *Kim Woo-ram* *Kim Young-seok *Kwon Hyun-bin (Produce 101 Season 2 contestant and member of South Korean boy group JBJ) *Kwon Ju-hyung* *Lee Bom-chan *Lee Gi-hean *Lee Hyun-jun *Lee Hyun-wook *Lee Hyung-seok *Lee Jae-seok* *Lee Jin-kyeong *Lee Ji-seok *Lee Keun-yong *Lee Ki-taek *Lee Myoun-gil *Lee Seok-chan *Lee Soo-min* *Lee Soo-hyuk *Lee Woo-chan* *Lim Hoo-seok *Lim Jae-hyung *Meng Joo-ho *Nam Goong-dam *Nikita Tolstoi *Oh Jae-young* *Park Bo-sung *Park Byung-min *Park Hong *Park Hyeong-seop *Park Jong-ik* *Park Ki-tae *Park Min-Seop *Park Yae-chan* *Seo Soo-won *Seo Hong-seok *Seok Ji-an *Seong Woo-jin *Shin Jae-hyuk *Shin Dongho *Shin Yong-guk *Song Kyung-mok *Yoon Jun-woo *Yoon Su-ho *Yu Hyun-woo *Won Jeong Hwang *Woo Jin-kyung {{colend}} (* indicates models in Development)
==Actors== *Kang Dong-wook *Go Yi-jin *Gi Eun-su *Yoo Ji-ae *Kim Min-kyeung *Kim Hyun-jae *Nam Gung-dam *Nam Gyu-hee *Shin Ji-hoon
==See also== * List of modeling agencies
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.kplusmodel.com/main/}} * [http://blog.naver.com/kplusmodel Official blog]
{{YG Entertainment}}
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