Fans requested them to create a separate sub-unit name because the 4 members are not promoting as a full group
First, we would like to address the naming of BTOB's activities.
To protect the value of the name 'BTOB,' BTOB Company has managed and acquired the trademark rights through smooth consultation. This allows us to continue group activities under the team name 'BTOB.'
Currently, Seo Eunkwang, Lee Minhyuk, Im Hyunsik, and Peniel are currently leading activities under the name 'BTOB' with the desire to protect the group name. Through this decision, all activities under BTOB Company will continue to be conducted under the team name 'BTOB,' and we have decided not to use a separate unit name for activities that do not involve the full group.
We would like to inform you that this decision was made after much consideration of the special meaning of the team name 'BTOB' and the desire to preserve its value for the long term. In addition, this is just a form of activity that is carried out according to the current situations and schedules of the members. We want to assure fans that BTOB is always ready to promote as a full group whenever possible.
While waiting for the moment when all members can be together under the name of BTOB, we, BTOB Company, will do our best to support the growth of the group.
FYI, this company wasn't established by the members. They all left their previous agency and split into 4/1/1. The agency that the 4 members joined named their label 'BTOB Company.'
After this, the Japanese fan club was changed from 6 members to 4 without prior notice (it’s a paid membership, and no refunds were given, which caused quite an uproar)
BTOB's Japanese Fanclub Website right now:
Only 4 members are listed in the group’s introduction.
This is the behavior of the agency that will be in charge of the group if they do complete group activities with 6 members.
+They even excluded the group’s debut date from the Season’s Greetings. When fans complained, they tried to make up for it by sending stickers afterward.
-The company is even excluding the members from photoshoots?? Their management is really strange.
-What's wrong with them...?
-Personally, I can understand the four members using the name 'BTOB' instead of creating a separate unit name. But the company's attitude that subtly excludes the remaining 2 members somehow feels off...
-This feels wrong… They should just use a unit name.
-It's really strange for them not to use a unit nameㅋㅋ It's not like the other 2 members left the group anyway. So how are they going to distinguish this from the full-groups activities?
-I get that the 4 members can use the name 'BTOB' since they're members of BTOB anyway (And it was also agreed upon). But it's strange that they left out the other 2 members from their Japanese website.
-The company is so strange.
-But why do they have to use a unit name?
-Aren’t the 2 other members pretty popular? What’s wrong with this company?
-It's not like the other 2 members left the group... So why are they being left out?
-Isn’t this just because they’re in different companies?
-I personally think it’s just unavoidable... Just a personal opinion, though.
-They’re not promoting as a full group, so why not use a unit name?
-The 2 didn’t leave the group, so why are they being excluded? This company is so disrespectful and clueless.
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