How many members does NCT actually have?

NCT is an umbrella group whose members belong to sub-units — NCT U, NCT 127, NCT Dream, WayV, NCT DoJaeJung, NCT Wish and NCT JNJM. The roster changes with departures: Mark left in April 2026 and Winwin in July 2026.

How do NCT's sub-units work?

Each sub-unit has its own lineup and concept — NCT 127 in Seoul, NCT Dream, the China-based WayV, NCT Wish and the newer duos NCT DoJaeJung and NCT JNJM — while NCT U assembles rotating lineups for specific songs.

Is NCT still adding new sub-units?

Not new members from abroad: SM said in 2023 that NCT Wish would end the international expansion. New units can still form from existing members — Jeno and Jaemin debuted as NCT JNJM in 2026.

How does NCT compare to SM's other groups?

Unlike SM's single-lineup groups, NCT was built as an expandable franchise of interlocking sub-units, making it the company's most experimental and structurally complex act.

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NCT

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AgencySM EntertainmentDebutApr 2016GenreK-pop, Hip-hop, R&B

SM's 'unlimited members' experiment — one boundless brand splintered into a web of sub-units.

Boundless concept
Multi-unit
Experimental
Global spread
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LINEUP

Members

NCT members: positions, birthdays and ages
Member	Position	Birthday	Age	Height	Born in
Johnny	Lead dancer · Sub-rapper	Feb 9, 1995	31	185 cm	United States
Taeyong	Leader · Main rapper	Jul 1, 1995	31	175 cm	South Korea
Yuta	Lead dancer · Sub-vocalist	Oct 26, 1995	31	176 cm	Japan
Kun	Leader · Main vocalist	Jan 1, 1996	30	176 cm	China
Doyoung	Main vocalist	Feb 1, 1996	30	178 cm	South Korea
Ten	Main dancer · Main vocalist	Feb 27, 1996	30	171 cm	Thailand
Jaehyun	Main vocalist · Lead dancer	Feb 14, 1997	29	180 cm	South Korea
Jungwoo	Lead vocalist · Lead dancer	Feb 19, 1998	28	180 cm	South Korea
Xiaojun	Main vocalist	Aug 8, 1999	27	171 cm	China
Hendery	Main rapper · Lead dancer	Sep 28, 1999	27	175 cm	Macau
Renjun	Main vocalist · Lead dancer	Mar 23, 2000	26	171 cm	China
Jeno	Main rapper · Lead dancer	Apr 23, 2000	26	177 cm	South Korea
Haechan	Main vocalist · Lead dancer	Jun 6, 2000	26	174 cm	South Korea
Jaemin	Lead dancer · Lead rapper	Aug 13, 2000	26	177 cm	South Korea
Yangyang	Main rapper · Lead dancer	Oct 10, 2000	26	—	Taiwan
Chenle	Main vocalist	Nov 22, 2001	24	—	China
Jisung	Main dancer · Sub-vocalist	Feb 5, 2002	24	180 cm	South Korea
Sion	Leader · Lead vocalist	May 11, 2002	24	179 cm	South Korea
Riku	Main rapper	Jun 28, 2003	23	176 cm	Japan
Yushi	Main dancer	Apr 5, 2004	22	175 cm	Japan
Jaehee	Main vocalist	Jun 21, 2005	21	185 cm	South Korea
Ryo	Sub-vocalist	Aug 4, 2007	19	165 cm	Japan
Sakuya	Lead rapper · Sub-vocalist	Nov 18, 2007	18	176 cm	Japan

MILESTONES

Records & firsts

NCT 2020 Resonance sold over 2.6 million copies in two months

The best-selling physical album by an SM act at the time; first daesang, Asia Artist Awards 2020.

First NCT sub-unit to win a major daesang

NCT 127, Seoul Music Awards 2022, for Sticker.

Sticker and Favorite: best-selling album by an SM artist

3.58 million combined by November 2021.

NCT Dream's Glitch Mode sold 2.1 million in its first week

2022.

Universe passed 1.7 million pre-orders

NCT 2021, December 2021.

DID YOU KNOW

Trivia & lore

NCT stands for Neo Culture Technology and was pitched as a group with an unlimited number of members split into sub-units.
NCT Dream started with members "graduating" at adulthood; after Reload in 2020 it continued as a fixed seven.
WayV is NCT's China-based sub-unit.
NCT U's debut members reunited for "Baggy Jeans" on the 2023 album Golden Age.
Before debut, Taeyong rapped on Red Velvet's second single "Be Natural" in 2014.

DISCOGRAPHY

Signature tracks

Sticker — Sticker

2021 · Sticker & million-sellers

Make A Wish (Birthday Song) — NCT 2020 Resonance

2020 · WayV & the empire grows

Cherry Bomb — NCT #127 Cherry Bomb

2017 · NCT 127 & NCT Dream launch

Steady — Steady (NCT Wish)

2024 · Solo debuts, NCT Wish & JNJM

Hot Sauce — Hot Sauce

2021 · Sticker & million-sellers

TIMELINE

The journey

ORIGIN

Neo Culture Technology

2016 — 2016

SM unveiled NCT — Neo Culture Technology — in January 2016 as a boy group with an "unlimited" number of members, debuting in separate sub-units based in different cities. The rotating NCT U launched it in April 2016 with "The 7th Sense".

Lineup: Debuted in 2016 via the rotating unit NCT U, followed quickly by NCT 127 and NCT Dream

DEBUT

NCT 127 & NCT Dream launch

2016 — 2018

The Seoul-based NCT 127 broke through with "Cherry Bomb", its first Gaon chart entry and first music-show trophy, while NCT Dream began as a teen unit whose members would graduate at adulthood. The sub-units let SM run different concepts at once.

Anchor track: Cherry Bomb

Lineup: NCT 127 and NCT Dream debuted as distinct sub-units, 2016

GLOBAL

WayV & the empire grows

2019 — 2021

WayV gave NCT a China-based unit in 2019, and the collective projects peaked with NCT 2020 Resonance, which sold over 2.6 million copies in two months and won NCT its first daesang. NCT Dream dropped the graduation rule in 2020.

Anchor track: Make A Wish (Birthday Song)

Lineup: WayV added as the Chinese sub-unit, 2019; collective expanded past 20 members

BREAKTHROUGH

Sticker & million-sellers

2021 — 2023

NCT 127's Sticker won a Seoul Music Awards daesang, the first for an NCT unit, and NCT Dream's Hot Sauce and Glitch Mode became multi-million sellers. The full group reunited for Universe (2021) and Golden Age (2023), with stadium shows in Incheon and Japan.

Anchor track: Sticker

Lineup: Lucas left in May 2023; Sungchan and Shotaro moved to RIIZE

REBRAND

Solo debuts, NCT Wish & JNJM

2024

Ten, Doyoung, Jaehyun and Yuta debuted solo in 2024, and NCT Wish — the last unit from SM's international expansion — debuted that February. In 2026 Jeno and Jaemin became NCT JNJM, the seventh sub-unit, while Mark and Winwin left when their contracts ended.

Anchor track: Steady

Lineup: Taeil removed in August 2024; Mark left in April 2026 and Winwin in July 2026

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