Noh Yoonho from the Survival program No Mercy is finally making his debut as a new member of VAV. Yoonho has trained under Starship Entertainment for 7 years and is the youngest participant in the said program together with the current Monsta X members; Shownu, Wonho, Kihyun, Minhyuk, Hyungwon, Jooheon and IM. Yoonho got eliminated after performing with Hyungwon, #Gun, Shownu, Minhyuk and Starship seniors Busker, Genius Nochang Junggigo during the 4th Debut mission.
You can watch the Mnet’s No Mercy on 1theK’s Youtube channel.
After three years, Yoonho is joining VAV for their comeback and making his debut as with four of the current members, St. Van, BaRon, Ace and Jacob. Yoonho will be promoting with the group and will be using “Ayno” as his stage name. VAV debut with Under the Moonlight on October 31, 2015 under AQ Entertainment also known as A Team Entertainment. The group originally consists of six members but it was announced on June 2016 that Chinese member Xiao has left the group for personal reasons.
See AQ’s statement:
"Recently, Xiao went back to China because of personal reasons. His father's health has become worse, and he cannot participate in team promotions. After a lot of thinking, he has decided to leave the group. The group will now be a 6-member group."
On the same year, another member’s departure was announced. After joining VAV for their 2nd mini album “No Doubt” on May 2016 (making him the seventh member), member Zehan left the group December 6, 2016 to pursue his career path as an actor. The recent member to make his leave is GyeoUI on January 25, 2017 to focus on his career as a producer.
Watch VAV's No Doubt here:
VAV shared their comeback schedule on their twitter account. They will be releasing the album and the music video for “Venus” on February 18, 2017.
(taken from VAV's official twitter account)
(Written by Korea.com's Roger)