Five Pentagon members leave Cube Entertainment

Boy band Pentagon [CUBE ENTERTAINMENT]

Pentagon members Yeo One, Yanan, Yuto, Kino and Wooseok will leave their agency Cube Entertainment, leaving only four members of the original band with their company.

"We had very long and candid talks with the Pentagon members ahead of the termination of their exclusive contracts," Cube Entertainment said in a press release.

"After the talks, we decided to end our contracts with Yeo One, Yanan, Yuto, Kino and Wooseok. We thank them deeply for having stuck with us through the long seven years and wish them only happiness in their years to come."

Pentagon debuted on Oct. 10, 2016, with 10 members: Yeo One, Yanan, Yuto, Kino, Wooseok, Hui, Jinho, Hongseok, Shinwon and E'Dawn.

E'Dawn, now known as Dawn, left Pentagon and Cube Entertainment in September 2018 after he came forward with his relationship with singer HyunA, even though the agency had publicly denied the relationship.

Monday's news now leaves members Hui, Jinho, Hongseok and Shinwon with Pentagon. Hui, Jinho and Hongseok's contracts have been put on pause because of their military services and will end on different dates.

BY YOON SO-YEON [yoon.soyeon@joongang.co.kr]