K One

Taiwanese boy band
the New Zealand rapper

K One was a Taiwanese boy band. The five member band was formed in 2003 and disbanded in 2008.

K One belongs to the management company, Wingman, managed by former 5566 member, Rio Peng. Other artists that belong to this company include 劉耕宏Will Liu, Evonne Hsu許慧欣 (eVonne), Ivy (許嘉凌, eVonne's sister), Alicia(潘瑋儀), Vivi (夏如芝), Niki, 無限(Freddy and Teddy), Wing, Style (浩偉and宏霖), and育緯. The band was founded in 2002. It collaborated with five agents and five record companies during its existence. Gino was the group's leader. For the TV series italic=yes in which K One members starred, the band in 2004 published a soundtrack album bearing the same name. The album had strong sales. The group topped G Music's Mandarin Chart in July 2005 and topped two other charts. According to Apple Daily, "this proves that although the idol product revision strategy has always been criticized by fans, there are still many people who buy it." The band released their second album Love Power on 13 May 2005. Owing to problems like the songs initially being criticised and business issues, the album's planned release date of February 2006 was revised to October of that year. They filmed the music videos for the songs "If there was no tomorrow" and "Look into my eyes" at Linkou District. With five people splitting the profits, it was difficult to operate especially with the members doing side jobs. K One disbanded in 2008. In interviews in 2015 and 2016, Gino said the group members were incompatible and said JR insisted on keeping his career in Taiwan and did not want to join the group in performing in mainland China.