Native name
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주식회사 판타지오 |
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Traded as | KRX: |
Industry |
Entertainment Music Production |
Genre | K-pop |
Founded | September 16, 2008 | (as N.O.A Entertainment Co., Ltd.)
Founder | Na Byeong-jun |
Headquarters | Seoul, South Korea |
Key people
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Na Byeong-jun (founding chairman and CEO) Cho Sung-sik |
Services | Talent agency Production company |
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Subsidiaries | Fantagio Pictures Fantagio Music Madin Entertainment Solid C&M |
Website | Fantagio Official Website |
Fantagio Co., Ltd. (Hangul: 판타지오) is a South Korean talent agency and film and drama production company. The company was founded in September 2008 as NOA Entertainment (standing for "Network of Asia"), before being renamed as Fantagio in June 2011. In 2012, the company had a reported operating income of KR₩14.1 billion with a net income of KR₩1.8 billion (approximately US$1.6 million).
In January 2011, Fantagio founded its acting management division Madin Entertainment. As of 2015, Fantagio managed over 50 actors and actresses.
Fantagio Pictures is a film and TV drama production division that was founded in November 2011 along with other subsidiaries Fantagio Music and Solid C&M. Fantagio Pictures is credited with production or co-production of the following works:
Fantagio Music is a record label and music production division. In May 2012, Fantagio launched the girl group Hello Venus as part of Tricell Media, a joint venture with Pledis Entertainment; this was dissolved in 2014 and Hello Venus continued under Fantagio Music. In September 2013, it debuted 5URPRISE, a boy group whose members were previously in Fantagio's acting division. Then on the 23rd of February 2016 they debuted the six-membered boy group ASTRO, after them starring in their own drama, To Be Continued.
Solid C&M is Fantagio's division for restaurant franchises, education, distribution, and other ventures. Cafe Fantagio was launched in September 2012, and Fantagio has also invested in dessert restaurant franchise Mango Six.
On March 4, 2013, founder Na Byeong-jun established Fantagio's Manager Training Academy, aiming to train future celebrity managers through a curriculum including classes in film and media relations.