Sohee (RIIZE)

Active RIIZE member · born November 21, 2003 · 2023–present

Sohee is a Korean vocalist in RIIZE. This is the canonical combined member-and-artist profile: group work, individual credits, official videos and any future solo release stay on one page instead of splitting one human into duplicate records.

Bottom line

Sohee is RIIZE’s vocal spark plug. His bright, focused tone can lift a chorus above dense production without turning thin, and his live singing gives the group credibility when the choreography is busy enough to make breathing look optional.

Profile at a glance

The road into RIIZE

He entered RIIZE without the earlier NCT or SMROOKIES visibility attached to some members. The voice made the introduction quickly. Across “Get A Guitar,” “Love 119,” “Impossible” and later releases, he became the person listeners could often identify before they knew the lineup.

RIIZE debuted with seven members and now promotes as six. Seunghan entered a hiatus in November 2023 and permanently left in October 2024. That timeline belongs in the group history, but it does not need to swallow every current member profile. The six people actively making the music deserve to be described through what they do now.

What Sohee brings to the group

Sohee is RIIZE’s vocal spark plug. His bright, focused tone can lift a chorus above dense production without turning thin, and his live singing gives the group credibility when the choreography is busy enough to make breathing look optional.

SM has used flexible song-by-song line distribution rather than a permanently useful public position chart. This profile therefore describes audible and visible function without inventing an official title the company never gave. A comeback can change the assignment without changing the person.

The emotional-pop lane

RIIZE built its identity around “emotional pop”: ordinary memory, growth and youth translated into songs that can still fill an arena. “Get A Guitar” used funk and togetherness; “Love 119” turned first love into an emergency; “Impossible” found freedom in house music; “Boom Boom Bass” made groove the plot. The through-line is feeling expressed through motion.

That framework is why RIIZE works best when production and performance tell the same story. Their strongest choreography is not an athletic appendix pasted after the chorus. It shows the emotional pressure in the song—hesitation, rush, confidence, relief—and lets six different bodies answer it.

Sohee in the “Sunburst” era

House music lives or dies on lift, and “Sunburst” gives him room to create it. His upper register turns the hook from pleasant summer background into an actual release of pressure.

“Sunburst” arrived as RIIZE’s third Japanese single in August 2026. The official description calls it a refreshing house summer tune about exhilaration and the once-only sparkle of youth. It extends the house current heard in “Impossible,” but trades warehouse liberation for golden-hour momentum.

Where to start

Start with “Get A Guitar”Daily+11.4KTotal views59.9M for the debut chemistry, “Impossible”Daily+5.9KTotal views33.5M for RIIZE’s house-music sweet spot, and the CVM Sekai “Sunburst” React for the newest chapter.

Official video tracker

RIIZE group releases live in the chronological tracker on the RIIZE hub. Any official solo music from Sohee will be added here so the canonical profile grows with the career instead of spawning a second artist page.

Sohee’s voice changes the ceiling

A bright high register can cut through production and still feel harsh if it arrives only as volume. Sohee’s useful quality is focus: the tone stays compact enough to remain clear, while the emotional edge makes a chorus feel newly urgent. He can raise the ceiling without turning the song into a vocal contest.

Live performance matters here. RIIZE choreography demands breath, and the audience can hear when a singer understands how to place a phrase inside movement. Sohee’s steadiness gives the group freedom to keep arrangements open rather than hiding every crucial lift inside an anonymous backing stack.

Brightness is not one emotion

His tone can express excitement, panic, tenderness or plain mischief depending on the phrasing. “Love 119” uses it for emotional emergency; “Impossible” uses it for release; “Sunburst” uses it for the rush of a memory forming. The instrument stays recognizable while the intention changes. That is identity, not repetition.

How to read this profile

This page separates verified biography from editorial analysis. Birth date, debut timeline, agency and release information come from official RIIZE or SM material and linked reporting. Descriptions of tone, movement and performance function come from watching the official videos and stages. They are not secret position labels dressed up as facts.

That distinction matters with RIIZE because the group changes its musical surface often. A member who anchors one chorus may carry a rhythmic handoff in the next release. Flexible assignments are evidence of a working group, not proof that somebody “lost” a permanent job between comebacks.

The current six-member chapter

RIIZE’s history includes the seven-member debut and Seunghan’s later departure. The present tense includes Shotaro, Eunseok, Sungchan, Wonbin, Sohee and Anton. Both statements can remain true without using the departed member as clickbait on every page or pretending the difficult transition never happened.

The six-member team has now built enough releases and stages to be judged as an active formation rather than a temporary adjustment. Their chemistry depends on contrast: experienced performers beside first-time debutants, bright voices beside lower tones, exact dancers beside members whose strength is conversational ease. The music works when the contrast becomes exchange instead of ranking.

Performance is part of the songwriting

RIIZE is one of those groups where a studio-only description leaves half the idea on the floor. “Get A Guitar” needs the shared groove, “Love 119” needs nervous forward motion, “Impossible” needs release through footwork, and “Sunburst” needs the sensation of six people chasing the same fading light. Choreography is not decorative evidence that they practiced. It is how the emotion becomes visible.

That does not mean every hard move is automatically meaningful. Difficulty only helps when the movement clarifies the song. The strongest RIIZE performances know when to tighten a formation, when to let one person redirect attention and when to make the whole group look briefly informal—as though the camera caught friends before the stage machinery arrived.

What comes next

The canonical-profile rule keeps future growth manageable. If an OST, collaboration, self-written track or solo debut arrives, its official video and analysis belong on this page alongside the RIIZE history. A separate artist page would only be justified if the person were genuinely distinct from this same human record, which a new billing line does not accomplish.

Until then, the useful update test is simple: does a new release change the documented musical role, add a verified credit, alter current status or supply an official video worth tracking? If yes, update the profile. If not, a teaser photo does not need to become fake biography.

Sohee under live pressure

Sohee’s bright tone can lift a RIIZE chorus above dense production without turning brittle. The useful quality is focus. His sound stays compact enough to cut through the mix, while a slight emotional edge keeps the brightness from feeling decorative. When a hook needs to clear the beat, he often supplies the final push.

That does not mean every high or exposed line automatically becomes proof of superiority. A group vocal works through contrast. Anton’s lower warmth, Eunseok’s steadiness and the other members’ textures help Sohee’s lift register. His strength becomes more audible because the arrangement gives it something to rise from.

Debuting without a famous preface

Sohee entered RIIZE without the earlier NCT debut attached to Shotaro and Sungchan or the SMROOKIES visibility attached to Eunseok. The voice introduced him quickly. Listeners could identify the bright, focused color before they had memorized the lineup, which is one of the cleanest ways a new singer can establish identity.

The pressure was still ugly. A major-company debut creates instant scrutiny, and live clips become evidence in arguments before a vocalist has accumulated a real catalog. Sohee’s answer has been consistency while moving. RIIZE choreography demands breath, and his exposed phrases often remain clear enough that the studio identity survives the stage.

Live singing inside hard choreography

Singing well while standing still and singing well during a demanding formation are related but different skills. Movement changes breath timing, support and the amount of physical tension a vocalist must manage. Sohee’s value appears when the arrangement can leave an important line exposed without the stage suddenly feeling fragile.

Backtracks and broadcast processing still exist; this profile will not pretend every clip is an untouched laboratory recording. The useful evidence comes from repeated performances, audible phrasing and how reliably the vocal intention survives different stages. Consistency across imperfect conditions tells us more than one viral high note or one rough moment.

Brightness is not one emotion

A bright voice can become predictable if producers use it only for happy choruses. Sohee has already shown more range. “Love 119” turns brightness into emergency. “Impossible” uses it as release. “Get A Guitar” makes it playful and communal. “Sunburst” lets it carry exhilaration with a bittersweet edge underneath.

The instrument remains recognizable while the emotional assignment changes. That is real range. He does not need to force a darker artificial color to prove seriousness. He needs phrasing, dynamics and arrangement choices that reveal how many feelings the existing voice can carry.

Sohee through the key RIIZE tracks

Start with “Get A Guitar” to hear how his tone sits inside groove rather than floating above it. Move to “Love 119” for urgency and melodic pull. “Impossible” shows how his lift interacts with house percussion, while “Boom Boom Bass” tests clarity against a thicker rhythmic frame.

“Sunburst” is a useful later checkpoint. The chorus needs brightness, but the concept is about a moment already becoming memory. Sohee’s upper color creates the rush without erasing that ache. The vocal sounds as if it wants the day to keep going even while the arrangement knows the light will change.

Camera presence without overselling the note

Vocalists are often edited as though the face must physically demonstrate the size of every note. Sohee is strongest when expression follows intention rather than difficulty. A clean line can look easy. The audience does not need a warning label explaining that breath support happened.

His group interactions also matter. A reaction before or after a line can keep the performance social, which suits RIIZE’s identity far better than six isolated vocal booths recreated on stage. The voice lifts the section; the body returns that lift to the group picture.

The official tracker and future solo work

This remains Sohee’s one canonical member-and-artist profile. An OST, collaboration, musical role, credited writing or solo debut belongs here beside RIIZE. Exact primary videos receive exact tracker entries. A group React does not silently count as coverage for an individual release, and a teaser does not become a new song because fans replayed it.

Factual updates require official credits or attributed sources. Vocal analysis is RaeRae’s judgment based on released music and performances. The page will not invent a permanent main-vocal title when flexible assignments explain the actual catalog better. Praise becomes stronger when it names what the ear can verify.

RaeRae’s verdict on Sohee

Sohee is RIIZE’s vocal spark plug, but the metaphor should not flatten him into “the high-note one.” His focused brightness can carry panic, relief, playfulness and warmth. He sings clearly enough through movement that the group can leave crucial lifts exposed instead of burying every chorus inside anonymous backing vocals.

The next step is more narrative responsibility: verses and bridges where his phrasing changes the emotional argument, plus verified creative credits if he pursues them. He already changes the ceiling of a song. The interesting future is hearing him shape the rooms below it too.

What I want from Sohee’s next era

The next RIIZE project should give Sohee a bridge that changes the argument rather than merely climbing higher. His brightness is already proven. A quieter entrance, a rougher edge or an unexpected lower phrase could make the eventual lift feel earned instead of scheduled. Vocal range means emotional architecture, not a competition to locate the highest available note.

I want at least one arrangement that leaves his phrasing exposed without burying it under a doubled stack. Production support is normal, especially during choreography, but listeners should hear how he shapes consonants, breath and dynamics. The instrument has enough identity to survive that space. Trusting it would make the group’s vocal character clearer.

Live stages should also preserve group interaction. A difficult vocal moment does not need five members to freeze while the singer completes an exam. Let movement continue, let another member respond and let Sohee return the energy to the formation. RIIZE works when music and choreography behave like the same conversation.

Any future OST or solo release belongs on this page with its exact primary video and credits. An OST could suit his focused emotional edge, but the song should demand interpretation rather than using him as a generic bright voice. If the material gives him a real character or point of view, the canonical profile will have something meaningful to update.

Sohee does not need to prove he can make a chorus bigger. He already does. The next step is showing how he can make a verse stranger, a bridge more vulnerable and a final chorus feel changed by everything before it. The singer who controls the ceiling should get more chances to redesign the whole room.

One final warning for coverage: do not reduce Sohee to a rescue device who arrives whenever the arrangement needs altitude. Follow the phrasing before the peak and the way he returns energy after it. A singer is not a fire alarm with good pitch. His identity will become richer when reviewers hear the quieter setup, the live breath decisions and the emotional difference between one bright chorus and another.

That means returning to full songs instead of circulating the same clipped note as though everything before and after it were packaging. Sohee deserves criticism that listens to the whole performance: the setup, breath, handoff and emotional consequence, not only the second most likely to win a quote-tweet.

Listen again before deciding who only “owns” the chorus.

Receipts

• RIIZE official member profile
• RIIZE official Japanese discography
• SM announcement on Shotaro and Sungchan joining the new group
• RIIZE official Sunburst notice