Yuto Adachi

, known mononymously as Yuto (; ), is a Japanese rapper, singer and dancer. He was a member of the South Korean boy group Pentagon.

Early life and education Yuto was born on January 23, 1998, in Nagano, Japan.

At 15 years old, he moved to Korea after persuading his parents several times. He aimed to be the first Japanese male K-pop artist "[but] my skills was completely insufficient." At the championship, Yuto teamed with Goaldae-Sliga alongside Doo-joon and Yoseob of Beast, and Roh Ji-hoon, and took the gold medal in the men futsal.

In 2016, Yuto joined as survival candidate in a South Korean television reality program Pentagon Maker, hosted by Cube Entertainment and co-produced by Mnet. Though he was initially in the bottom four in the first elimination, he was save in the ninth week after performing "Young" (Prod. by Dok2) with his team. On July 9, "Young" was released on various online music sites. In episode 9, week 10 of Pentagon Maker, Yuto performed Block B's "Very good" alongside Jinho and Wooseok for the 3 vs 3 vs 3 match, where the confirmed member were selected as unit leaders and each team includes the elimination candidates including Yuto. As a result of the final mission, Yuto's team won first place in the unit performance. Thus, he was excluded from the candidate for elimination after completing his Pentagraph and joined as Pentagon's 6th member. Before the group officially debuted, Yuto made his first cameo on Yeo One's web drama Spark, alongside fellow Pentagon members Hui, E'Dawn and Wooseok.

2016–2025: Debut with Pentagon and solo activities

On October 10, 2016, Yuto officially debuted as a member of Pentagon with their first extended play Pentagon. He is the lead rapper and lead dancer in the group. In 2017, he made a cameo in the drama Hello, My Twenties! 2 with his bandmates as a member of Asgard. On September 24, Yuto challenged his first role as the MC for Japan-Korea 10th Anniversary KMF2017 which was held at Yokohama Arena. In 2018, Yuto co-hosted 69th Sapporo Snow Fest 10th Anniversary K-POP FESTIVAL 2018 along with Monsta X's Hyungwon and Target's Woojin. The MCs were selected for being born in a year in which the Olympics took place, Yuto was born in 1998 during Nagano Winter Olympic. In June 2021, Yuto began hosting his own bimonthly segment on Mnet Japan's program Mnet BANG!.

In early 2023, Yuto became the co-host of the TV Tokyo program Who is your next? The Klobal Stage alongside ONF's U. On October 9, it was announced that he had left Cube Entertainment alongside fellow Pentagon members Yeo One, Yanan, Kino, and Wooseok. By the end of the month, he had signed with RINK Entertainment, moving his activity base to Japan.

Yuto released his first extended play Dat Girl, featuring the lead single "Dat Girl" and three other songs, on December 13.

On April 30, 2025, Yuto announced he would be fully restarting his solo career in Japan, signing with companies STARBASE and Horipro. He subsequently announced the release of his first EP album Blue Spring on May 14, feating lead single "Blue Spring" and three other songs. He was later featured in the Glay song "Unleashed", which was released in December.

2026–present: Produce 101 Japan: Shinsekai and departure from Pentagon In January 2026, Yuto was announced as a Rap Trainer for the fourth season of Produce 101 Japan, titled Produce 101 Japan Shinsekai.

Personal life Yuto has expressed his fondness towards Shinee's song "Lucifer" in many of his interview. He also confessed that his role model is Taemin from the same group.

Released: December 13, 2023 Label: RINK Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 15

Released: May 14, 2025 Label: Starbase Records Formats: CD, digital download, streaming —

Singles +List of singles as lead artist, showing chart positions, year released, and album nameTitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbumJPN"Dat Girl" 2023 —Dat Girl"Blue Spring"2025—Blue Spring "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory

Other songs Year Title Format Ref. 2019 "Kuro"Digital download, streaming 2020 "Pencil" "Sight(視線)" "Flower" "You are the main character" "Dreamer" "Honki" ft. Houdini 2021傷〜wounds〜 2022"You Don't Have to Try Hard" (頑張らなくてもいいよ)

Songwriting credits

All credits are adapted from the Korea Music Copyright Association, unless stated otherwise.

Solo work YearSong Featured artistAlbumLyricsMusicCreditedWithCreditedWith 2018 "Trust Me" Wooseok & E'Dawn

Pentagon albums/singles YearSongAlbumLyricsMusicArrangementCreditedWithCreditedWithCreditedWith 2016 "Young (젊어)" (Prod. by Dok2)

"Back"

2017 "Engine" Five Senses

"Nothing" Ceremony

"Spectacular"

"To Universe"

"Get That Drink" Demo_01

"When I Was in Love"

"One More Night"

"Like This" Demo_01

"Violet" Demo_02

"Runaway"

"Pretty Boys"

"All Right"

2018 "Shine" Positive

"Think About You"

"Off-Road"

"Do It for Fun"

"Shine" (Japanese ver.) Shine

"Naughty Boy" Thumbs Up!

"Just Do It Yo"

"Skateboard"

"When It Rains at Night"

2019 "Alien" Genie:us

"Round 1"

"Spring Snow"

"Lost Paradise" (Hip Hop Unit)

"Round 2" Sum(me:r)

2020 "Camellia" (동백꽃) Universe: The Black Hall

"Happiness" (Korean Ver.)

"Eternal Flame" (불꽃) 2021 "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" Do or Not

"Dazzling" (眩しい君と)

Other works by Pentagon YearSongArtistAlbumLyricsMusicArrangementCreditedWithCreditedWithCreditedWith 2020 "Genius" Pentagon feat. Pentagon's dads

Other artist YearSongArtistAlbumLyricsMusicArrangementCreditedWithCreditedWithCreditedWith 2018 "Young & One" United Cube

2020 "Hollow" Houdini

"I'm the Trend" (G)I-dle Dumdi Dumdi

Filmography

Television shows

Variety shows YearTitleNetworkNotesRef. 2016 Mnet Contestant

Dramas Year Title Role Network Notes Ref. 2016 Spark Naver TV Cameo