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Haruta
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Haruta

Haruta gives SM Entertainment's SMTR25 rollout a clear continuity line, because he arrived with prior survival-show visibility before the company pushed him into Reply High School. Born on March 5, 2006, the Japanese trainee now sits in the show's 2010s class, where SM is testing a younger, multinational talent pool in front of a public audience instead of behind closed practice-room walls.

That continuity is the story. Before SMTR25 became a formal pre-debut brand, Haruta was already known to fans who followed NCT Universe : LASTART. Reply High School and the 2026 single We Go Up shifted him from survival-show prospect into a more structured SM pipeline, with Mnet broadcast exposure and recurring official content supporting the transition.

For HITKULTR, Haruta matters because he represents how SM is recycling attention instead of resetting it. The company is taking a trainee with prior visibility and folding that recognition into a new team build that still has room to evolve before the final debut announcement.

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Discography

2026
We Go UpSingle
SMTR25 MemberSMTR25SM Entertainment

Filmography

2026
Reply High SchoolVariety Show
Cast MemberMnet

Other Credits

2023
NCT Universe : LASTARTSurvival Show
ContestantSM Entertainment

Fans Also Ask

Who is Haruta in SMTR25?
Haruta is a Japanese trainee in SM Entertainment's SMTR25 project. He appears in Reply High School as part of the 2010s class, placing him inside the most public stage of SM's next-boy-group pipeline as the company tests trainees through weekly broadcast exposure.
How old is Haruta from SMTR25?
Haruta was born on March 5, 2006, according to the Reply High School profile rollout. His age and nationality matter because SMTR25 is being positioned as a multinational trainee team, and Haruta is part of the Japanese line inside that public build.
Was Haruta on NCT Universe : LASTART?
Yes. Haruta was known to K-pop viewers before Reply High School because he competed on NCT Universe : LASTART, the SM survival project tied to the creation of NCT WISH. That earlier exposure gave him a recognizable pre-debut storyline before SMTR25 launched.
Has Haruta debuted yet?
No. Haruta is still in a pre-debut trainee phase. SMTR25 has already given him official music and broadcast exposure through We Go Up and Reply High School, but SM Entertainment has not confirmed the final debut lineup he may enter.

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