Kauê

Kauê, born Kauê Penna Forte, gives Santos Bravos one of its clearest vocal anchors. Before stepping into HYBE Latin America's first boy-group experiment, he had already won The Voice Kids Brasil in 2020 and pushed that momentum into early solo releases. That matters because he did not arrive as a blank trainee profile. He arrived with real broadcast validation and a voice that had already carried public pressure.

Inside Santos Bravos, his role is less about volume than control. The group's rollout across 0%, KAWASAKI, and the 2026 EP DUAL needs members who can keep the Latin-pop scale feeling polished rather than overbuilt, and Kauê is one of the members who makes that balance believable. The official group site frames Santos Bravos as HYBE's first Latin band, built from a cross-border lineup and a long audition-plus-training process. Kauê is one of the members who makes that pitch sound earned instead of theoretical.

He also carries a specifically Brazilian lane inside the group. That identity is not cosmetic. It is part of why Santos Bravos feels broader than a market-specific act, and why Kauê matters to the project's long game as much as he matters to its current singles.