ATEEZ, ENHYPEN Lead 2026 Asia Star Entertainer Awards: Winners List

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. ENHYPEN and ATEEZ emerged as the biggest winners at the 2026 Asia Star Entertainer Awards with both K-pop groups not only scoring the most trophies of the night but also securing grand-prize-level honors. Held across two nights at the Belluna Dome in Saitama, Japan, the third-ever ASEA ceremony saw ENHYPEN lead the first day of awards, winning Artist of the Year, Album of the Year for their mega-selling 2025 release DESIRE : UNLEASH, both representing some of the grand prizes (also known as a "Daesang") of the night. The boy band also earned recognition as one of the 10 artists to be named as The Platinum, one of the ceremony's "platinum" awards (also known as a "Bonsang"). ATEEZ matched that momentum on Day 2, taking the grand prize for Record of the Year, while also being recognized in The Platinum, and taking home the award for The Best Conceptual Artist. The eight-member act has been on a hot streak with its Golden Hour album series, which began in 2024 and has so far seen all four albums -- including Golden Hour: Part.4 from this past February -- top Korea's Circle Chart and reach the Top 3 of the Billboard 200. The night's other Daesangs were split among BLACKPINK (which won Song of the Year for their 2025 comeback single "JUMP") and &TEAM (HYBE's Japanese boy band took Performance of the Year). Legendary K-pop outfit TVXQ! also scored three wins, being named The Grand Legendary Artist of Asia, earning recognition in The Platinum, and was one of two winners in Top Touring Artist, no doubt in part due to their Zone: 20th Anniversary Live Tour, a massive 22 shows between 2024 and 2025 to celebrate 20 years since debuting in Japan. Elsewhere, superstar singer-actor Lee Junho of boy band 2PM also won three awards for his acting work, as did sensational trot vocalist Lim Young Woong. Read on for the full winners at this year's Asia Star Entertainer Awards.