RIIZE And XngHan’s (Seunghan) Reactions To Each Other On Stage Trigger Mixed Reactions
When RIIZE first debuted, the group consisted of seven members. This changed after a “dating scandal” led to former member Seunghan’s hiatus and removal from the group.
Seunghan was later announced to debut as a solo artist, under the name XngHan.
XngHan was also announced to attend SMTOWN Live 2025 in Tokyo, performing as XngHan&Xoul. He was met with cheers from the audience, which showed the support he has seen from international fans, and a massive response online.
Another aspect of XngHan’s attendance that gained attention was his interactions with other idols, including his former group, RIIZE.
During the ending of SM Entertainment family concerts, all performers return to the stage to sing the ending song and interact with each other. Several SM Idols directly interacted with XngHan, like Super Junior’s Leeteuk, who asked the audience to support the newly debuted solo artist.
i seriously wanna say a huge thank you to leeteuk sunbaenim because he kept mentioning seunghan’s name so many times, and the cameraman kept focusing on him non-stop thank you sunbaenim for supporting our seunghan 😭💖 pic.twitter.com/NwNtKmUDJ4
— 𝐍𝐢𝐜🫧 (@itsnicholla) August 9, 2025
Many were also curious to see how RIIZE and Seunghan would interact due to their shared history. It appears that they did not have any direct interactions on stage, with Seunghan being spotted in the same frame as them for the first time in a while.
i just realized seunghan and riku totally walked past riize members who were taking a pic 😅🤣 pic.twitter.com/XFZgLZ9f5H
— 𝐍𝐢𝐜🫧 (@itsnicholla) August 10, 2025
The artists were able to show support for each other in a different ways that sparked big reactions from fans.
When Leeteuk made his request, RIIZE can be seen clapping.
i know riize will always be there supporting seunghan pic.twitter.com/R6NY0kZ51n
— toti ꕤ (@eunseotons) August 10, 2025
riize reaction to seunghan 🥹🩵
video cr. @/allryeonder pic.twitter.com/biGvZoyooO
— ౨ৎ (@jiyuriseuton) August 9, 2025
In return, when RIIZE were mentioned during the group photo time, XngHan also clapped for the group.
xnghan clapping for all the artists pic.twitter.com/znLzYGVe7l
— 🚽 (@hongjjanu) August 10, 2025
These interactions left many fans with mixed feelings, both appreciative of the support shown to each other, but sadden that there were not any direct interactions.
it’s such a bittersweet feeling watching smtown tokyo encore like riize and seunghan were finally on the same stage after more than a year… so close, yet so far 🥺 pic.twitter.com/40WuA5DZGt
— 기타치는 오빠 🎸 (@fallinginwonbin) August 9, 2025
bye…
my nerves are on edge, I sincerely hope that each of them is doing well. I'm rooting for both Seunghan and Riize,but it's so damn hard to watch. pic.twitter.com/wfuBUdVXlR
— nako🍀🎸🧋 (@kiki886888) August 10, 2025
riize and seunghan being on the same stage and being so close to each other makes me want to throw up. the way i mourn about what we could have or should have been but i hope that we get to see them shine and heal from everything.
— ؘ (@neocuntcity) August 9, 2025
