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Huntrix is a virtual K-pop girl group introduced in the 2025 Netflix animated musical film KPop Demon Hunters. The group consists of three members – Rumi, Mira, and Zoey – whose s…

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Huntrix ( HUN-triks; stylized as Huntr/x in all caps) is a virtual K-pop girl group introduced in the 2025 Netflix animated musical film KPop Demon Hunters. The group consists of three members – Rumi, Mira, and Zoey – whose singing voices are provided by Ejae, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami, respectively.

Conception and creationThe members of Huntrix are the protagonists of the 2025 Netflix animated film KPop Demon Hunters which was directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans.
AppearancesHuntrix debuted on June 20, 2025, in the animated film KPop Demon Hunters and on its accompanying soundtrack.

Huntrix is a virtual K-pop girl group introduced in the 2025 Netflix animated musical film KPop Demon Hunters. The group consists of three members – Rumi, Mira, and Zoey – whose singing voices are provided by Ejae, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami, respectively. Their respective speaking voices are provided by Arden Cho, May Hong, and Ji-young Yoo.

Conception and creation

The members of Huntrix are the protagonists of the 2025 Netflix animated film KPop Demon Hunters which was directed by Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans. With-in the film's universe, Huntrix are the latest trio in a long line of female demon hunters, who use their singing and concerts to empower the magic Honmoon barrier and protect humanity from the demon king Gwi-Ma and his minions; their goal is to create the Golden Honmoon which will permanently keep demons out of the world. David Tizzard of The Korea Times explained that Huntrix perform "a traditional Korean shamanic gut ritual reimagined in a hypermodern stadium". KPop Demon Hunters was conceived by Kang who wanted to make a film "set in Korean culture"; she "delved into mythology and demonology for something that could be visually unique" compared to "mainstream media". She also called the film her "love letter to K-pop" and her "Korean roots". Kang explained that when developing the history of the demon hunters they decided to play into "the shaman women from Korean culture" as historically these women would "sing and dance to protect their village and their communities".

On the character design of Huntrix, Kang highlighted wanting to differentiate from "Marvel female superheroes that were just sexy and cool and badass" and instead have "girls who had potbellies and burped and were crass and silly and fun" leading to the creation of "something that encompassed all of those elements". The three members of Huntrix were modeled after K-pop girl groups like Itzy, Blackpink, and Twice. Kang commented that 2NE1 and Blackpink provided an early reference. Baek Byung-yeul of The Korea Times stated the styling of Huntrix and their rival group the Saja Boys connects to "the past and the present of Korea" – the members of Huntrix "wear 'norigae' pendants integrated into modern K-pop fashion" and the weapons they wield are rooted in "traditional Korean objects". The character of Rumi was originally "created for story artist Radford Sechrist's" comic Plastic Walrus; Sechrist is also Kang's husband and together "they came up with her name and her signature hairstyle together, and Kang later molded the concept into the Huntr/x leader".

For the film's music, Kang and Appelhans considered K-pop as an integral genre for selecting the musical tone. They enlisted an array of music producers to work on "chart-worthy K-pop tracks" including Teddy Park, co-founder of The Black Label, along with Grammy-nominated and winning producers Lindgren, Stephen Kirk, and Jenna Andrews, who had worked on music for K-pop artists such as BTS, Twice, and Blackpink amongst others. Ian Eisendrath served as the executive music producer, who noted "I've always thought of K-pop as the most theatrical genre of pop, and so I was just instantly excited by the possibilities of what could happen in a narrative context with the K-pop songs [and] incorporating actual, hit-making K-pop artists. I just felt like everything was really set up to be a special musical and narrative experience." With-in the film's universe, Huntrix is pit against the Saja Boys, a demon boy band. When comparing the songs of Huntrix and the Saja Boys, Appelhans explained they "wanted the Saja Boys' songs to be super catchy, but slightly hollow, like there's no real soul underneath" which contrasts with the "emotionally vulnerable and honest" Huntrix songs – "the idea was that the surface-level part of your heart might be obsessed with the boys, but the deeper part is moved by the girls".

Appearances

Huntrix debuted on June 20, 2025, in the animated film KPop Demon Hunters and on its accompanying soundtrack. The Huntrix singers Ejae, Audrey Nuna, and Rei Ami did not meet until the film's premiere event as each singer recorded separately. Nuna commented that they "were thrown together, basically", and after seeing photos of them together, thought "'Damn, we look like we were perfectly calculated to be in this group.' The balance is nuts. But to think how serendipitous it was that this happened – we didn't audition in rooms or go through multiple rounds of pairings to find each other… It just speaks to the beauty of the universe and how things go and when things just happen". The group made a cameo appearance on the season 51 premiere of Saturday Night Live in a sketch based on the film, reprising their respective roles as Rumi, Mira and Zoey. A few days after, on October 7, 2025, "Golden" was performed live in full for the first time by Ejae, Nuna, and Rei Ami on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. In 2025, the group also performed at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, the KIIS-FM Jingle Ball, and at Snoop's Holiday Halftime Party.

Then on January 8, 2026, they performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live! with the debut of a new symphonic version of "Golden". This version, "Golden (Glowin' Version)", was released the following day. Also in January 2026, it was announced that "Golden" would be one of two live musical performances at the 98th Academy Awards (March 2026), following its nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

In April 2026, the group performe

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