RIIZE Seunghan’s Seemingly Spotted Reading Fan Letters During His Hiatus

An alleged new sighting of RIIZE‘s Seunghan has netizens emotional.

Seunghan went on an indefinite hiatus at the end of 2023 after matters related to his private life were leaked online. There have been small updates from fans who have seemingly spotted the idol, but netizens have become angry at SM Entertainment for the lack of communication about Seunghan’s future following the announcement. After nearly eight months, the desire to see RIIZE with seven members is as strong as ever.

Recently, a netizen who was in Korea shared a photo where they thought they saw Seunghan looking at some messages of support at the Seongsu station.

A chance encounter at Seoul’s Seongsu subway station.

Is the person wearing the white t-shirt really Hong Seunghan? I ran into him at the subway station but couldn’t believe it. When I got back to my hotel, I saw on Weibo that he saw his fan support. Is it for real?

When the video was posted online, even though it wasn’t confirmed that it was Seunghan, netizens believed it was him and loved that even now, he was seeing support from RIIZE fans with the messages.

My head spins 🫧🥹🙏 Hani#승한아_브리즈는_언제나_기다릴게#승한 #SEUNGHAN pic.twitter.com/f5iR5Pzgfh

— bubble_girlsssh 🫧 (@LiSH7) July 17, 2024

was this another seunghan sighting ???!!! 😭 pic.twitter.com/wTzFfk4JZb

— ☘︎ (@hongsaxy) July 16, 2024

Someone said on Weibo that she might have met Seunghan at the Seoul Forest Station—the one in the white t-shirt. I'm not sure if it was really him, but Seunghan, you know our love, this is a mutual love that we both strive for. 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/OhZFOiFyTj

— Seunghan my baby (@Mimiyu10) July 16, 2024

They're the same height
So in the old sighting Seunghan is closer to the billboard he's a floor tile away from it so he's 3 wall tiles long but in the supposedly new sighting he's two floor tiles away so that explains why he's 2 and ¾ wall tiles long pic.twitter.com/2hdLSfrOAk

— 𐙚eℓyysian🇵🇸ᐟ⊹˚ (@sea_00009) July 16, 2024

seunghan elbows account wya pic.twitter.com/Oka770a0NU

— anton lee gf (@yoeeteeny) July 16, 2024

It comes as fans are still demanding comments from SM Entertainment about Seunghan’s future. In particular, at a recent event in the Philippines, fans were caught chanting “RIIZE is seven.”

the crowd chanting “riize is 7”😭😭 pic.twitter.com/w2XIc6wNK8

— psy (@nugajjanggu) July 15, 2024

While some found it disrespectful or felt sorry for the members…

Y'all so damn annoying https://t.co/9uyCeEjT6k

— ׂׂ (@ryovz) July 15, 2024

Their last visit to the 🇵🇭 i fear…. https://t.co/hEOQtyPRdG

— Pookiebin (@ulsanpridepwb) July 15, 2024

Disrespectful https://t.co/I22rUgil6x

— #空きスペース (@lolly_mudpie) July 15, 2024

not sayin im all for this especially in front of the members who have no control over it (i genuinely feel bad for my babies, i wish the situation couldve been better) but sm had it coming by dragging this out for too long. https://t.co/RJnd9vEfgt

— chin (@tonitonappetit) July 15, 2024

Many shifted the blame to SM Entertainment and their lack of willingness to provide updates.

riize is a 7 member group, so how can be disrespectful to acknowledge that in front of the members? y'all just hate seunghan and want to act like you're morally right for hating on a privacy invasion victim https://t.co/wZhDfEt5G5

— ☆⋆₊° gigi (@gisieun) July 15, 2024

Imagine being pressed and thinking the MEMBERS are uncomfortable. You guys feel more offended that this discredits their hardwork, which is not even a tad true, but do not even consider how this whole ordeal affected SH and RIIZE, all because SM handled it like sht. https://t.co/KslL5RdQVw

— rick 🐈 | bring talk saxy guy back pls (@ricksfanaccount) July 15, 2024

 

sm asked for this, we said this was going to happen if they go on world tour without hani https://t.co/ykf8YQ7B19

— zuzi ˚* (@teukriize) July 15, 2024

Fans just want to know the future of Seunghan in RIIZE and feel its unfair for everything to go on as “normal” when a member is missing.

You can read more about Seunghan reading letters of support from fans below.

RIIZE’s Seunghan Spotted On The Subway Reading Letters Left By Fans