According to an article from SM Entertainment, the first group to debut under SM Entertainment in 1996 was H.O.T.
The first group to debut under SM Entertainment in 1996 was a boy group called H.O.T. (High-five Of Teenagers). H.O.T. consisted of five members: Moon Hee-joon, Jang Woo-hyuk, Tony An, Kangta, and Lee Jae-won. They made their debut on September 7, 1996, with their first album titled "We Hate All Kinds of Violence." H.O.T. quickly gained popularity and became one of the pioneering groups in the K-pop industry, contributing to the widespread success of SM Entertainment and the Hallyu wave (Korean Wave) in the late 1990s.
The first group to debut under SM Entertainment in 1996 was H.O.T, which stands for "High-five Of Teenagers." H.O.T was a pioneering boy band in South Korea and played a significant role in shaping the early K-pop industry. They gained immense popularity and contributed to the establishment of K-pop as a cultural phenomenon in the late 1990s and early 2000s.