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♥ 동방신기 - TVXQ! / Tohoshinki /東方神起

Known As: DBSK, DBSG, THSK, TVXQ, TVfXQ, Tohoshinki, Dong Bang Shin Ki
Debut: Debuted December 26th, 2003 at Britney Spears & BoA’s showcase concert ; performed ‘Holy Night’, and their debut song “Hug”
Korea Management: SM Entertainment
Japan Management: Avex Entertainment
Official Korea Fanclub: Cassiopeia
Official Japan Fanclub: Big East
Official Balloon Color: Pearl Red

Why they are outstanding & better than the rest
[@] TVXQ! made the Guiness World Records twice. First in 2008 for having the largest official fan club (Cassiopeia) with over 800,000 members. Second in 2009 for being the most photographed celebrities in the world with about 500,000 photos. Article

[@] TVXQ! hit the United World Charts, Taking the 19th spot this week on the top 40 albums, their third Japanese studio album, “T”, has beaten Britney Spears, Celine Dion, Linkin Park, Chris Brown, and many more. Article

[@] 40,000 Tickets to TVXQ’s Saitama Super Arena concert on May 3, which is one of the last stops in the group’s Japanese tour, were sold-out in just one second after the ticket sale was opened last February 10 at 10 am. Article.

[@] Being the first foreign group to hold 2 sold out concerts in Tokyo Dome which has a maximum capacity of 55,000 seats.

[@] Highest selling album which amounted to 502,000 copies in S. Korea, considering that most people prefer to download than to buy the album.

[@] TVXQ! reached the #1 spot on the Japanese Oricon Charts 7 times, the FIRST EVER foreign artist to achieve that. #1 singles include Purple Line, Doushite Kimi wo suki ni natte Shimattan Darou?, Share the World/We Are!!, Jumon: MIROTIC, Bolero/Kiss the Baby Sky, Beautiful You/Sennen Koi Uta,BREAKOUT!.

Members ; our 5 stars

U-Know (Jung Yunho 정윤호)


Name: Jung Yunho [Leader]
Stage Name: U-Know
Vocal Position: Bass
Date Of Birth: February 6th, 1986
Height: 184cm
Weight: 66kg
Blood Type: A
Family: Mom, Dad, & One Younger Sister
Religion: Christian
Education: Myongji University
Hobbies: Dancing & Writing
Close Friends: Sugar & Heechul [Super Junior]
Favorite Food: Pork rib soup (Korea), Fried beef shredded soup (Japan), anything with soup.
Favorite Singers/Celebs: Jung Ji Hyun, Eugene (SES), HOT
Favorite Sport: Taekwondo
Dog: Typhoon/Taephoong
Facts :
[@] Before debuting under TVXQ, he was a backup dancer for Dana’s 2002 single, “Diamond”. He was also featured in the music video.
[@] Composed, arranged, and sang “Spokesman” with Donghae of Super Junior, which was performed in the 2nd Live Asia tour concert - ‘O’.
[@] Featured in New Non-stop 4 & 6
[@] Sang Japanese solo “Crazy Life”, which was featured in the “Close to you /
Crazy Life” single, the fourth installment of the group’s “TRICK” series.
[@] Wrote the rap lyrics for “Wrong Number”,one of the tracks in their fourth korean album “MIROTIC” with Hero.
[@] Wrote the rap lyrics for “Love after Love”,one of the tracks in their second korean album “Rising Sun” together with Micky and Xiah.
[@] Wrote the rap lyrics for “Love Bye Love”, one of the tracks in their fourth korean abum “MIROTIC” with Xiah.
[@] Composed and wrote the lyrics to “CHECKMATE”

Hero (Kim Jaejoong 김재중)

Name: Kim Jaejoong [Mother]
Stage Name: Hero
Vocal Position: Lead
Date Of Birth: January 26th, 1986 [Real Birthday is February 4, 1986]
Height: 180cm
Weight: 63kg
Blood Type: O
Family: Mom, Dad, Younger Sister & Younger Brother
Adoptive Family: Mom, Dad, & 8 Sisters
Religion: Christian
Education: Graduated from high school, but no information as to university.
Hobbies: Cooking, Weight Training, and Composing
Close Friends: Kim Hyun Joong [SS501], BoA, TOP [Big Bang]
Favorite Food: —-
Favorite Singers/Celebs: KangTa, Yoo Young Jin, Fany, WheeSung, Yumi, Yolanda Adams, HOT
Favorite Sport: Badminton
Dog: Vick
Facts:
[@] Sang “Greeting” (인사) which was featured on the A Millionaire’s First Love soundtrack.
[@] Collaborated with The Grace for “Just for One Day”, which was featured in The Grace’s first Japanese full-length studio album, Graceful 4.
[@] Composed “Kissしたまま、さよなら“ with Yuchun.
[@] Sang Japanese solo “MAZE”, which was featured in the “Keyword / Maze” single, the fifth and last installment of the group’s “TRICK” series.
[@] Sang Korean solo “잊혀진계절 (Forgotten Season)“, a remake of the original song by Lee Yong, which was a famous hit in the 1980s. His solo is included in TVXQ’s 4th album MIROTIC (Track 11).
[@] Wrote the lyrics for the his rapping refrain in “Wrong Number”.
[@] Acting as the leading role in the teledrama “Heaven’s Postman”.
[@] Composed and wrote the lyrics to “사랑아 울지마 (Do Not Cry My Lover)
[@] Wrote and composed 忘れないで (Don’t Forget)
[@] Arranged and composed 9095

TVXQ member Hero was voted as “Asia’s most handsome guy” in a

poll that was started by China’s Xingkong Weishi (Starry Sky) Satellite

channel.

Approximately 40 million Netizens and viewers participated in this month-long

poll that started in January and out of the said number, Hero placed first

with a total of 4,176,192 votes (more than 10%).

Taiwan’s Jerry Yan followed with 3,729,697 votes while the 3rd place was

occupied by TVXQ member U-Know with 3,528,148 votes.

Super Junior’s Chinese member Hankyung also got a seat in the Top 10 and placed

8th with a total of 2,011,054 votes.

Source: Yahoo Korea

Xiah (Kim Junsu 김준수)

Name: Kim Junsu [Moodmaker]
Stage Name: Xiah
Vocal Position: Mid-High
Date Of Birth: 15th, 1986 [Registered on January 1, 1987]
Height: 178cm
Weight: 60kg
Blood Type: B
Family: Mom, Dad, & Twin Brother
Religion: Christian
Education: Myongji University
Hobbies: Soccer & Gaming
Close Friends: Junho [Twin] & Eunhyuk [Super Junior]
Favorite Food: Sausage, Chicken, Almost Everything
Favorite Singers/Celebs: HOT, Kangta, N’SYNC
Favorite Sport: Soccer
Dog: Shiaki
Facts:
[@] Has a solo “Beautiful Thing” featured on the Vacation original soundtrack.
[@] Composed and wrote the lyrics to “White Lies”
[@] Composed, wrote, and sang “My Page”, which was performed in the 2nd Live Asia Tour Concert - ‘O’.
[@] Performed and toured around Korea as member of the promotional group Anyband with BoA, Tablo of Epik High, and Jin Bora. The project band was formed by Samsung’s Anycall, and had several singles: “TPL (Talk, Play, Love),“ “Promise U”, “Daydream”
[@] Had a duet with Zhang Liyin, “Timeless”. He was also featured in the second part of the two-part “Timeless” music videos
[@] Composed the Japanese solo “Rainy Night”, which was featured in the “If…!? / Rainy Night” single, the third installment of the group’s “TRICK” series
[@] Wrote the lyrics for the song “노을..바라보다 (Picture of You)“ from the fourth Korean album, ‘MIROTIC’
[@] Composed and wrote the lyrics to “XIAHTIC”
[@] Composed the new single ‘Stand By U’.


Micky (Park Yoochun 박유천)

Name: Park Yoochun [Mediator]
Stage Name: Micky
Vocal Position: Mid-Low
Date Of Birth: June 4th, 1986
Height: 180cm
Weight: 64kg
Blood Type: O
Family: Mom, Dad, & Younger Brother
Religion: Christian
Education: Kyunghee University
Hobbies: Composing & Piano
Close Friends: Kim Hyun Joong [SS501]
Favorite Food: Jaejoong’s Kimchi Jjigae
Favorite Singers/Celebs: HOT, Brian McKnight
Favorite Sport: Basketball
Dog: Harang
Facts:
[@] Wrote “Space” 공간 (하늘과 바다사이, Whisper Of..), a narration for the third Korean single “Hi Ya Ya 여름날“
[@] Composed his solo “Fox Rain” (여우비)
[@] Wrote the lyrics for “Holding Back The Tears/그리고…“, which was featured on the Vacation OST original soundtrack
[@] Wrote the lyrics of and composed the Japanese solo song “My Girlfriend”, which was featured in the “Runaway / My Girlfriend” single, the second installment of the group’s “TRICK” series
[@] Appeared in Magolpi’s debut music video “Flight Girl” (비행소녀)
[@] Was featured singer in DJ Makai’s song, “Tokyo Lovelight”
[@] Composed “Kissしたまま、さよなら“ with Jaejoong
[@] Composed “Evergreen” for Winter Album 2007 of SM Town.
[@] Composed and wrote the lyrics to Kiss The Baby Sky, the theme song for “Zoom In”, a Japanese program
[@] Composed and wrote the lyrics to “사랑 안녕 사랑 (Love Bye Love)“
[@] Rearranged “Rainy Night” for Junsu


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Max (Shim Changmin 심창민)

Name: Shim Changmin [The Scary Maknae]
Stage Name: Max
Vocal Position: High
Date Of Birth: February 18th, 1988
Height: 186cm
Weight: 61kg
Blood Type: B
Family: Mom, Dad, & Two Younger Sisters
Religion: Buddhism
Education: Kyunghee University
Hobbies: Gaming & Eating
Close Friends: Mainly High School Friends, Eeteuk [Super Junior]
Favorite Food: Almost everything
Favorite Singers/Celebs: Brian Mcknight, Shin Hyesung, Kangta, Yolanda Adams, Han Ga In, HOT
Favorite Sport: Baseball or Basketball
Dog: Mangdung-i
Facts:
[@] Wrote the lyrics for “Evergreen” in SM Town 2007 album.
[@] Sang Japanese solo “Wild Soul”, which was featured in the “Two hearts / WILD SOUL” single, the first installment of the group’s “TRICK” series.
[@] Wrote the Korean lyrics for “Love in the Ice”.

Sources: allkpop.com, standintl.motionforum.net, shenyuepop.com

Discography

Korean albums (4)
- Tri-Angle (Korea top 200 position: #1)
- Rising Sun (Korea top 200 position: #1)
- “O”-正.反.合 (Korea top 200 position: #1 (highest selling album in 2006))
- MIROTIC (Korea top 200 position: #1 (highest selling album in 2008))

Japanese albums (4)
- Heart, Mind and Soul (Oricon Weekly Ranking: #22)
- Five in the Black (Oricon Weekly Ranking: #10)
- T (Global Track chart: #19)
- The Secret Code (Global Track chart: #4)

Korean Singles (4)
- Hug
- The Way U Are
- Hi Ya Ya 여름날
- Fighting Spirit of Dong Bang

Japanese Singles (28)
- Stay With me Tonight
- Somebody to Love
- My Destiny
- 明日は来るから
- Rising Sun / Heart Mind and Soul
- Begin
- Sky
- miss you / “O”- 正・反・合
- Step by Step
- Choosey Lover
- Lovin’ You
- SUMMER ~ Summer Dream/Song for you/Love in the Ice~
- SHINE / Ride On
- Forever Love
- Together
- Purple Line (Oricon Chart #1)
- “Two hearts / WILD SOUL (CHANGMIN from 東方神起)“
- “Runaway / My Girlfriend (YUCHUN from 東方神起)“
- “If…!? / Rainy Night (JUNSU from 東方神起)“
- “Close to you / Crazy Life (YUNHO from 東方神起)“
- “Keyword / Maze (JEJUNG from 東方神起)“
- “ Beautiful You / 千年恋歌” (Oricon Chart #1)
- どうして君を好きになってしまったんだろう? (Doushite Kimi wo Suki ni natte Shimattan Darou?) (Oricon Chart #1)
- 呪文 －MIROTIC－(Oricon Chart #1)
- “Bolero / Kiss the Baby Sky / 忘れないで“ (Oricon Chart #1)
- Survivor
- “Share the World/ウィーアー！“ (Oricon Chart #1)
- Stand By U
- BREAKOUT ! (Oricon Chart #1)

Some MV

Latest Single :BreakOut !!!

Ever popular : Mirotic

Debut : Hug

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