FACTS ABOUT YOUR KPOP IDOL

WINNER - Seungyoon

REAL NAME: Kang SeungYoon (강승윤)

GROUP(S): WINNER

POSITION: Leader, Vocal

BIRTHDATE: 1994.01.21

ORIGIN: Busan, South Korea

NATIONALITY: Korean

BLOODTYPE: B

ZODIAC: Aquarius / Dog* (Gregorian) | Rooster* (Lunar)

[*His birthday falls before the lunar new year, so his zodiac animal could be different depending on which calender one follows. His official profile lists him as a rooster according to the lunar calendar.]

HEIGHT: 178cm (≈5’10”)

WEIGHT: 54kg (≈120lb)

FAMILY: mother (Kim HwiSoon) [Superstar K 2 2010.07.23]

EDUCATION: Busan High School of Arts (graduated 2012)

HOBBIES & SKILLS: billiards, guitar, composing

SOLO DISCOGRAPHY:

비가 온다 (It Rains) (2013.07.16)

1. “비가 온다” ("It Rains")

Wild And Young (2013.07.31)

1. “Wild And Young”

맘도둑 (Stealer) (2013.08.14)

1. “맘도둑" (”Stealer”)

COLLABORATION(S) & FEATURING(S):

2014 월간 윤종신 3월호 - Yoon JongShin (2014)

“WILD BOY (feat. 강승윤, 송민호 of WINNER)”

SOUNDTRACK CONTRIBUTION(S):

Midas OST (2011)

"니가 천국이다" (”You Are My Heaven”)

하이킥! 짧은 다리의 역습 (High Kick 3: Revenge of the Short Legged) (2012)

“웃어라 그대” (“Smile, My Love”) (with Lee Juk)

SONGWRITING & COMPOSITION:

WIN: Final Battle (2013)

1. “Go Up” (Team A) [co-lyrics & composition]

2. “Just Another Boy” (Team A) [co-composition]

2014 S/S - WINNER (2014)

2. “컬러링” ("Color Ring") [co-lyrics & co-composition]

5. “척” ("Love is a lie") [co-composition]

8. “Different” [co-lyrics & co-composition]

10. “Smile Again” [co-lyrics & co-composition]

*re-released, remixed & instrumental/karaoke versions of tracks have been omitted.

DRAMA(S):

하이킥! 짧은 다리의 역습 (High Kick 3: Revenge of the Short Legged) (MBC, 2011-2012) [Kang SeungYoon, predebut]

VARIETY SHOW(S):

슈퍼스타 K 2 (Superstar K 2) (Mnet, 2010) [placed 4th, predebut]

엔터테이너스 (Entertainers) (Mnet, 2014)

FUN FACTS:

-He was raised by a single mother as his parents got divorced when he was young & his father was not around. [Superstar K 2 2010.07.23]

-He learned how to play guitar & billiards in his 3rd year of middle school. [Elle Girl Korea 2010.12]

-He played billiards professionally for a period of time in high school & eventually became Busan’s representative player after winning a national competition held in Busan. [Superstar K 2 Never Ending Story 2010.11.26 + Elle Girl Korea 2010.12]

-He can draw well & has been studying drawing/painting since he was young. [Superstar K 2 Never Ending Story 2010.11.26]

-After his stint on Superstar K 2, SeungYoon was given a lot of good offers to join other companies. However, he eventually settled on YG Entertainment because rather than trying to flatter him, Yang HyunSuk told him that if he were to join the company, he would not be treated like a star singer, but the same as the rest of the trainees. SeungYoon found those words to be very charismatic.

[WIN: Who Is Next 2013.08.23]

-He started training at YG on March 9, 2011. [Naver Star 2013.07.24]

QUOTES:

"The practice I’ve done for the past 3 years was not for my solo, it for practice for my group… I really want to be helpful for them. Not as the solo artist Kang SeungYoon, but as the group WINNER’s vocalist Kang SeungYoon; that’s who I want to be active as" [WIN: Who Is Next 2013.08.23]