Thursday, August 28, 2014

Winner (위너) Member Profile

Winner (위너) is a five-member male group that debuted on 12 August 2014 under YG Entertainment with their 1st album [2014 S/S]. The group's five members are Kang Seung Yoon, Song Min Ho, Nam Tae Hyun, Kim Jinwoo, and Lee Seunghoon. The group was first introduced in the reality-survival program called Who is Next: WIN as Team A. 
Please check them out! 

Left to Right: Seung Yoon, Seung Hoon, Jin Woo, Tae Hyun, Min Ho


                                                                    Member Profiles

Stage name: Seungyoon (승윤)
Real name: Kang Seungyoon (강승윤)
Birth date: January 21, 1994
Birth Place: Busan, South Korea
Position: Leader, Vocalist
Height: 178cm
Blood type: B
High School Attended: Busan High School of Arts majoring in classic guitar (Graduated-2012)
Acting debut: High Kick: Revenge of the Short Legged (2011)

Official Website: KANG SEUNG YOON
Official Youtube Channel: OfficialSEUNGYOON
Official Facebook Account: KANG SEUNG YOON
Official Google+ Account: ygent_official
Official iTunes Account: Kang Seung Yoon

Fun Facts: He placed fourth on the second season of Mnet's Superstar K and was signed as trainee under YG Entertainment in 2011.
In 2013, he already made his Solo debut.

Stage name: Jin Woo (진우)
Real name: Kim Jin Woo (김진우)
Birth date: September 29, 1991
Position: Vocalist
Height: 
Blood type: A
Fun Facts: He is YG's oldest trainee. He was a trainee for 8 years.
He attended "Joy Dance - Plug In Music Academy" and "Seungri Academy" (Big Bang's Seungri company).
Seungri brought Jinwoo to YG after seeing his potential until he eventually got accepted as a trainee.
He performed as backup dancers at the 2011 YG Family Concert together win Nam Taehyun.




Stage name: Seunghoon (승훈)
Real name: Lee Seunghoon (이승훈)
Birth date: January 11, 1992
Birth place: Busan, South Korea
Position: Main dancer, Rapper, lyric writer
Height: 182cm
Blood type: A
Family: 2 Older sisters
Official Naver Cafe: Lee Seung Hoon Fan Cafe
Fun Facts: He auditioned for "Korea's Got Talent" as part of the dance group 'Honest Boys.'
He worked as a choreographer for G-Dragon for a flash mob performance. He was a former K-pop Star Season 1 contestant and got in 4th place.


Stage name: Mino (미노)
Real name: Song Min Ho (송민호)
Birth date: March 30, 1993
Position: Rapper
Height: 180cm
Family: 2 Younger sisters: Song Dana-member of girl group New. F.O
Blood type: A
Fun Facts: He started out under the stage name "Mino" or "Hugeboy Mino" with former underground rappers turned idols namely Block B’s P.O, Zico and M.I.B's SIMS.
Before he was a trainee to debut as a member of Block B but left the group before debut for personal reasons.
In 2011, he made his debut as a rapper for the ballad group BoM under Y2Y Contents Company but unfortunately the group disbanded 2 years later because of lack of popularity.
He was recruited into YG through private auditions after being recognized from his acting debut in March 2012 in the cable drama The Strongest K-POP Survival in Channel A.
He was the leader of Team A until he was injured during a practice during WIN: Who is Next.



Stage name: Taehyun (태현)
Real name: Nam Tae Hyun (남태현)
Birth date: May 10, 1994
Position: Main Vocalist, Maknae
Height: 179cm
Blood type: A
Family: 1 Younger Brother- Nam Donghyun
Soundcloud Account: Taehyun
Fun Facts:
He was recruited in 2011 through a private audition.

He also performed as a backup dancer at the 2011 YG Family Concert together win Kim Jinwoo.

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