My Kpop: 2014

Infinite (Korean: 인피니트) is a seven-member South Korean pop boy band, formed in 2010 by Woollim Entertainment. The group comprises seven members:Sungkyu, Dongwoo, Woohyun, Hoya, Sungyeol, L, and Sungjong. Their most recent mini-album, New Challenge, has sold over 160,000 copies in Korea alone and was one of the best-selling albums of 2013. As of 2014 they released full album titled "Season 2" on May 21 and followed by repackaged album, titled "Be Back" on July 22, with a title song "Back" an Orchestra mix of Ballad & Dance track, which has been garnering attentions for its outstanding musicality.

Sunggyu
Full Name: Kim Sung Gyu
Nickname: HamsterGyu, Grandpa
Position: Main Vocalist, Leader
Birthday: April 28, 1989
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 62 kg
Blood Type: A
Birth place: North Jeolla, South Korea
Education: Jeonju National University High School
Languages: Korean, Japanese, Chinese
Fun Facts:
• He has never wanted to be anything else but a singer.
•When he first told his parents of his dream of becoming a singer they didn‘t support him because they wanted him to have a normal life. He then began practicing in secret.•He and WooHyun didn‘t get along during their trainee days.
•One of his favorite songs of INFINITE‘s is “Hysterie“.
•He was in a band called “Beat” when he was a student at Jeonju National University High School. They placed music like Pia, Linkin Park, or Limp Bizkit.
•He has an older sister who is 5 years older.
•He is called a hamster because of the shape of his eyes.•He is called Grandpa because he is tired all the time.
•He loves to sleep to the point where he could sleep all day long.
•He bows 90° every time he greets someone.
•If given the chance, he would like to be a DJ.
•On rainy days before they debuted, Hoya and Sunggyu used to eat their lunch under the small jungle gym in the playground. One time a kid walked past and pointed at them and called them “beggars”.
•If he has a l0ver he will bring her t0 the ocean and scream out his love for her.
•He’s very attentive.
•One of his favorite songs to sing in karaoke is TaeYang‘s “I Need a Girl“.
•He gets mad if the other members start goofing off during practice.
•He has a soft heart and can‘t stay mad for long.
•He was the fastest to learn the scorpion dance.
•When stressed out he will drink soju.
•Before becoming a trainee, he wanted to pursue rock music.
•His skin is very sensitive and will break out if he wears certain metals.
•If he had an super power he would want teleportation.
•One of his biggest reasons for becoming a WOOLIM Entertainment trainee was because of Nell.
•When he has a girlfriend he wants to sing Clazziquai‘s “She Is“together with his her.

WooHyun
Full Name: Nam Woo Hyun
Nickname: Namu
Position: Main Vocalist
Birthday: February 8, 1991
Height: 176 cm
Weight: 58 kg
Blood Type: B
Birth Place: ChungCheong, South Korea
Education: Dong-Ah Broadcasting College
Languages: Korean, Japanese
Fun Facts:
•Likes to cook.
•He has a bad habit of lying.
•He has an older brother who is 2 years older than him.
•When he first told his parents about his dream of becoming a singer, they weren‘t happy. So he worked very hard to show them his passion for his dream.
•He likes to play tennis and soccer.
•He and Sunggyu didn‘t get along during their trainee days.
•Their manager Jung Ryoul usually tells the members to do some fanservice when they perform. But in Woohyun’s case he tells him to tone it down.
•If he hadn‘t become a singer, he would have become an athlete or chef.
•He is known for having the most profound abs in INFINITE.
•Before he goes to sleep he texts his parents.
•His favorite colors are red, pink, and black.
•One of his favorite songs of INFINITE is “Hysterie“.
•He has the best imitation skills out of all the members.
•He wants to learn how to be a good variety show idol from MC Yoo Jae Suk.
•He is really good at the Korean game Cham-Cham-Cham.
•The first thing he wants to do when he gets a girlfriend is look at the winter sea together.
•His favorite song is Kim Bum Soo‘s “Oasis“.
•He wants to learn how to play piano.
•He got injured during the “BTD” MV recording.
•His hero and favorite singer is Stevie Wonder. In fact he past his audtion by singing Stevie Wonder‘s “Lately“.
•He is claustrophobic.
•His favorite soccer player is Lee Dong Gook.
•His first love was when he was in 11th grade.

DongWoo
Full Name: Jang Dong Woo
Position: Main Rapper, Lead Dancer, Vocalist
Birthday: November 22, 1990
Height: 171 cm
Weight: 58 kg
Blood Type: A
Birth Place: Gyeonggi, South Korea
Languages: Korean, Japanese
Fun Facts:
•He skateboards and snowboards.
•He has two older sisters.
•He is easily brought to tears.
•He learned how to dance from one of his sisters who use to be a dancer.
•His family owns an octopus restaurant.
•He is called the mother of INFINITE.
•When he was dancing on “Infinity Girls” his pants ripped.
•If he had someone he loved on Valentine‘s Day he would say “Thanks for meeting a guy like me. Instead of the chocolates that everyone else gives, take me.”
•He is known as the “Gummed Angel” because of his smile.
•He is an INCREDIBLY heavy sleeper. In Sesame Player Sungyeol turned on the light, talked in his normal loud voice, and went through his stuff and he still didn‘t wake up.
•If he wanted to seduce a girl, he wouldn‘t do anything because his charisma will speak for him.
•He is known for his unique and adorable laughter.
•When auditioning for WOOLIM he mostly danced R&B choreography.
•He along with Hoya were taught how to rap by Epik High‘s Mithra Jin and Gonzo.
•When he was in school people use to call him “WooDong“.
•He rapped in label mate BabySoul‘s “She‘s a Flirt“.•He and Hoya are known their dance routine for T-Pain‘s “Freeze“.•He loves stuffed animals.•He keeps a journal.•If he wasn‘t a singer, he would have been a Chinese herbal medicine doctor.•It was an ongoing gag on Sesame Player that Hoya and Dongwoo always ended up together. They would eat or go off on date like hang outs. They said it was like they were filming a “We Got Married” episode but instead it was “Rappers Got Married“.•Out of all the hairstyles he had since debut, his red hair from the“BTD“ promotions was his favorite.•He is the cleanest member.•He says the sexiest part of his body is his thick lips.•He is the only one in INFINITE with a driver‘s license.•If he had a girlfriend the song he would sing to her is Yurisangja‘s“Can I Love You“.•He has a fear of bleeding.

Hoya
Full Name: Lee Ho Won
Position: Lead Rapper, Main Dancer, Vocalist
Birthday: March 28, 1991
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 60 kg
Blood Type: AB
Birth Place: Busan, South Korea
Hometown: Busan, South Korea
Languages: Korean, Japanese
Fun Facts:
•He has an older brother who is 2 years older than him, and a little brother who is 5 years younger.
•If he was given his own solo stage, Hoya would hire a female dancer and do a sexy dance for 10 minutes.
•He ripped his pants during INFINITE‘s first performance.
•When he meets someone for the first time he feels like he will become closer to them if they call him his stage name “Hoya”instead of his birth name “Howon“.
•He owns giraffe PJs.
•Since Hoya is in charge of rapping, the company told him that he should get dreadlocks and wear a headband when they first debuted.
•He dropped out of high school his freshman year to learn how to sing and dance.
•His mom supported him and helped him pursue his dream of becoming a singer, but unfortunately his dad was against it. In fact he‘s still not happy with Hoya‘s decision.
•He likes KBS‘s “Six Hour” because it reminds him of his grandparents.
•He and DongWoo are known for their dance routine for T-Pain‘s“Freeze“.
•On rainy days before they debuted, Hoya and Sunggyu used to eat their lunch under the small jungle gym in the playground. One time a kid walked past and pointed at them and called them “beggars”.
•He is a 3rd degree black belt, and was learning taekwondo up until middle school. He stopped doing it when he entered a tournament that was way over his level and he got hit a lot.
•If he could experience any scene from any romance movie or drama it would be the kiss in the rain scene from “Dear John“.
•His favorite color is purple.
•He says he has the best body out of all the members.
•He likes to practice until late into the night. So he oversleeps a lot.
•He along with DongWoo were taught how to rap by Epik High‘s Mithra Jin and Gonzo.
•He and Sungyeol were suppose to act in the “BTD” MV along side L and WooHyun.
•When given free time, he will spend it practicing while the other members go play.

Sungyeol
Full Name: Lee Sung Yeol
Position: Sub-Vocalist
Birthday: August 27, 1991
Height: 183 cm
Weight: 59 kg
Blood Type: B
Birth Place: Gyeonggi, South Korea
Languages: Korean, Japanese
Fun Facts:
•He is known for his Choding, or childlike antics.
•He begged the hairstylist t0 dye his hair in green f0r the “BTD” MV.
•He is easily moved to tears, but when asked to cry on the spot like in MV‘s he can‘t.
•Sungyeol has family members in the entertainment industry, but he doesn‘t want to rely on their help and see how far he can go by himself.
•He is very emotional.
•One of his most prized possessions is a letter from a fan that he keeps in his desk.
• He loves to bully the other members and managers.
• Before Sungyeol became a trainee, he went through a period of time where nothing went right for him. During that time, he went to 5 different taro card readers and they all said he would “create a big hit in 2010 and 2011” and also he would “slightly come in contact with money in 2010“. At first it didn‘t make sense to him because he wasn‘t a trainee, but when he was taking test for a university he became a trainee for WOOLIM. In 2010 he debuted with INFINITE and in 2011 INFINITE got their first #1 award on M!Countdown.
•He use to be in the acting part of SM Academy.•He and Hoya were suppose to act in the “BTD” MV along side L and WooHyun.
•His ideal type of girl is someone who doesn‘t pretend to be innocent and is easy going.
•He acted in the drama “While You Were Sleeping“.
•He would like to try to act as a character that is strong yet funny like Yoo Hae Jin or Kim Chang Jung.
•He‘s afraid of ghosts.
•He is currently learning English.
•He was the last member to join INFINITE.
•During photo shoots, he is the one with the most awkward and funny poses.

L
Full Name: Kim Myung Soo
Position: Lead Vocalist, Visual
Birthday: March 13, 1992
Height: 180 cm
Weight: 60 kg
Blood Type: O
Birth Place: Seoul, South Korea
Hometown: Seoul, South Korea
Languages: Korean, Japanese
Fun Facts:
•He at first had more interest in becoming a entertainer rather than a singer.
•He was an Ullzzang in Sungdonggu.
•He is said to be quite stubborn and have a temper.
•He is good friends with UKISS‘s Eli.
•He was in Epik High‘s “Run” MV.
•His stage name is from the character “L” in the manga/anime“Deathnote“. He sounds and use to look like him in his trainee days because of his long hair.
•Known as “The Ice King“.
•He says that if you don‘t know the answer to a multiple choice question, the answer is always the 3rd option (or C).
•He began to want to be a singer after watching one of Craig David‘s performances.
•He sleep talks and thrashes around in his sleep and is said to wake even DongWoo up.
•He can also rap.
•Interviewers sometime get frustrated with him because he is so quiet.
•His role models are TVXQ/DBSK.
•He likes the manga/anime series “Naruto“.
•He is the most satisfied with his singing parts in “Real Story“.
•His motto is “Enjoy the moment right now.”
•He watches TV before going to bed.
•Knows how to play guitar.
•Out of all the songs INFINITE has released, L‘s favorite it “Nothing‘s Over“.
•He wants to be a photographer.
•According to Dongwoo, even though L has so many shirts of the same design he can tell when one is missing.
•He acted in the Japanese drama “Jiu“.
•He acted as one of the lead roles in the drama “Shut Up Flower Boy Band.”
•He made an apperance in “God of Study“, but his part got cut out.He has said that he is going to make the writers regret cutting him out.

Sungjong
Full Name: Lee Sung Jong
Position: Sub-Vocalist, Maknae
Birthday: September 3, 1993
Height: 177 cm
Weight: 54 kg
Blood Type: A
Education: Jeoju Arts High School
Languages: Korean, Japanese
Birth Place: Gwangju, South Korea
Fun Facts:
•He is very photogenic.
•He loves to perform girl group dances. In fact he was dancing them so much WOOLIM‘s CEO put a ban on them.
•He thinks he is prettier than some girl group members.
•He has a brother who is 3 years younger than him.
•When INFINITE first debuted there was a controversy about his gender. He said it didn‘t bother him at all.•He has stated “I don’t dislike my feminine image, but I don’t really like it either.
•The first thing he wants to do when he gets a girlfriend is eat kimbap that she made.•His favorite color is yellow.
•His role model is Michael Jackson and his favorite songs of his are“Beat It” and “Ben“.
•Although he is the member that gets picked on the most, he loves his hyungs as they look out for him and take care of him.
•According to Sungyeol, whenever Sungjong is mad at another member he takes his fury out on his stuffed animals by punching and slapping them.
•He grumbles a lot when the members pick on him and order him around.
•He is said to be very optimistic.
•He wants to keep the desert fox shown at the end of the “Come Back Again” MV as his own.
•He sometime drags the other member to go a meet other girl groups but he ends up being the only talking with the girl.
•One time Sunggyu asked him if he knew H.O.T and he said he didn‘t.
•After he made his 1st tweet on his Twitter account, his notebook broke and he didn’t update it until a while later.
•One of the things he dislikes the most is WooHyun when he‘s lying.
•He says since his parts are short, he practices hard to leave a strong impression.
•If given a solo performance he would like to do a trot song.
•He first developed a dream of becoming a singer because he really liked the feeling of dancing at his school festivals.
•WOOLIM‘s CEO wanted to dye Sungjong‘s hair blue for the “BTD”promotions. But the blonde came out so well they kept it.
•He wants to jump in the audience someday at an INFINITE solo concert.

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Khamis, 18 September 2014

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