BTS ( Bangtan Boys / Bulletproof Boy Scouts ) PROFILE: November 2014

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Bangtan Boys (Korean: 방탄소년단, RR: Bangtan Sonyeondan, Translation: Bulletproof Boy Scouts, also known as BTS) is a South Korean seven-member hip-hop boy group formed by Big Hit Entertainment, a company who also manages the artists GLAM and 2AM.

They debuted on June 13, 2013 with their first title song "No More Dream" followed by "We Are Bulletproof Pt.2". They have won the title of "New Artist of the Year" at several music award functions including the 2013 MelOn Music Awards and Golden Disk Awards, 2014Seoul Music Awards and Gaon Chart K-Pop Awards with multiple other nominations at other award ceremonies.

They have also had their own variety show called Rookie King: Channel Bangtan (신인왕: 채널 방탄), which aired on the SBS MTV channel for a total of eight episodes.


Labels	Big Hit Entertainment (Korean) Pony Canyon (Japan)

HISTORY

2013: 2 Cool 4 Skool, O!RUL8,2?

2014: Skool Luv Affair, Japanese activities, Dark & Wild, 1st Solo Concert

DISCORAPHY

KOREAN

Studio albums

2014: Dark & Wild

Extended plays

2013: O!RUL8,2?

2014: Skool Luv Affair

Singles

2013: 2 Cool 4 Skool

JAPAN

Studio albums

2014: Wake up

Singles

2014: No More Dream

2014: Boy in Luv

2014: Danger

Compilation albums

2014: 2 Cool 4 Skool / O!RUL8,2?

AWARDS

2013

Melon Music Awards 'Best New Artist Of Year'
So-Loved Awards 'Newcomer Award' 'Single Album (2 Cool 4 Skool)'
Seoul Music Awards 'Best Rookie Award'
Soompi Gayo Awards 'Rookie Of The Year'
Home Made Asian Music Awards 'Best New Male Artist'

2014

So-Loved Awards 'Choreography Male (Boy in Luv)' 'Song (Boy in Luv)' 'Mini Album (Skool Luv Affair)' 'Hip Hop/R'n'B Artist'
Golden Disk Awards 'Newcomer Award'
Gaon Chart K-pop Awards 'New Artist of the Year (Male Group)'
Yin Yue Tai V Awards 'Rookie Artist of The Year'
Home Made Asian Music Awards 'Song of the Year (Boy in Luv)' 'Best Male Group' 'Best Male Group Performance' 'Choreography Male (Boy in Luv)' 'Best Rapper of the Year (Rap Monster)'
Korea-China Song Festival 'Rising Star Award'

PROFILE

Rap Monster

Full Name: Kim Nam Joon

Nickname: RapMon, Leader Mon, God of Destruction

Position: Rapper, Leader

Birthday: September 12, 1994

Height: 181 cm

Weight: 64 kg

Blood Type: A

Hobbies: Surfing Internet

Specialties: Making Jokes and accidentally breaking stuff

Jin
Full Name: Kim Seok Jin
Nickname: Pink Princess, Jin Princess
Position: Vocal, Visual
Birthday: December 4, 1992
Height: 179 cm
Weight: 60 kg
Blood Type: O
Hobbies: Cooking and taking selcas
Specialties: Secretly being a big game and anime nerd

Suga
Full Name: Min Yoon Gi
Nickname: Motionless Min
Position: Rapper
Birthday: March 9, 1993
Height: 176 cm
Weight: 57 kg
Blood Type: O
Hobbies: Doing nothing when he has free time and avoiding having to do work
Specialties: Being lazy when not lazy and writing lyrics

J-Hope
Full Name: Jung Ho Seok
Position: Rapper, Dancer
Birthday: February 18, 1994
Height: 177 cm
Weight: 59 kg
Blood Type: A
Hobbies: Listening to music and Window shopping
Specialties: Eating like a king and Making sassy faces

Jimin
Full Name: Park Ji Min
Nickname: Jimminnie, Dooly
Position: Vocal, Dancer
Birthday: October 13, 1995
Height: 175 cm
Weight: 60 kg
Blood Type: A
Hobbies: Relaxing whenever he gets a chance
Specialties: Doing aegyo and doing pout faces

V
Full Name: Kim Tae Hyung
Nickname: TaeTae, Blank Tae
Position: Vocal
Birthday: December 30, 1995
Height: 178 cm
Weight: 58 kg
Blood Type: AB
Hobbies: Searching for music that no one listen to and going on the computer
Specialties: Photography

JungKook
Full Name: Jeon Jung Kook
Nickname: JungKookie
Position: Vocal, Dancer, Rapper, Maknae
Birthday: September 1, 1997
Height: 177 cm
Weight: 61 kg
Blood Type: A
Hobbies: Drawing and taking photo
Specialties: Eating

FACTS

Bangtan was supposed to be a duo consisting of former member Jung Hunchul and Rap Monster
The members thought that the company was kidding when they said that their name will be BulletProof scout boys.But after years training under that name they are now fond of it .The meaning of this name was all explained by Suga."Our Generaion is enduring a lot of hardships in life and lots of prejudice this name means that we want to protects our generation from all these hardships that pour like bullets "
Suga acts like a mom to Jimin
J-Hope and Jungkook have a father- son relationship . J-Hope always comforts Jungkook when he cries.
V kicks and shouts in his sleep. He even gives orders to the members whe he is asleep. According to the members he once asked for a glass of water and then they brought him one but he was fast asleep
Rap Monster chose V as the member which will be the worst in dating. He tends to think about weird things people don' t think about
Jungkook really likes to take pictures with a camera. He uses a Canon brand camera
Rap Monster openly supports gay and lesbian relationships
Jin has an acting experience
Jimin once said that J-Hope has the cleanist roomt
JungKook has the most untidy one
Suga once mentioned that Taehyung always suggests that all 7 of them shower together
Suga thought that V is a bad guy (나쁜 사람) when he first met him
Jimin once said he wanted to dance with Kai
JungKook said that Kyungsoo is handsome and nice
Hoseok said that he wanted to become close to Exo
B.A.P's Youngjae and J-Hope auditioned at the same time for JYP
Suga used to like classical music
Taehyung once said that Suga makes fun of the way he smiles
Taehyung never had a person confess to him in person
Taehyung have similar features to Daehyun and Baekhyun.
Other names considered for the group include BigKidz and Young Nation
Jin sang 2AM 'This song' for his audition
Jimin was last member to join group