top row (l-r): manny, dawon, damon, jaebin, bullet, riho & xiweol
bottom row (l-r): xin, kid, anthony, yunho & seungbo
varsity is a 12 member boy group under cso entertainment jungle entertainment who debuted on january 5th, 2017 with the song ‘u r my only one’. the group has 7 korean, 4 chinese & 1 chinese-american member. they can speak a total of 5 languages: korean, chinese, english, french & arabic
what does varsity mean? according to leader bullet junwoo, “VARSITY means representative team and shows our big aspirations to advance in korean and in the world, and become a representative in the music industry.” (c: varsity_sg)
because they have both korean, chinese & english native speakers in the group, other members serve as translators in the group
from seungbo: “jaebin who can’t speak korean will translate it into chinese right away if he understands it. if that doesn’t work, I speak to anthony in english and he will translate it in chinese. I can’t feel any inconvenience since we’ve done it like that for a long time” (trans: varsity_sg)
official sns: twitter, instagram, youtube, facebook, & fancafe
MEMBERS
kid (키드)
real name: kim junhoe (김준회)
position: lead dance, eldest, main vocal, leader (as of jan.18)
d.o.b: 95.10.26
nationality: korean
other info: he’s the one that does the really cool flips in ‘u r my only one’ // he trained for the longest out of the members (6 years) // he was going to debut in “new world” but they disbanded // got his name because he looked like eustass kid from one piece with his red hair (c: varsityhbk)
junwoo (준우)
real name: jin junwoo (진준우)
former stage name: bullet (블릿)
position: vocal, main rap, leader (in jan.18 the leader was switched from junwoo to kid)
d.o.b: 95.12.02
nationality: korean
other info: got his former stage name because he couldn’t think of any other cool pose beside finger guns (c: varsityhbk)
damon (데이먼)
real name: qiū báo hàn (邱薄翰)
korean name: hu bohan (후보한)
position: main dancer
d.o.b: 96.07.02
nationality: chinese
other info: he’s a professional dancer & has been in many dance crews
xiweol (시월)
real name: kang minseok (강민석)
position: main vocal
d.o.b: 96.10.21
nationality: korean
other info: almost debuted in ‘a to z’ with riho under the name ‘xen’ // plays piano & guitar
xin (씬)
real name: wáng xīnyû (王新宇)
korean name: wang xinwi (왕씬위)
position: vocal
d.o.b: 96.11.10
nationality: chinese
other info: gentle vibe spouting out from sinde his warm visual “I can’t radiate my charms properly yet, but I have confidence in my voice and singing” (c: varsity_sg) // on how he joined a korean idol group (c: varsity_sg) “I was attending an arts college in beijing and went for an audition through my teacher’s recommendation. I joined after going through a lot of auditions)
jaebin (재빈)
real name: dèngbīn (邓滨)
korean name: deungbin (등빈)
position: vocalist
d.o.b: 97.02.13
nationality: chinese
other info: he’s the translator of the group // studied at konkuk university of language school // he’s a fan of hyukoh
seungbo (승보)
real name: jung seungbo (정승보)
position: mood maker, lead vocal, rap
d.o.b: 97.11.01
nationality: korean
other info: moved to dubai when he was 10 // speaks arabic, french, english & korean // one of the group’s translators
riho (리호)
real name: jin seungwook (진승욱)
position: vocalist
d.o.b: 98.03.01
nationality: korean
other info: almost debuted in ‘a to z’ with xiweol // graduated from seoul school of performing arts in february 2017, the same year as jungkook (bts), wooseok (pentagon), umji/sinb (gfriend), yeeun (clc) // he was a child actor // he was part of the dk crew // appeared on kbs2 “the clinic for married couples: love and war”
anthony (엔써니)
real name: anthony lo
position: vocal, visual, rapper
d.o.b: 98.03.12
nationality: chinese-american (from la)
other info: plays piano // speaks chinese & english
yunho (윤호)
real name: jang yunho (장윤호)
position: lead vocal, lead dance
d.o.b: 00.04.15
nationality: korean
other info: he’s good at street dancing & urban choreography
dawon (다원)
real name: cho dawon (조다원)
position: korean maknae, vocalist
d.o.b: 00.05.12
nationality: korean
other info: he calls himself the beagle of the group
manny (만니)
real name: xiào dōngchéng (萧东城)
korean name: syo dong chung (쇼동청)
position: lead rapper, chinese maknae
d.o.b: 01.11.17
nationality: chinese
other info: manny is muslim // he has practiced music & acting since he was a child
VIDEOS
‘u r my only one’ dance practice: normal, 2x speed
spotted at music bank: 170106 / 170120 / 170203 (cr: varsity_sg)
riho’s graduation from SOPA (cr: varsity_sg)
170120 sound k dal komm concert: part 1 2 (cr: varsity_sg)
