BLOCK B~
Name: Blockbuster 블락비
Members: Zico, Jaehyo, Taeil, P.O, B-Bomb, U-Kwon and Kyung.
Origin: Seoul, South Korea
Genres: HipHop, pop, kpop, R&B, dance.
Labels: Stardom Ent. (previously BrandNew Stardom Ent.)
Created by: Cho PD
Debut date: 15th April 2011
Debut Single: Freeze! 그대로 멈춰라!
Facts:
- In Block B's dorm there is one door with a picture of f(x)'s Sulli.
- Block B danced T-ara's Love Dovey in one of their Showcases (120201)
- Block B never learned from anybody. They all learned on their own before debut.
- There were 5 Block B members at first: Zico, Kyung, U-kwon, Mino, and Hanhae.
- B1A4's Jinyoung rejected Zico’s request of taking one selca with him because of Jaehyo’s plan.
- When Block B was asked of their first impression of Cho PD they said that he looked like a monkey.
Zico
Name: Woo Jiho 우지호
Birthday: 14th September 1992
Birthplace: Seoul
Position: Leader, Main Rapper, Lyricist, Composer and Producer
Weight: 65kg.
Height: 1,82cm
Blood Type: O
Religion: Catholic
Family: His older brother is TaeWoon (Woo Jiseok), leader of SPEED and rapper of Coed School.
Fanclube name (Official): Zicova.
Nicknames: Jamaican Beggar-co (He had dreadlocks on Tell Them era and MTV Match Up referred to him as Jamaican Beggar-co) and Ziraffe (He once impersonated a Giraffe in MTV Match Up)
Education: Seoul Music High School (attending), and also tudied abroad in Canada, China, and Japan.
Hobbies: Shopping, read, watching American comedias, collecting Hello Kitty (because of his strong image, he chose Hello Kitty to "break" it a little bit but now he doesn't do this anymore).
Specialities: Freestyle rap, composing, weaving melody lines.
Favorite Color: Black
Ideal Type:“For me, I like women with pretty legs and thighs. I really
do like women with pretty legs and also girls that look good with
long straight hair. And funny girls.” –Zico
Twitter: @ZICO92
Facts:
- Featured in IU’s Marshmellow.
- Also featured in HyunA's Just Follow.
- Zico was the one who wrote his rap lines in HyunA’s song, Just Follow.
- Childhood friends with Kyung
- Studied in Japan
- Released a mix tape in 2010 titled ZICO on the Block which contains 19 tracks
featuring many other hip hop artists
- Plays/talks well with strangers
- Calls twitter a “blue bird” because he doesn’t know if he’s allowed to say it on
TV
- Former SM Trainee, supposed to be part of SHINee.
- In-charge of waking everyone up.
- Released another mixtape in 2012 titled "Zico on the Block 1.5"
- Zico shaved his head once to show that he is throuing away the immaturity he showed to the people of Thay and anyone else.
- Knows how to dance Teen Top's Crazy.
- Zico think his biggest charm is his bubble lips. (I agree keke)
- He thinks that a girls with piercings are pretty.
- Wants to collaborate with CL.
- Zico thinks Sandeul of B1A4 is cute.
- Zico made his signature simpler so that he can sign BBC’s albums and posters faster and easier.
- Zico had his first kiss when he was in 2nd year of highschool.
- Zico is really bad at saying directions.
- Produced the new mini album of D-Unit "Affirmative Chapter.1"
- Also produced OFFROAD, a rookie boyband, with their new concept music "Head Banging".
Jaehyo
Name: Ahn JaeHyo 안재효
Birthday: 23th December 1990
Birthplace: Busan
Position: Lead Vocalist, the visual.
Weight: 58kg.
Height: 1.81 cm
Blood Type: A
Fanclube name (Unofficial): Herp (because of his is a totally derp person)
Nickname: DerpHyo (Derp – to describe a retarded looking face because he has a lot of photos with a Derp face, specially since their Tell Them MV.)
Education: Youngdong High School
Hobbies: Watching Movies and collecting electronic equipment
Favorite Color: Black
Ideal Type: “I like gentle women. Not women who hang outside a lot. Just gentle women.”
–Jaehyo
Twitter: @blockbhyo
Facts:
- An internet ulzzang.
- Best Nine School Ulzzang 3rd Generation
- A cast of Mnet 꽃미남 아롱사태 (2008) with Song Joongki.
- Won in 1st Place Mnet Pretty, Busan Category
- Can’t live without his electronics
- Friends with MBLAQ’s Lee Joon
- He thinks he is the most beautiful in Block B.
- Jaehyo is a bit closer to INFINITE's Myungsoo.
- Childhood friend with EXO's Luhan and has a pre-debut picture with him.
- Wants to collaborate with Minah from Girls Day.
- Jaehyo had his first kiss when he was in 2nd year of highschool.
P.O
Name: Pyo Jihoon 표지훈
Birthday: 2nd February 1992
Birthplace: Seoul
Position: Rapper and Maknae
Weight: 64kg
Height: 1.81cm
Blood Type: B
Fanclube name: Pearl
Nicknames: Whale and Piglet (Because he said that he looked like Piglet without glasses on.)
Education: Hanrim Entertainment Arts High School (attending)
Hobbies: Acting
Specialities: Composing and Raping
Favorite Color: Hot pink
Ideal Type: “I like cute girls. For example, 2NE1′s Sandara Park senior or f(x)’s Sulli
senior.” –P.O.
Twitter: @pyojihoon
Facts:
- Admires Dara of 2NE1 and Sulli of F(x).
- Attended as a guest at Vibe Concert in 2010.
- According to the members, P.O is good at making up poses
- Played soccer when he was younger
- Thinks Kyung has no flaws
- Loves nachos
- Is Block B's troll.
- Love to make fun of his hyungs.
- At first P.O thought JaeHyo was a foreigner because he think Jaehyo is too good loocking.
- Wants to collaborate with Taeyang.
- P.O and Mino (BoM) are best friends
B-Bomb
Name: Lee Minhyuk 이민혁
Birthday: 14th December 1990
Birthplace: Seoul
Position: Main Dancer, Vocalist, Sub-rapper
Weight: 60kg
Height: 1.78cm
Blood Type: A
Fanclube name: Dimple (His type of girls are girls with dimples)
Nicknames: Grapefruit, Minhyuk-god (Because His hair is a color of a grapefruit. MTV Match
Up in Japan referred to him as Minhyuk-god)
Education: Induk University, Broadcasting Major
Hobbies: Playing instruments, collecting fashion photoshoots
Specialities: Dance (Poppin and Hip Hop).
Favorite Color: Black
Ideal Type: ”My ideal girl is someone with cute dimples.” –B-Bomb
Twitter: @BlockB2011
Facts:
- He trained with Infinite.
- Group 5 in Battle Shinhwa
- Won daesang for Coex Dance Jjang
- Won 3rd place for Mapo District Youth Champio
- Appeared in SBS Running Mackeral; KBS Supermom; Cho
PD (Korea City) MV
- Has a habit going to sleep in one position and waking up in that same exact
position.
- According to Kyung and Zico, he’s the most interested in porn
- Stays after to help TaeIl with choreography
- Afraid of heights
- Usually drink warm milk when he can't sleep.
- His last relationship was March 2012.
- According to Kyung B-Bomb is a selfish person
- Wants to collaborate with Jay Park
Taeil
Name: Lee Taeil 이태일
Birthday: 24 September 1990
Birthplace: Seoul
Position: Main Vocalist
Weight: 57kg
Height: 1.67cm
Blood Type: A
Fanclube name (Unofficial): Shark Bait
Nicknames: Shark (Because he was trolled by Kyung saying that Sharks(in Korean) in
english is Jaws and Shark in english means male ‘Jaws’.)
Education: Digital Seoul Culture Arts University (hiatus)
Hobbies: Collecting hats, fishing
Specialities: Singing.
Favorite Color: Black
Ideal Type: “Specifically, I like actress Lee Young Ah” –Taeil
Twitter: @BB_Taeil
Facts:
- He was in MBC’s “A Birth of a Great Star”.
- He won daesang at Green Bank’s Children Singing Competition
- He was featured in Han’s Band’s 2009 Winter Album as a chorus
- Has the hardest time with choreography
- Hates being woken up
- Taeil once slept in the bathtub until 4AM. He woke up because he was cold
U-Kwon
Name: Kim YooKwon 김유권
Birthday: 9th April 1992
Birthplace: Suwon, Gyeonggi
Position: Lead Dancer, Vocalist
Weight: 63kg.
Height: 1.76cm
Blood Type: A
Religion: Catholic
Fanclube name (Unofficial): Kitten
Nicknames: Kitty-Kwon, Mother-Kwon (Because in one of their shows he was
impersonating a cat and in their MV shoot he played with cat. He is like the
mother figure in Block B.)
Education: Anyang Technical High School (graduated)
Hobbies: Watching movies, listening to music, reading
Specialities: Dance, playing eletric guitar
Favorite Color: Yellow
Ideal Type: “As for me, I like women who look good with short cuts. I’m attracted to women
with short hair.” –U-Kwon
Twitter: He deleted his account.
Facts:
- Likes the anime One Piece
- Can dance while beat boxing
- Cleans the most
- Featured in “It’s Not Over” from Miss S Repackage Album
- Won the dance award at Anyang Youth Arts Festival
- Won the special award in a dance at Gyeongido Youth Arts Festival
- keeps his mother’s pic in his wallet.
- He used to like B2ST's music but after being in Block B, he began listening more to HipHop.
- His favorite times is the meals one.
- Wants to collaborate with BIGBANG
Kyung
Name: Park Kyung 박경
Birthday: 8th July 1992
Birthplace: Seoul
Position: Lead Rapper, Lyricist
Weight: 56kg
Height: 1.76cm
Blood Type: B
Fanclube name (Unofficial): Pickle
Nicknames: Cucumber, Kyungcumber (Why? Because he has a long face which Jaehyo said he
looked like a cucumber.)
Education: Kamo High School (New Zealand) and briefly studied in the Philipines when he was young
Hobbies: Web Surfing
Specialities: Rap, Composing.
Favorite Color: Red
Ideal Type: “My ideal woman. Honestly speaking, I don’t look at physical features.
Height? Don’t need it. Weight? Don’t need it. I just need a kind heart.”
–Kyung
Twitter: @KYUNGPARK1992
Facts:
- Studied in New Zealand.
- He was childhood friends with ZICO.
- Started watching porn in elementary school
- Composed and rap in: Harmonix Digital Single (Letter); “Hope for Korean Hip Hop”; “Origin of Species” & “Map Music”; “It’s All Act”; “It’s Not Over".
- It wasn’t an easy decision to make, but Kyung decided to trust his elementary
school friend Zico and join Block B.
- Used to play violin when he was young.
- Is allergic to cats.
- According to him the biggest charm of Block B is that they are not fake.
- He thinks that a girls with piercings are pretty.- Kyung's biggest passion are all BBCs, he is always saying thet he love them. He once said " lived in New Zealand for three years. But I live in my fans’ hearts now".
- Kyung knows about ‘ZiKyung’ couple.
Credits to Wikipedia, http://kpopsanctuary.com/ and http://blockbfacts.tumblr.com/ <3
