Stage Name: T.O.P (탑)

Birth Name: Choi Seung-hyun (최승현)

Position: Lead Rapper, Vocalist, Visual

Birthday: November 4, 1987

– He was born in Seoul, South Korea.

– He has an older sister, named Choi Hye Yoon.

– He is a childhood friend of G-Dragon.

– He was first rejected by YG because they said he was too over weight to be an idol. So he went home and lost 20 kg in 40 days.

– He acted in the movies “Commitment” (2013), “Out of Control” (2016).

– He acted in the dramas “Iris“ and “I Am Sam“.

– He, along with G–Dragon, are part of a sub unit called “GD&TOP“.

– His hobbies are: reading books, swimming, and do silly things.

– He is very stubborn.

– His favorite color is pink.

– His favorite food is sushi, especially tuna sushi.

Stage Name: Taeyang (태양)

Birth Name: Dong Yong Bae (동영배)

Position: Main Vocalist, Main Dancer

Birthday: May 18, 1988

– He was born in Ujeongbu, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.

– He has older brother, actor Dong Hyun-bae.

– His stage name Taeyang means Sun.

– He can play the piano.

– He can speak English, Japanese, and Korean.

– He knows G-Dragon since he was 12, since they were training together.

– Initially, Taeyang and G-DRAGON prepared six years to debut as a hip-hop duo, GDYB, but the plan changed and 3 more members have been added.

– His first kiss was in the MV for his first solo single “My Girl“.

– If he was a girl, he would date Daesung.

Stage Name: Daesung (대성)

Birth Name: Kang Daesung (강대성)

Position: Lead Vocalist, Maknae

Birthday: April 26, 1989

– He was born in Incheon, South Korea.

– He has an older sister, named Bora.

– One of his nicknames is “Smiling Angel”.

– Daesung was the third picked member of Big Bang.

– In 2011, while Daesung was driving to his parents house at night, he noticed a taxi car pulled over to the side. When he went to stop, he ran over a man lying in the road from a previous accident. The man died, and Daesung was struck with sadness and ended all of his Idol appearances for the rest of the year. For the rest of the year he stayed at home and/or went to church.

Stage Name: Seungri (승리)

Birth Name: Lee Seung Hyun (이승현)

Position: Lead Dancer, Vocalist, Maknae

Birthday: December 12, 1990

– He was born in Gwangju, South Korea.

– He has a younger sister, named Hanna.

– He studied at Chung-Ang University with Girl’s Generation’s Yuri and Sooyoung. (He ended up dropping out, due to BigBang’s busy schedule)

– He is known for his blunt attitude and his over confidence.

– Seungri participated in an audition/survival program called “Let’s Coke Play! Battle Shinhwa”, where he competed to be part of the boy band ‘Battle’, which was initially advertised as the next Shinhwa. This was how YG scouted him to train for Big Bang.

– Seungri was originally eliminated from BIGBANG. But because he didn‘t want to face his friends and family after failing, he went back to YG and competed against SO–1 (aka Hyunsung from BEAST/B2ST) to be the final member. In the end, Seungri won.

– Initially, G-Dragon was upset that BigBang ended up having 5 members and he totally ignored Seungri for three months. XD (Happy Together – BIGBANG Special)

– He has his own dance academy, named “Seungri’s Academy”

– A lot of well known debuted idols attended Seungri’s dance academy, these include: Topp Dogg’s Jun Hojoon and Kim Sangkyoon, BTS’s J-HOPE, WINNER’s Jinwoo, VIXX’s Hyuk, KARA’s Goo Hara, B.A.P’s Zelo, EXID’s Seo Hyerin, C-Clown’s Kang Jun, Ladies Code’s Zuny, Laboum’s Soyeon, Lovelyz’s Mijoo, and Nine Muses’s Pyo Hyemi.

-He left Big Bang on March 11, 2019