Hongjoong

  • Stage Name: Hongjoong (Hangul: 홍중; Japanese: ホンジュン)
  • Name: Kim Hong Joong (Hangul: 김홍중; Hanja: 金弘中)
  • Name Meaning: “to be the center of the wide world”
    • 金 (김/Kim) means “gold” and is a common surname.[1]
    • 弘 (홍/Hong) means “wide”.[2]
    • 中 (중/Joong) means “center”.[3]
  • Birthdate: November 7th, 1998
  • Birthplace: Anyang, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
  • Zodiac:
    • Sun sign: Scorpio
  • Chinese Zodiac: Earth Tiger
  • Blood Type: B
  • MBTI: INFP “Introversion, Intuition, Feeling, Perception”
  • Representative emoji/animal: 🐿️ / Squirrel
  • Positions: Captain / Main Rapper / Composer

Some fun facts about our favorite captain!

  • Hongjoong always paints one fingernail for The Polished Man movement, which encourages men to paint one of their fingernails to represent the 1 in every 5 children who become victims of sexual violence in their lifetime.
  • He once recorded a song 1395 times.
  • He loves minions, He has minions slippers and was called ‘Korean Big Minion’ by the members. He has even dressed up as one.
  • His role models are Zico and G-Dragon. He wanted to learn music production after listening to artists like Michael Jackson.
  • He was the first KQ trainee, and he trained for 6 months