Stage Name
U-Kwon
Real Name
Kim Yu Kwon (김유권)
Positions
Sub-vocal, dance, “smiling representative”
Birthdate
April 9, 1992
Birthplace
Suwon
Blood Type
A
Height
176 cm (5’9”)
Weight:
63 kg (138.6 lbs)
Education
Graduated from Anyang Technical High School
Hobbies
Movies, listening to music, reading
Specialties
Dancing, playing electric guitar
Experience
featured in “It’s Not Over” from Miss S’s repackaged album “Miss Independent”
won the InYang Arts Dance Festival Young boys division,
won a special award in the KyungKiDo Arts Dance Festival.
Ideal Woman
women who look good with short hair
Meaning Behind Stage Name
It’s his first name, which itself has meaning:
“Yu” means “to have”, and “Kwon” means “power”. Thus, it means “to have power”.
Siblings
1 older brother
Religion
Christian
Artists he likes
Bruno Mars, Avant
Random Facts
He was a sub vocalist and played guitar for a band called “SHIT”, which stood for Super Hero Idol Team prior to his debut.
He reads manga (his current read, during the time when allkpop interview them, was the manga “One Piece”).
He was the 1st member to ab flash after their debut.
He is considered to be incredibly innocent, according to Kyung.
He and Taeil are considered the awkward pair of Block B.
When he thinks something is funny, or when he’s embarrassed… He tends to spazz (I’ll find that gif later).
He likes cats.
He once accidentally keyboard smashed and made the word “beup”. Since then, he’s been using that word to tweet randomly. He even gave it a definition.
He used to be tubbier prior to his debut, but he lost weight and got into Block B.
He trained with a group that ended up not debuting. From that group, he was recommended into Block B.
He cooks rice the best out of all the Block B members.
He can beatbox.
He can make animal noises (he’s displayed a cat, dog, and a pig).
He has an older brother, 6 years older than him, who he claims looks just like him.
He really loves his hyung……………………
His hair was described as lightning hair back in their Freeze days (Dal Shabet complimented Block B’s hairstyles).
He’s good at making sandwiches (although he made a tuna sandwich that was sort of fail).
Quotes
(in continuation of Jaehyo, P.O, and Taeil) “I feel like it’s been a while since we’ve been able to eat meat. We really want to eat it.”
(When asked about his exposed arms) “It’s not to show off, but our stylist noona said that at least one of us had to expose something since we’re all covered up… So I was the sacrifice”.
(When asked “did you ever want a cool name” from a discussion about their stage names) “I actually did, but my name was the prettiest”.
(when asked why he likes Bruno Mars and Avant) “[…] if you watch their concert videos, you’ll seriously die”.
Info credit Soompi’s Block B thread, International Block, blog BBCindo
