Jin is the oldest member of BTS. His real name is Kim Seok-jin (김석진). His birthday is on December 4th.
Before joining the band, Jin intended to work at his father's company. However, he was scouted on the streets due to his otherworldly appearance.
Due to his good looks, Jin was first scouted by one of the biggest talent agencies in South Korea, SM, but he refused to join the agency thinking that it was a scam and that the person approaching him was lying.
He made his debut single album with BTS titled '2 Cool 4 Skool' with the hit track 'No More Dream' in June 2013. Thereafter, he became the main visual and a vocalist of the group.
Nickname(s): Visual King, Worldwide Handsome, Third One from The Left, Observant Jin (given by V, for being observant), Shoulder Hyung (for his broad shoulders), Prince Jin, Car Door Guy, Sexy Guy Who Cooks Well, Eat Jin.
He is 25/27 years old. (US/Korean ages respectively) He had a dog named Jjanggu, who died in 2017. He has a two pet Sugar Gliders named Odeng and Eomuk. His favorite hobbies include cooking, eating, dolls, telling dad jokes, blowing air kisses, playing video games, snowboarding, looking at photographs and recipes, and taking care of his pets.
When he dances, he is said to look like a traffic police. His personality is always recognized as caring, humble and funny. When he was a trainee, he became friends with Seungjun and Heejun (KNK). A professional plastic surgery doctor stated that Jin's face was a 'perfect face'- his eyes, nose, mouth, ears, everything in the right place, with the right shape and the right type of face.
Although he's the oldest, he likes acting like a maknae (the youngest), so he's got a new nickname: "MANGAE". Even though Jin majored in acting, he was asked to learn dancing and singing to be a part of BTS. Despite having no knowledge in either of these areas, Jin worked very hard and is highly appreciated for his visual and talent. People always know him like a good-looking man, but he also has a soft, warm, really nice and amazing voice.
His technique of dancing is getting more and more better. He is roommates with Suga. When BTS changed roommates, Jin and Suga stayed together. Suga stated that he 'couldn't have a more perfect roommate'. He has guested on multiple variety shows, most notably Law of the Jungle in Kota Manado, Please Take Care Of My Refrigerator, Hello Counselor, and Let's Eat Dinner Together. On Idol King Of Cooking, Jin was supposed to go to the final round. However, due to their conflicting schedules, someone else took his spot in the finals. During earlier eras, he was nicknamed Ctrl + V because he was the only one who was able to control Taehyung (V). The best way to make Jin despair is to take away his food and his Nintendo.
His favorite color was pink. In a 2017 interview, he stated that it is now blue. His favorite number is 4. His favorite foods are lobster, meat, naengmyeon (Korean noodle dish), chicken, hamburgers, pizza, and all types of greasy junk food. He likes anime, Disney princesses, his Maple Story and Super Mario action figures, and Nintendo games. He is known as worldwide handsome.
He has a habit of blinking his left eye when he's hungry. He is able to do The Exorcist's "spider-walk" (walking with his waist bent). His role model is T.O.P. of Big Bang. He describes himself as Hidetoshi Dekisugi from Doraemon. His ideal type is someone who will be a good wife, good at cooking, and is nice. In ten years, he wants to be Sergeant Kim Seok-jin in the Bangtan A.R.M.Y. After that, he wants to be a man that mothers would like watching on TV. He once made seaweed soup for J-Hope, who became speechless since he thought it tasted like his mom's soup.
He always goes to the gym with Jimin. According to the other members, he has the best body and face in the group. He is in charge of the kitchen and cleaning up the dorms. He has a driver's license.
When he eats, he has a habit of smelling it first. He never uses wooden chopsticks-- he always carries his own because he doesn't like the smell of the wooden chopsticks. He's bad at lying. He can't watch horror movies. As a child, he wanted to be a detective. V described him as a Crane (두루미). He wakes up two hours earlier than the other members. He can speak a little bit of Chinese, Japanese, and English. The Chinese A.R.M.Y fans stated that Jin sounded the most Chinese out of the Bangtan Boys when they spoke Chinese. He has recently revealed to have two flying squirrels as well, however he has not formally posted about them on any social media. He can play the guitar and piano. He chose V as the member he is closest to. He wants his first child to be a girl and second to be a boy. He wants to give a noona (male's term of addressing for an older female in Korea) for his son because a noona will give him pocket money as his hyung (older brother) always took his pocket money. He named his future children-- the girl to be Yu-sun (유선) and the boy to be Yu-bi (유비). His brother (Kim Seok Jung) is two years older than him.
He is the first K-pop idol to get 100 million hearts on V-live during his birthday live on 2017. He likes to blow flying kisses to ARMY. His motto in life is: "Let's live freely." He feels uncomfortable being called feminine names by fans. Particularly, "Mom", "Eomma", and "Princess". He is close friends with Ken (VIXX), Sandeul (B1A4), Baro (B1A4), Hani (EXID), and Moonbyul (Mamamoo). The six of them belong to a group chat they call "92liners' Club" (since they were all born in 1992). He's part of an idol gaming crew called "We're The Strongest Idols" with B.A.P.'s Youngjae (leader), BTOB's Eunkwang, VIXX's Ken, and Wanna One's Park Ji Hoon.
His solo song: Awake. His cover songs: Mom, I Love You. His collaborate songs: Even If I Die, It's You (with V), So Far Away (with Suga, Jungkook).
Jin has very broad shoulders. Measuring at 60cm (23in) in width. The fans tweet hashtag #WorldwideHandsomeDay and #겨울에_태어나_아름다운_석진 (means Beautiful Seokjin born in winter) for his latest birthday. Jin favorite weather is Spring sunlight. Jin also enjoy looking at photographs and recipes. Jin started Super Mario when he was five years old and Maple Story in seventh grade and still faithfully play them. He think Super Mario characters and the monsters in Maple Story are extremely cute. Jin made a big mistake during their first performance at M!Countdown. His pants went down all the way to his thighs. Jin favorite items —> Maple Story action figures, Super Mario action figures, Nintendo games. Jin has crooked fingers. Jin is really confident with others and can communicate well now, but previously, he stated he had very low self esteem and that A.R.M.Y's and the rest of BTS helped him to overcome it.
Jin was also an MC for the MAMA awards in 2017 alongside EXO's Chanyeol and and Red Velvet's Irene. Jin always wins staring contests. Jin, Jungkook, and Jimin drink together occasionally. Jin's BT21 character is a white alpaca wearing a red neckerchief named RJ. Jin is very athletic, his sports are snowboarding, golf, he can also do wakeboarding, tennis, surfing, scuba diving and a lot more. Jin's favorite animal is an alpaca.
Jin's laugh is very distinctive and is known as the 'Windshield Wiper' laugh (i.e the sound of when glass/windows are being wiped clean.) Besides from J-Hope, Jin is the second member who gets scared very easily.
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