ATEEZ
ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT KQ's GROUP 'ATEEZ'
ateez debuted under kq enertainment on october 24, 2018 with their tracks 'pirate king' and 'treasure'
ateez's fanbase is known as atinys, which is a mix of the words "ateez" and "destiny"
ateez had a 9th member before kq decided he was too young to debut with the group, so they continued as an 8 member group
before they were 'ateez,' they were known as "kq fellaz"
choi jongho
(jongho)
october 12, 2000main vocalist, maknaehe was a contestant on MIXnine and ranked 43his nicknames are 'apple' and 'power-jongho'jongho shares a room with mingieven though he had the abilities to become an athlete, he wanted to be an idol
jung wooyoung
(wooyoung)
november 26, 1999main dancer, vocalist, visualwooyoung is a former bighit traineehe was a contestant on MIXnine and ranked both 57 and 72he shares a room with yeosanghe says he wanted to be an idol since he performed in school stages
song mingi
(mingi)
august 9, 1999main rapper, lead dancerhis nickname is 'mingki'he was a contestant on MIXnine and ranked both 23 and 62he shares a room with jonghohe is a former maroo entertainement trainee
choi san
(san)
july 10, 1999namahae, south koreamain dancer, lead vocalisthe auditioned for mixnine but he wasn't put throughhe shares a room with yunohhe is fluent in both korean and japanese
kang yeosang
(yeosang)
june 15, 1999incheon, south korealead dancer, vocalist, visualyeosang is a former bighit trainee along side wooyounghe shares a room with wooyounghe auditioned for mixnine but wasn't put though
jeong yunoh
(yunoh)
march 23, 1999gwangju, south koreamain dancer, vocalistyunoh graduated from the SOPAhe shares a room with sanhe auditioned for mixnine but wasn't put though
kim hongjoong
(hongjoong)
november 7, 1998leader, lead rapper, vocalist, center, composerout of ateez, he is the most fluent in englishhe became a idol because he wanted to influence other people's liveshis nicknames are 'hong-leader' and 'mini-hong'he considers himself a big fan of the minions
park seonghwa
(seonghwa)
april 3, 1998jinju, south koreavocalist, visualhis nickname is 'toothless' in relation to the dragonhe also auditioned for mixnine but wasn't let throughhis name means 'star' and 'to become'
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