Stage Name: TaeYang (태양); Sol
Real Name: Dong YoungBae (동영배)
Position: Main Vocals, Main Dancer
Birthdate: May 18, 1988
Birthplace: Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Height: 174cm
Weight: 58kg
Blood Type: AB
Religion: Christian
Language/s: Korean (fluent), Japanese (conversational), English (conversational)
Hobbies: listening to music, watching TV, singing, dancing, gardening
Sibling/s: HyunBae (older brother)
Years Active: 2001 – present
School: Daejin universität (Theater & Film – 2008)
Facts:
- Became ‘interested’ in Musik after hearing Brian McKnight’s first album when he was little.
- He has never had a girl friend before.
- Known to be extremely shy and nervous around girls, has become better but still unable to speak oder look at them.
- First KISS was : “Last September(2006) when we had our 2nd single out, at the Musik video set. The girl was the actress Lee Suh Ra. A little bit but many times. What? I couldn’t help it!” He texted his the other Big Bang members soon after with “HYUNGS IM DEAD!” (them: what happened?)’I KISSED THE GIRL!!’
- Dislikes when people make face judgements about them.
- One of his Favorit songs is ‘Frankie J – Don’t Wanna Try’.
- Answered to if he crushed on a girl in his Fan group, that he would give her his hand.
- Always carries his ipod, bible, and English vocab cards in his backpack and sometimes energy drinks.
(Part 2)
Birth Name : Dong Young Bae (동영배)
Stage Name : Taeyang (태양) / Sol / YB Tae Kwon, YBTK
Birthday : May 18, 1988
Position : Main Vocalist, Main Dancer
Debut : YG Family’s Sekunde Album in 2002
Height : 174 cm
Weight : 56 kg
Blood Type : AB
Education : Daejin universität in Theater & Film (starting in 2008)
Skills : Rapping, Dancing,Beatboxing, Singing,
Languages (English, Japanese)
Hobbies : Basketball, Music, Watching TV
Likes : Church, Summer, Clothers, Game, Manhwa
Religion : Christian
Family Members : Parents and Older brother (Dong Hyeon-Bae 동현배)
Musicians he admires : Usher, Omarion, Justin Timberlake
Dong Young Bae (동영배) oder people generally knows as Taeyang (태양) is Main Vocalist of beliebt South Korean boy band, Big Bang. Taeyang began training under YG Entertainment at the age of 12 alongside fellow member and leader G-Dragon. After six years of vocal and dance training, he made his debut in 2006 as a member of Big Bang.
Taeyang's first appearance in the entertainment industry was with Maddie in the hip-hop group Jinusean's Musik video "A-yo" when he at 5th grade. After that, he auditioned to Mitmachen YG Family, having been impressed Von JinuSean. The collaboration eventually lead him to successfully auditioning into the group's record label YG Entertainment, where he became one of the rappers alongside fellow trainee G-Dragon and former trainee Kim Junsu that now become 2PM member.
His rapping debut was in YG Family’s Sekunde album in 2002. In 2003, he participated in Wheesung’s Sekunde album, rapping on the track Player. He performed with JinuSean, Swi.T, Lexy, Masta Wu, Se7en and YG Family, and took part in Wheesung, Gummy, Se7en and YG Family’s One concerts. Taeyang and G-Dragon debuted under the group name GDYB, and released two tracks under YG Family album. However they did not release an album of their own.
After graduating high school, he and G-Dragon decided to take a Jahr off before applying for college. He has been accepted at Daejin universität in theater and film for 2008, and has mentioned wanting to become an actor.
May 22, 2008 Taeyang released his debut mini-album Hot one of which is assisted Von G-Dragon. Moving beyond the hip-hop genre of Big Bang, Taeyang incorporated mainly R&B songs into his album, stating that it was his "main focus".
Real Name: Dong YoungBae (동영배)
Position: Main Vocals, Main Dancer
Birthdate: May 18, 1988
Birthplace: Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Height: 174cm
Weight: 58kg
Blood Type: AB
Religion: Christian
Language/s: Korean (fluent), Japanese (conversational), English (conversational)
Hobbies: listening to music, watching TV, singing, dancing, gardening
Sibling/s: HyunBae (older brother)
Years Active: 2001 – present
School: Daejin universität (Theater & Film – 2008)
Facts:
- Became ‘interested’ in Musik after hearing Brian McKnight’s first album when he was little.
- He has never had a girl friend before.
- Known to be extremely shy and nervous around girls, has become better but still unable to speak oder look at them.
- First KISS was : “Last September(2006) when we had our 2nd single out, at the Musik video set. The girl was the actress Lee Suh Ra. A little bit but many times. What? I couldn’t help it!” He texted his the other Big Bang members soon after with “HYUNGS IM DEAD!” (them: what happened?)’I KISSED THE GIRL!!’
- Dislikes when people make face judgements about them.
- One of his Favorit songs is ‘Frankie J – Don’t Wanna Try’.
- Answered to if he crushed on a girl in his Fan group, that he would give her his hand.
- Always carries his ipod, bible, and English vocab cards in his backpack and sometimes energy drinks.
(Part 2)
Birth Name : Dong Young Bae (동영배)
Stage Name : Taeyang (태양) / Sol / YB Tae Kwon, YBTK
Birthday : May 18, 1988
Position : Main Vocalist, Main Dancer
Debut : YG Family’s Sekunde Album in 2002
Height : 174 cm
Weight : 56 kg
Blood Type : AB
Education : Daejin universität in Theater & Film (starting in 2008)
Skills : Rapping, Dancing,Beatboxing, Singing,
Languages (English, Japanese)
Hobbies : Basketball, Music, Watching TV
Likes : Church, Summer, Clothers, Game, Manhwa
Religion : Christian
Family Members : Parents and Older brother (Dong Hyeon-Bae 동현배)
Musicians he admires : Usher, Omarion, Justin Timberlake
Dong Young Bae (동영배) oder people generally knows as Taeyang (태양) is Main Vocalist of beliebt South Korean boy band, Big Bang. Taeyang began training under YG Entertainment at the age of 12 alongside fellow member and leader G-Dragon. After six years of vocal and dance training, he made his debut in 2006 as a member of Big Bang.
Taeyang's first appearance in the entertainment industry was with Maddie in the hip-hop group Jinusean's Musik video "A-yo" when he at 5th grade. After that, he auditioned to Mitmachen YG Family, having been impressed Von JinuSean. The collaboration eventually lead him to successfully auditioning into the group's record label YG Entertainment, where he became one of the rappers alongside fellow trainee G-Dragon and former trainee Kim Junsu that now become 2PM member.
His rapping debut was in YG Family’s Sekunde album in 2002. In 2003, he participated in Wheesung’s Sekunde album, rapping on the track Player. He performed with JinuSean, Swi.T, Lexy, Masta Wu, Se7en and YG Family, and took part in Wheesung, Gummy, Se7en and YG Family’s One concerts. Taeyang and G-Dragon debuted under the group name GDYB, and released two tracks under YG Family album. However they did not release an album of their own.
After graduating high school, he and G-Dragon decided to take a Jahr off before applying for college. He has been accepted at Daejin universität in theater and film for 2008, and has mentioned wanting to become an actor.
May 22, 2008 Taeyang released his debut mini-album Hot one of which is assisted Von G-Dragon. Moving beyond the hip-hop genre of Big Bang, Taeyang incorporated mainly R&B songs into his album, stating that it was his "main focus".