BLOCK B

zico —->  leader & rapper

Name: Woo Ji Ho

Birthday: September 14, 1992

Height: 182cm

Weight: 65kg

Blood Type: O

Religion: Catholic

Family: Parents, Older Brother (Co-Ed School’s Taewoon)

Nicknames: Jamaican Beggar-co, Ziraffe, Hello Kitty (Why? He once had dreads and MTV Match Up referred to him as Jamaican Beggar-co. He impersonated a Giraffe in MTV Match Up. He collects/loves Hello Kitty)

Fans club (Official): Zicova (From his name)

Education: Seoul Music High School (attending)

Hobbies: Shopping, reading, watching American comedians

Specialties: Freestyle rap, composing, weaving melody lines

Ideal Type: “For me, I like women with pretty legs and thighs. I really do like women with pretty legs and also girls that look good with long straight hair. And funny girls.” –Zico

Twitter Account: @zico92

facts:

• Composed and rap in

Harmonix Digital Single (Letter)
“Hope for Korean Hip Hop”
“Origin of Species” & “Map Music”
“It’s All Act”
“Jung Seulki Digital Single”
“Hero Music”
“Faddy Robot”

• Featured in IU’s Marshmellow as a rap session
• Childhood friends with Kyung
• Studied in Japan
• Released a mix tape in 2010 titled ZICO on the Block which contains 19 tracks featuring many other hip hop artists
• Plays/talks well with strangers
• Calls twitter a “blue bird” because he doesn’t know if he’s allowed to say it on TV
•  Former SM Trainee, supposed to be part of SHINee.
• In-charge of waking everyone up.

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jaehyo —–> vocal

Name: Ahn Jaehyo

Birthday: December 23, 1990

Height: 181cWeight:58kg

Blood type: A

School: Youngdong High School

Hobby: Watching movies

Nickname:Derp/Derphyo (Derp – to describe a retarded looking face. Why? because BBCs found a lot of photos of him with a Derp face, this started from their Tell Them MV.)

Fans club (Unofficial): Herp (Because he is a derp)

Ideal Type:  “I like gentle women. Not women who hang outside a lot. Just gentle women.” –Jaehyo

Twitter Account: @blockbhyo

facts:

• An internet ulzzang.
• Best Nine School Ulzzang 3rd Generation
• A cast of Mnet 꽃미남 아롱사태 (2008) with Song Joongki.
• Won in 1st Place Mnet Pretty, Busan Category
• Can’t live without his electronics
• Jaehyo’s hobby is collecting electronic equipment
• Friends with MBLAQ’s Lee Joon

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p.o —-> rapper, maknae

Name: Pyo Jihoon

Birthday: February 2, 1993

Height: 181cm

Weight: 64kg

Blood type: B

Education: Hanrim Entertainment Arts High School (attending)

Nicknames: Whale, P.Oglet/Piglet (Why?Because he said that he looked like Piglet without glasses on.)

Fans club: Pearl

Hobby: Acting

Specialties: Composing, Rapping

Ideal Type: “I like cute girls. For example, 2NE1′s Sandara Park senior or f(x)’s Sulli senior.” –P.O.

Twitter Account: @pyojihoon

facts:

• Admires Dara of 2NE1 and Sulli of F(x).
• Attended as a guest at Vibe Concert in 2010.
• According to the members, P.O is good at making up poses
• Played soccer when he was younger
• Thinks Kyung has no flaws
• Loves nachos

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b-bomb —-> subvocal, dancer

Name: Lee Minhyuk

Birthday: December 14, 1990

Birthplace: Seoul

Height: 178cm

Weight: 60kg

Blood Type: A

Education: Induk University, Broadcasting Major(hiatus)

Nickname: Grapefruit, Minhyuk-god (Why? His hair is a color of a grapefruit. MTV Match Up in Japan referred to him as Minhyuk-god)

Fans club: Dimple (His type of girls are girls with dimples)

Hobbies: Playing instruments, collecting fashion photoshoots

Specialties: Dance (Poppin and Hip Hop)

Ideal Type: ”My ideal girl is someone with cute dimples.” –B-Bomb

Twitter Account: @blockb2011

facts:

• He trained with Infinite.
• Group 5 in Battle Shinhwa
• Won daesang for Coex Dance Jjang
• Won 3rd place for Mapo District Youth Champio
• Appeared in

SBS Running Mackeral
KBS Supermom
Cho PD (Korea City) MV

• Has a habit going to sleep in one position and waking up in that same exact position.
• According to Kyung and Zico, he’s the most interested in porn
• Stays after to help TaeIl with choreography
• Afraid of heights

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taeil —-> main vocal

Name: Lee Taeil

Birthday: September 24, 1990

Birthplace: Seoul

Height: 167cm

Weight: 57kg

Blood type: AB

Education: Digital Seoul Culture Arts University (hiatus)

Nickname: Shark (Why? Because he was trolled by Kyung saying that Sharks(in Korean) in english is Jaws and Shark in english means male ‘Jaws’.)

Fans club (Unofficial): Shark bait

Hobbies: Collecting hats, fishing

Specialties: Singing

Ideal Type: “Specifically, I like actress Lee Young Ah” –Taeil

Twitter Account: @bb_taeil

facts:

•  He was in MBC’s “A Birth of a Great Star”.
• He won daesang at Green Bank’s Children Singing Competition
• He was featured in Han’s Band’s 2009 Winter Album as a chorus
• Has the hardest time with choreography
• Hates being woken up
• Taeil once slept in the bathtub until 4AM. He woke up because he was cold

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u-kwon —-> vocal, dancer

Name: Kim Yookwon

Birthday: April 9, 1992

Birthplace: Suwon, Gyeonggi

Height: 176cm

Weight: 63kg

Blood type: A

Education: Anyang Technical High School(graduated)

Nicknames: Kitty-Kwon, Mother-Kwon (Why? Because in one of their shows he was impersonating a cat and in their MV shoot he played with cat. He is like the mother figure in Block B.)

Fans club (Unofficial): Kitten

Hobbies: Watching movies, listening to music, reading

Specialties: Dance, playing eletric guitar

Ideal Type: “As for me, I like women who look good with short cuts. I’m attracted to women with short hair.” –U-Kwon

Twitter Account:  @u_kwon

facts:

• Likes the anime One Piece
• Can dance while beat boxing
• Cleans the most
• Featured in “It’s Not Over” from Miss S Repackage Album
• Won the dance award at Anyang Youth Arts Festival
• Won the special award in a dance at Gyeongido Youth Arts Festival
• keeps his mother’s pic in his wallet.

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kyung —-> rapper

Name: Park Kyung

Birthday: July 8, 1992

Birthplace: Seoul

Height: 176cm

Weight: 56kg

Blood type: B

Education: Kamo High School (New Zealand)

Nicknames: Cucumber, Kyungcumber (Why? Because he has a long face which Jaehyo said he looked like a cucumber.)

Fans club (Unofficial): Pickle

Hobbies: Web Surfing

Specialties: Rap, Composing

Ideal Type: “My ideal woman. Honestly speaking, I don’t look at physical features. Height? Don’t need it. Weight? Don’t need it. I just need a kind heart.” –Kyung

Twitter Account: @blockbkyung

facts:

• Studied in New Zealand.
• He was childhood friends with ZICO.
• Started watching porn in elementary school
• Composed and rap in

Harmonix Digital Single (Letter)
“Hope for Korean Hip Hop”
“Origin of Species” & “Map Music”
“It’s All Act”
“It’s Not Over

• It wasn’t an easy decision to make, but Kyung decided to trust his elementary school friend Zico and join Block B.

Source : http://sumandu.wordpress.com/kpop-profiles/boy-groups/block-b-pbrofile/