Actor and Victon Member Choi Byungchan Profile, Drama, Facts, and TMI

Choi Byungchan Profile

Birth Name: 최병찬 (Choi Byungchan)
Stage Name: Byungchan
Nationality: South Korean
Date of Birth: 1997.11.12
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
Chinese Zodiac: Ox
Height: 185 cm (6’06”)
Weight: 67 kg (147.7 lbs)
Blood Type: B
Agency: PlayM Entertainment
Personal Social Media: Instagram, Weibo

Choi Byungchan Facts & TMI

Choi Byungchan was born Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do.
He is the youngest of three.
His siblings are an older brother (born 1990) and an older sister (born 1992).
He is an atheist.
Byungchan is a member of the 7-member boy group VICTON.
His position in VICTON is sub-vocalist.
He is a visual member in VICTON.
In 2019, competed in the idol survival program ‘Produce X 101’ alongside fellow group member Han Seungwoo but he left the program due to chronic Achilles tendonitis.
He was placed in class A during his appearance in ‘Produce X 101’.
Due to his injury, he was absent when his group in ‘Produce X 101’ SIXC performing ‘Move’ at ‘MCountdown’.
Thanks to his soaring popularity in ‘Produce X 101’ Byungchan held a solo fan meeting in October 2019.
He is raising two cats named Bri and Mori.
His father is a police.
Byungchan’s father wanted him to be a police, so Byungchan has been preparing himself for the police examination test.
Because he thought that becoming a police didn’t match his passion, he quit preparing for the police examination. Byungchan started to prepare career as a baseball player, but he had to give up after suffering several injuries.
He finally chose a career as a singer and start his training at Plan A Entertainment.
He didn’t attend regular high school, therefore he took a high school GED.
Prior to his debut, he appeared as an extra in the drama ‘Sassy GO GO’ in 2015.
He is good at girl group dance.
He walked the runway for designer Lee Ji Yeon’s fashion show at Seoul Fashion Week 2018.
According to VICTON members, his hobby is sleeping.
VICTON members also said that Byungchan has the weakest physic in the team.
He started working out in 2017.
He is not afraid of bugs.
His maximum alcohol tolerance is a bottle of soju.
He can’t eat seafood.
Byungchan is the tallest member of VICTON.
Sometimes he subconsciously talks in Jeollado dialect.
He is one of the most active members in VICTON’s fan cafe.
He has really bad eyesight, his eyesight is said to be -7.0.
Byungchan shared that he was thinking of using “Vichen” as his stage name.
He came as a guest at fellow ‘Produce X 101’ contestant Lee Sejin and Kim Mingyu’s solo fan meeting.
His MBTI personality was ISFJ-T but it recently changed to ISFP.
Byungchan is the only member in VICTON who didn’t do piercings.
He is a fan of the band Day6.
He has a trauma of riding amusement park rides because he almost fall from the ride when he was a child.
His hobbies are window shopping, listening to music, and exercising.
Byungchan has dimples on both sides of his cheeks.
He debuted as an actor through JTBC drama ‘Live On’ in 2020.
Among his nicknames are Byungajji (Byungchan + kangaji, 강아지/ kangaji means puppy in Korean), Byungari (Byungchan + byungari, 병아리/ byungari means chick in Korean), Puppy, Giraffe, Byungchanie, Jeonju’s Achilles Heel, Elementary Schooler, Jeonju Spy, Byungchul, etc.