Hongjoong

Hongjoong Profile

• Birth Name: 김홍중 (Kim Hongjoong)
• Stage Name: Hongjoong
• Nationality: South Korean
• Date of Birth: 1998.11.07
• Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
• Chinese Zodiac: Tiger
• Height: 172 cm (5’6”)
• Weight: N/A
• Blood Type: B
• Personal Social Media: N/A

Hongjoong Facts & TMI

• Hongjoong was born and grew up in Anyang, Gyeonggi-do.
• His family consists of mother, father, and an older brother (he said his brother is a contemporary dancer).
• Hongjoong is the leader and main rapper of ATEEZ.
• His signature number is 81.
• Prior to his debut, he competed in the survival program ‘MixNine’.
• Hongjoong also produces songs for ATEEZ.
• He is often in charge of answering questions in interviews because he is good at talking.
• In contrast to teammate Mingi, he raps in a high tone.
• He adds a signature laughter sound at the beginning of his rap parts.
• Hongjoong and Mingi both write their own rap lyrics.
• He always put at least one of his self-produced songs in ATEEZ’s releases.
• Recently, he shared that he is self-taught in mixing and mastering music.
• Sometimes he would help the other members in recording their cover songs.
• He showed the music producing process through his personal content ‘BY. HONGJOONG’.
• He created a theme song for Wooyoung’s content O.S.O.S (Our Side Of Story).
• His life’s motto is ‘’I pave my own way”.
• He was quite a model student during his school days.
• His favorite food is meat.
• His favorite flower is Plum blossom.
• His favorite color is beige.
• He doesn’t like paprika.
• I like subtle flower or fruit scents. He prefers natural scents to artificial ones.
• When he was participating in ‘MixNine’ he was known as ‘That Red-haired Guy’.
• He composed about 40 songs before debut.
• In an interview with Forbes in 2019, he explained that he doesn’t make a solo song, he only makes songs for ATEEZ.
• He shared that there was a time he recorded one song 1,395 times.
• He was the first trainee at KQ Entertainment and spent about six months alone as a trainee.
• He was a popular student back in high school and was nicknamed ‘That Cool Broadcasting Major Senior’.
• He can easily fall asleep regardless of place.
• He participated in many donation campaigns even before his debut.
• Although he is not fluent in English, he can interpret for the members for overseas schedules/ interviews.
• The candidates for his stage name were Lucky and Pan.
• Hongjoong is the member who dyed his hair the most among ATEEZ members.
• His mom had a conception dream of a giant watermelon full of seeds when she was pregnant with Hongjoong.
• He said he lost his AirPods often.
• His personal microphone’s color is white.
• He said that sometimes he can’t handle the overflowing energy of the younger members (especially the 99 liners).
• In the early debut days, he would show Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean’s impersonation, but the members were ashamed of it and asked him to stop doing it. 
• It is said that Hongjoong’s first-ever stage performance was at a middle school talent show where he played harmonica.
• The members said that Hongjoong doesn’t stay in the dorm often because he is always working on new songs in the studio.
• Linkin Park’s official Twitter account liked Hongjoong’s cover of Linkin Park’s song ‘Numb’.
• His MBTI personality type is INFP.
• His hobbies are listening to music, composing music, exercising, and clothes reforming.
• Among his nicknames are Hongie, Korean Big Minion, MiniHongs, Jjoong, Kim Strawberry, Hong Leader, Blueberry, Hongthoven (Hongjoong + Beethoven), Genius Composer, etc.