GOT7 Member JB Complete Profile, Facts, and TMI

JB Profile

Birth Name: 임재범 (Lim Jaebeom)
Stage Name: JB
Nationality: South Korean
Date of Birth: 1994.01.06
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
Chinese Zodiac: Rooster
Height: 179.4 cm (5’8”)
Weight: 66 kg (145.5 lbs)
Blood Type: A
Personal Social Media: Instagram, Soundcloud

JB Facts & TMI

JB was born in Siheung and grew up in Goyang City.
His family consists of mother, father, and grandmother.
JB is an only child.
He is a Christian.
He is raising 5 cats named Nora, Kunta, Odd, Ver, and Cake.
He is the leader and main vocalist of GOT7.
JB also composed some GOT7’s songs.
Before debuting with GOT7, he debuted as a duo under the name JJ Project with bandmate Jinyoung.
JJ Project starred in the second season of the high teen drama ‘Dream High 2’ in 2012.
On March 5th, 2019, JB and Yugyeom also started promoting together as subunit JUS2.
JB is part of Naju Lim’s clan.
He is a quiet and dutiful son, he often helped his parents harvesting tomatoes on their fruit farm in Ilsan.
He became a fan of boyband GOD when he was 7 years old.
He started to gain interest in dancing and since he was in middle school, joined a B-boying crew in his hometown.
After appearing in Mnet’s ‘4 Things Show’, he decided to pursue a professional B-boying career.
He got a casting offer from a JYP staff when he participated in a dance competition.
JB met future groupmate Jinyoung and formed a duo for the casting audition, gaining unanimous first-rank evaluation from all judges presented at the moment.
To catch up on his lack of training as a singer, he spent two and a half years trainee period in JYP Entertainment before debuting as an actor in ‘Dream High 2’.
He appeared in various reality shows such as ‘Flower Bromance’ in 2016, ‘The Law of The Jungle: Cook Island’ in 2017, ‘I Can See Your Voice’ in 2018, ‘Hello Counselor’ in 2018, ‘Doremi Market’ in 2018 and 2019, as well as being a regular cast in ‘Prison Life of Fools’.
He also became special MC for several ‘MCountdown’ and ‘Inkigayo’ episodes.
Besides ‘Dream High 2’ he also acted as a supporting character in MBC’s drama ‘When a Man Falls in Love’ in 2013.
JB has twin moles above his left eye.
He usually wears size XL (100~105) tops.
He has a sturdy build, with 94 cm chest circumference.
Despite his big physical build, he has small palms and feet (his shoe size is 260 mm).
He is claimed by GOT7’s members as the member with the best upper body build.
JB look-alikes including actor Lee Jehoon and Song Jaerim; singer Noh Jihoon and BTOB’s Lim Hyunsik.
Compliments that he likes to hear the most is “You are good at singing” and “You have high musicality”.
His favorite words are “Time is gold” and “Effort won’t betray”.
He lifetime’s dream is to be a comprehensive artist (become a singer-songwriter and a movie director).
His life’s motto is “Let’s work hard. Let’s be a man! Just like a tiger!”
His favorite musicians are Prince, James Morrison, D’Angelo, Ray Charles, Damien Rice, Musiq Soulchild, Miguel, etc.
JB’s favorite music genre is soul and R&B.
He said he wanted to collaborate with D’Angelo or Musiq Soulchild before he died.
The first CD he ever bought was Damien Rice’s ‘9’.
He chose his parents and D’Angelo as respectable figures for him.
His hobbies are composing songs, photography, internet shopping, bus travel, watching movies, enjoying the breezing wind, visiting famous restaurants, b-boying, etc.
In October 2020, he held a photography exhibition ‘ALONE’ under the alias Def.
His favorite movie director is Bong Joonho.
His favorite movies are ‘Midnight in Paris’, ‘Before Sunrise’, ‘Eternal Sunshine’, and ‘Match Point’.
He is a manga otaku and a big fan of Naruto. He collected all 66 books of Naruto manga.
JB is an avid fan of American animation series ‘The Simpsons’, his favorite character is Bart.
His favorite authors are Guillaume Musso and Haruki Murakami.
JB’s favorite book is Kafka on The Shore.
His favorite color is grey.
He likes reading detective and mystery genre books/ novels.
He has a lot of interest in fashion, he mostly wears dark-themed street fashion items.
He mentioned Paris and Maldives as the places he really wants to visit before he dies.
His favorite soccer team is Liverpool while his favorite soccer player is Steven Gerrard.
He plays the game Overwatch.
His favorite Japanese word is “しあわせ” (happiness) while his favorite Japanese food is takoyaki.
He likes Japanese music and films, his favorite Japanese celebrities are Jun Matsumoto and Joe Odagiri.
His ideal type is a cute girl.
JB likes animals, especially cats. He said that if he has the chance to raise a puppy, he wants to raise a Miniature Pinscher.
He is friends with B.A.P’s Youngjae.
He has a habit of touching his Adam’s apple.
His favorite subject was science.
He is confident in cooking kimchi jjigae and omurice.
He prefers Korean food over Western food, sashimi over meat.
He likes soup and stew kind-of foods, he also likes spicy chicken feet.
He likes the mint-choco flavor.
JB said that he doesn’t like going to clubs.
He has excellent body flexibility.
The first thing he does when he wakes up is feeding cats.
His special talents are Lee Sunkyun’s voice impersonation, mimicking grandfather’s voice and b-boying.
In 2016, he suffered from a herniated disk, making him skip GOT7’s ‘Fly in Seoul’ concert.
He has been releasing mixtapes on SoundCloud since 2017 under the alias Def.
His nicknames are Bbom, Def., DEFSOUL, Jaebong, Jebi, Lim Leader, Lim Bart, Lim Sweet, Nora’s Dead, etc.
JB’s MBTI personality type is INFJ.