SEVENTEEN Hoshi Complete Profile, Facts, and TMI

Hoshi Profile

Birth Name: 권순영 (Kwon Soonyoung)
Stage Name: Hoshi
Nationality: South Korean
Date of Birth: 1996.06.15
Zodiac Sign: Gemini
Chinese Zodiac: Rat
Height: 177 cm (5’8”)
Weight: 65 kg (143.3 lbs)
Blood Type: B
Personal Social Media: N/A

Hoshi Facts & TMI

Hoshi was born in Hanam City, and grew up in Namyangju City.
His family consists of mother, father, and an older sister.
The Chinese character of his name Kwon Soonyoung has the meaning of “lead others gently and beautifully”.
Hoshi belongs to Andong Kwon’s clan (37th Generation).
Hoshi is a sub vocalist and main dancer of SEVENTEEN, leader of SEVENTEEN’s performance team, and the oldest member of SEVENTEEN’s first official unit BooSeokSoon.
His stage name ‘Hoshi’ comes from the words Horangi (호랑이) + Shiseon (시선), “Horangi” means tiger, “shiseon” means “vision”. ‘Hoshi’ also means “star” in Japanese.
His nicknames are 10:10, Chief Kwon, Kwon Hoshi, KwonSpo, Prince Hoshi, Jeon Soonyoung (a combination of Jeon Wonwoo + Kwon Soonyoung), Ssunyo, Soonyeongi, Haemjji, Ddongjji, KkoKko’s Dad (KkoKko was the name of his chicken), Ending Fairy, Excited Hoshi, Hyoshi, MC Hi-pass, Hoshingie, Horangi (means tiger), and Horanghae.
Hoshi graduated from Maseok High School in Namyangju City.
He used to commute to his school in Namyangju from Seoul every day, which took him 4 hours per day. According to his homeroom teacher in high school, he was never late coming to the school.
He was a taekwondo athlete during his elementary school days, but because athletes have to cut their hair short, Hoshi stopped practicing taekwondo.
He was a 4th dan taekwondo athlete.
He developed his dream to be a singer after listening to SHINee’s songs in grade 6 of elementary school.
His mom was against the idea of Hoshi being a singer, but Hoshi promised her that he would start studying after 3rd grade of middle school if he couldn’t get a casting call from any entertainment agency.
To fill up his application resume, he formed a dance after-school club called ‘Deep Blue’ in Masok Middle School.
Hoshi and his dance club Deep Blue once won first place in a dance competition back in his hometown in Namyangju.
He was scouted by Pledis Entertainment’s staff in a provincial dance competition.
Before the encounter with Pledis’ staff, Hoshi’s cousin sent his audition videos and photos to Pledis Entertainment.
Hoshi joined Pledis in September 2011 when he was in the third grade of middle school.
He danced to SHINee’s ‘Lucifer’ for his audition at Pledis.
He is one of SEVENTEEN members who had the longest training period (after S.Coups and Woozi).
His main catchphrase “10:10!” is derived from his eyes, which seem like the 10:10 (of a clock) when he’s smiling.
Hoshi is a very hard-working, energetic, and passionate person.
He gets very excited when he’s standing on stage.
Being the youngest in his family, Hoshi naturally has a lot of aegyo.
Hoshi likes doing skinship with the members.
His drinking habits are acting cute, caressing, or kissing people sitting beside him.
Hoshi cries easily when he is touched (check SEVENTEEN’s first music broadcast win backstage).
Hoshi is an INFP.
He is known as the member who gave the most spoilers to fans before SEVENTEEN’s comeback, earning him the nickname KwonSpo (Kwon Soonyoung + Spoiler).
He is known as an avid fan of SHINee, became one of the ‘most famous’ successful Shawol K-pop idols.
Hoshi participated in choreography making for SEVENTEEN’s song, he usually worked together with professional choreographers for SEVENTEEN’s title tracks and worked with performance team members for SEVENTEEN’s non-title tracks.
Hoshi fully created the choreography for SEVENTEEN’s song ‘Fast Pace’.
He also took part in creating the choreography for NU’EST song ‘I’m Bad’.
Hoshi mentioned Keone Madrid as his role model in dancing.
Despite being the leader of the performance team, Hoshi is quite an all-rounder in SEVENTEEN with balance skill in dance, vocal, and rap.
Hoshi is the unofficial main vocalist of the performance team.
Hoshi is one of the ‘gag characters’ in the team, alongside Seungkwan and DK.
He likes doing spontaneous skits, usually with BooSeokSoon members.
In 2018, he finally debuted as a member of SEVENTEEN’s very first official unit, BooSeokSoon, with Seungkwan and DK.
Prior to SEVENTEEN’s official debut, he co-hosts the online broadcast ‘Andromeda’ with Seungkwan.
On variety shows or unofficial occasions, Hoshi and DK duo are called SeokSoonTalk.
He is very good at impersonating Seungkwan.
Being one of the longest trainees in Pledis Entertainment, Hoshi appeared in MVs and become a back dancer for other Pledis’ artists such as NU’EST’s ‘Face’ (MV appearance), Hello Venus’ ‘Venus’ (MV appearance), Orange Caramel’s ‘My Copycat’ (MV appearance), NU’EST’s SHOW TIME 2 Japan concert (back dancer), and Hello Venus’ ‘Would You Stay for Tea?’ (stage back dancer).
Hoshi is one of SEVENTEEN members who made the most appearances in variety shows, become an MC, or guest-starred in radio broadcasts.
Among his variety shows appearances are ‘1 vs 100’, ‘King of Masked Singer’ (as a contestant and panelist), ‘Doremi Market’, ‘Unexpected Q’, ‘2018 Idol Star Athletic Championship’, ‘Dancing High’ (as a special judge), ‘Prison Life of Fools’, ‘The Return of Superman’, ‘Radio Star’, ‘Idol on Quiz’, and ‘Running Man’.
He also became the special MC for some music broadcasts such as ‘MCountdown’ and ‘Inkigayo’.
Due to his resemblance to hamsters, fans called him with the nickname ‘Haemjji’.
He watched little Dino’s appearance in ‘Star Audition: The Great Birth’ on the TV and thought “Wow, that friend is so talented”.
Hoshi is especially close with same-age friend, Wonwoo.
Hoshi and Wonwoo are good at impersonating each other earning each of them the nicknames Jeon Soonyoung and Kwon Wonwoo.
He had his ear pierced for the first time in 2016.
He has a big red mole on his left wrist.
He sweats a lot.
His shoe size is 260~265 mm.
He can’t eat spicy foods.
He is bad at handling gadgets.
Although he’s bad at cooking, he joined the cooking after-school club in his school.
Hoshi alongside Woozi participated in lyrics writing for Bumzu and Han Donggeun’s duet song ‘Forever Young’.
Both Hoshi and Woozi are fans of the Japanese animation series ‘Full Moon o Sagashite’.
Hoshi is the only liberal arts high school graduate in SEVENTEEN.
Many fans think that Hoshi and Jooheon of MONSTA X resemble each other.
Hoshi and all MONSTA X members are friends (he is especially close to same-age friend Jooheon).
He participated in SEVENTEEN unit songs the most.
He was born weighing 4 kg.
He possesses long and white legs.
It was revealed in a stage performance at MBC Gayo Daechukje 2019 that he has chocolate abs.
According to Seungkwan, Hoshi has experience auditioning for SM Entertainment in the past.
He likes wearing clothes and accessories from the brand Adidas.
He is close with Donghae, Ryeowook, Yesung, and Eunhyuk of Super Junior.
Hoshi is a kimchi mania.
He is a distant cousin to soloist BoA.
His physical appearance and personality are said to take after his parents (and older sister).
Hoshi’s Dad frequently sends messages to other SEVENTEEN members.
He once did a VLive in his family’s house.
He doesn’t have a room in his family’s house, saying SEVENTEEN’s dorm is more comfortable for him.
He joined woodworking after-school club during his elementary school days.
His family faced difficult times during his trainee days (when he was in middle school), so they moved to the countryside of Namyangju.
He used to raise puppies and roosters in his house.
When he was an elementary schooler, he received a SHINee signed CD from Taemin’s uncle.
He won first place in the school talent festival when he was in the 2nd grade of middle school.
Hoshi was the class president 3 years in a row during his middle school days.
He exercises every day.
He was a K-Pop Department Major at Dong-ah Institute of Media and Arts (DIMA) before transferring to Hanyang University Institute for Future Talents (Practical Music / K-Pop Department).
He spent the most time with SEVENTEEN unit leaders.
His life motto is “Let’s not spend today like yesterday”.
He practices dancing and singing even during the day off.
He likes visiting the most famous dance studio in each country during SEVENTEEN world tours.
He has this obsession with tigers, like using tiger emoticons, wearing tiger-print clothes, and mimicking tiger gestures.
He collects tiger-related stuff from cushions to dolls.
He also likes to shout “Horanghae~” which means “I tiger you”.
He has a habit of doing things in advance.
He would get excited easily, especially during concerts.
He is careful and shy around strangers.
He loves it when others give him compliments.
According to Seungkwan, Hoshi cried after reading an article saying that SEVENTEEN got 700.000 pre-orders for their 3rd album ‘An Ode’.
He is an impulsive buyer.
The members don’t want to share a room with him because Hoshi loves to have a chat with his roommates before sleep.
He loves to listen and dance to his favorite songs when he’s alone.
He loves listening to Bazzi’s ‘Myself’.
Normally he is a softie, but he’d turn into a scary ‘trainer’ during dance practice.
According to SEVENTEEN leader S.Coups, Hoshi is the hardest member to take care of.
His favorite season is winter.
He is currently learning to play the piano.
He likes reading poem books.
He is collecting other members’ embarrassing photos, especially Wonwoo and Dokyeom’s photos.
His bias in SHINee is Taemin.
His favorite song ever is SHINee’s ‘Love like Oxygen’.
The first concert he attended is obviously SHINee’s.
He answers messages fast.
He loves watching TV, especially variety shows.
His favorite drama genre is rom-com, among his favorite dramas are ‘Itaewon Class’, ‘Lovestruck in the City’, ‘Fight My Way’, and ‘Crush Landing on You’.
He seems to like action movies like ‘Kingsman’.
He said that he cried(?) while watching ‘Avengers: Endgame’.
He is bad at sports.
His favorite performance unit song is ‘Lilili Yabbay’.
Hoshi and the rest of ‘96z are fans of animation series.
He gifted DK a suit for his birthday and a Cartier ring for Mingyu’s birthday.
He prefers meat over seafood.
His favorite foods are kimchi, kimchi fried rice, soft tofu stew, budae jjigae, bulgogi, and kong-guksu.
His favorite Japanese food is hitsumabushi.
He can’t drink milk because he has lactose intolerance.
His maximum alcohol tolerance is 2 bottles of soju.
Hoshi has a good sense of fashion, his favorite fashion items are knitwear, turtleneck, coat, and jacket.
He loves wearing accessories.
He has 1.5 eyesight.
His wrist circumference is 15 cm.
He has a healthy scalp despite dying his hair regularly.
He suffered an injury on his shoulder, so he always tapes his shoulder in stage performances.
Hoshi is learning acrobatic.
Hoshi can also compose songs.
He is an avid viewer of the drama ‘Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha‘.