Yoo Taeyang

Yoo Taeyang Profile

• Birth Name: 유태양 (Yoo Taeyang)
• Stage Name: Yoo Taeyang
• Nationality: South Korean
• Date of Birth: 1997.02.28
• Zodiac Sign: Pisces
• Chinese Zodiac: Ox
• Height: 181 cm (5’9”)
• Weight: 67 kg (147.7 lbs)
• Blood Type: O
• Personal Social Media: Instagram, TikTok

Yoo Taeyang Facts & TMI

• Taeyang was born and grew up in Seoul.
• His family consists of mother, father, and an older brother.
• He is the main dancer and sub-vocalist of SF9.
• He uses the catchphrase ‘SF9’s Bright Light’ when he introduces himself and uses the sun emoticon (🌞) emoticon to symbolize himself.
• He officially changed his stage name from ‘Taeyang’ to ‘Yoo Taeyang’ in early 2019.
• Before his official debut, he appeared as a cameo on MBC Everyone’s web drama ‘Click Your Heart’ alongside SF9 members.
• On October 2, 2018, he appeared with other idols as Red 28 on 1theK dance survival ‘Dance War’, but was unfortunately eliminated in the second round.
• He can make choreography, he created the choreography for SF9’s songs ‘Life is So Beautiful’ and ‘Good Guy’.
• He said he first learned dancing in his first year of high school.
• He also joined the school dance club when he was in high school. According to his schoolmates, the school dance club members started dancing well after Taeyang joined it.
• Taeyang, Rowoon, and Hwiyoung are the visual members of SF9, Dawon even ranked Taeyang first in terms of visuals.
• His appearance resembles many celebrities such as Lee Dongwook, SHINee’s Jonghyun, SEVENTEEN’s Mingyu, SHINee’s Taemin, and Cha Eunwoo.
• He looks rather cold when he is expressionless, but in reality, he is a soft-hearted person who has a shy and timid personality.
• He would do aegyo unconsciously, perhaps because he is the youngest in his family.
• A week after his debut, he temporarily went into hiatus due to right knee injury.
• According to the members, Taeyang is a very hardworking person.
• He doesn’t clean his room very well, he also has a habit of falling asleep while eating, so he’d miss the timing to clean up.
• He is really good at impersonating the other members’ voice Chani and Dawon.
• He’s good at cooking.
• His Japanese is the best among the group members.
• He is a fan of EXO, especially Kai. He even filmed a cover dance of Kai’s song ‘Mmmh’ in just two days after the release of the song.
• He is friends with THE BOYZ’s Q and VICTON’s Choi Byungchan.
• He attended Joy Dance Academy when he was younger.
• He likes animals.
• According to him, he takes after his mom.
• When he was a student, he was scolded for being talkative, but he said that at some points, it becomes difficult to talk.
• He was offered to join FNC when he was in the sixth grade of elementary school but refused because he didn’t want to be a singer at that time. He then auditioned for FNC, performed with a guitar when he was in middle school, but failed. During his high school days, he auditioned once again at FNC after learning how to dance and finally passed the audition to be a member of SF9.
• His MBTI personality type is INFP.
• He is attending Kyunghee Cyber University.
• His hobbies are walking, cooking, collecting flowers, playing the guitar, and biking.
• Among his nicknames are Tyang, Yoo Tyang, TaeYaMi, Mirror Prince, Princess, Owl Captain, etc.