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Jin(BTS)

Kim Seok-jin, also known by his stage name Jin is a South Korean singer, songwriter, producer, and member of the South Korean boy group BTS since June 2013. He was scouted for the group while in university and joined Big Hit Entertainment (which later become BIGHIT MUSIC) as an actor, eventually transitioning to a Korean idol.

Background info


Name Kim Seok-jin (김석진)
Birthday December 4, 1992
Nationality Korean
Height 179 cm
Blood type O
Zodiac Sagittarius
Ethnicity Asian
Group BTS
Position Vocalist, Visual
Agency BIGHIT MUSIC

Favorites

FOOD : Jellies, Iced Americano, Chocolate Milk, Chocolate Ice Cream, Lobster, Meat, Naengmyun, Kimchi Jiggae.

THINGS : MapleStory action figures, Super Mario action figures, Nintendo games, flying kiss.

SPORTS : Snowboarding, Scuba Diving, Tennis, Billiard, Golf, Halli Galli

MOVIES : The Matrix

SEASON : Autumn


Quotes

  • "Each and every one of you is a unique and precious gem. Never forget to cherish yourself and always remember that you are a sparkling gem. Always remember to sparkle with confidence just like me." (Kim Seokjin)
  • “Sometimes, I’d feel restless, watching my friends g o on far ahead of me… I soon realized that their pace was not my own. What held me together during those times was a promise I made with myself: “to take it slow.” I’d go at my own pace, steadily,” Jin said. “If any of you feels lost in the face of doubt or uncertainty, or the pressure of starting a new, don’t rush. Take a deep breath. You may find that any moment can be turned into an opportunity. Allow yourself to take it easy. Take it one step at a time.” (Kim Seokjin, Dear Class of 2020)
  • "In a world of uncertainty, we must cherish the importance of 'me' , 'you' and 'us'." (Kim Seokjin, UN Speech 2020)
  • "When something doesn’t work out, instead of scolding yourself, say, ‘Okay, this happened this time, so next time I’ll do better. It’s okay’. There’s even a saying that failure is the mother of success. This time will be a stepping-stone for the next success. If something works out, you should say ‘Indeed! Indeed, I did well. I’m a good person, I’m really the best’. With this mindset, I hope you all love yourself a lot more." (Kim Seokjin)
  • "I’m the One I should Love in this world." (Kim Seokjin)
  • "Like the cloud living among the moon and stars, we become magical when we’re together." (Kim Seokjin)
  • "If something is delicious then it has zero calories." (Kim Seokjin)
  • "Most importantly, love yourself! The love for yourself, to be able to love yourself, and invest more in yourself. Don’t sacrifice too much for others and treasure yourself more, these are words I wanted to deliver. Love yourself." (Kim Seokjin)
  • "Just because others are having difficulties, doesn’t mean that yours get any less difficult. So, whenever you’re having a hard time, tell others that you’re struggling. Ask them to understand and comfort you. Please be sure to say that." (Kim Seokjin)
  • "I think pridefulness is good for nothing." (Kim Seokjin)
  • "If we all gather our embarrassment together, it’ll become confidence." (Kim Seokjin)
  • "Those who want to look more youthful should live life with a young heart." (Kim Seokjin)
  • "Good influence becomes bigger when it’s shared." (Kim Seokjin)
  • "‘I love you’. That’s a nice thing to say." (Kim Seokjin)
  • "Have confidence in your face from the moment you wake up." (Kim Seokjin)
  • "Worries. Everyone has worries. You might feel a little unhappy when you have them, but it will pass, and soon after you’ll feel happiness again." (Kim Seokjin)
  • "Everything becomes a bad thing when you think negative. When you think positive, it becomes better. That’s what I believe." (Kim Seokjin)
  • "You should always smile in life." (Kim Seokjin)
  • "You worked hard. Keep trying your best." (Kim Seokjin)
  • "Everything becomes a bad thing when you think negative. When you think positive, it becomes better. That’s what I believe." (Kim Seokjin)
  • “Love yourself… and treasure yourself more.” (Kim Seokjin)
  • "Only you who needs to know how hard you work." (Kim Seokjin)
  • "People succeed when others say negative things." (Kim Seokjin)
  • "Your presence can give happiness. I hope you remember that." (Kim Seokjin)
  • "Don't go far to look for something you don't have because what you have is precious." (Kim Seokjin)

Anecdotes

  • Hairy Egg

One day in the peace and bubly morning, Kim Seokjin suddenly shouted loudly from the kitchen: "EGG WERE HAIRYYY". Jungkook got jungshook until he woke up from his sleep. But it turned out that Taehyung put Kiwi in the egg space.

Source : Jungkook told this story at Aladin Fansign

  • Team Kim Seokjin

Team Kim Seokjin is Iconic team's name on BTS Run show. The old quote said that: "Team Kim Seokjin never loses". And The legend said that if a team is named by 'Kim Seokjin', then that team will have a pretty good luck. is that true? This statement itself have a quite good history. At first, people hate it, but the tables turned at the end.

The History of Team Kim Seokjin :
Preview History
Army's Buzz and Explanation Theory About This (The Power that holds 'Team Kim Seokjin') :
Army's Explanation

  • Sajaegi Shades Speech

In his birthday (12-04-19), during his acceptance speech for the “Song of the Year” award at 2019 MAMA, BTS‘s Jin put in his two cents regarding K-Pop’s current controversial situation with sajaegi, also known as chart manipulation, he said:

"ARMY~! Song of the Year award we got it thanks to ARMYs. I want to thank our ARMYs so much. We put our hard efforts into making our songs, and we will bring good song next year as well. There are many artists and people making songs as well, I hope the world will come when all of those songs will be recognized and be listened to a lot. There are methods of cheating but, wouldn't it be better to make music with more honest ways? I hope the time will come when everyone makes good music and listen to good music."

Jin received praise for his kind but stern comments during his speech, calling for fairness and honesty on the music charts.

News source : Koreaboo Article, Allkpop Article

  • The Other Usefullness of Army Bomb

One day, Jin invited to join 'Law of The Jungle' TV Show survival program to survive in the raw jungle with limited access, foods and tools. In there, Seokjin used an Army Bomb as a flashlight and fishing rod and was actually able to catch two fish with it. LMAO, he is so talented.

  • Law of The Jungle in Manado (Jin as Guest), watch the full episode

Fishing with Army Bomb
Army Bomb as a Emergency Lamp

  • JinHit Entertainment

Once Jin kept posting pictures on Twitter of him next to the BigHit logo and he kept asking for money because apparently he was promoting his own company so in the end BigHit changed their company name to 'JinHit'. This happened back in 2015, Jin posted a “promotion” tweet to BigHit and BigHit replied with the company name being changed to 'JinHit'. After that, JinHit became iconic words for Army and even have a community page on Facebook.

Source : @YENdMeNow @magicshopr, aminoapps

Seokjin's tweet :
BTS_twt Kim Seokjin
Bighit's reply tweet :
BigHitEnt JinHit Ent. Official Page

  • Kim Seokjin Eat The CD for Breakfast?

It was coincidentally, a fan put Seokjin's part in Your Eyes Tell from both the live version and the audio version together for comparing it but it turned out sounded exactly the same! Just like one audio. It's freaking the same on both audios and make fans so shocked- saying that Kim Seokjin eat the CD for breakfast.

Source Tweet and Video : Eatjinfm's Tweet

  • Kim Seokjin, The Lord of Maple Story

Jin's love for Maple Story widely known to the Maple Story community, as Jin often talk about it and fans also use MS for his birthday party theme & caused a crash, community started to call him 'Our MS Boss' while discussing about him. Then, on June 23, Maple Story's game site announced their first ever 'golden hand' character design contest with BTS Jin's name as one of the judge. The poster showed Jin's TinyTAN character with title 'Maple warrior Kim Seok Jin' the description reads, "As I am handsome, I will select a design that is cute and pretty just like my face."

This caused a buzz again in MS community:

"I thought Jin finally stopped playing the game ㅜㅜㅜ But i realized i was wrong when i heard he became a judge for the contest and saw his introduction "Since I am handsome, i will choose the winner that is very cute like my face" kkkkkkkkkkk"

"MapleStory should be thankful to the users", "Jin is the only savior of this idiot game", "Our boss is protecting us"

"Isn't the boss's level of confidence awesome?"

"Boss? Stop talking nonsense! He is our "Lord"

After that, the community started to call him "Lord". And many media wrote articles about Jin being Maple Story Lord.

Source : Tweet and Article

Dictionary(A~Z)

A

  • AhJae – Jin got this nickname for his habit throwing dad jokes to get closer to people.

B

  • Baby Angel – 2018 - Tae called Jin "Baby Angel" (in Korean : “agi cheonsa kim seokjin”) during encore.
  • Beautiful Seokjin Who was Born in Winter – 2017 - Fancafe : The Hashtag was trending in Korea, then Jin posted saying he was really happy and that’s a beautiful name.
  • Billboard Male God – 2018 - Aladin Fansign : Jin’s fancam on Aladin Fansign become trending on YT South Korea also on Kmedia and then they said this nickname.
  • Blondy Terrius – 2018 - Photo op before entering broadcast for Music Bank : Terrius is a handsome gorgeus prince from old comic books. Jin got this nickname after dressed up with white retro disco suit and silver boots plus his blonde hair. All-White!
  • Bolmae Jin – This word is used to compliment a person that becomes more and more attractive and charmer the more you see and be with them. K-netz used that word for him.
  • Brown Hair Guy – 2019 - Grammy Invitation: 'Who’s that guy with brown hair?' People keep calling him this and this showed up on twitter search.

C

  • Car Door Guy – 2015 - Melon Music Awards: Guy who opened the car’s doors. Popular search at that time, everyone's shocked by his visual.

D

  • Ddoyeanam – 2020 - Korea TV Shows : His popular name around Knetz and K-media that means 'moving story about him again?' as every story about him are always inspiring and endearing.

E

  • Eomukk (어묵) – One of Seokjin's Sugar Gliders (Died on 2018)
  • Eat Jin (잇진) – a mukbang show made by Jin himself. At first, he did funny blogs teaching how to cook different meals named as "Jin's Cooking Diary". Later, he started recording himself eating food.

F

  • Flying Kiss Guy – His Habit on flying kisses that turned into a beloved fan favorite experience.

G

  • Golden Ratio Guy – 2018 - K-Media : His face most matched the golden ratio of 1:1.618 compared to 269 handsome Asians.
  • Gomak Namchin – 2016 - “Awake” in Wings Album : Kmedia described Jin as Gomaknamchin (eardrums boyfriend) which means a boyfriend-like idol that owns a voice who can satisfy your eardrums by his singing ability on the song Awake.
  • Grapefruit Tatami – 2019 : J-Army gave Seokjin this nickname because his face is a as small as a grapefruit but his shoulder were as wide as Tatami mats (Japan traditional mats). They used this phrase for describing Jin's built and appearance.
  • Great Guy – 2017 - Love Yourself Poster : For Jin’s brilliant visual when BTS' released Love Yourself poster as he held the smeraldo flower.
  • Grey Hoodie in The Middle – 2017 : Non fans asked him with this nickname when saw BTS' picture with The Chainsmokers.
  • Gukmul – One of Seokjin's Sugar Gliders.
  • Guy in The Waistcoat – 2018 - BBMAs : non Kpop Fans keep asking him by saying Guy in The Waistcoat along with Prince in a Tie.

H

I

  • It’s Him Again Guy – 2018 - GDA (Gaon Daesang Awards) : For his unique charm when approached Hwang Chi Yeol and dancing with him.

J

  • Jinsual – 2018 - Dispatch : It’s a wordplay Jin + Visual by the articles written by Dispatch.

K

L

  • Living Jewel – 2021 : K-media named Jin a "Living Jewel (살아숨쉬는 보석)" and the public loves it. It trended on twitter and some fans started to write long letters about him.

M

  • ManJjitNam – 2017 - Incheon Airport : Guy who torn the pages and come out from the comic books. (There are 24 articles rise speedly about this at that time)
  • Manner-dol – 2018 - SK Manner & Idol Manner-dol : Idol with Manners, nickname given by K-netizens based on his attitude of bowing down 90 degrees to everyone he meets and his sweet-polite personality.
  • Mapple Story Boss – 2021 : Name given and used by MappleJinnies and MappleStory Community for Jin. They called him 'Our Boss' and said that he is the most successful man in Maple Story.
  • Mas Ganteng – 2020 : A lovely nickname from (Indomy) Indonesian's ARMY for Kim Seokjin, 'Mr. Handsome', this name got trending in Indonesia after BTS interview on Tokopedia.
  • Munggle King – 2018 : Given By Fans Because he always attract a non fan by either his charm, personality or voice, and often trending on K-sites & getting many nicknames by K-media.
  • My Son-In-Law – Type to get a meet-the-parents free pass’ means that [when you meet your bride-to-be’s parents], they take one look at your face & immediately respond, ‘My son-in-law!’ Jin got this nickname together with SHINee's Minho and EXO's Suho.

N

  • Naturally Art Face Number #1 – Kazan Art School Painters and Designers from Kazan Art School selected Jin as Naturally Art Face Number #1 because his the best on facial proportion and didn’t change at all in his teen & young age.

O

  • Odeng (오뎅) – One of Seokjin's Sugar Gliders. ( Died on March 20th, 2019)

P

  • Perfect Body Ratio 8 Times – Dispatch Photo shoot in LA : His ration of his body divided 8 part from head to toe with his face length.
  • PowerHouse Vocal – 2019 - BTS Love Yourself Tour : MTV said “Jin’s Powerhouse voice soaring into the night sky” for Seokjin’s solo performance of Epiphany.
  • Prince Charming in a Tie – 2018 - BBMAs : Non k-pop fans keep asking him by saying Prince Charming in a Tie.

Q

R

S

  • Sagikae – 2017 - FanTalk : Sagikae is an abbreviation that means “fraudulent character” and it’s slang that’s used to call someone who’s so perfect that they feel like a fraud.
  • Silver Voice – Grammy Nominee Lim Hyung-Ju called him Silver Voice because his breathing was so stable that he could easily switch between head voice & true voice.

T

  • Third Guy From The Left – 2017 - BBMAs (Billboard Music Awards) : Many people wonder who he was at that time and named him as the third guy from the left.
  • Traffic Controller – 2016 - K-Pop World Festival, KCON, M Countdown : Video of Jin collecting maknaes of Bangtan is trending in Knetz and also as the most liked naver article.
  • Tuna-flavored Cucumber – 2020 - BTS Season's Greetings 2021 : On this package, BTS were asked to create any character they want and its story. Jin wrote about a cucumber that absorbed all the nutrients of tuna. Later after release, 참치맛 오이 (Tuna-flavored Cucumber) trended that also answered the question why it was associated with Jin on the trailer.

U

  • UNGA Guy – 2018 : Jin trended as UNGA Guy during UN General Assembly Speech because of his innocent visual but serious expression 'as if he's going to bring world peace with his face'. UNGA Guy pops up in naver related keywords for BTS Jin and Knetz make buzz about his photos by calling him UNGA Guy.

V

  • Visual King – 2015 : Jin’s first time going viral was during 2015 MMA, and after that so many new nicknames were given to him by the media.

W

  • Worldwide Handsome – 2017 - Press Conference ‘BTS Live Trilogy III The Wings Tour The Final’ : “I gave myself that (name) Worldwide Handsome. It’s a nickname that came up during an interview. Even if I find it a little embarrassing to say, but many people likes it, although I’m not actually worldwide handsome” Jin said.
  • Worlwide Cutie Guy – 2018 – America’s Interview : He introduced himself as Worldwide Cutie Guy.

X

Y

  • Yoseknam – 2017 - Let’s Eat Dinner Together (Reality Show) : Sexy guy who cooks well – Jin showed off his ability in cooking by volunteering himself to help.
  • Young Master – 2017 - Incheon Airport before Mnet Asian Music Award : K-media gives him this nickname after his appearance at the airport wearing Hanbok and the article was on Naver main page, and he even win a poll ranked #1 of ‘The Star that have beautiful looks' and feel like he is from a noble family in the Joseon Dynasty by DC INSIDE.

Z

  • Zoom In Guy (줌인남) – 2021 : Jin first created buzz in Korea as "Zoom In Guy" after cameraman zoomed in on him at the red carpet of Grammys 2020. The term was used again at 2021 American Music Awards for their Artist of the Year award, showing that his sculptured beauty and intense charisma attracts and calls for a close-up view.

Must-Watch Legendary Videos


Awards

Hwagwan Order of Cultural Merit (2018) together with BTS by South Korea's President

Best Sculpted Face in The World (2019) by the Czech firm CzDollic, selected from 18,000 male faces from 58 countries by 1,504,602 public votes. There's a crystal trophy with Jin's own face engraved on it.

Weverse Fairy (2019) by Wever

Most Perfect Face (2020) by Dutch Artist and Designer Team 'Sluis Painting' using Dutch Scientific Analysis.

Most Pleasing Vocal Style (2020) voted by 79,000 Korean netizens.

Discography


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