Meet The Six Shining Stars of Astro! 🌟

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아스트로 (ASTRO) is a South Korean idol boy group from Fantagio Ent. consisting of six members. 아스트로 (ASTRO)’s name meaning is star (in Spanish) and it’s name contains the boys’ pure desire to becoming a (rising star) who will receiving loves from everyone, hence their introduction, WANNA BE YOUR STAR!

History

Before the six members officially became ASTRO, they were part of Fantagio iTeen, a project to develop future young entertainers of Fantagio juniors. They were previously known as Fantagio Boys/iTeen Boys. In June of 2015, the finalized group of trainees made their acting debut with a webdrama called "To Be Continued", starring the six members as themselves and actress Kim Saeron. This method of debuting was previously used by labelmates 5urprise.

In August of 2015, their name was officially confirmed to be ASTRO. The group officially debuted in the music scene on February 23 of 2016 with a mini-album titled Spring Up. The MV for their title song, "Hide and Seek", was released on the same day. Only three weeks after their debut, Spring Up entered the Billboard World Albums Chart at number 6.

ASTRO is set to release their second mini-album, Summer Vibes, on July 1st.

⭐️ Full Timeline of Astro's Formation

Members

MJ / Kim Myungjoon

⭐️ DOB: March 5, 1994 (22 years old)

⭐️ Height/Weight: 175cm / 58kg

⭐️ Position: Main Vocalist, Dancer, Actor

⭐️ Fun Facts:

• The oldest member in the group, although he rarely acts like it.


• His favorite superhero is Iron Man.


• Won a 1 year scholarship to Seoul National University (largely considered the best university in the country) from a JYP Audition in 2012.


• Second shortest member.


• First revealed by Fantagio in iTEEN's performance video of 2NE1's Lonely.


• His specialty is "making lame jokes".


• Moonbin considers him the weirdest/most 4D member.


• His role model is Lee Seunggi.

JinJin (Park Jinwoo)

⭐️ DOB: March 15, 1996 (20 years old)

⭐️ Height/Weight: 174cm / 63kg

⭐️ Position: Team Leader, Rapper, Dancer, Actor

⭐️ Fun Facts:

• According to Eunwoo, he’s the last member to wake up in the morning.


• Often films the other members.


• Skilled at drumming and beatboxing.


• His favorite Korean rapper is SanE.


• Participated in the SMTM5 Cypher Battle against 24k's Jeonguk. Olltii, who was judging, forgot his name three minutes after he introduced himself.


• Can impersonate Suga of BTS.


• Briefly attended NY Dance Academy before becoming a Fantagio trainee.


• Graduated from Hanlim Multi Arts High School


• His yearbook photo was based on Show Me The Money.


• He and Eunwoo are the best English speakers of the group.


• The shortest member, despite being the second oldest.


• The last member to wake up in the mornings.


• His role model is G-Dragon.

Cha Eunwoo (Lee Dongmin)

⭐️ DOB: March 30, 1997 (19 years old)

⭐️ Height/Weight: 183cm / 64kg

⭐️ Position: Vocalist, Visual, Dancer, Actor

⭐️ Fun Facts:

• Currently the tallest member of the group, may change as Saha is still growing.


• Nicknamed "morning alarm" becuase he wakes up the earliest and gets the other members out of bed.


• Currently appointed as the Shara Shara Makeup Brand Ambassador.


• Can play the piano, guitar, and violin.


• Received a casting call to participate in a Chinese drama one week after ASTRO's debut.


• Takes skincare very seriously, his favorite body mist costs around $50 USD.


• Was the leader of the group in To Be Continued, despite JinJin being the group's actual leader.


• Really loves minions, to the point where it's a popular joke among i-fans.


• The best English speaker of the group, is also currently learning Japanese and Chinese.


• Skilled in swimming and DJ-ing.


• Played Ahreum in the 2014 movie My Brilliant Life.


• His role model is Seo Kangjun from 5urprise.

Moon Bin

⭐️ DOB: January 26, 1998 (18 years old)

⭐️ Height/Weight: 180cm / 64kg

⭐️ Position: Vocal, Dancer, Rapper

⭐️ Fun Facts:

• Was a child actor and model, best known for his role as child Yunho in DBSK's "Balloons" MV.


• Other roles include young So Yijeongin in "Boys Over Flowers" and various ads/CFs.


• Appeared on "Perserverence of Goo Hara".


• Former member of Mini-DBSK.


• Had the longest training period out of all ASTRO members. (2010 - 2016)


• Has been friends with iKON's Chanwoo since they were children, and shares a birthday with him.


• Nicknamed "sleepyhead" due to his tendency to fall asleep everywhere and "U-Know Moonbin" due to his resemblance to Yunho.


• Loves children.


• Currently attending Hanlim Multi Art High School.


• Known for a picky eater, he particularly dislikes tofu, chocolate, red bean, and egg yolk.


• His younger sister is Unpretty Rapstar's Moon SooA. He went with his mom to support her there once.


• Has been in the first rank of Taekwondo mastery for over eight years.


• His role model is Taeyang.

Rocky / Park Minhyuk

⭐️ DOB: February 25, 1999 (17 years old)

⭐️ Height/Weight: 176cm / 63kg

⭐️ Position: Rapper, Dancer, Vocal

⭐️ Fun Facts:

• The best dancer in ASTRO.


• Choreographs dances both for himself and for the group.


• Auditioned for Koreas Got Talent in 2011.


• Has a black belt in taekwondo.


• Named the "big eater" of Fantagio along with Sanha, because they're both still growing.


• Reportedly a very cood cook, but it has yet to be seen on camera. Nicknamed "Chef Minhyuk" for this reason.


• Appeared on "Perserverence of Goo Hara" along with Moonbin.


• Attended Seoul Music High School for the first half of 2015, but swtitched to Hanlim Multi Arts High School in October, which he is currently attending.

Yoon Sanha

⭐️ DOB: March 21, 2000 (16 years old)

⭐️ Height/Weight: 181cm / 63kg

⭐️ Position: Maknae, Vocalist, Dancer, Choreographer

⭐️ Fun Facts:

• Second tallest member of the group, but is still going through growth spurts.


• Choreographs dances along with Rocky.


• A very quick learner, mastered the acoustic guitar in 8 months.


• Can fit himself inside a duffle back and a cupboard.


• Can't drink coffee.


• Had his first kiss while acting in To Be Continued.


• Has changed his har color the most out of the members.


• Nicknamed "beagle" due to his youthful energy.


• Allergic to seafood.

Videos

HIDE&SEEK MV

HIDE&SEEK Dance Practice

After School Club

TRAINEE FUNK

KNK&SNUPER&ASTRO - Growl

"ASTRO OK Ready" Reality Show


Stream on DramaFever with English subtitles

"To Be Continued" Web Drama


Stream on DramaFever with English subtitles

Misc

⭐️ ASTRO Video Masterlist (the links currently seem to be broken, ive notified the op about it. in the meantime you can find most of the videos listed by googling their title)

⭐️ ASTRO Video Masterlist for New Fans

⭐️ JinJin and MJ Video Masterlist

⭐️ Eunwoo Video Masterlist

⭐️ Moonbin Video Masterlist

⭐️ Rocky Video Masterlist

⭐️ Sanha Video Masterlist

Other

(miscellaneous tidbits and facts about the group that didn't fit anywhere else)

• The members of ASTRO are close friends with fellow rookies KNK and Snuper.


• Their fanclub name is AROHA, an abberiavtion of ASTRO Hearts All Fans. The word also means "love" in Maori.


• I.O.I's Choi Yoo Jung is set to star in their upcoming MV for "Breathless".


• ASTRO has had a very dedicated international fanbase ever since their iTeen days.

Thank You For Reading!!

sources: cinnamonbin, wikipedia, sanwoo, with-astro (1, 2) jongruhae, meowbin (1, 2, 3, 4, 5
, 6, 7), fantagiomusic 판타지오뮤직 , ASTRO 아스트로, i-Teen 아이틴, DramaFever (1, 2), MBCkpop, ARIRANG K-POP

let me know if anything is broken or hard to read! (mods, i reuploaded the photos on slimg and hopefully fixed the embedded videos)

Comments

[pearlychoco.livejournal.com]

so. much. astro. info. this is giving me lifeeee
july 1st can't come soon enough!
i did not know that eunwoo DJs lol

[anconeous.livejournal.com]

You know you're old and have been in the K-pop scene for too long when you clearly remember Moonbin and Yunho's moment in time.

I hope this group does well! They're cute and skilled. :)

[opd-gyoza.livejournal.com]

So would it be right to call them......astroboys ?

[aki-san.livejournal.com]

Thanks OP! I've been watching a lot of their pre-debut performances lately :3

[gayseaotter.livejournal.com]

a+ post op! :D

i'm so hyped for their new album, i love my adorable talented sons

[soyunatetera.livejournal.com]

DOB: March 21, 2000 (16 years old)

What's this lie!!! someone born the 2000's should be 10 years old
this is sorcery ¬¬

[ruddens.livejournal.com]

i love this post! i really like this group's energy

[http://users.livejournal.com/_redneckbitchx/]

I really liked their debut song!

[chibi-rei.livejournal.com]

Great post! I liked their debut so really looking forward to the next release.

[caipirinhas.livejournal.com]

Ok, I just watched the weekly idol dance cut, and their performance makes me want to stan them a bit. But good god are they young. Born in the year 2000???