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iKON - 아이콘
iKON (아이콘) is a South Korean boygroup consist of Bobby, Jay, June, Song, DK, and Chan.
iKON was created from the survival show "Mix & Match" debuted under YG Entertainment. They are firstly introduced as Team B from the another survival program entitled “WIN: Who is Next”.
iKON, derived from the word "ICON", as it expects the boys to be icons of South Korean music, and thus replaced the "C" with the "K" of 'Korea'.
DEBUT
In Korea: September 15, 2015
In Japan: January 13, 2016
Fandom Name: iKONIC
Fandom Date: September 30, 2015
Official Color: orange-red
Lightstick: KONBAT
Ocean: KONFIRE
Selca Day: every 15th is iKONIC selca day
iKON & iKONICS LOGO
iKON's logo is composed of 7 slashes.
Each slash represents a member.
The owner of each slash is based on the order the members joined YGEnt.
The slashes are inspired from South Korea's flag.
They are made in a way to form 4 letters that stand for iKON.
If you fill the gap of the logo, you will get a parallelogram. It's the iKONICS LOGO.
According to B.I, it means that fans become one with iKON.
iKON and iKONICS are ONE.
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JAY
Birth name: Kim Jinhwan (김진환)
Position: Main Vocalist, Lead Dancer
Birthday: February 7, 1994
Birthplace: Jeju-do, South Korea
Zodiac sign: Aquarius
Nickname: 13cm Fairy, Jinani, Puyo
➵ He joined YG Entertainment in January 2011
➵ He's the oldest and the fake maknae of iKON
➵ He's the "iKON's idea bank". DoubleB (Hanbin & Bobby) gave it to him because Jinhwan gave many ideas on their 2nd Japan Tour to make the tour look fresh than their 1st Tour.
➵ He's one of the pillars of iKON and the heart of the group
➵ He's the emotional support boy of iKON. He always desire for iKON's happiness that he unconsciously puts others first before himself
➵ He has 12 tattoos that we all know of
➵ Has a habit of touching the members ears
➵ He likes to smell everything even though the smell is not pleasant
➵ He lived in the Philippines for seven months before he debuted as he wanted to study there but felt too lonely so he came back to Korea
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SONG
Birth name: Song Yunhyeong (송윤형)
Position: Sub Vocalist, Visual
Birthday: February 8, 1995
Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea
Zodiac sign: Aquarius
Nickname: Song Chef, Yoyo
➵ He joined YG Entertainment in April 2012
➵ He's the hidden leader of iKON
➵ He's the only member who graduated from high school
➵ He can't live without his Nivea Cherry Lip Balm
➵ He's good at making fun of others, but hates being made fun of. So he often get teased the most by the members
➵ He has a soft heart and cries easily
➵ He has 2 gold teeth: one on lower right and one on upper left
➵ He loves to make dad jokes so iKON calls him Grandpa Song
➵ Chivalry is one of his greatest traits. He's so polite that older people wants him to be their son in law
➵ Relationship with the members is more important to him than his own popularity
➵ He was a student in Hanlim Art School, major in acting. He originally wanted to be an actor
➵ Except Yunhyeong, everyone in iKON dislikes carrot
➵ He's iKON's personal chef cook
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