ϟ niran
character name — nIRAN CHARTPONG (니란 차트퐁)

nicknames — 
— baby (his older sister likes reminding him that he's the baby of the family. all the time.)
— advice king (the other members like going to niran for advice, which is beyond him.)
— 'ran (eli and kevin coined this name for him.)
other names — n/a

birthdate — 14 march 1993

birthplace — boston, massachusetts

hometown —bangkok, thailand

ethnicity — thai

languages — native english, fluent thai, advanced korean

 

face claim — b1a4's gongchan

 

personality —
— niran doesn't talk much, but he thinks a lot.  niran wants to improve himself, and spends a lot of time thinking how to do that - looking at his thought processes and emotional processes, to see how much better he can be at things. niran's the kind of guy that's going to record a video of the group's dance practices, note the fact that his left elbow is slightly off, and practice doing said dance with perfect elbows for the rest of the day - not to mention going over proper interview responses over and over again so that when the time comes, he'll be perfect.(though he won't speak unless he's spoken to. niran's ridiculously quiet.) niran's obsession with perfection is definitely unhealthy - he doesn't know when to give himself a break and more often than not ends up pushing himself far past his limit. but who cares if he's tired? he's gotta be perfect, doesn't matter the aftereffects. his image demands it. 

— niran's onstage and on-camera image is that of the perfect prince, straight outta your favorite fairytale - kind and caring, ready to sweep you up onto a white horse and give you your happily ever after. the castle-and-knights-to-protect-you might not be true, but the kind-to-all-souls part is. he doesn't care if his fans are boys, girls, grandmas, or anything in between - he'll be grateful for each and every one of them. sure, niran doesn't talk very much, but when he does he chooses his words so they don't hurt anyone. (this makes him a complete black hole when it comes to variety shows, unless the other members are making fun of this perfect prince. which they do, because, seriously. it's ridiculous.)

— it doesn't take much to upset niran, but it takes a lot for niran to show that he's upset. he's the type of person who takes even the most gentle of teasing to heart, and then he'll just spend all of his time perfecting whatever he was teased about. you wouldn't expect niran to be sad at all, though, and he'd love for it to stay that way. to make sure that remains true, niran's either neutral or smiling - never angry, or sad. he doesn't let himself show negative emotions because he feels like if he does, he's letting so many people down. the fans, the members, and the company have an expectation of him that he doesn't want to break, and hence, niran keeps it all inside. this, of course, causes the sum of niran's sadness and stress and anger to build up and up and up until he can hardly take it any more. when that happens, niran holes himself somewhere he can be alone with no way in from the outside, and cries. he stalls said crying events as long as is entirely possible, because he knows if he gets caught it's over.
 

 

trivia —
— has one older sister, born in 1988 - her name is taeng and she just might be the world's most irritating person.
— trained under nh media from 2010 to 2012, and switched to cube entertainment in 2012. in the past he's toured with u-kiss and backup danced for them.
— lived in boston until 2009 - his parents own a thai restaurant there. he went on an exchange program in his home country during his junior year, and that's when he was scouted for nh.
— niran's been dancing since he was 10, at an after school class in his elementary school. he started playing bass guitar at 12.
— idris elba is probably niran's ideal type, but he'd never admit that. he says it's hyeri from girl's day.
— niran admires isaac asimov.
— niran's prized posession is his phone (an iphone 5c in white), which he takes everywhere. 
— niran's favorite, favorite favorite song in the whole wide world is "yule shoot your eye out" by fall out boy.