⦓ ₳1 ⦔ JASPER。 because no one else compares to JI-WOAH 。

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WOO JIWOO

 
     BASICS  

[ NAME  & HANGUL ] Woo Jiwoo 우지우

[ OTHER NAMES ]

WOO MIZU - JAPANESE NAME - WHEN HE LIVED IN JAPAN, MANY OF HIS PEERS GAVE HIM THE NICKNAME/JAPANESE NAME ‘MIZU’ CONSIDERING IT WAS EASIER FOR THEM TO PRONOUNCE THAN HIS KOREAN NAME. MIZU MEANS ‘WATER’ AND BECAUSE OF HIS CALM NATURE AND GO WITH THE FLOW DISPOSITION, IT FIT HIM PRETTY WELL. -

JAMES WOO - SELF-GIVEN ENGLISH NAME.


[ NICKNAMES ]

🐻 [ BABY ZICO ] - IT’S NOT A SECRET THAT JIWOO IS THE YOUNGER BROTHER OF THE VERY FAMOUS ZICO. ALTHOUGH, THE TWO AND VERY FAR FROM BEING ALIKE, EXCEPT FOR THEIR SHARED LOVE OF MUSIC AND CALM DISPOSITIONS. WHEN JIWOO FIRST DEBUTED, FANS CONTINUALLY POINTED HIM OUT AS ZICO’S BROTHER RATHER THAN AS ‘JI-WOAH’ AND THIS GOT ON HIS NERVES BECAUSE HE DIDN’T WANT TO BE RELIANT ON ZICO’S FAME, RATHER HE WANTED TO EARN IT HIMSELF AND STAND OUT.

🐻 [ TWO-FACE ] - JIWOO LOOKS KINDA SCARY AND INTIMIDATING DUE TO HIS RESTING FACE AND LARGE SIZE, SO WITH FIRST IMPRESSIONS HE LOOKS CRAZY INTENSE. ALTHOUGH, THIS IS VERY DECEIVING BECAUSE ACTUALLY HE’S A SOFT BUN WHO COULDN’T HURT A FLY. BECAUSE OF HIS PERSONALITY AND APPEARANCE BEING THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE OF EACH OTHER, PEOPLE TEND TO REFER TO HIM AS TWO-FACE. (NOT TO MENTION HIS SILENT, SENSUAL, Y STAGE PRESENCE).

🐻 [ WOOWOO ] - A CUTE VARIATION OF HIS BIRTH NAME, CONSIDERING HE HAS A DOUBLE ‘WOO’.

🐻 [ MUSCLES ] - JIWOO IS THICC BOI, FROM HIS HABIT OF WORKING OUT AS WELL AS BEING A DEDICATED DANCER, HIS THIGHS ARE POWERFUL, HIS ABS COULD SCRUB YOUR CLOTHES CLEAN AND HE GOT THOSE GUNS BABY AND HE IS SLIGHTLY AFRAID TO USE EM.

🐻 [ BABY BEAR ] - FANS SAY THAT JIWOO’S SOFT SMILE MAKES HIM RESEMBLE A GIANT TEDDY BEAR AND ALONG WITH HIS GENTLE AND CUDDLY PERSONALITY, THE NICKNAME STUCK.

🐻 [ AHJUMMA KILLER ] - BECAUSE OF HIS POLITE AND GOOD MANNERED DISPOSITION, HE EASILY WINS THE HEART OF MANY KOREAN MOTHERS AND AUNTIES. HE’S THE IDEAL SON IN-LAW ONCE YOU HEAR HIM SPEAK AND BE THE CUTE AWKWARD YET SWEET BABY THAT HE IS. EVEN A LOT OF HIS MOTHER'S FRIENDS TRY TO HIT ON HIM AND FANGIRL OVER HIM, LMAO.


[ ETHNICITY ] korean

[ NATIONALITY ] korean

[ BIRTHDAY & AGE ] feb 17, 1999 (21)

[ HOMETOWNSeoul, South Korea

[ BIRTHPLACE ] Seoul, South Korea

[ LANGUAGES ]

- [ KOREAN ] - 100% / FLUENT - NATIVE LANGUAGE.  

- [ JAPANESE ] - 85% / SEMI-FLUENT - JIWOO AND HIS FAMILY TRANSFERRED TO TŌKYŌ KANKOKU GAKKŌ OR “TOKYO KOREAN SCHOOL” FOR THREE YEARS WHEN HIS BROTHERS WERE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL-HIGH SCHOOL. DESPITE BEING YOUNGER AT THE TIME, HE STILL LIVED IN TOKYO FOR THOSE THREE YEARS, HIS FAMILY MADE A POINT OF LEARNING THE LANGUAGE. HE HASN’T BEEN BACK TO JAPAN IN SEVERAL YEARS BUT HE HAS A HABIT OF SPEAKING IN BOTH JAPANESE AND KOREAN AT TIMES.

- [ ENGLISH ] - 55% - TAUGHT IN BOTH KOREAN AND JAPAN, AS AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE PARTIAL-IMMERSION PROGRAM, JIWOO HAS PICKED UP ON THE BASICS ENOUGH TO BE RELATIVELY CONVERSATIONAL, BUT FAR FROM FLUENT. HE’S STILL LEARNING THOUGH WITH THE HELP OF FANTAGIO’S TUTORS, AS WELL AS ENGLISH MEDIA AND MUSIC.


[ ORIENTATION ] biual
 
 
     THE FACE  

[ FACECLAIM ] a.c.e's wow

[ APPEARANCE ] JIWOO IS ATHLETIC AND MUSCULAR IN BUILD AND A LIGHT TAN COMPLEXION. HE IS A PRETTY LARGE DUDE MUSCLE-WISE, NOT GONNA LIE. JIWOO HAS A SLIM FACE SHAPE WITH FULL CHEEKS, A HIGH NOSE, PLUMP LIPS AND SHARP EYES. HIS EYEBROWS ARE VERY DARK AND SHARP, MAKING THE POOR GUY ALWAYS APPEAR TO HAVE AN INTENSE, RESTING FACE.

OVERALL JIWOO LOOKS SCARY AS HELL (UNTIL HE SMILES). HIS INTENSE FACE, MUSCULAR BODY, BROAD SHOULDERS, AND SLIGHTLY ON THE TALLER SCALE, HE'S NOT SOMEONE YOU WOULD NORMALLY WANT TO MESS WITH BECAUSE IT APPEARS LIKE HE COULD SNAP YOU IN HALF WITH ONE FINGER.

HE COULD PROBABLY LIFT LIKE THREE MEMBERS AT THE MOST BEFORE BECOMING EXHAUSTED. HE'S A STURDY BUILD WITH THICK THIGHS AND WASHBOARD ABS AND BICEPS THAT COULD EVEN SEDUCE YOUR MOM. HE MIGHT APPEAR LIKE A THUG WHEN HE'S NOT SMILING BECAUSE OF HIS INTENSE FACE, BUT ACTUALLY, JIWOO LOOKS VERY SOFT AND SWEET WHEN HE SMILES WITH HIS GIANT PEARLY WHITES.

HE HAS A WIDE GRIN AND PAIRED WITH HIS FULL CHEEKS, HE LOOKS LIKE A GIANT TEDDY BEAR AND HONESTLY, HE IS. JIWOO IS THE TYPE OF IDOL THAT PEOPLE POINT OUT AS NOT TYPICALLY 'IDOL LOOKING'. HE MIGHT APPEAR SUPER TOUGH AND SEVERE, BUT IN ALL ACTUALITY HIS APPEARANCE IS DECEIVING AND QUITE THE OPPOSITE OF HIS PERSONALITY. HE MAKES A POINT TO DYE HIS HAIR A LOT AND WEAR MAKEUP TO SOFTEN HIS APPEARANCE BUT HE ALSO JUST LIKES TO CHANGE COLORS AND EXPERIMENT. HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY TATTOOS OR PIERCINGS BESIDES HIS EAR PIERCINGS AND TWO LIP PIERCINGS, BUT HE IS THINKING ABOUT GETTING MORE LATER ON.


[ HEIGHT ] 182 CM

[ WEIGHT ] 68 KG

[ FASHION ] IF JIWOO WERE TO DEFINE HIS STYLE, IT'S DEFINITELY STYLISH BAD BOY, GRUNGY ROCK CHIC WITH A HINT OF WHIMSICAL FLARE. HE CAN GO FROM ROCK CHIC TO BABY BOI THOUGH WITH WITH SWEATERS AND CAMISOLES. HE PREFERS HUES OF BLACK AND DARKER SHADES ALONG WITH WHITE, CREAMS, AND BROWNS, ALONG WITH SOME NEON SHADES.

YOU CAN CATCH JIWOO IN NICE BUTTON UPS, AS WELL AS ROCKER TEES AND DARK TSHIRTS, PLATFORM SNEAKERS OR LOAFERS. YOU CAN CATCH HIM IN TRACK SUITS, AND COMFORTABLE YET STYLISH JOGGERS, WITH AN OVERSIZED SWEATSHIRT OR TSHIRT, AS WELL AS A COLORFUL WINDBREAKER.

IF HE WANTS TO BE CASUAL AND STYLISH, HE'LL WEAR A BAND T OR SOME KIND OF GRAPHIC T WITH SKINNY JEANS AND PLATFORM SHOES OR CLUNKY SNEAKERS. HE LIKES THE OVERSIZED LOOK AS WELL, BUT DOESN'T WEAR OVERSIZED SHIRTS ALL THE TIME. HE WEARS A LOT OF STREET STYLE AS WELL AND ISN'T AFRAID TO MIX THINGS UP BUT HE DOESN'T WEAR A LOT OF PASTELS OR SOFTER HUES.

HE DOES LIKE TO WEAR JEWELRY, LIKE LOTS OF RINGS, CHOKERS, LAYERED NECKLACES, DANGLY EARRINGS. WHEN IT'S TIME TO DRESS UP, YOU BEST BELIEVE JIWOO IS GOING TO TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY AND LOOK STYLISH TO A T. A VERY NICE DRESS SHIRT/BUTTON UP THAT IS SILK OR SATIN, SOMETIMES VELVET AND OTHER LUSH MATERIALS, WITH RIPPED JEANS OR FITTED TROUSERS. LOTS OF JEWELRY AND MAKEUP, AND SOMETIMES A HUGE SWEATER IF ITS COLDER OR NICE OUTERWEAR LIKE PEA COATS, OR TRENCHES.

 
 
     WHO YOU?  

[ PERSONALITY

🐻 HUFFLEPUFF, BIG DUMB CUTIE, SHY BBY, PURE AWKWARD BUN 🐻

[ TRAITS ] HONEST, EMOTIONALLY SENSITIVE, EXPRESSIVE, ATTENTIVE, COMPASSIONATE, CLINGY, LOYAL, RESPECTFUL, GENTLE, MELLOW, QUIET, KIND, THOUGHTFUL, SUBMISSIVE, DEDICATED, AWKWARD, WEIRD/QUIRKY, PASSIVE, UNCONFRONTATIONAL, OBLIVIOUS.


[ PERSONALITY DESCRIPTION ]
JIWOO IS VASTLY DIFFERENT THAN BOTH OF HIS OLDER CELEBRITY SIBLINGS WHO EXHALE CONFIDENCE AND INTIMIDATION. HIS APPEARANCE MIGHT MATCH THAT DESCRIPTION THOUGH, BUT THAT'S JUST HIS EXTERIOR FOR JIWOO IS SOFT AF. HE’S A GENTLE, RESPECTFUL MAN WHO IS MORE ON THE SHY SIDE THAN BOISTEROUS OUTGOING. JIWOO IS QUIET AND POLITE. HE’S PRETTY EASYGOING AND MELLOW, A GO WITH THE FLOW TYPE OF PERSON. HE MIGHT LOOK ALL TOUGH AND SCARY WITH THAT SILENT, BROODING FACE OF HIS BUT BELIEVE ME, JIWOO IS A SWEET BABY AND ANYTHING FAR FROM BROODING.

THE BOY HAS ONE OF THE MOST CALMING AURAS. HE’S WAY TOO SOFT AND KIND TO BE SCARY. JIWOO HAS A SOUL AS KIND AND GENTLE AS A BABY FAWN, AND HE SHOWS THAT IN LITTLE WAYS. HE’S THE TYPE THAT DOESN’T WANT TO BURDEN OTHERS. HE’S NOT GOING TO MAKE THE FIRST MOVE OR APPROACH YOU FIRST BECAUSE HE’S WORRIED HIS MERE PRESENCE WILL IRK THE HELL OUT OF SOMEONE, AND THAT’S THE LAST THING HE WANTS. JIWOO IS VERY CONSIDERATE OF OTHERS FROM GROWING UP WITH THE CONTROLLING PERSONALITY OF HIS MOTHER. WELL, HE’S USED TO BEING TOLD WHAT TO DO AND JUST NATURALLY DOES IT. HE KNOWS HOW TO RESPECT SPACE AND IDEALS.

HE'S FAR FROM A LEADER, THAT'S FOR SURE. YOU WON'T CATCH HIM TRYING TO BE TOO DOMINATING OR INTIMIDATING. THE ONLY TIME THAT EVER HAPPENS IS WHEN THOSE CLOSEST TO HIM OR INNOCENT STRANGERS ARE IN DANGER/THREATENED. JIWOO ISN’T NECESSARILY CLUMSY, BUT THE BOY IS A BIT OF A MESS, ESPECIALLY WHEN HE ISN’T PERFORMING. HE CAN SAY THE WRONG THING, GET HIS WORDS MIXED UP, STUTTER, AND BLURT OUT. HE HAS A HISTORY OF SAYING THE WRONG THING AT THE WRONG TIME ENTIRELY UNINTENTIONALLY, AND WHEN HE REALIZES WHAT HE JUST SAID, THE BOY DIES OF EMBARRASSMENT AND HORROR.

HE IS VERY EXPRESSIVE AND HONEST, OPEN ABOUT HIS FEELINGS. SOMETIMES HIS WORDS GET HIM IN TROUBLE BECAUSE HE'S JUST TOO OPEN LIKE A KID LIKE "JIWOO YOU CAN'T JUST OUTRIGHT SAY YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH ME BECAUSE I GAVE YOU AN EXTRA UMBRELLA." HE JUST DOESN'T KNOW TO NOT SAY HIS FEELINGS ALOUD LMAO. IF HE LIKES YOU, HE'LL PROBABLY ACCIDENTALLY BLURT IT OUT. HE'S KIND OF CLINGY AND SILENTLY NEEDY. HE HAS A WAY OF COMMUNICATING HIS NEEDINESS WITH HIS EYES LIKE "PLEASE SIT ON THE COUCH WITH ME AND WATCH A MOVIE" OR "SHARE THIS MUFFIN WITH ME".

HE LIKES BEING WITH PEOPLE, THAT SOCIAL CONNECTION, EVEN WITHOUT SPEAKING. JUST THE COMPANY IS NICE. HE DOESN’T HAVE TO BE TALKING OR DOING A TON OF SOCIALIZING, BUT JUST BEING IN THE SAME ROOM OR JUST NEAR PEOPLE IS COMFORTING TO HIM. HE’S A PEOPLE PERSON IN THAT SENSE, CONSIDERING HE LIKES COMPANY BUT IS AWKWARD AF LMAO. JIWOO IS ALSO OPEN-MINDED AND ONE OF THE LEAST JUDGMENTAL PEOPLE EVER. HE DOESN’T MIND ABOUT ANYTHING AND IS PRETTY UNDERSTANDING OR WILLING TO UNDERSTAND. AS LONG AS WHATEVER YOU DO DOESN’T INVOLVE SOMETHING HIGHLY ILLEGAL, THEN HE’S OKAY.

HE’S SOMEONE THAT TRUSTS EASILY, AND DESPITE HIS SLIGHT AWKWARDNESS, HE MAKES A GOOD, THOUGHTFUL FRIEND. HE’S SUPER GENTLE AND CAREFUL. SOMEONE WHO WOULDN’T PUSH YOU OR OUTRIGHT ASK UNCOMFORTABLE QUESTIONS TO PRY. HE TAKES OTHERS EMOTIONS AND FEELINGS INTO CONSIDERATION BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE. ATTENTIVE AF, HE IS SUPER SENSITIVE TO OTHERS AND WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU. JIWOO IS BEYOND COMPASSIONATE. HE DOESN'T LIKE SEEING OTHERS FIGHTING OR UPSET. HE WILL NOT HESITATE TO STEP IN AND TRY TO CALM A SITUATION DOWN TO ALLEVIATE SOME TENSION.

HE IS A GOOD LISTENER AND USES THIS TO MEND BRIDGES AND HEAL RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS WITH OTHERS. HE IS THE FIRST TO COME TO YOUR RESCUE OR TO MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER AFTER A BAD DAY. HE MIGHT NOT SAY SOMETHING, BUT HE’LL DEFINITELY PHYSICALLY SHOW YOU HIS COMPASSION BY GIVING A GIANT HUG OR SLIDING A COOKIE ACROSS THE TABLE TO YOU. HE IS VERY DEDICATED, DRIVEN, AND FOCUSED ON HIS INTERESTS, AND IT SHOWS IN HOW MUCH HE GIVES HIMSELF AWAY TO THE MUSIC. WHEREAS HE MIGHT NOT EXPRESS HIMSELF OPENLY IN REGULAR CONVERSATIONS, BUT HIS TRUE SELF CAN BE SEEN IN HIS COMPOSITION WORK AND PERFORMANCES.

HE'S VERY WARM AND SOFT-HEARTED, A DEEP SOUL CONNECTED TO HIS EMOTIONS, AND IT'S VERY EVIDENT IN HIS PERFORMANCES BECAUSE HE'S NOT ONE TO HIDE THIS SIDE OF HIM. HE DOESN'T SEE BEING EMOTIONALLY SENSITIVE AS A WEAKNESS. JIWOO IS ALSO A VERY PROTECTIVE FRIEND. HE HATES SEEING OTHERS IN PAIN- ESPECIALLY THOSE HE CARES ABOUT. HE CONSTANTLY MOTIVATES THEM TO IMPROVE AND WANTS TO HELP THEM GROW AS MUCH AS THEY CAN. HE WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR THEM, WHETHER THAT BE GIVING THEM SNACKS, LENDING A HELPING HAND OR A SHOULDER TO CRY ON IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, ETC.

JIWOO RARELY GETS UPSET OR ANGRY, AND IF HE DOES, HE REALLY DOESN'T WANT ANYONE TO SEE IT, SO HE'LL ISOLATE HIMSELF. HIS PERSONALITY IS MORE LIKE A HEARTH THAN A BRIGHT LIGHT, HE’S WARM AND BLEEDS COMFORT, BUT HE’S NOT OVERLY FLASHY BUT STURDY AND RELIABLE. AT TIMES IT CAN SEEM LIKE JIWOO IS VERY INNOCENT AND NAÏVE LIKE A CHILD. WHAT, WITH HIS TYPICAL OPTIMISTIC ATTITUDE, AND TIMID, GENTLE NATURE, HE'S SOMEONE WHO COULDN'T HURT A FLY. THOUGH, HE IS DUBBED WEIRD OR SCARY AF BY MOST BECAUSE OF HIS TENDENCIES OF BEING TOO AFRAID TO APPROACH NEW PEOPLE AND INSTEAD, STARING AT THEM CREEPILY FROM AFAR…BUT IT’S REALLY JUST A MISUNDERSTANDING OF SHYNESS ON HIS PART.


[ BACKGROUND ]
JIWOO IS THE YOUNGEST SON BORN INTO THE WOO FAMILY, OR AS EVERYONE KNOWS THEM ‘ZICO AND JISEOK’S FAMILY. JIWOO IS SEVEN YEARS YOUNGER THAN ZICO AND NINE YEARS YOUNGER THAN THEIR ELDEST BROTHER JISEOK. THEIR MOTHER, A FEISTY GENDER RIGHTS ACTIVIST AND ARTIST, HAD JIWOO LATE BECAUSE AS HER OTHER CHILDREN GREW OLDER, SHE REALLY MISSED HAVING A BABY AROUND, SO HERE CAME JIWOO. JIWOO, AS THE YOUNGEST AND USED TO HIS MOTHERS DOMINEERING PERSONALITY, WAS JUST HAPPY TO FOLLOW ALONG AND LET EVERYONE TELL HIM WHAT TO DO.

IT WAS HARD TO SPEND TIME WITH HIS SIBLINGS BECAUSE OF THE HUGE BETWEEN THEM, SO JIWOO TENDED TO BE LEFT BEHIND A LOT GROWING UP, SPENDING MORE TIME WITH HIS PARENTS AND HIS MOTHER'S FRIENDS RATHER THAN HIS COOL OLDER BROTHERS. AS AN ARTIST, HIS MOM WAS A VERY OPEN-MINDED PERSON AND A CREATIVE SPIRIT THAT FLOWED THROUGH ALL OF HER SONS, AND JIWOO WASN’T ANY DIFFERENT. HER HUSBAND WAS AN ENGINEER BUT PLAYED WITH A COVER BAND ON THE WEEKENDS, AND OVERALL, JIWOO HAD SOME OF THE COOLEST PARENTS AROUND (ACCORDING TO THE KIDS AT SCHOOL).

THEIR PARENTS TOOK THEM TO STRANGE ECLECTIC PLACES, ART SHOWS, AND CONCERTS, AS WELL AS THE SLIGHTLY UNCONVENTIONALLY SHADY GIGS OF THEIR DAD. JIWOO LOVED ALL OF IT, THOUGH. HE LIKED JUST BEING INCLUDED. EVEN WHEN HIS FAMILY WOULD GO TO THESE PLACES AND HIS BROTHERS WOULD LEAVE HIM BEHIND, JIWOO STILL FELT INCLUDED BECAUSE OF THE CROWDS. HE FELT A BIT AWKWARD TALKING, BUT HE LIKED LISTENING TO HIS PARENTS' FRIENDS' COMMENTARY. EVEN HIS MOTHER'S EQUAL RIGHTS RIOTS AND EVENTS WERE FUN FOR HIM. LISTENING TO THE STORIES OF WOMEN WHO HAD BEEN MISTREATED BY THE WORLD BECAUSE OF THEIR GENDER MADE JIWOO A VERY SENSITIVE AND UNDERSTANDING PERSON. HE WAS VERY LOVING AND COMPASSIONATE, THANKS TO HIS MOTHER.

THE ARTS WERE A HUGE PART OF THEIR LIVES, SERVING AS ONE OF THE PILLARS OF THEIR HOME FOUNDATION. SO WHEN HIS BROTHERS TOLD THEIR PARENTS THEY WANTED TO GO TO STUDY IN JAPAN TO BROADEN THEIR HORIZONS AND STUDY DIFFERENT STYLES OF MUSIC AND ART, IT DIDN’T TAKE MUCH FOR THEIR MOM TO SAY YES, FORCING THEIR DAD TO GO ALONG WITH HER PLANS AS USUAL AND THE FAMILY MOVED TO TOKYO. ZICO, OR AS JIWOO KNOWS HIM, JIHO WAS FOURTEEN WHEN THEY MOVED, AND JISEOK WAS SIXTEEN, LEAVING EIGHT-YEAR-OLD JIWOO TO JUST GO WITH THE FLOW OF HIS FAMILY’S MOVE. AS A CHILD IN A NEW COUNTRY, IT WAS WEIRD AND CONFUSING BUT EXCITING ALL THE SAME.

AT FIRST, JIWOO DIDN’T KNOW WHY HE COULDN’T UNDERSTAND WHAT HIS NEW NEIGHBORS OR THE PEOPLE IN THE GROCERY STORES SAID, BUT HIS PARENTS HIRED A TUTOR FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY TO HELP THEM LEARN JAPANESE FASTER JIWOO WAS WELL ON HIS WAY TO GETTING THE LANGUAGE. SINCE HE WAS YOUNG AND IMPRESSIONABLE, IT DIDN’T TAKE LONG TO UNDERSTAND BOTH KOREAN AND JAPANESE, TO THE POINT HE WOULD HELP HIS DAD INTERPRET OUT IN PUBLIC. THE WOOS LIVED IN TOKYO FOR THREE YEARS, AND JIWOO LOVED THE NEW CULTURE JUST AS MUCH AS HIS FAMILY. HIS MOM PICKED UP NEW ART STYLES AND EVEN WAS ABLE TO SELL SOME OF HER TRADITIONAL KOREAN WORK TO INTERESTED JAPANESE CUSTOMERS. BUT WHAT REALLY INTERESTED JIWOO WAS HIS OLDEST BROTHER JISEOK’S ENTRANCE INTO THE JAPANESE RAP SCENE.

SLOWLY, EVEN JIHO FOLLOWED SUIT AND BECAME APART OF THE UNDERGROUND RAP CROWD. HIS BROTHERS PLAYED THE MUSIC AT HOME AND EVEN WOULD PRESENT THEIR WRITTEN COMPOSITIONS TO THEIR PARENTS, LISTENING TO THEIR DAD’S CRITIQUES AND THEIR MOTHER’S ENTHUSIASM. IT WASN’T LONG BEFORE JISEOK WAS SCOUTED BY MBK ENTERTAINMENT, A KOREAN ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY THAT WAS SEARCHING FOR TALENT IN JAPAN AT THE TIME. SO THE FAM MOVED BACK TO KOREA, SO JISEOK COULD DEBUT IN A NEW CO-ED GROUP UNDER THE COMPANY, KNOWN AS “COED SCHOOL” IN 2010. AND WOW, DID JIHO AND JIWOO THINK JISEOK WAS SO AWESOME. THEIR BROTHER WAS AN IDOL! THEIR PARENTS CONSTANTLY TOOK THEM TO JISEOK’S SHOWS WITH HIS GROUP, AND JIWOO DEFINITELY RESPECTED HIS BROTHER FOR CHASING HIS DREAMS. SLOWLY, JIHO STOPPED COMING TO JISEOK’S SHOWS, THOUGH, AND INSTEAD STARTED TRAINING HIMSELF TO MAKE A NAME FOR HIMSELF AS WELL.

IT WASN’T EVER A COMPETITION BETWEEN THE BROTHERS, THEY ALL DID THEIR OWN RESPECTIVE THING, BUT ESPECIALLY AFTER JIHO’S DEBUT AS ZICO IN BLOCKB, SUDDENLY FANS WERE COMPARING THE CELEBRITIES. THIS PRESENTED ANOTHER PROBLEM FOR JIWOO, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE HE TWO LOVED MUSIC AND WANTED TO BE AN IDOL. AFTER LOOKING UP TO BOTH OF HIS BROTHERS AND ADMIRING EVERYTHING THEY DID, THEY ONLY INSPIRED JIWOO TO GO DOWN THE SAME PATH. HE DIDN’T WANT TO BE LIKE THEM, THOUGH, HE WANTED TO BE HIMSELF, AND IT’S HARD TO STICK OUT WITH BOTH OF YOUR OLDER SIBLINGS ARE FAMOUS RAPPERS. WHEN JISEOK LEFT MBK IN 2015 TO BE A SOLO PRO RAPPER AND PARTICIPATED IN SHOW ME THE MONEY, AND ZICO TOOK OFF AS EVEN MORE POPULAR AND LOVED THAN JISEOK, TENSION ROSE SLIGHTLY BETWEEN THE TWO. SEEING THIS, THE LAST THING JIWOO WANTED TO DO WAS TO HAVE SOME KIND OF RIFF BETWEEN HIS SIBLINGS AND ADD TO THE WEIRD DYNAMIC.

OF COURSE, ZICO ADMIRED JISEOK TOO, BUT IT WASN’T HIS FAULT THAT THE TWO WERE VERY DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER, AND HE FELT A LITTLE BAD FOR BECOMING MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN THE OLDEST. JISEOK CONSTANTLY CLAIMED IT WAS FINE AND THAT HE WAS HAPPY FOR JIHO’S SUCCESS BECAUSE JIHO WAS ALWAYS PASSIONATE, BUT JIWOO COULD SEE THAT JISEOK WAS A BIT BOTHERED SECRETLY. SO JIWOO DECIDED HE WOULD NEVER LEARN TO RAP. HE ENJOYED LISTENING TO RAP MUSIC AND LOVED HEARING HIS BROTHERS PERFORM, BUT HE COULDN’T DO THAT TO THEM, AND HE REALLY DIDN’T WANT SOMEONE TRYING TO COMPARE HIM TO JISEOK OR JIHO. SO INSTEAD, JIWOO SANG. AND BOY, COULD HE SING. EVEN AS A CHILD, HE SANG FOR FUN WITH HIS PARENTS AT HOME OR ALONG WITH HIS DAD IN THE AUDIENCE WHEN HE WOULD PERFORM WITH HIS COVER BAND.

THEIR MOM ALWAYS ENCOURAGED JIWOO TO SING AND JUST EXPRESS HIMSELF, BUT HE WAS SLIGHTLY SHYER AND WAY LESS UPFRONT THAN HIS BROTHERS SO BREAKING OUT OF THIS SHELL WAS HARD. WELL, HIS MOM THOUGHT SHE HAD THE SOLUTION FOR THIS AND ENROLLED JIWOO IN A DANCE ACADEMY AFTER SCHOOL TO BREAK HIM OUT OF HIS SHELL AND HELP HIM “DISCOVER HIMSELF,” AS THE ARTIST PROCLAIMED. AT FIRST, JIWOO WAS TERRIFIED AND KNEW NOTHING ABOUT DANCING, BUT ACTUALLY, HIS MOM WAS RIGHT ABOUT SOMETHING FOR JIWOO LOVED IT. THE CRITICISM HE ALWAYS RECEIVED FROM HIS TEACHERS WAS THAT HE WASN’T IMPRESSIONABLE ENOUGH.’

SHE TRIED TO GET HIM TO HAVE A STRONGER STAGE PRESENCE OR PRETEND TO WHILE PERFORMING. AND THIS WAS THE ONLY TIME IT WORKED. WHILE LOSING HIMSELF IN HIS FOCUS AND PASSION, JIWOO BECAME A DIFFERENT PERSON WHILE ON THE STAGE. BUT AS SOON AS THE PERFORMANCE WAS OVER, THEN HE’D GO BACK TO BEING THAT TIMID, SOFT BABY. AFTER A WHILE, JIWOO STOPPED SEEING HIS SIBLINGS AS MUCH BECAUSE THEY WERE BOTH SO BUSY WITH THEIR IDOL LIVES, AND THIS LEFT JIWOO TO FOCUS ON HIS OWN HOBBIES.

JIWOO BECAME IMMERSED IN HIS DANCING, WHICH TURNED TO SINGING, AND BEFORE HE KNEW IT, HE WAS ALSO AUDITIONING TO BECOME AN IDOL. EVERY COMPANY HE APPLIED TO ALL IMMEDIATELY SHOWED INTEREST IN HIS BROTHERS’ NAMES AS HIS RELATIVES, AND SO MANY PEOPLE ASSUMED HE WAS ALSO A RAPPER AS GOOD AS ZICO. BUT THEY ALL BECAME DISAPPOINTED WHEN THEY REALIZED HE WASN’T ANYTHING LIKE HIS BROTHERS. HE COULDN’T RAP, HE COULD SING THOUGH AND DANCE, BUT HE WASN’T “₩UNO OR ZICO” ENOUGH.

JIWOO BECAME PRETTY DISTRAUGHT ABOUT THIS AND, INSTEAD, STOPPED PUTTING ANY INFORMATION DOWN ABOUT HIS FAMILY, NOT ONCE MENTIONING HIS BROTHERS. FINALLY, HE WAS ACCEPTED AT RISE ON HIS OWN MERITS. YES, HE WAS DUBBED THE ODD EGG, BUT AT LEAST HE WASN’T BRINGING DOWN HIS BROTHERS OR BEING FORCED IN THEIR SHADOWS.

 
 
     ALL OF MY FAVORITE THINGS  

[ LIKES ]

🐻 JAPANESE FOOD

🐻 ART / ART-CULTURE

🐻 SOCIAL EVENTS & SPENDING TIME WITH OTHERS

🐻 SCENTED CANDLES

🐻 ENGLISH/AMERICAN MUSIC

🐻 TAKOYAKI

🐻 J-ROCK AND K-ROCK, AS WELL AS UNDERGROUND RAP FROM BOTH COUNTRIES.

🐻 CUTE ANIMALS

🐻 AMERICAN AND JAPANESE TV

🐻 ANIME

🐻 DAY6

🐻 GIRL GROUP CHOREOGRAPHY

🐻 PIERCINGS

🐻 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC / ANIMAL AND NATURE DOCS

🐻 HARRY POTTER SERIES

🐻 WATCHING YOUTUBE VIDEOS (LITERALLY THE MOST RANDOM ONES)

🐻 SKINSHIP & BEING CLINGY TO PEOPLE HE LIKES

🐻 HOLIDAYS

🐻 TRAVELING

🐻 DYEING HIS HAIR AND CHANGING UP HIS LOOKS

🐻 THE COLOR BLACK

🐻 DANCING

🐻 CUTE STUFF

🐻 skateboarding


[ DISLIKES ]

🐻 GENDER INEQUALITY

🐻 CUCUMBERS

🐻 BEING DUBBED AS WEIRD OR SCARY BECAUSE OF HIS QUIET TENDENCIES.

🐻 MATH

🐻 SMOKE

🐻 IST BEHAVIOR

🐻 CONFRONTING PEOPLE / CONFRONTATION. HE’S A PACIFIST THROUGH AND THROUGH.

🐻 BAD ATTITUDES

🐻 JUDGMENTAL PEOPLE

🐻 BEING COMPARED TO ANYONE, ESPECIALLY HIS BROTHERS


[ HABITS ]

🐻 PLAYING WITH HIS EARRINGS WHEN IN DEEP THOUGHT

🐻 POUTING WHEN HE IS UPSET

🐻 SINGING OR HUMMING IN THE SHOWER, THE CAR, WHILE WALKING, ETC. IT'S MORE OF AN ABSENTMINDED HABIT THAT CALMS HIM

🐻 USING A MIXTURE OF KOREAN AND JAPANESE TO SPEAK ON AN ACCIDENT

🐻 BEING VERY CUDDLY AND TOUCHY WITH PEOPLE HE'S COMFORTABLE WITH. MOST OF THE TIME HE DOESN'T EVEN REALIZE HE'S DOING IT BUT HE IS A HUGE SOFTY AND WILL CONSTANTLY BEING TOUCHING SOMEONE, HOLDING THEIR HAND, ETC.

🐻 BLURTING OUT, ESPECIALLY HIS FEELINGS, WITHOUT THINKING IT THROUGH FIRST.

🐻 RUNNING HIS HAND THROUGH HIS HAIR AND OTHERS HAIR

🐻 SCARING PEOPLE WITH HIS RESTING FACE

🐻 REFUSING TO SPEAK OUT UNLESS NECESSARY / CONFRONTING OTHERS ISN’T HIS STRONG SUIT


[ HOBBIES ]
》Just move your body like 후다닥 맞물려 톱니바퀴처럼 Move 안 멈춰 꿈속에 팽이처럼 Move

[ SOCIAL MEDIA
》이 장면을 보고 있는 너처럼 Straight up and down Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[ TRIVIA ]
🐻 HE LIKES SPENDING TIME WITH HIS PARENTS BY GOING TO HIS MOTHER’S ACTIVIST MEETINGS AND ACTIVITIES, AS WELL AS HER ART SHOWS, AND WHENEVER HIS DAD PERFORMS WITH HIS COVER BAND

🐻 JIWOO WATCHES TV AND ANIME IN VARIOUS LANGUAGES BECAUSE HE LIKES LEARNING ABOUT DIFFERENT CULTURES AND SPEECH. ALSO HE MIST OFTEN WATCHING THINGS IN KOREAN OR JAPANESE

🐻 JIWOO’S HOBBIES INCLUDE EXERCISING & DANCING / TRYING TO LEARN NEW CHOREOGRAPHY, ESPECIALLY GIRL GROUP DANCES. HE REALLY WANTS TO LEARN HOW TO DO MARTIAL ARTS TRICKING AS WELL.

🐻 JIWOO LIKES TRAVELING / VISITING MUSEUMS, ZOOS, ETC. HE’S ALSO PRETTY GOOD AT DRAWING, PAINTING, SCULPTING, AND PHOTOGRAPHY THANKS TO HIS MOTHER’S INFLUENCE

🐻 HE TAKES A LOT OF PICTURES OF HIS FRIENDS AND MEMBERS AND LIKES LEARNING PHOTOGRAPHY TRICKS AND TIPS.

🐻 KNOWS A LOT ABOUT FAMOUS ARTISTS AND ACTIVISTS

🐻 JIWOO ENJOYS HANGING OUT / GOING TO SOCIAL EVENTS / CLINGING TO OTHER MEMBERS AND FRIENDS BUT DOESN’T NECESSARILY TALK A LOT IN PUBLIC SPACES. HE’S MORE COMFORTABLE TALKING TO OTHER MEMBERS AND CLOSE FRIENDS BUT ENJOYS BEING AROUND PEOPLE AND LISTENING TO THEM RATHER THAN BEING MORE OF A SPEAKER OR CENTER OF ATTENTION

🐻 IS THE YOUNGER BROTHER OF ZICO AND ₩UNO

🐻 MORE TBA


[ INCORRECT QUOTES ]
》시작하는 선과 끝점이 같아야 원이 그려져 둥근 모양이 차츰 정교해질 때 We can call this young

[ NAME SAYS ]
》너를 곧 지구라 여기고 주변을 빙빙 또 공전하는 별 Let's make a circle Get that, can I get an encore? Make it quick, here you go
 
     RELATIONSHIPS  

zico - older brother.
 
     THE IDOL  

[ PLOTLINE + BACKUP ] jasper

[ STAGENAME + REASON ] JI-WOAH - AN EXCLAMATION BECAUSE JIWOO IS GOING TO SHOCK YOU WITH HIS SKILL. SENSUAL BABY BEAR. PASSIONATE AND SUAVE, HE'S ONLY LIKE THIS ON STAGE WHEN HE'S IMMERSED IN THE MUSIC. THIS IS PROBABLY THE ONLY TIME HE ACTUALLY RESEMBLES HIS BROTHERS' HEAVY STAGE PRESENCE.

[ PERSONA ] 움직여 움직여 너무 좋아서 울 지경 Say Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah We gotta move, we gotta move

[ TALENT TWINS ] VOCAL: A.C.E'S WOW, DANCE: NCT'S TEN

[ PREDEBUT EXPERIENCES움직여 We gotta move we gotta move

[ TRAINEE YEARS ] 세상을 움직여 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
 
 
     MY RIDE OR DIE  

[ LOVE INTEREST NAME + GROUP ] collabs?

[ BACKUP ] Wait, wait, bring it back The world is ours 세상을 한 웅큼 쥐어

[ CURRENT RELATIONSHIP STATUS ] 보상받을 시간은 이 날로 퉁쳐 종잡을 수 없이 다른 갈래로 빠져도 타임리프처럼 결국 우린 닿을 운명

[ PERSONALITY ] 오예 엇나가도 돼 호응만 하면 돼 손 향하는 대로 Because we got the Midas touch

[ FIRST MEETING ] 박수쳐 하이파이브 Good job 진탕 놀고 집에 가 꿀잠 굿바이

[ DEVELOPMENT / LOVE STORY ] 소극적인 자세는 버리고 와 나올 때 객석과 무대는 한 끝 차이 예예예

[ FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ] 워밍업해 이제 Things have really changed 극과극일수록 아주 빠르게 이끌려 움직여

[ INTERACTIONS & OTHER ] 알람을 놓친 아침처럼 Move 화장실 급한 사람처럼 Move 괴물에 쫓기는 것처럼 Move Just move your body like 후다닥 맞물려 톱니바퀴처럼 Move 안 멈춰 꿈속에 팽이처럼 Move 이 장면을 보고 있는 너처럼 Straight up and down Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[ ENDING STATUS ] 움직여 움직여 너무 좋아서 울 지경 Say Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[ TRIVIA ] i love reading trivia, but this section is optional!
 
 
 
     THE FUTURE AWAITS  

[ FUTURE EXPERIENCESWe gotta move, we gotta move 움직여

[ SCANDALS ] We gotta move, we gotta move 움직여 We gotta move, we gotta move 세상을 움직여 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[ FANTAGIO EXPERIENCES ] 야유도 환호처럼 들릴거야 Everything's gon' be alright 움직여 (Let's go)

[ IF NEW MEMBER: HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT JOINING A1? ] 움직여 움직여 너무 좋아서 울 지경 Say Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah


 

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BlueSkySeeker
#1
you said I could still do the thing, so I am here to drop off The Thing
I'm going to bed now i swear
https://www.asianfanfics.com/blog_page/view/9802
BanaWarrior
#2
https://www.asianfanfics.com/blog/view/1298872
I hope you have fun with him! Please let me know if anything is confusing or if I let something out/missing by accident n.n'
buttfluff
#3
https://www.asianfanfics.com/blog/view/1298919

AHHHHH
i hope you dont mind i didnt fill out the relationships & love story!!
tho i will fill those out as soon as i can!! i hope that is okay!! <3
sweetch3rry
#4
https://www.asianfanfics.com/blog/view/1297253

finally, after wrestling with this app for months, it's here!
-haruman
#5
https://www.asianfanfics.com/blog_page/view/9845

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH I'M FINALLY DONE-
(i'm still working on his relationships with collabs as we speak)
-haruman
#6
https://www.asianfanfics.com/blog/view/1297270

COMING THROUGH!
(i'll be back with another one soon uwu)
nancy3
#7
https://www.asianfanfics.com/blog/view/1298649 i am finally done i will add more to his relationship trivia once i have more info about namsun and edit his relationship section
penguin23
#8
here's my second boy! i hope you like him!
https://www.asianfanfics.com/blog_page/view/10492
seungjjang
#9
I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M FINALLY SUBMITTING SOMETHING ASDFGHJKL ILY
https://www.asianfanfics.com/blog/view/1297250
lilacyouths
#10
HOLY MOTHER OF GODDDD I'M F DONE

https://www.asianfanfics.com/blog_page/view/9855
penguin23
#11
hwangiy
#12
lujuns
#13
lilacyouths
#14
2/3 boys done, one more to go! i'll need some help writing his l/i's personality because you know her better aha,, i hope you like him @_@;

https://www.asianfanfics.com/blog_page/view/9883
lilacyouths
#15