HISTORY Members Profile and Facts
HISTORY (히스토리) was a South Korean boy group under FAVE Entertainment (formerly LOEN Entertainment), consisting of 5 members: Kyungil, Dokyun, Sihyoung, Jaeho and Yijeong. The group debuted on April 26, 2013, with “Dreamer” feat. IU. On May 12, 2017, it was officially announced that HISTORY had disbanded. However the members would remain under FAVE Entertainment for a short period before eventually parting ways with the company.
Group Name Meaning: it’s a combination of the words “His story”, and reflects their ambition to capture the hearts of music fans by delivering their stories through music and performances.
Official Greeting: Hello, we are HISTORY!
HISTORY Fandom Name: STORIA
Fandom Name Meaning: it means “history” in Italian.
HISTORY Official Fan Color: N/A
HISTORY Official Logo:
(2015) (2013-2014)
Latest Dorm Arrangement:
Kyungil
Dokyun and Sihyoung
Jaeho and Yijeong
Official SNS:
YouTubeː HISTORY Official Channel
* The rest of their socials have been deleted.
HISTORY Member Profiles:
Kyungil
Stage Name: Kyungil (경일)
Birth Name: Song Kyung Il (송경일)
Position: Leader, Main Dancer, Sub Rapper, Sub Vocalist
Birthday: November 28, 1987
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
Chinese Zodiac Sign: Rabbit
Height: 183 cm (6’0″)
Weight: 72 kg (158 lbs)
Blood Type: A
MBTI Type: N/A
Nationality: Korean
Instagram: @rokstaxil
X: @_songkyungil
Kyungil Facts:
– He is currently a soloist and producer under the name ROKSTAXIL under the label Signature Sound, and made his solo debut on December 3, 2020, with the digital single “Kurt Coba1il”.
– He previously went by the names 1iL and Virgo.
– Kyungil enlisted on December 8, 2017 as a conscripted police officer (Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency), and was discharged on September 7, 2018. He was also part of the military band.
– He has writing, composing and arranging credits on all of his own songs, “Baby, Hello” by HISTORY, and several tracks by Super Junior-D&E.
– Prior to his debut with HISTORY he was a model and a K-pop trainee for 3 years.
– He is an only child.
– Education: Seoul Jamsin Middle School, and he graduated college before debuting and majored in modern dance.
– He is close with Super Junior‘s Donghae, and is part of Nuthang, a group of close friends that includes BIGBANG‘s G-Dragon & T.O,P, actor Lee Soohyuk and others.
– He has a dog named Daegil and a cat named Yuki.
– Kyungil played baseball until his junior year of middle school but quit due to an injury.
– During his trainee days he was a dancer for IU and featured in her music video for “Beautiful Dancer” and he was her dance partner for her 2011 SBS Inkigayo stage “Cruel Fairy Tale”.
– He also appeared in FIESTAR‘s music video for “Vista” together with Sihyoung.
– He won first place for best abs among idols at Music Bank 2015.
– Kyungil was considered the ‘dad’ of the group.
– He once suggested the group name to be “Queen”.
– His nicknames are Il, Song Leader and Hulk (because he is the strongest member, no one can beat him in arm wrestling).
– He became HISTORY’s leader because of his strength and charisma.
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Dokyun
Stage Name: Dokyun (도균)
Birth Name: Na Do Kyun (나도균)
Position: Main Vocalist
Birthday: February 11, 1991
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius
Chinese Zodiac Sign: Goat
Height: 184 cm (6’0″)
Weight: 65 kg (143 lbs)
Blood Type: O
MBTI Type: N/A
Nationality: Korean
Instagram: @skehrbs
X: @_nadokyun
Dokyun Facts:
– His hometown is Daejeon, South Korea.
– He is a former member of the band Buzz (2010) under the stage name Nayul. He only released one album with them, fuzz-buzz, and left right after promotions ended.
– Dokyun was formerly signed under A1People.
– On December 4, 2022 he got married to his non-celebrity wife, and they welcomed their first daughter, Haeon, on May 11, 2023.
– Dokyun currently runs three successful cafés named Cafe Güstav, Cafe Parted, and Summon House, located in Suwon and Hwaseong.
– He enlisted on November 20, 2017 and was discharged on July 27, 2019.
– He sang the OSTs “그대니까요” for the K-drama Love Rain, and “사랑하니까” for Prince’s Prince.
– Dokyun had a guest role in the K-drama Medical Top Team (episode 7).
– He started training when he was in junior high school, and was a trainee for 7 years prior to joining HISTORY.
– He has a dog named Na Dduru.
– Since he is an only child, he used to love living in dorms with the members because it felt like he had real brothers.
– He is described as a sensitive person, and someone who is shy and awkward around new people, but tends to be talkative once he knows them.
– He was considered the “mom of the group”, he would be in charge of waking the members up, cooking and sometimes do the cleaning or laundry in the dorms.
– Dokyun’s nicknames are Chinese steamed bun (Jaeho calls him that), and Metookyun (Na-Do in English is “Me-Too”).
– His hobbies are playing the piano and basketball.
– His role model is actor Lee Seunggi.
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Sihyoung
Stage Name: Sihyoung (시형)
Birth Name: Kim Si Hyoung (김시형)
Position: Rapper, Visual
Birthday: May 15, 1992
Zodiac Sign: Taurus
Chinese Zodiac Sign: Monkey
Height: 182 cm (6’0″)
Weight: 63 kg (138 lbs)
Blood Type: A
MBTI Type: N/A
Nationality: Korean
X: @_kimsihyoung
Sihyoung Facts:
– He is currently living a quiet, non idol life and all his socials have been deactivated. His most recent public appearance was in 2022, when debuted as the ‘avatar’ of Damdda, a group with a unique ‘avatar’ concept, where he solely served as the face of the group but didn’t sing.
– He appeared in Damdda‘s music video for “Call me by your name”.
– Sihyoung was supposed to make his solo debut in 2022-2023 according to a member of Damdda, but it fell through.
– He did the narration for HISTORY’s debut song “Dreamer” together with IU.
– He appeared in FIESTAR‘s music video for “Vista” together with Kyungil.
– Prior to his debut he was an ulzzang and a model for showganzi, and appeared on the show Ulzzang Shidae Season 3.
– Sihyoung trained for 3 years before joining HISTORY.
– He has a sister.
– Education: Busan High School of Arts.
– His father used to be a champion boxer, so he learned boxing when he was younger.
– Even though his position is rap, he is also a good vocalist.
– He earned the nickname Dok-gang-i thanks to his resemblance to a character out of a gangster movie.
– He acted as an older brother to Jaeho and Yijeong, even though he is the same age as Jaeho. He often nagged at them in the dorms when it was time to clean or do other chores.
– Sihyoung can play the piano.
– When traveling to Germany to film the “What Am I To You” music video, he got stopped at the airport in Paris because the immigration police thought he looked suspicious and was possibly a drug smuggler.
– He is very athletic and can run the fastest and jump the highest among the members, so he was chosen as the group’s representative during ISAC 2014.
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Jaeho
Stage Name: Jaeho (재호)
Stage Name: Kim Jae Ho (김재호)
Position: Rapper, Sub-Vocalist
Birthday: September 17, 1992
Zodiac Sign: Virgo
Chinese Zodiac Sign: Monkey
Height: 174 cm (5’9″)
Weight: 60 kg (132 lbs)
Blood Type: B
MBTI Type: N/A
Nationality: Korean
Instagram: @kim_nanoise
X: @kimnanoise
YouTube: KIMNANO
SoundCloud: Nano
Jaeho Facts:
– He was born in Ansan, Gyeonggi-do, but moved to Seoul when she was in the fifth grade of elementary school.
– He is currently a songwriter and producer under Vendors Production, which began as a team of producers created by Yijeong with assistance from Jaeho.
– In March 2023 he established his own record label, BILLION MUSIC.
– He was formerly a producer under Hidden Sound (HSND).
– He has worked for several popular artists including tripleS, ARTMS, STAYC and VICTON.
– In 2018 he made his solo debut with the single “Forever You and I” under the stage name Nano.
– He enlisted on December 12, 2019 as a conscripted police officer (Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency), and was discharged on June 26, 2021.
– He has a younger brother.
– Nano appeared on Universe Ticket as a producer.
– He decided to become a singer in his first year of high school and spent three and a half years as a trainee starting from his second year.
– Initially, he wanted to be a ballad singer and got accepted into Loen Entertainment after singing 4Men’s “Baby Baby” at his audition. During his training, the agency unexpectedly asked him to dance, and as he did it, he became ambitious and worked hard, eventually ranking first during evaluations.
– He started composing music in 2014.
– He featured on D.A.L‘s “Fireworks” under the stage name Bignose.
– Nano uploaded his first mixtape to SoundCloud in 2017.
– He is close friends with Block B‘s Jaehyo.
– He was known as the mood-maker of the group and the funniest member.
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Yijeong
Stage Name: Yijeong (이정)
Birth Name: Jang Yi Jeong (장이정)
Position: Main Vocalist, Maknae
Birthday: September 10, 1993
Zodiac Sign: Virgo
Chinese Zodiac Sign: Rooster
Height: 173 cm (5’8″)
Weight: 58 kg (127 lbs)
Blood Type: A
MBTI Type: ISTP
Nationality: Korean
Instagram: @elxcapitxn
X: @elcapitxxn
Yijeong facts:
– He was born in Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea.
– He is currently a songwriter and producer under HYBE, which he joined in 2019 .
– Yijeong was formerly a producer at Devine Channel (2017–2018) under the name J.Pearl.
– He changed his producer name from J.Pearl to EL CAPITXN sometime in 2019.
– He founded the music production team Vendors in 2018, along with Jaeho.
– On June 5, 2024, he established his own company Vendors Production, which would house all Vendors producers including former A-JAX‘s Joonghee, former HOTSHOT‘s Yoon San and Junhyuk, and more.
– After HISTORY’s disbandment, he initially moved to a different company in the hopes of continuing his singing career, but because of issues with his voice he had to give up on singing.
– He is currently a mentor on the survival show Universe League.
– Education: Jinju Dongmyeong High School, Dong-ah Institute of Media and Arts (K-POP major).
– He has a little sister.
– He has produced for many big names including BTS, TXT, ZEROBASEONE, aespa and more.
– Prior to his debut with HISTORY he was a trainee for just one year.
– He released his first solo song “1Century” on May 20, 2015, as part of HISTORY’s EP Beyond The HISTORY.
– He featured on IU‘s song “Friday”.
– Yijeong has been close friends with BTS‘ Suga since 2016, and he is the one who introduced him to BigHit.
– He appeared in Suga’s documentary SUGA: Road to D-DAY and his talk-show Suchwita.
– He appeared as a panelist on Duet Song Festival Season 1.
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