S.Coups Profile and Facts
S.Coups (에스쿱스) is the leader of South Korean boy group SEVENTEEN under Pledis Entertainment.
Stage Name Meaning: The ‘S’ stands for ‘Seungcheol’, his birth name. ‘Coups’ is short for coup d’état, which stands for big success.
S.Coups’ Official Signature:
Official SNS:
Weverse: S.COUPS
Melon: S.COUPS (SEVENTEEN)
Bugs: S.COUPS (SEVENTEEN)
Stage Name: S.Coups (에스쿱스)
Birth Name: Choi Seung-cheol (최승철)
Birthdate: August 8, 1995
Zodiac Sign: Leo
Chinese Zodiac Sign: Pig
Height: 178 cm (5’10”)
Weight: 65 kg (143 lbs)
Blood Type: AB
MBTI Type: INFP/ISTP
Nationality: Korean
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Instagram: @sound_of_coups
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S.Coups Facts:
– He was born in Daegu, South Korea.
– He has an older brother, born in 1993.
– He attended Seoul School of Performing Arts (class of 2014) and Hanyang University (practical music major/K-pop course)
– He became a trainee in 2010 and trained for 6 years.
– Some of his nicknames are ’17’s Father’ and ‘Beagle King’.
– He was a member of trainee group Pledis Boys.
– He was originally supposed to debut with NU’EST.
– He was supposed to debut in TEMPEST along with Woozi, but the group disbanded pre-debut.
– He’s the “father” of the group.
– His favorite Korean singers are Big Bang’s Taeyang and Seol KyungGoo. He wants to meet Taeyang.
– His dream is to become an actor.
– He did taekwondo for seven years and has a black belt.
– He has dimples.
– His eyelashes are 1 centimeter long. (Weekly Idol)
– Some of his hobbies are reading, playing games and sports.
– His favorite colors are red and white.
– His favorite number is 8.
– His favorite foods are tonkatsu, kimchi stew, pickled radish, pork cutlet.
– He likes cherries.
– His favorite Baskin Robbins 31 ice cream flavor is cherry jubilee.
– He dislikes anything too spicy or sour (i.e. wasabi and lemon), but loves buldak stir-fried noodles.
– He said he always disliked foods with lotus root in them.
– He is competitive when playing games.
– He doesn’t like rollercoasters.
– He has a driver license.
– Between summer and winter, he prefers summer.
– His shoe size is 26 cm.
– Pre-debut, he featured on Raina (Orange Caramel)’s solo song “Superwoman”.
– He was featured in AS Blue’s “Wonder Boy” M/V and NU’EST’s “Face” M/V.
– He was voted by the other SEVENTEEN members as the manliest member.
– He doesn’t exercise much, but his muscles grow quickly.
– He says he hates to show his weaknesses but he’s actually very fragile inside.
– He says he’s most confident when it comes to power. He’s stronger than all his friends, so he calls himself the ‘Beagle King’ (“being crazy”).
– He said if he could add another member into the Hip Hop Unit, he would add Hoshi so he could choreograph their choreographies for them.
– His role models are TVXQ‘s Yunho, G-Dragon, Taeyang, and Zico.
– He created his stage name himself.
– The meaning behind his real name is that Seung means “clearly winning/winning” and the Cheol means “fair”. It means “to win fairly”.
– He tries to present himself strongly, but in reality, he is someone who’s easily moved to tears. Whenever the members cry, it makes him cry as well. (Japanese Seventeen Magazine)
– Even if he has situations that are troubling, he keeps his irritations to himself.
– He likes to sleep when he gets the chance, rather than go out. (Japanese Seventeen Magazine)
– He likes wearing refreshing and cool accessories to give him an edgy look.
– He likes to go shopping with Mingyu because he has a lot of store recommendations. (Japanese Seventeen Magazine)
– He likes to be reliable. It makes him happy when younger fans ask, “Can I call you oppa?” or when older fans think he looks like a reliable person. Jeonghan and Seungkwan come to him for advice, and he gives them honest answers. (Japanese Seventeen Magazine)
– He’s a mischievous person. He splashes water on his friends who are sleeping with their heads on the table and run away quickly.
– He’s close with his teachers and keeps in contact with them even now. (Japanese Seventeen Magazine)
– He thinks that people who can play the piano and people who can cook are cool. (One Fine Day)
– He easily gets scared.
– S.Coups’ ideal type is someone who can cook well and who eats a lot.
– In One Fine Day Japan, it was said that as trainees Mingyu told Jeonghan, who was a new trainee, to call S.Coups sunbaenim. Later during a fansign, it was revealed that he was the mastermind behind it and was the one telling Mingyu to do so.
– If he was a girl and would have to pick someone in SEVENTEEN to date, he would pick himself because he said that he’s good looking. (One Fine Day)
– In the dorm, he used to share a room with Wonwoo.
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Note 2: Source for the 1st MBTI result: Going Seventeen; September 9, 2019; the members took the test themselves. Source for the 2nd MBTI result: Going Seventeen; June 29, 2022; the members took the test for each other. Since a test taken by others compared to a self-report may not be as accurate, both are listed. The self test is listed first and the others’ test is listed second.
(Special thanks to: pledis17, jxnn, DINOsaur, Gabriela Bianca, jiya_s, Lauren Ngo, zoolgi, maymay, ST1CKYQUI3TT, choerrytart)
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