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Stage Name: Heechul Birth Name: Jung Hee-chul (정희철) Position: Lead Rapper, Vocalist Birthday: December 9th, 1989 Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius Height: 177 cm (5’10”) Weight: 58 kg (127 lbs) Blood Type: B Instagram: @heecheol1209 Twitter: @ZEA7777
Facts
Jeju, South Korea, is his birthplace He has two younger brothers named Heejun and Heemang He studied at Korea National University of Arts He is the second last member to join ZE: AZE:A Mr. Grumpy is his nickname Playing the trumpet is one of his specialties Watching movies, playing squash, soccer, and playing video games are a few of his hobbies He is part of two ZE:A subunits: ZE:A 4U, (alongside members Lee Hoo, Kwanghee, and Taeheon) and ZE:A J (alongside members Kevin and Dongjun) He revealed that his personality is shy He has two personalities: if he is off-stage and off-camera, he is shy, but if he’s in front of the camera, he’s hyperactive He is said to resemble Super Junior’s Ryeowook At first glance, Heechul looks like a vampire who is pale, cold, and very white Heechul has the best skin among the ZE:A members He likes cats He likes a face that resembles a cat He has bad sleeping habits He said that he has never watched porn He debuted as an actor in 2014 with the drama Doll’s House He was a cast in a musical titled Lunatic Dream Team, which made him the first member of ZE:A to be involved in a musical He’s the member who likes doing skinship the most with the other members and he often does skinship with Dongjun, Siwan, Kevin, and Hyungsik He is proud to be the only member in the group who came from Jeju Island Once he was crying throughout the day because he was caught smoking and scolded by the Star Empire He didn’t believe in love and relationships when he was working in the entertainment world He wants to get married after his contract as an artist expires At first, Junyoung thought he was a player His ideal type is a sexy and cheerful girl, a girl who wears white clothes on a rainy day He named Jessica Jung (ex-SNSD) as his ideal type For a girlfriend, he likes women who can speak other languages For a wife, he likes a kind and smart woman, can cook well, has calm thoughts, and can understand him very well He enlisted in the military in June 2017
Member of boy group ZE:A
Heechul kicked off his idol journey as he was introduced as a member of the idol group ZE:A, formerly known as Child of Empire. He was the second last member to be introduced in the group by Star Empire Entertainment alongside the eight other members: Kevin, Kwanghee, Siwan, Leehoo, Taeheon, Minwoo, Hyungsik, and Dongjun. The group debuted with the song “Mazeltov” from the first single album Nativity, which was released on January 7th, 2010. In the group, he filled the position as a lead rapper and a vocalist. Their first single, “Mazeltov,” hit a mainstream success as it sold fast and managed to occupy the first position on almost all song dates on the same day as its release.
The song has an energetic beat and hype-up lyrics which included call-to-action phrases like: The group made their stage debut on January 15th through the broadcast of the KBS Music Bank.
As the group caught the public’s attention with their debut song, they also managed to become one of the popular 2nd generation boy groups back then as they released more and more songs and appeared on TV regularly. Not only the group worked well together, but they were also famous individually. That also included Hee-chul who is also known as an actor as he had already acted in a drama and a musical. In total, ZE:A released two studio albums, one best album, two mini-albums, and four single albums. All of these gained a relatively good response from fans. Up until now, fans are still waiting for their comeback together as a group even though each one of the members has begun pursuing a variety of activities by themselves.
Part of a ZE:A Subunit
Heechul is one of the most active members of ZE:A as he also joined two of the ZE:A subunits: ZE:A 4U and ZEA: J. ZE:A 4U itself was formed in April 2013 and is the second subunit of ZE:A after ZE:A Five. The subunit was composed of four ZE:A members: Junyoung, Kwanghee, Heechul, and Taeheon. They released a debut single titled “Oops~Apusa~” on June 17th, 2013.
Aside from that, Heechul also joined ZE:A’s third subunit, ZE:A J, alongside four other members: Kevin, Taeheon, Heechul, and Dongjun. They released a single titled “Roulette” on January 21st, 2015. Other than that, the group also released a few Japanese and Chinese singles.
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