Seungri

Seungri (승리) is a South Korean singer and actor. He was a member of the boy group BIGBANG.

Facts

 * He was born in Gwangju, South Korea.
 * He has a younger sister, named Hanna.
 * He studied at Chung-Ang University with Girl’s Generation’s Yuri and Sooyoung. (He ended up dropping out, due to BigBang’s busy schedule)
 * He is known for his blunt attitude and his over confidence.
 * Seungri’s nickname is “Panda”, created by fans and fellow members because of his dark eye circles, resembling a panda. He also likes collecting panda stuff.
 * Seungri participated in an audition/survival program called “Let’s Coke Play! Battle Shinhwa”, where he competed to be part of the boy band ‘Battle’, which was initially advertised as the next Shinhwa. This was how YG scouted him to train for Big Bang.
 * Seungri was originally eliminated from BIGBANG. But because he didn‘t want to face his friends and family after failing, he went back to YG and competed against SO–1 (aka Hyunseung from BEAST/B2ST) to be the final member. In the end, Seungri won.
 * Initially, G-Dragon was upset that BigBang ended up having 5 members and he totally ignored Seungri for three months. XD (Happy Together – BIGBANG Special)
 * His favorite food is “a bowl of rice and beef”.
 * When Seungri goes places like restaurants or clubs with others he always pays the bills – even for his band mates – as he spoke about having paid Jiyong’s tab at bars and clubs numerous times.
 * Seungri had said that many times in the past he had “stolen” G-Dragon’s credit card when it came time to pay when he was out for the night with others – which made people feel less guilty about letting Seungri pay the whole bill. (Big Bang’s 2016 visit to Radio Star)
 * When a fan asked Seungri to rank the member based on the looks he said hes on the 3rd, so hes not ugly nor handsome. (Ask In A Box)
 * He has acted in the movie “Why Did You Come to My House?” and in “19“ along side T.O.P.
 * He also acted in the Korean drama “Angel’s Eyes” (2014).
 * He was ft. in Alan Walker’s “Ignite” along with Julie Bergan and K-391.
 * He has choreographed a large portion of BIGBANG‘s dances.
 * He has his own dance academy, named “Seungri’s Academy”.
 * Seungri has his own ramen store.
 * A lot of well known debuted idols attended Seungri’s dance academy, these include: Topp Dogg’s Jun Hojoon and Kim Sangkyoon, BTS’s J-HOPE, WINNER’s Jinwoo, VIXX’s Hyuk, KARA’s Goo Hara, B.A.P’s Zelo, EXID’s Seo Hyerin, C-Clown’s Kang Jun, Ladies Code’s Zuny, Laboum’s Soyeon, Lovelyz’s Mijoo, and Nine Muses’s Pyo Hyemi.
 * Seungri is the CEO of YGX (a subsidiary company of YG Ent). (Idol Room ep. from vLive)
 * He has his own show on Netflix called “YG Future Strategy Office”, released on the 5th October 2018.
 * He became investigated by police for allegedly offering escort and prostitution services to foreign investors at several nightclubs in Gangnam.
 * He has been also accused of being part of a chatroom where the participants were sharing illegally taken videos of women and has been involved in illegal gambling.
 * On March 11, 2019, Seungri has announced his retirement from Entertainment industry.
 * On March 13, 2019, YG has officially terminated Seungri’s contract upon Seungri’s request.