NEWER NEWS~LEE SEUNG HYUN

Birth Name: Lee Seung Hyun


English Name: -

Stage Name: Seung Ri / VI

Position(s): Vocals

Date of Birth: 12th December 1990

Blood Type: A

Height: 176cm

Religion: Catholic

Languages: Korean, Japanese



Seung Ri is from Kwangjoo, the sixth major city in Korea. As we can see in the Big Bang Documentary, it’s quite a long commute between the two.

Before Big Bang, he was a member of Ilhwa, a Kwangjoo dance team. In summer 2005, Seung Ri appeared on an episode of Battle Shinhwa, a TV show to find the second Shinhwa (a famous boyband) through auditions.

The band Battle is the result of that TV show. In the thirteenth episode, he was cut because his singing wasn’t impressive enough, even though his dancing was. Seungri has been called Panda due to the eye circles he has and also nicknamed “Mek Ggeun” by the members for being a mood spoiler