Idols’ original stage names evoke laughter amongst netizens

11:25 am - 07/23/2012
The original stage names of some of today’s top stars have once again been revealed, drawing interest from netizens everywhere.

A post was recently shared on an online community board with the title, ‘Idols’ original stage names‘, giving a list of names that were being considered for some of today’s top idol stars.

Super Junior‘s Leeteuk was close to becoming ‘Kang Soo‘, as it is close to his birth name, Park Jungsoo. Fellow member Shindong almost became ‘Udon’, while Kangin could have been ‘Woongdam (gallbladder of a bear…)’, and Kyuhyun ‘Gwee-Hyun (distinguished person)’.

TVXQ was considered to be named ‘Oh Jak Yook Boo (Internal Organs)’, while Big Bang almost was named ‘Diamond’. T.O.P was originally going to be named ‘Mark’, Daesung ‘Big Castle’, Seungri ‘Sonic’, and Taeyang ‘Taekwon’.

Wonder Girls were almost named ‘LC (Ladies Club)’- Sunye was going to be ‘Sunny’, Sohee ‘IC’, Yenny ‘Silver’, Sunmi ‘Berry’, and now 4minute member HyunA who used to promote with Wonder Girls was going to be ‘Mint’. The girls even had a song they recorded under these names, but the name of a popular documentary they filmed before their debut was titled ‘Wonder Girls’, and they went with that name.

Shinhwa member Jun Jin was going to be ‘Lee Gi Go (which translates to ‘Winning’ in Korean)’, and Minwoo was going to be either ‘Parang (Blue)’ or ‘Taeyang’.

Netizens who came across the information exploded into laughs as they wrote, “IC is truly hilarious“, “I heard Diamond was G-Dragon‘s idea“, and more.

Sources: allkpop and StarToday via Nate

LOL at Kyuhyun's stage name.
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uledy 23rd-Jul-2012 06:14 pm (UTC)
Does anyone happen to know from which band's guitarist TOP almost got his namesake?
izabera 23rd-Jul-2012 07:16 pm (UTC)
not 100% sure, but I would think it's Mark Knopfler from Dire Straits.
pikapika217 23rd-Jul-2012 06:23 pm (UTC)
What song did they record before as Ladies Club? Also, it really annoys me for some reason that Ye Eun is now Yenny even in korea as well :/

hybridchickens 23rd-Jul-2012 06:30 pm (UTC)
yes! i agree sfm
the_erotomanic 23rd-Jul-2012 06:25 pm (UTC)
i loled at mark.
cautionbomb 23rd-Jul-2012 06:25 pm (UTC)
Mark is the funniest name ever for some reason. I don't know why, it's just so... boring.
gigabytexx 23rd-Jul-2012 06:26 pm (UTC)
INTERNAL ORGANS
swhyeon1991 23rd-Jul-2012 06:36 pm (UTC)
ikr lmfaooo
kiminikaeru 23rd-Jul-2012 06:27 pm (UTC)
big castle

why
asnindie 23rd-Jul-2012 06:34 pm (UTC)
Maybe he has a big tower.
chinchuu 23rd-Jul-2012 06:30 pm (UTC)
Some of these sound too crack to be true though.
LOL at IC
I can't imagine Mark lmao
dapo322 23rd-Jul-2012 07:22 pm (UTC)
LOL. Mark is for real. TOP talked about it in Night after Night when GD&TOP were promoting. For awhile on Omona, TOP was referred to as Mark

Edited at 2012-07-23 07:23 pm (UTC)
sobaek 23rd-Jul-2012 06:30 pm (UTC)
oh jesus. Gwee-Hyun. I'm glad they decided against that.
a_perfect_shade 23rd-Jul-2012 06:35 pm (UTC)
oh mark oppar
kurochibimask 23rd-Jul-2012 06:36 pm (UTC)
I'm forever thankful for where I don't have to call Daesung 'Big Castle' or shouting 'I muthafucking love Diamonds' in these days and times.
also this is old news but still amusing. meh

Edited at 2012-07-23 06:38 pm (UTC)
rai 23rd-Jul-2012 06:38 pm (UTC)
Internal Organs LMAO!
What would have been their stage names then?
Heart Yunho, Lungs Jaejoong, Brain Changmin, Liver Junsu and Kidney Yoochun? Pfft.
kanbinayume 23rd-Jul-2012 07:18 pm (UTC)
stomach Changmin, more like it lol
one_broken 23rd-Jul-2012 06:40 pm (UTC)
can't stop laughing and omg i am so calling seungri sonic forever now

Edited at 2012-07-23 06:41 pm (UTC)
breakinglocks 23rd-Jul-2012 06:46 pm (UTC)
When I saw that article on allkpop I was so annoyed because they seem not to know Shinhwa's names >.< Why is there a picture of Dongwan when it's just about JunJin and Minwoo?
I mean if Shinhwa were rookies, okay, but honestly, it's Shinhwa. As the leading english K-Pop news site they should at least know who is who.

Sorry for the rant

Edited at 2012-07-23 06:47 pm (UTC)
cattleyae 24th-Jul-2012 01:16 pm (UTC)
Ah yes, it also irked me a bit in the beginning, because usually AKP is usually generous to Shinhwa news. I think it's because the newly recruited authors or anything... I can understand what you mean ^^
rabu_parade 23rd-Jul-2012 07:06 pm (UTC)
Internal Organs
LMAO

Diamond suits better for a girl group imo.
burger 23rd-Jul-2012 07:11 pm (UTC)
BEAR GALLBLADDER OPPA

Seriously though these are all incredibly ridic lmao were they all the collective products of CEOs getting together and drinking till they blacked out orrrrrr
soramai 23rd-Jul-2012 07:12 pm (UTC)
Marc ? sonic ? big castle ? Diamond?

Edited at 2012-07-23 08:36 pm (UTC)
kamishey 23rd-Jul-2012 07:14 pm (UTC)
MARK!! LOL
kingalexarnold 23rd-Jul-2012 07:18 pm (UTC)
LOL big castle omg
tsuyoi_hikari 24th-Jul-2012 01:59 am (UTC)
hahaha I shall call Dae as 'Big Castle' from now on! :DD
celestic_blue 23rd-Jul-2012 07:19 pm (UTC)
DBSK almost got the name SM5 as well :D
They talked about this on Come to Play in '08.
xblackchristmas 23rd-Jul-2012 07:24 pm (UTC)
............


thank God
deeinanutshell 23rd-Jul-2012 08:38 pm (UTC)
It worries me that some of these names were even contemplated
mint_whispers 23rd-Jul-2012 08:57 pm (UTC)
LOL I WOULDA JUDGED TABI BB SO HARD IF HIS NAME WAS MARK
chunsakuma 23rd-Jul-2012 08:58 pm (UTC)
This reminds me of when Sungyeol was asked in an interview if there was ever a stage name that he wanted to use and he said that "from the beginning" he "always wanted to use the name Roy" because "it gives a young prince feeling". lol I seriously cannot.
rai 23rd-Jul-2012 09:06 pm (UTC)
Isn't Roy a prince character from Fire Emblem? He must be a fan then lol.
johnnyquest89 23rd-Jul-2012 09:34 pm (UTC)
So either way the Stage name Taeyang would have kept the same basic image. R&B Dancer 2nd leader member etc.
akaich0u 23rd-Jul-2012 10:19 pm (UTC)
Yep. Taeyang actually did go by Taekwon (well, "YB Taekwon") for a few years during his GDYB tenure with GD. I would've been ok if he kept that name.
2ne3rd 23rd-Jul-2012 09:48 pm (UTC)
I think I could have lived with Diamond
Internal Organs though, who would even suggest this?
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