Basic Profile:

• Full Name: Yoo Taewoong
• Japanese Name: Yukitomo Yasuo
• DOB: 1994.05.24
• Position: Leader, Rapper
• Height: 180cm / 5'10"
• Weight: 58kg / 127 lbs
• Blood Type: A
• Star Sign: Gemini
• Nicknames: Robot, Sleepyhead
• Personal Resume: 1

Other Info / Facts:

• Was born in Japan
• Was an actor under Mays Entertainment prior to debut
• Was chosen as the group's leader because he had been a trainee for the longest period of time (7 years)
• Describes his ideal type as "someone cute and whose height is about 165cm. I change my ideal type every time my favorite drama changes. Like my mother, I want to get comfortable with her. Warm like my mom.”
  • Has mentioned actress Jeon Ji Hyun as his ideal type
  • But when he was asked to choose between Jeon Ji Hyun and Song Hye Kyo, he chose Song Hye Kyo since he got to see her and interact with her a lot on set whereas he had no chance to see or greet Jeon Ji Hyun
• Wakes up the earliest in the morning
• Keeps framed fantaken photos of himself near his bed
• Wanted to become an entomologist and a scientist when he was younger
• Was a child actor starting at age nine (notable appearances):
  • That Winter, the Wind Blows (2013)
  • My Love from Another Star (2013)
  • Fantastic Tower (2013)
  • Jung Yak Yong (2009)
  • King Sejong the Great (2008)
  • Public Enemy Returns (2008)
  • The King and I (2007)
  • Hello Brother (2004)
• Sleeps the most and falls asleep the quickest among the members
• Can beatbox, imitate the sound of a duck, and whistle by blowing into his hands
• Keeps a stag beetle as a pet
• Wants to get a turtle and also dogs but they're too busy to take care of any
• SNUPER has had 2 pet turtles named Red and Dong Dong
• Likes SNSD and gave SNUPER's debut album to TaeTiSeo backstage once
• Was voted by the members as most likely to let his girlfriend get her way
• If he was alone in the dorm and heard a noise that sounded like footsteps, he would first lock the doors and then throw random things
• When asked what kind of flower he would be, he confidently answered that he would be "weed"