For those who don't get it (lol I was confused at first as well) I think they're trying to say its the member that is always in the middle in pictures. For example Taeyang is always in the middle because of his height.
Members that always stand in the center but not necessarily the Face of the group... for ex Boram always stands in the center of T-ara (T-ara has mostly assigned positions, Boram mostly stands in the center since they became 7 members because she's the shortest and they stand in order of height: Tallest -> shortest <- Tallest
Ohh I got confused cuz I saw Jaejoong, Yoona, Siwon and they are all the faces of their groups but I also noticed the ones like Taeyang who aren't the face. Thanks for clarifying tho!
I remember Leeteuk said that the reason why they put Siwon in the middle because he (well, they think so) was the most handsome and the tallest in the group. When Siwon was in the center, people would get the impression that the other members were as good looking as him. LOL. Well, imo that kinda worked but recently SM have been trying to give more spotlights to Kyuhyun too. If you notice, it's always Donghae-Siwon-Kyuhyun in the middle. I call them the 'golden triangle', although putting Donghae near Siwon or Kyuhyun could be not good either because of the height difference OTL
nope not always..in TVXQ5 the centre (also called the visual) was Jaejoong. however, the face is the most popular member with the PUBLIC (not fansites), and in TVXQ that was Yunho hence why he got so many solo activities when TVXQ made their debut. Jaejoong had many fansites but his public profile was low, thus even though he was the centre, he was never the face of TVXQ.
another ex is Shinee. the visual or centre is Jonghyun, but the most popular member within the public is Onew, thus, Onew is the face
what's so hard to understand? the center is not always the face of the group. Some of them are (yoona, siwon, jaejoong, etc) and some aren't (taeyang and the Jurassic park reject)
very true. - but in this case, i think seohyun is the center of snsd. she's in that position more times than others. but I guess, Im just basing that off of the positions during the end of a snsd perf.
Some koreans are soooooooooooo soooooooooo nit picky when it comes to details like this. They have labels for everything.. center, selca queen, and other ridiculous labels
To be honest, I always thought the visual in shinee was taemin.
I can kinda see how minho was considered the visual in the early years, but I never figured out who was the main visual in big bang. I remember when big bang first started marketing themselves in japan, they pushed taeyang a lot, but management realized later that top was considered the hot one there. I'm guessing that taeyang is considered the visual in korea.
Internationally, I got the sense that it used to be taeyang, but now it's Top. I think shinee is another case of this too tbh. Minho is more popular in korea, but taemin is more popular in japan apparently and internationally just like the other members. But, I guess south korea's choices matter the most in this case.
Really, I thought jaejoong was the visual and the centre in Japan due to his massive popularity. I thought that Yunho was just the centre in S.Korea and shared face-time with jaejoong due to his popularity with s.korean fans. However, wasn't Junsu and Yoochun hugely popular with older women?
jaejoong was the face in japan and junsu/yoochun were the most popular members in kr. I think yoochun had the same amount of solo activities as yunho in korea since sm was pushing those two when they debuted. BUT yunho has never been the most popular with the public. He has a clean image but that's it
nah yunho and yoochun participated in variety shows in the beginning but they were going for the concepts sm gave them. I mean you can't send the "cold" jaejoong to a variety show to ruin his image. You can see how they started sending them all to shows 2 years after their debut.
oh you're right yunho is the most popular member of tvxq now, but his only competition is changmin, I mean how hard can it be to beat the least popular member right?
you know apparently there is a surgery in korea that people get to make eye bags more prominent apparently they think its cute and it makes you look younger. aegyo sahl is the name for it.
oh yeah I've heard of that! they look nice in some people actually, I think I saw some pictures of how some actresses would look without them, it was kinda creepy now that I think about it
Your bigbang ones are wrong though. The visual in korea has always been gd and closely by top but top will overtake gd with his acting career. Japan is gd and internationally altogether is top.
Apink's center lineup is pretty effective. The two ugly members in the back where we can't see much of their faces nearing up the the lesser uglies, and finally to the only pretty and worthy member in the group Naeun.
um onew's the most popular within the fandom not public. shinee's face is minho. whenever shinee endorses a product minho's the one main character in adverts.
I thought visual = face of the group. LIke I thought visual is just the best looking one, thus, the face of the group. Visuals don't necessary mean most popular though. And I thought Junsu was always the most popular.
I think irregardless of who was the most popular, Jaejoong was the face of the group, labeled "visual shock" as well. Face/visual just means the center one that represents the group, like how Yoona is always standing in the middle.
Another reason why certain people are the centers have to do with singing. With DBSK, for example, Jaejoong is placed in the center because his voice is the middle ground among all 5 of their voices. If you see them singing ballads, Jaejoong gets to sing with each member several times in one song. He bridges the gaps between their voices' tones. His voice works well with Changmin's high notes, Yunho's low notes, Junsu's big notes, and Yoochun's husky tone.
Same can be said for Jonghyun. His voice also blends well when he sings with the other 4 members, so his short height isn't the only reason he's in the middle.
SM tries hard to promote Minho as the ~face~ but LBR, Taemin's always gotten attention for his looks even back during debut days. They just can't label Taemin as the ~face~ 'cause he's already known as the dancer and now he's a decent vocalist, too. Without the ~face~ label, Minho doesn't really have anything else except being a sucky rapper.
Even in Korea, Taemin's popular even without having many individual activities. Minho had to earn his popularity by being in many variety shows a couple of years back.
i can't stand Ruby and her delusions, but i also need to clarify that up until the split, the least popular members were jaejoong and changmin, not yunho and changmin. it has always been junsu, yoochun and then yunho. jaejoong was usually in 4th and changmin in 5th.
i am starting to think Ruby is actually a troll who dislikes yunho, but writes delusional comments such as these just so people can make fun and hate on him (and tvxq)
I got nothing but tough love for Minho. At least now he gets singing lines. He's not in the same level as the other 4 singing-wise, but he's a much better singer than a rapper.
I doubt it, she and her coven (mx sora, vipblackjackcassie, Jui aka TVXQ fan boy) are on every Kpop site, spreading their madness and hate. They make fans of TVXQ look bad.
yep and they are equal in Korea now, heard that Changmin only fans are upset, because they think Yunho is holding him back. Their Korean fanbase is actually fighting each other, smh.
don't blame her, a lot of TV2XQ fans love to rewrite the history of TVXQ, to prove that the duo is doing so much better than before. They hate OT5s because we expose the fairytale they love to tell each other.
Jaejoong is/was the visual and also the main vocalist. However, it's true he never was the most popular in Korea among DB5K (Yoochun and Junsu were), but he is without doubt the most popular in Japan, China, Thailand and well the rest of the world.
no. you can tell that Yoochun was the face of DBSK in Korea (and maybe Yunho in the beginning), he was center in the most of their ads, he featured in shows the most etc.
I would say they never had the ~face~ of the group in Japan, because they were marketed as vocal group.
hmmm.....TVXQ duo is doing very well though. sales and concert figures, solo accomplishments/awards don't lie. why would you OT5s deny them their achievements if they did accomplish them?
call people like Ruby out for talking out of their asses, sure, but if TVXQ duo did achieve what they achieve and are doing well, you should give credit where credit is due regardless of some stupid fans they may have
No, up until the split, Jaejoong was at least 3rd after Junsu and Yoochun in Korea (according to their Daum cafe numbers). Yoochun was the most promoted member. Originally, Yunho was the most promoted but the public liked Yoochun more and that's why Yoochun was more featured in DB5K's CFs and drama/film projects. Junsu had the biggest Korean fandom out of the 5 while Jaejoong had the biggest international fandom. Yunho just happens to have (1) really loud fans like (i.e. Ruby) who love to spread propaganda about his popularity and (2) the advantage of being the "leader" and people tend to remember who the leaders are for idol groups and (3) SM liked him so they promoted him a lot.
Well, she's right!. I remember back in the days how Yunho and Yoochun were the most popular in public profile. And Junsu recieved attention because his voice. Jaejoong wasn't really popular until a time later, like Changmin.
not really, yunho didn't have a relevant solo activities like yc or js (cfs or collaborations) SM was pushing him because he had a clean and "gentle" image. Just like they're pushing hyoyeon now even when she's not the most popular member of snsd.
Even when i wasnt their fan yet...i heard many ppl talking about junsu and yoochun...so i got confused who is junsu and who is yoochun...but these 2 are very popular then...n jaejoong is popular internationally...all my frens love him
we also can't leave out achievements from 2011, the year they became TVXQ duo. KYHD won many awards that year and TONE was best-selling japanese studio album ever for the group.
i am pretty sure i remember jaejoong's daum cafe numbers as being consistently in 4th place up until 2009. being in the fandom since 2004, i remember the rankings had always been junsu, yoochun, yunho, jaejoong and then changmin. it had never been much of an issue then because it's just daum cafe rankings, but i guess fans do fight over such things these days. the split caused yunho's numbers to drop alot and he fell behind jaejoong after that.
not to mention they broke their own record in japan and now they're doing the 5 dome tour The TVXQ Duo is doing pretty much fine as an ot5 i'm proud of them.
Hmm, idk. I'm pretty sure Onew is the most popular within the fandom (he's well loved by both the noonas and the younger generations) and the public as well. Minho and Taemin definitely come at a close second and third though. Especially since Minho is the face and he's the one everyone sees all the time.
Oh!~ Yup!~ I understand. It's just that the title threw me off because it said "Not the Visual/Face," and YoonA and Gi Kwang are the visuals of their respective groups. LOL
I feel like a combo breaker for being having a display pic and replying in this thread, but your ID made my day. Jaejoong needs to rest more though. Also, thank you for the photos.
he wasn't the face of the group Koreans think he's unattractive get your head out of your ass for a while. he can't even compete with JYJ to be the face now
Ermahgerd. Is there really such a difference between 3rd & 4th place?? Either way It's not like it matters now. They're disbanded now so It's all irrelevant. Tvxq stans go stand in that corner, jyj stans in the other. Stay there 'til you learn to behave! =.=
you can say the same to all face of the group then not just Yunho. there's a reason why Yoona, Suzy, Hyuna is more popular than the other members--exposure. lol that is rude how old are you 12?
So you're not denying that Yunho received preferential exposure but you're just being defensive by saying there's nothing wrong with it. I never said there was anything wrong with it, I was explaining how the preferential promotion boosts exposure and public's familiarity with the idol, lending them popularity.
"lol that is rude how old are you 12?" You seem to be unable to provide rebuttals without insulting. So who's the 12 year old here?
no read what i read again. it is normal for those who is designated to be the face to receive more exposure than other members. that is why they are considered as a face people tend to know them better than the other due to the exposure. you have to own a certain qualities to be pushed as a face of the group, which is almost always looks.
let's see junsu had anyband and timeless, yoochun had the magolpy video plus the solleim cf was basically him and 4 extras. The few relevant solo activities they had went to yoochun and junsu. what did yunho get?
But really...what are you talking about? Either you have never actually seen a variety show with Yunho on it or you view it through a lens of delusion.
Yunho is not the ideal looks in Korea (that is Yoochun) and he was never treated any differently in a variety show than any other DBSK member.
(Also, how "koreans" treated him on shows? You mean non-entertainers? What normal citizens have you ever seen on old school variety shows)
For some reason, I always see Yunho fans believing that Yunho was or is treated different than any other idol by the general public. Newsflash--general public doesn't care about idols. Even TVXQ. They don't. The most popular idols in Korea earn the same level of respect as Disney Channel stars in the US do. The only people idols matter to is their fans. And amongst fans, Yunho was NEVER the face nor close to the most popular member.
How did they treat him differently? I don't watch variety shows with Taeyeon, Onew or Leeteuk since I don't follow their groups.
Yunho wasn't the face of DBSK but by being group leader and by being placed often in variety shows among other things, he was given more exposure to the public.
There are differing thoughts on what "face of the group" means. If it means the representative member that the public knows the group by, then for DBSK it would be Junsu followed by Yunho. If it's the visual center like this post suggests, then it would be Jaejoong. If it's the most popular member, then in Korea it would have been a toss up between Junsu or Yoochun.
anyband is a singing unit hence why junsu got it he's the lead singer. solleim cf was not a solo CFs other DBSK members are still in it. you do understand what a solo CF is, right? think about Yoona for innisfree, yunho fronted other groups CF pls dont be such a newbie. plus he had EVISU contract just himself before.
please don't be such a blind hater you may try to watch older variety shows such as XMan or Love Letter, Jihwaza etc. the spotlight is almost always on Yunho. he is not also the leader he is the lead dancer, and for some reason this makes him quite well-known too. yoochun is always pitted against yunho and that's about it you can forget about he is the face or whatever
junsu is the most popular in DBSK fandom and he is known for his vocal prowess but there is no way he is popular among the public. come on most idols who looks up to DBSK named Yunho as their idols that's enough proof that he is the most well known in the group
I figured out that visual and face of a group is different. The face of a group is the person that would go on variety shows, and whatnot to promote the popularity of the group, but they aren't always the visual
Kpop in general isn't popular among the public so the only way to gauge popularity is name recognition and respect and Junsu has both.
Popularity among other idols doesn't equate to popularity among the public and even then, I, as someone who is not Yunho's fan, cannot recall an idol saying s/he looked up to Yunho whereas I can remember many admiring Junsu. I'm not saying that you're lying since I'm sure you, as YH bias, remembered more of what was said about YH. But because of your bias, you don't follow what's said about other members so you have a biased view of how YH is perceived vis a vis the other members. And even for popularity among other idols, I would say Changmin is more popular since he hangs out with other SM artists quite often in a non-staged way that's for SM's Facebook or comebacks/promotions. For friendships outside of SM, even before the lawsuit Jaejoong and Yoochun were the most sociable and Junsu was quieter. These days, Junsu has his friends in Beast and his musicals as well as his fellow FC Men members.
none of those are solos. timeless wasn't even a cf. it was Zhang Li-Yin's song ft Junsu. anyband had 3 other people with Junsu. he was not the star there either. yoochun didn't have any solo cf lol. so funny twisting reality like that
Ugh... Since when? Jaejoong won all the pretty boy polls in Korea back then. Sure he wasn't as popular when they first debutted cause SME wouldn't let him talk and fans thought he was ?too pretty". There's a reason why jaejoong's nick name was "Visual Shock".
"cold" referred to his aura and the fact that SME didn't let him speak when they first debuted to keep a "mysterious" concept.
Jaejoong IS the official visual of the group as depicted in their official profiles. They also said so in many interviews. Hell, he was even nicknamed "Visual Shock"
Catch Me might have came out at the wrong time, at Gangnam Style's peak with over 30K MuBank points i doubt any artist who made their comeback at that time can win over PSY.
but for KYHD they did won triple crown for MuBank and Inki and once for Before U Go, while they've never won any MuBank awards when TVXQ was 5, yep not even Mirotic won any MuBank awards since Nobody was viral at that time.
for a lot of cases, the "Face" means the member who's well-known by public (not just fans). but i bet it's not append in every case, eg: bigbang, altough taeyang is popular to public, but im sure public are more familiar with TOP and GD... well-known is not always mean popular like "appealing" by fans. But the member that appear in ur head when u heard the group's name.. sort of like that..
if im not mistaken, the position of dbsk members are based on their vocal range, they fixed in that position because it sound the best when they sing acapella. jaejoong is always at the center because he is the main vocalist.
The vocal thing only applied to DBSK and SHINee, who are obviously more marketed as good singers compared to SNSD and Super Junior who were marketed differently. Notice Yoona and Siwon being the centers for their respective groups.
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ReplyDeleteI don't get it...
ReplyDeleteI don't get it... someone explain this one to me.
ReplyDeleteIsn't a "center" member the same as the "face" of the group?
ReplyDeleteJaejoong + DBSK <3
ReplyDeleteFor those who don't get it (lol I was confused at first as well) I think they're trying to say its the member that is always in the middle in pictures. For example Taeyang is always in the middle because of his height.
ReplyDeleteMembers that always stand in the center but not necessarily the Face of the group... for ex Boram always stands in the center of T-ara (T-ara has mostly assigned positions, Boram mostly stands in the center since they became 7 members because she's the shortest and they stand in order of height: Tallest -> shortest <- Tallest
ReplyDeletenot always...like jonghyun and taeyang arent the faces...i think they're in the center because they're the shortest lol :)
ReplyDeleteOhh I got confused cuz I saw Jaejoong, Yoona, Siwon and they are all the faces of their groups but I also noticed the ones like Taeyang who aren't the face. Thanks for clarifying tho!
ReplyDeleteAren't some of these people the visual though?
ReplyDeleteno that would be called "visual"
ReplyDeletesometimes visuals also happen to be the center in majority of the groups pics (Yoona)
ReplyDeletenot necessary, jonghyun is not the 'face' of SHINee
ReplyDeleteA Center member is a member that always (a majority of the time) stands in the middle during interviews, meetings, photo shoots, dances...etc
ReplyDelete"shortest" lmfao
ReplyDeleteI remember Leeteuk said that the reason why they put Siwon in the middle because he (well, they think so) was the most handsome and the tallest in the group. When Siwon was in the center, people would get the impression that the other members were as good looking as him. LOL. Well, imo that kinda worked but recently SM have been trying to give more spotlights to Kyuhyun too. If you notice, it's always Donghae-Siwon-Kyuhyun in the middle. I call them the 'golden triangle', although putting Donghae near Siwon or Kyuhyun could be not good either because of the height difference OTL
ReplyDeleteOkay, that makes sense. Damn, the weird stuff that people on Pann will think to make an article about... they need to go outside and get some sun...
ReplyDeleteYoona is not the shortest though.
ReplyDeletenope not always..in TVXQ5 the centre (also called the visual) was Jaejoong. however, the face is the most popular member with the PUBLIC (not fansites), and in TVXQ that was Yunho hence why he got so many solo activities when TVXQ made their debut. Jaejoong had many fansites but his public profile was low, thus even though he was the centre, he was never the face of TVXQ.
ReplyDeleteanother ex is Shinee. the visual or centre is Jonghyun, but the most popular member within the public is Onew, thus, Onew is the face
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ReplyDeletewhat's so hard to understand? the center is not always the face of the group. Some of them are (yoona, siwon, jaejoong, etc) and some aren't (taeyang and the Jurassic park reject)
ReplyDeletevery true.
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but in this case, i think seohyun is the center of snsd. she's in that position more times than others. but I guess, Im just basing that off of the positions during the end of a snsd perf.
can you stop with your yunho ass licking just for one minute? jaejoong was the face of the group, deal with it
ReplyDeleteWho are the official "visuals" of shinee and big bang?
ReplyDeleteminho and top?
ReplyDeleteSome koreans are soooooooooooo soooooooooo nit picky when it comes to details like this. They have labels for everything.. center, selca queen, and other ridiculous labels
ReplyDeleteyunho was not the most popular with the public tho that title goes to junsu or yoochun
ReplyDeleteDB5K. Cries*
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, I always thought the visual in shinee was taemin.
ReplyDeleteI can kinda see how minho was considered the visual in the early years, but I never figured out who was the main visual in big bang. I remember when big bang first started marketing themselves in japan, they pushed taeyang a lot, but management realized later that top was considered the hot one there. I'm guessing that taeyang is considered the visual in korea.
Internationally, I got the sense that it used to be taeyang, but now it's Top. I think shinee is another case of this too tbh. Minho is more popular in korea, but taemin is more popular in japan apparently and internationally just like the other members. But, I guess south korea's choices matter the most in this case.
Wow I learned something new today XD
ReplyDeletei know...the person said face and center is the same...and i said not always...i know yoona is not the shortest...i was saying some are
ReplyDeleteReally, I thought jaejoong was the visual and the centre in Japan due to his massive popularity. I thought that Yunho was just the centre in S.Korea and shared face-time with jaejoong due to his popularity with s.korean fans. However, wasn't Junsu and Yoochun hugely popular with older women?
ReplyDeleteYunho was NEVER the most popular with the public O_O
ReplyDeleteboram is only in the centre because she's practically a gotdamn pygmy
ReplyDeletejaejoong was the face in japan and junsu/yoochun were the most popular members in kr. I think yoochun had the same amount of solo activities as yunho in korea since sm was pushing those two when they debuted. BUT yunho has never been the most popular with the public. He has a clean image but that's it
ReplyDeletethat photo of jaejoong is so creepy.. all of these years i though he was good looking.. only to realize that he is actually kind of ugly..
ReplyDeleteits east asia what do you expect. its homogeneous societies.
ReplyDeleteyou either love his face or hate it, there's no middle ground
ReplyDeleteI thought it was yunho back in the days. I remember watching xman and he was the most popular. But now its yoochun.
ReplyDeleteisn't is she the oldest of the group too? so many grannies in that group
ReplyDeletehis eyes are really creepy sometimes.. its the circle lenses or maybe those huge eye bags
ReplyDeleteExactly... All of my korean friends loved Yoochun... called him micky yoochun... isn't it yoochun or junsu that was the most popular?
ReplyDeleteyou are soo fricking WROOONG. yunho was never the most popular?? yunho and changmin are the least popular members..
ReplyDeleteAlright, thank you for the explanation. :)
ReplyDeletenah yunho and yoochun participated in variety shows in the beginning but they were going for the concepts sm gave them. I mean you can't send the "cold" jaejoong to a variety show to ruin his image. You can see how they started sending them all to shows 2 years after their debut.
ReplyDeleteyou're welcome :)
ReplyDeletejaejoong was center because he was the main vocal, he never was the face of db5k.
ReplyDeleteYes!! He was the one who sang the main vocal when they do acapella.
Deleteoh you're right yunho is the most popular member of tvxq now, but his only competition is changmin, I mean how hard can it be to beat the least popular member right?
ReplyDeletelmao!! so right.. i'm even wondering who thumbed up her comment.. she probably did it herself..
ReplyDeleteI don't think he had circle lenses when he filmed protect the boss, but yeah his eye bags are a turn off.
ReplyDeletehe was the face in japan and lbr they spent more time there but yeah I remember they explained that it had to do with the harmonization
ReplyDeletei have no idea tbh but i always figured hyomin was the oldest because she acts like she thinks hbic or something whenever i see that group.
ReplyDeleteeyebag ftw
ReplyDeleteGyuri is the center of the group cause she is leader, all DSP group put leader on the center
ReplyDeleteyou know apparently there is a surgery in korea that people get to make eye bags more prominent apparently they think its cute and it makes you look younger. aegyo sahl is the name for it.
ReplyDeleteYoochun was my bias too during the glorious days. Yes, Yoochun and Junsu were in competition for the first spot.
ReplyDeleteoh yeah I've heard of that! they look nice in some people actually, I think I saw some pictures of how some actresses would look without them, it was kinda creepy now that I think about it
ReplyDeleteYour bigbang ones are wrong though. The visual in korea has always been gd and closely by top but top will overtake gd with his acting career. Japan is gd and internationally altogether is top.
ReplyDeletei stan yunho hard (and dislike jyj) but stop, you dont know what youre talking about tbh
ReplyDeleteApink's center lineup is pretty effective. The two ugly members in the back where we can't see much of their faces nearing up the the lesser uglies, and finally to the only pretty and worthy member in the group Naeun.
ReplyDeleteum onew's the most popular within the fandom not public. shinee's face is minho. whenever shinee endorses a product minho's the one main character in adverts.
ReplyDeleteNo. Junsu was the most popular member back then & now. Where are you getting your info from O.o??
ReplyDeletetoo bad his idea didn't work
ReplyDeleteia kyuyun + donghae + siwon really are good looking!
So... this list is basically listing either the shortest/tallest in their respected groups?
ReplyDeleteI thought visual = face of the group. LIke I thought visual is just the best looking one, thus, the face of the group. Visuals don't necessary mean most popular though. And I thought Junsu was always the most popular.
ReplyDeleteI think irregardless of who was the most popular, Jaejoong was the face of the group, labeled "visual shock" as well. Face/visual just means the center one that represents the group, like how Yoona is always standing in the middle.
ReplyDeleteI think Donghae might have been the visual if he was (a lot) taller :p
ReplyDeleteI thought it's G Dragon that's the visual? Sure, people considered TOP to be the hot one but GD was marketed a lot since the beginning.
ReplyDeleteactualy, there's no visual nor face in bigbang
ReplyDeleteand about shinee minho is the visual
It's Ruby, just disregard whatever she says, that's what most on here do now.
ReplyDeleteAnother reason why certain people are the centers have to do with singing. With DBSK, for example, Jaejoong is placed in the center because his voice is the middle ground among all 5 of their voices. If you see them singing ballads, Jaejoong gets to sing with each member several times in one song. He bridges the gaps between their voices' tones. His voice works well with Changmin's high notes, Yunho's low notes, Junsu's big notes, and Yoochun's husky tone.
ReplyDeleteSame can be said for Jonghyun. His voice also blends well when he sings with the other 4 members, so his short height isn't the only reason he's in the middle.
They never really had a ~face~ for Korea 'cause they didn't need one, but he was definitely the face in Japan.
ReplyDeleteyou can always Count on Ruby to make a laughable comment every time tvxq is mentioned.
ReplyDeleteSM tries hard to promote Minho as the ~face~ but LBR, Taemin's always gotten attention for his looks even back during debut days. They just can't label Taemin as the ~face~ 'cause he's already known as the dancer and now he's a decent vocalist, too. Without the ~face~ label, Minho doesn't really have anything else except being a sucky rapper.
ReplyDeleteagree. taeyang, jonghyun, kikwang, yoseob, and boram are the shortest on their group ^^
ReplyDeleteEven in Korea, Taemin's popular even without having many individual activities. Minho had to earn his popularity by being in many variety shows a couple of years back.
ReplyDeleteactually i think changmin trumps yunho in popularity now in japan.
ReplyDeletei can't stand Ruby and her delusions, but i also need to clarify that up until the split, the least popular members were jaejoong and changmin, not yunho and changmin. it has always been junsu, yoochun and then yunho. jaejoong was usually in 4th and changmin in 5th.
ReplyDeleteyeah, i do recall them explaining in an interview about where they stand correlated with their vocal position
ReplyDeleteWhat about the group that have 2, 4, 6, member? No one would really stand in the center.(suddenly remembering TVXQ2)...
ReplyDeletei am starting to think Ruby is actually a troll who dislikes yunho, but writes delusional comments such as these just so people can make fun and hate on him (and tvxq)
ReplyDeleteTaeyang is only in the middle cuz he's the smallest. xD
ReplyDeletelmao harsh
ReplyDeletebut i find taeyang and kikwang good looking though despite their heights..erm, i guess it's subjective and depends on personal preference
ReplyDeleteI got nothing but tough love for Minho. At least now he gets singing lines. He's not in the same level as the other 4 singing-wise, but he's a much better singer than a rapper.
ReplyDeleteWhy are people thumbing down your comment. Really folks, this is low even for some of you.
ReplyDeleteI doubt it, she and her coven (mx sora, vipblackjackcassie, Jui aka TVXQ fan boy) are on every Kpop site, spreading their madness and hate. They make fans of TVXQ look bad.
ReplyDeleteyep and they are equal in Korea now, heard that Changmin only fans are upset, because they think Yunho is holding him back. Their Korean fanbase is actually fighting each other, smh.
ReplyDeletedon't blame her, a lot of TV2XQ fans love to rewrite the history of TVXQ, to prove that the duo is doing so much better than before. They hate OT5s because we expose the fairytale they love to tell each other.
ReplyDeleteJaejoong is/was the visual and also the main vocalist. However, it's true he never was the most popular in Korea among DB5K (Yoochun and Junsu were), but he is without doubt the most popular in Japan, China, Thailand and well the rest of the world.
ReplyDeleteno. you can tell that Yoochun was the face of DBSK in Korea (and maybe Yunho in the beginning), he was center in the most of their ads, he featured in shows the most etc.
ReplyDeleteI would say they never had the ~face~ of the group in Japan, because they were marketed as vocal group.
hmmm.....TVXQ duo is doing very well though. sales and concert figures, solo accomplishments/awards don't lie. why would you OT5s deny them their achievements if they did accomplish them?
ReplyDeletecall people like Ruby out for talking out of their asses, sure, but if TVXQ duo did achieve what they achieve and are doing well, you should give credit where credit is due regardless of some stupid fans they may have
no he is also the most popular with the public, followed by Minho and Taemin
ReplyDeleteNo, up until the split, Jaejoong was at least 3rd after Junsu and Yoochun in Korea (according to their Daum cafe numbers). Yoochun was the most promoted member. Originally, Yunho was the most promoted but the public liked Yoochun more and that's why Yoochun was more featured in DB5K's CFs and drama/film projects. Junsu had the biggest Korean fandom out of the 5 while Jaejoong had the biggest international fandom. Yunho just happens to have (1) really loud fans like (i.e. Ruby) who love to spread propaganda about his popularity and (2) the advantage of being the "leader" and people tend to remember who the leaders are for idol groups and (3) SM liked him so they promoted him a lot.
ReplyDeleteThey have awards?
ReplyDeleteI mean, besides "Gaon 4th Quarter K-Chart" award I don't remember Catch Me winning anything.
And what solo accomplishment has Yunho had? As in, what solo activity has he had that actually did well. Genuinely curious here.
Well, she's right!. I remember back in the days how Yunho and Yoochun were the most popular in public profile.
ReplyDeleteAnd Junsu recieved attention because his voice.
Jaejoong wasn't really popular until a time later, like Changmin.
I love the 5 of them, so don't get me wrong.
What she's saying is true. :)
Yeah, it's Boram and Qri at 26 (birth age). Then it's Soyeon at 25. Eunjung at 24, Hyomin at 23, Jiyeon at 19, and Ahreum at 18.
ReplyDeletenot really, yunho didn't have a relevant solo activities like yc or js (cfs or collaborations) SM was pushing him because he had a clean and "gentle" image. Just like they're pushing hyoyeon now even when she's not the most popular member of snsd.
ReplyDeletewell he IS holding him back, he can't act, he can't sing and his dance moves are mediocre now. I'm not surprised they're upset.
ReplyDeleteEven when i wasnt their fan yet...i heard many ppl talking about junsu and yoochun...so i got confused who is junsu and who is yoochun...but these 2 are very popular then...n jaejoong is popular internationally...all my frens love him
ReplyDeleteOmgz so true. Tae actually walks a little more in front of the others to have that optical illusion thing go on.
ReplyDeletePublic as in korea...that would be junsu...jaejoong dominates internationally...yunho is popular...but not as much...srry...
ReplyDeleteJaejoong forever visual shock
ReplyDeleteyup catch me won gaon award for 4th Quarter 2012, which is still an achievement in itself. and changmin won best rookie for japan academy award 2013.
ReplyDeleteThen who are the faces/visuals of Shinee and Big Bang? (I'm asking because I really don't know.)
ReplyDeletewe also can't leave out achievements from 2011, the year they became TVXQ duo. KYHD won many awards that year and TONE was best-selling japanese studio album ever for the group.
ReplyDeletei am pretty sure i remember jaejoong's daum cafe numbers as being consistently in 4th place up until 2009. being in the fandom since 2004, i remember the rankings had always been junsu, yoochun, yunho, jaejoong and then changmin. it had never been much of an issue then because it's just daum cafe rankings, but i guess fans do fight over such things these days. the split caused yunho's numbers to drop alot and he fell behind jaejoong after that.
ReplyDeletenot to mention they broke their own record in japan and now they're doing the 5 dome tour The TVXQ Duo is doing pretty much fine as an ot5 i'm proud of them.
ReplyDelete*sigh* i have tried to stop them so many times but they don't listen not only Fans but they make TVXQ look bad
ReplyDeleteThey put the shortest members or the tallest member in the center !
ReplyDeleteno, it depends on korean beauty standards mostly lol
ReplyDeletewhat does being a homogeneous society have anything to do with this
ReplyDeleteI thought Yoona and Siwon were the faces of their groups.
ReplyDeleteHmm, idk. I'm pretty sure Onew is the most popular within the fandom (he's well loved by both the noonas and the younger generations) and the public as well. Minho and Taemin definitely come at a close second and third though. Especially since Minho is the face and he's the one everyone sees all the time.
ReplyDeleteJaejoong is the center of the universe
ReplyDeletein shinee its minho, but i don't think bigbang has a official visual/face...
ReplyDeleteOnew and Taemin are the most popular member within and outside the fandom. And Minho is also popular with the general public.
ReplyDeletewell most of them are in the center because they are the face ...-_-"...not all but most..
ReplyDeleteTOP 6:
ReplyDelete01. DBSK - Xiah
02. DBSK - Micky
03. DBSK - Jaejoong
04. DBSK - Yunho
05. SNSD - Taeyeon
06. DBSK - Changmin
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Oh!~ Yup!~ I understand. It's just that the title threw me off because it said "Not the Visual/Face," and YoonA and Gi Kwang are the visuals of their respective groups. LOL
ReplyDeleteI feel like a combo breaker for being having a display pic and replying in this thread, but your ID made my day. Jaejoong needs to rest more though. Also, thank you for the photos.
ReplyDeleteikr? hahahahaha
ReplyDeletewhat awards?
ReplyDeletewhat solo CFs Yoochun had as DBSK gull you lying betch
ReplyDeletehe wasn't the face of the group Koreans think he's unattractive get your head out of your ass for a while. he can't even compete with JYJ to be the face now
ReplyDeleteomg so if people like Yunho it's because SM promoted him? people can't like him because of himself. lol get out
ReplyDeleteboth of their only fans think they each are holding the other back lol when obviously they can do well because they are together lol
ReplyDeletethis is about right don't believe what all these Yunho haters tell you
ReplyDeleteHe was given more exposure which makes some people think that he's more relevant to the public. "lol get out" <<< rude much?
ReplyDeleteErmahgerd. Is there really such a difference between 3rd & 4th place?? Either way It's not like it matters now. They're disbanded now so It's all irrelevant. Tvxq stans go stand in that corner, jyj stans in the other. Stay there 'til you learn to behave! =.=
ReplyDeleteYoona is the face.
ReplyDeleteIn fairness, JongHyun and TaeYang are centers because they're tiny.
ReplyDelete....................and that data you posted just proved my point.
ReplyDeleteit was recorded 2010 after the split when yunho's numbers fell.
come back again when you get data from 2004 - 2009
you can say the same to all face of the group then not just Yunho. there's a reason why Yoona, Suzy, Hyuna is more popular than the other members--exposure. lol that is rude how old are you 12?
ReplyDeleteJaejoong is the face of JYJ ~ they should have used a picture from the present.
ReplyDeleteTVXQ has no 'center' because they are just that perfect xD
But Seungri said that he and TOP are their visual:P
ReplyDeleteSo you're not denying that Yunho received preferential exposure but you're just being defensive by saying there's nothing wrong with it. I never said there was anything wrong with it, I was explaining how the preferential promotion boosts exposure and public's familiarity with the idol, lending them popularity.
ReplyDelete"lol that is rude how old are you 12?" You seem to be unable to provide rebuttals without insulting. So who's the 12 year old here?
no read what i read again. it is normal for those who is designated to be the face to receive more exposure than other members. that is why they are considered as a face people tend to know them better than the other due to the exposure. you have to own a certain qualities to be pushed as a face of the group, which is almost always looks.
ReplyDeletelet's see junsu had anyband and timeless, yoochun had the magolpy video plus the solleim cf was basically him and 4 extras. The few relevant solo activities they had went to yoochun and junsu. what did yunho get?
ReplyDeleteBut really...what are you talking about? Either you have never actually seen a variety show with Yunho on it or you view it through a lens of delusion.
ReplyDeleteYunho is not the ideal looks in Korea (that is Yoochun) and he was never treated any differently in a variety show than any other DBSK member.
(Also, how "koreans" treated him on shows? You mean non-entertainers? What normal citizens have you ever seen on old school variety shows)
For some reason, I always see Yunho fans believing that Yunho was or is treated different than any other idol by the general public.
Newsflash--general public doesn't care about idols. Even TVXQ. They don't. The most popular idols in Korea earn the same level of respect as Disney Channel stars in the US do. The only people idols matter to is their fans. And amongst fans, Yunho was NEVER the face nor close to the most popular member.
How did they treat him differently? I don't watch variety shows with Taeyeon, Onew or Leeteuk since I don't follow their groups.
ReplyDeleteYunho wasn't the face of DBSK but by being group leader and by being placed often in variety shows among other things, he was given more exposure to the public.
There are differing thoughts on what "face of the group" means. If it means the representative member that the public knows the group by, then for DBSK it would be Junsu followed by Yunho. If it's the visual center like this post suggests, then it would be Jaejoong. If it's the most popular member, then in Korea it would have been a toss up between Junsu or Yoochun.
anyband is a singing unit hence why junsu got it he's the lead singer. solleim cf was not a solo CFs other DBSK members are still in it. you do understand what a solo CF is, right? think about Yoona for innisfree, yunho fronted other groups CF pls dont be such a newbie. plus he had EVISU contract just himself before.
ReplyDeleteplease don't be such a blind hater you may try to watch older variety shows such as XMan or Love Letter, Jihwaza etc. the spotlight is almost always on Yunho. he is not also the leader he is the lead dancer, and for some reason this makes him quite well-known too. yoochun is always pitted against yunho and that's about it you can forget about he is the face or whatever
ReplyDeletejunsu is the most popular in DBSK fandom and he is known for his vocal prowess but there is no way he is popular among the public. come on most idols who looks up to DBSK named Yunho as their idols that's enough proof that he is the most well known in the group
ReplyDeleteI figured out that visual and face of a group is different. The face of a group is the person that would go on variety shows, and whatnot to promote the popularity of the group, but they aren't always the visual
ReplyDeletei kinda disagree with Gyuri. even though she's the leader and lead vocals, she's rarely in the center in pictures...usually it's Seungyeon...or Hara.
ReplyDeleteJuly 15 2009: http[:]//sharingyoochun.net/2009/07/15/news-all-tvxq-members-fancafes-swept-the-fan-cafe-top-ranking/
ReplyDeletesome of the center are the visuals of the group. I get it.
ReplyDeleteKpop in general isn't popular among the public so the only way to gauge popularity is name recognition and respect and Junsu has both.
ReplyDeletePopularity among other idols doesn't equate to popularity among the public and even then, I, as someone who is not Yunho's fan, cannot recall an idol saying s/he looked up to Yunho whereas I can remember many admiring Junsu. I'm not saying that you're lying since I'm sure you, as YH bias, remembered more of what was said about YH. But because of your bias, you don't follow what's said about other members so you have a biased view of how YH is perceived vis a vis the other members. And even for popularity among other idols, I would say Changmin is more popular since he hangs out with other SM artists quite often in a non-staged way that's for SM's Facebook or comebacks/promotions. For friendships outside of SM, even before the lawsuit Jaejoong and Yoochun were the most sociable and Junsu was quieter. These days, Junsu has his friends in Beast and his musicals as well as his fellow FC Men members.
when i saw TVXQ picture i thought "will they someday be like this as 5 again?? :$$" man i would like to see them again together...
ReplyDeletenone of those are solos. timeless wasn't even a cf. it was Zhang Li-Yin's song ft Junsu. anyband had 3 other people with Junsu. he was not the star there either. yoochun didn't have any solo cf lol. so funny twisting reality like that
ReplyDeleteHe couldn't have been the face, not officially anyways. SM made his image as a "cold" guy, remember? He even said his face looked "cold".
ReplyDeleteAnd as an "OT5" you seem oblivious to what TVXQ have actually done since their comeback as a duo.
ReplyDeleteAnd you wonder why TVXQ fans don't like "OT5"! SMH
Try acting like an actual OT5 then you can talk. LOL
yeaaay myungeun all the way *shipper* kekekekeke... they're face of the group but also the slipping king n queen of the group...
ReplyDeleteUgh... Since when? Jaejoong won all the pretty boy polls in Korea back then. Sure he wasn't as popular when they first debutted cause SME wouldn't let him talk and fans thought he was ?too pretty". There's a reason why jaejoong's nick name was "Visual Shock".
ReplyDelete"cold" referred to his aura and the fact that SME didn't let him speak when they first debuted to keep a "mysterious" concept.
ReplyDeleteJaejoong IS the official visual of the group as depicted in their official profiles. They also said so in many interviews. Hell, he was even nicknamed "Visual Shock"
Even though I'm Yunho biased, I think Junsu or Jaejoong were the most popular ones during TVXQ5 days.
ReplyDelete(But among my country's CSSPs, Yunho is the most popular, kkkkk.)
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ReplyDeletewe call it planet ruby
ReplyDeleteseungri is being dorky and funny like always.. he always full of himself.. cute seungri..
ReplyDeleteCatch Me might have came out at the wrong time, at Gangnam Style's peak with over 30K MuBank points i doubt any artist who made their comeback at that time can win over PSY.
ReplyDeletebut for KYHD they did won triple crown for MuBank and Inki and once for Before U Go, while they've never won any MuBank awards when TVXQ was 5, yep not even Mirotic won any MuBank awards since Nobody was viral at that time.
It's The Face -_-
ReplyDeletefacepalming reading the comments.. omg Yunho fans.. wake up.. it's already February 2013... and it's MARCH tomorrow.. just WAKE UP! HAHAHAHA...
ReplyDeletebasically, minho just cant do anything... :)
ReplyDeletefor a lot of cases, the "Face" means the member who's well-known by public (not just fans). but i bet it's not append in every case, eg: bigbang, altough taeyang is popular to public, but im sure public are more familiar with TOP and GD... well-known is not always mean popular like "appealing" by fans. But the member that appear in ur head when u heard the group's name.. sort of like that..
ReplyDeletethen yoona shouldnt be in the center? coz obviously she's not singing many parts...its taeyeon
ReplyDeletebecause they can't accept the truth that's why they thumbing it down XD
ReplyDeleteif im not mistaken, the position of dbsk members are based on their vocal range, they fixed in that position because it sound the best when they sing acapella. jaejoong is always at the center because he is the main vocalist.
ReplyDeleteThe vocal thing only applied to DBSK and SHINee, who are obviously more marketed as good singers compared to SNSD and Super Junior who were marketed differently. Notice Yoona and Siwon being the centers for their respective groups.
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