Beomgyu

## Choi Beomgyu

* Korean
* Japanese

**Beomgyu** (범규) is a South Korean singer-songwriter and producer under Big Hit Music. He is a member of the boy group TOMORROW X TOGETHER.

## History

### **2019: Debut with TOMORROW X TOGETHER**

On January 20, 2019, Beomgyu was introduced as the fifth and final of TOMORROW X TOGETHER with the release of his teaser video on YouTube.

The group debuted on March 4, 2019 with their first mini album The Dream Chapter: STAR.

## Personal life

### Education

On February 9, 2021, it was announced that Beomgyu graduated from the Hanlim Arts High School.

## Credits

◯ = *Participates as writing/composer/producer*, ✖ = *Not participated as writing/composer/producer*

## Trivia

* **Education:**
	+ Daegu Gwanmun Elementary School (Graduated)
	+ Guam Middle School (Graduated)
	+ Hanlim Multi Art School (Practical Dance Department)
* His 1st video entitled **Introductory Film - What Do You Do?** has the morse code **DREAMING**.
* His 2nd video entitled **Questioning Film - What Do You See?** showed that his animal symbol is butterfly, with the morse code **HOPE** and the symbols of ♢.
* He always put an emoji of chestnut in his Twitter posts because the first letters in his name Beom (범) sounds like chestnut (밤) in Korean.
* His TMI says:
	+ family: youngest, 1 older brother
	+ hobbies and specialties: playing guitar
	+ nicknames: Bamkyu, Cookies
	+ master of cuteness
	+ He speaks with a Daegu dialect.
	+ Favorite food: Honey rice cake and stir-fried beef tripe from Daegu, his mom's tteokbokki
	+ Must have item: hair band
	+ He has a parrot named "Toto"
* He has been to the Philippines, on Manila Zoo and on Cebu where he first bought a guitar after asking his father.
* His Spotify playlist was officially released on March 19, 2019.
* He is the third member to open a personal Instagram.
* He was the last member to be announced.
* He was a member of a rock band and can play the electric guitar.
* He can speak Korean and English.
* Attended the same English academy/private institute as BTS' Suga.
* He can play the guitar (Debut showcase).
* He hates the texture of octopuses and gets grossed out and showed this when they played the guess what’s in the box game (Debut Showcase).
* He said his heart beats really fast whenever he runs into a BTS member at the company.
* He is shy and quiet to people at first but when he warms up, he can’t stop talking (Debut showcase).
* He is an ARMY (BTS fan).
* He has dimples.
* His favorite season is spring (Fansign 140319).
* He likes steamed chestnuts over roasted ones (Fansign 140319).
* He would like to go to Cebu, Philippines if he ever had an overseas holiday with his members (Fansign 140319).
* The current song he has been listening to a lot nowadays is ‘Beautiful’ by Bazzi.
* He revealed he doesn’t sleep much these days due to overthinking and tiredness but the fans give him courage and strength.
* He mentioned that Huening Kai and himself are practicing songwriting (Community Site).
* He has been a trainee for BigHit for 2 years.
* His favorite fruit is strawberries.
* He recently found a new hobby of taking pictures with polaroids (Community Site).
* A classmate of him said that it’s quiet in class if he is absent because he is the mood maker of the class.
* He is the mood maker of the group.
* According to one of his friends, he is energetic till the point that the whole school tried to be friends with him. He’s also very charming.
* He fell asleep when he dyed his hair for TXT’s debut (Community Site).
* He is good at English.
* He talks in his sleep to the members.
* He is friends with Euiwoong and Hyugseob from *Produce 101* and they both go to Hanlim.
* He is very good at school and had the best marks among his classmates.
* His favorite fruit is mango.
* His favorite animals are bears and parrots (Spotify K-Pop Quiz).
* He likes garlic bread (TALK X TODAY Ep.3).
* His favorite colors are pink and white (Spotify K-Pop Quiz).
* He has a lot of pink clothes (TALK X TODAY Ep.3).
* His first time abroad was in Manila, Philippines when he was around 10 (TALK X TODAY Ep.3).
* He always burns a candle in his studio (TALK X TODAY Ep.3).
* He learned guitar from YouTube (TALK X TODAY Ep.3).
* He used to stay up all night writing songs for his members (TALK X TODAY Ep.3).
* He and Taehyun are in the same school year even though he is a year older. The reason for this is because he started school late due to debut preparations (TALK X TODAY Ep.4).
* He is good at claw games (TALK X TODAY Ep.4).
* He wants to hear words like “Thank you for debuting” (Fansign 150319).
* He wants to be called ‘Kkyu’ by noona’s because it shows cuteness and it sounds similar to the second syllable of his name (Gyu) (Fansign 150319).
* His favorite movie is ‘August Rush’ (Fansign 150319).
* He likes all colors (Fansign 150319).
* He doesn’t eat tomatoes (Fansign 150319).
* He also sees himself as a puppy (Fansign 150319).
* When asked if could take one member to outer space who would he take, he responded “If all my members can’t go, then I won’t go” (Fansign 150319).
* He has Taehyun named as “BigHit’s Lovable Member” on his phone (After School Club).
* He, Taehyun and Kai have the top bunks (After School Club).
* He and Taehyun are the early birds (After School Club).
* While Huening Kai has perfect pitch, Beomgyu has high level relative pitch (After School Club).
* When he was young he stole 600 KRW from his mother's wallet to buy a golden framed ttakji (300 KRW each) to impress his friends(TO DO X TXT EP.61)
* His brother repaid his mother for the stolen 600 KRW with 1200 KRW after using the situation as blackmail for a while before (TO DO X TXT EP.61)
* When he was young he also threw a cartoon card collection of his off the 9th floor where he lived and had to clean it up with his brother, making them miss dinner (TO DO X TXT EP.61)
* As a child, instead of holding up peace signs and hearts in photos, he would hold up guns (TO DO X TXT EP.61)

## References

1. ↑ Weverse Live
2. ↑ ‘Introduction Film - What do you do?’ - 범규 (BEOMGYU)
3. ↑ Allkpop: Fans celebrate TOMORROW x TOGETHER's 'Hanlimz' graduating from high school by sharing their adorable yearbook photos
4. ↑ Debut Celebration Show: TMI 1
5. ↑ T:TIME
6. ↑ Twitter Fanaccount
7. ↑ Spotify: #SpotifyxTXT Quiz
8. ↑ First Instagram Post