Jung Ho-Seok (J-Hope) Facts

1. His real name is Jung Ho-seok. He was born on  Feb. 18, 1994, in Gwangju Metropolitan City,South Korea.
   
2. Jhope’s family consists of: Dad, mom and older sister.
   
3. His sister name is  Jung Da Won (Ji Woo)  who is 4 years older than him and they are very close to each other.
   
4. His sister is known as Mejiwoo but it is the name of her clothing brand. Her actual name is Jung Dawon. And this is her Instagram page: Dawon's Instagram Page Here
5. She is modeling for her cloth brand. Her outfits are so cool.
   
6. His blood type is A.
7. He is 177 centimeters tall and weighs 65 kilograms.
8. Jhope said " he is just Jung Ho Seok  J-hope without other members of BTS. Jhope exist only if there is other BTS members"
   
9. J-Hope studied in Big Bang's Seungri's dancing academy with Zelo from BAP and Hyungwon from Monsta X.
10. J-Hope and BAP's YoungJae auditioned for JYP together.
    
11. Before his debut, he was a member of a street dance team named Neuron.
12. He was quite famous as an underground dancer in his hometown Gwanju.
    
13. Before his debut, he thought “Smile-Hoya” as a stage name.
14. He is BTS’ sub-rapper and main dancer of BTS.
    
15. J-Hope dreamed of becoming a professional tennis player during his elementary school years.
16. He likes melodramatic movies.He says it helps him to write lyrics.
17. His favorite color is green.
18. His favorite song is Radiohead’s “Creep.”
19. J-Hope favorite food are traditional Korean foods such as kimchi.
20. His can do street and freestyle dance and beatboxing.
21. He enjoys window-shopping and listening to music.
22. The first album he bought was g.o.d’s.
23. J-Hope had tough times during his trainee days, prompting him to leave the team for a while.
24. His bandmates persuaded him to come back, and then they made their debut as BTS.
    
25. Jhope is enrolled in Global Cyber University along with other bandmates V and Jungkook.
26. He disliked math most in his school days.
27. He has unique habit of sleeping with open hands.
28. He is easily offended.
29. J-Hope is affectionately called “Manager Jung” because he plays a key role in choreographing dance moves for BTS songs.
    
30. Among BTS Choreography “Save Me” and “DNA.” are his two favorite choreography .
31. He would have probably been an owner of a café if he didn’t become an idol.
32. He name his studio "Hope world" where he works .
33. On BTS’ official blog and Twitter account.J-hope posts his dance-practice videos under the caption “Hope on the Street”
34. He danced as background dancer in Jo Kwon’s video “I’m Da One” in 2012 along with Jungkook.
    
35. He never traveled abroad before his debut. His first international destination was Japan.
36. He is confident of his leg lines.
    
37. He went to a high school where his father taught literature. 15. The high school where Hoseok studied the teacher of literature was his father. So it was extra hard for him. He always felt pressure during exams.
38. He hates exercise.
39. He is scared of needles.
40. Hoseok would rather go on the world’s tallest roller coaster than stay inside a haunted house for 30 mins.
    
41. Hoseok is afraid of a lot of things and easily scared. For example he hates being surprised by things that appear out of nowhere.
    
42. J-Hope is the only member of BTS who doesn’t have any piercings.
43. J-Hope released his first mixtape named “Hope World” On March 2, 2018.  "DayDream" was the title track of this album.
    
44. He ranked 63rd on the Billboard 200 in March last year, a record for a Korean solo artist. His bandmate RM later broke that record with his mixtape song “Mono.”
45. He was inspired by Jules Verne’s novel “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea” for “Hope World.”
46. His role models are ASAP Rocky, J. Cole, Beenzino and G-Dragon of Big Bang.
47. Jhope's favorite designer is Brian Donnelly, aka Kaws, who is best known for his Bearbrick art. J-Hope also loves to collect the bears.
48. John Cena, actor and World Wrestling Entertainment wrestler picked J-Hope as his favorite member of BTS.
    
49. He has a dog whose name is Mickey.
50. His favorite smell is smell of his pet dog, Mickey’s paws! For him, the smell on the end of the paws, really has nice smell. Stretching its paws and… (pretends to sniff) it’s so cute, so I can’t help it~!
    
51. As a child.J-Hope was a fan of the anime character “Atashin’chi.”
52. J-Hope’s Myers-Briggs personality type is ESFJ: extroverted, sensing, feeling, judging.
53. Family, health and love are  three most important elements of happiness.
54. Jhope's motto in his life is, “If you don’t work hard, there won’t be good results.”
55. J-Hope ranked 88th on TC Candler’s list of “the 100 most handsome faces of 2018.”
    
56. Hobi likes RM's rap very much, but when he is dancing he can't help himself but to burst out laughing.
57. When he feels down he always goes to Namjoon for advice, as he always finds the right words to encourage J-Hope.
58. Hobi likes to compliment the staff by saying “You look great today” or “Ooo, your perfume smells really good”.
59. If he could change his stage name he would have chosen to be called Jay Yang.
60. He wants to name his child "Huimang", meaning “Hope” in future.
61. His favourite number is 7.
62. His favourite season is spring.
63. Hoseok loves caps but he doesn't wear them as much as he would like to.
64. When asked to Jhope about keeping in touch with family,he replied" Lately it’s the smartphone era so usually we commute through messaging apps.He added" we have a family group chat where they upload pictures there and go like “Wow~ cool!”Usually he takes initiative to call them, Since they don’t get to see each other often. 
    
65. V once said that J-Hope is like Doraemon who always finds a way to solve any problem.
66. He had a girl that he liked very much but she dumped him and went to another man. That day with broken heart he rode a bus. At that time he had a MP3 player with him that he was listening. Suddenly Dynamic Duo's Solo played which became very meaningful and beloved song for him.
67. He remains motivated  by working a lot, when I don’t have to give up on the things I need. I learned to love myself. And to be honest I think that if you want to keep yourself motivated you need to love yourself first.
68. Acccording to Jhope anyone can get his attention in the crowd at a BTS concert by holding up placards with my name on it.(ARMY's here you go...)
    
69. Charger is one of the things that is very precious to J-Hope .
70. Things he wants to steal from other members are Jimin's chocolate abs, Rap Monster's rap skills and his good English.
    
71. He likes girls with long hair .
72. His favorite scent on a woman is Vanilla.
73. He likes girls that wear Nike sneakers. Nike shoes girl ~ ♪
74. J-Hope's weakness is cute girly smiles.
75. He would go to Amusement park on a date.
76. He would like if a girl wears One-piece dress for their date.
77. He would console her girl by saying" Why are you crying? From this moment I will take the responsibility for every drop of your tear. "(*cringing)
78. Hoseok once said that no matter the country there can be a relationship in distance and that the distance shouldn’t affect the love.
79. His ideal type is a girl who likes to read, assists her boyfriend/husband well and is a great cook.
80. The personality of the women he likes is purity/innocence/vividity
81. J-Hope's ideal date: " I love the sea, I would like to walk down to the beach and hold hands (laughs)".His ideal date is holding hands and walking on the beach together.