i’m sick of the slideshow bc it’s just a lot of work and i haven’t done anything about it recently but now since irl has twitter here’s a helpful(ish) yet very long guide to nct, and other new/baby nctzens can use this too !!

you can bookmark this because i know this thread is pretty long, i included some a videos to show what the members can do such as their talents

-nct is a boy group that debuted in 2016 under sm entertainment

-nct stands for neo (new) culture technology

-they have a unique concept where there is an unlimited amount of members

*2016: 13 members

*2017: 15 members

*2018: 18 members

*2019: 21 members

*2020: 23 members

the four subunits:

*nct u: a rotational unit

*nct 127: taeil, johnny, taeyong, yuta, doyoung, jaehyun, winwin (inactive), jungwoo, mark, haechan

*nct dream: mark, renjun, jeno, haechan, jaemin, chenle, jisung

*wayv: kun, ten, winwin, lucas, xiaojun hendery, yangyang

nct u:
- neo culture technology united

- debuted on april 9, 2016 with “the 7th sense” and “without you”

- sm ent. chooses the members that best fit the concept of the song
latest comeback: make a wish & from home

nct 2018 & nct 2020

-nct 2018 had multiple nct u songs in the album, but the title track had all 18 members performing together

-nct 2020 has 2 parts to it, part 1 and part 2, similar to 2018 but there isn’t a performance with all 23 members yet (pt. 2 isn’t out yet)

nct 127:
- 127 is the longitude of seoul south korea
- debuted on july 7, 2016 with fire truck
- 10 members
- johnny and doyoung joined during limitless era (2017)
- jungwoo joined in regular era (2018)
- winwin has been inactive since beginning of 2019
-latest comeback: punch

nct dream:
- made up of most of the younger members in the group

- debuted on august 25, 2016 with chewing gum

-7 members

- used to have a graduation system where they would “graduate”/leave the unit after they turned 20 in korean age
*1/2*

- mark graduated at the beginning of 2018 and continued promoting with nct 127

- in april of 2020, sm ent. announced that nct dream would be a fixed unit and mark will be coming back

-latest comeback: ridin (excluding mark)
*2/2*

*still not confirmed but they might do a similar concept with nct u where they’ll rotate the dream members each comeback, but they will still be a fixed unit*

wayv:
- under label v, a subsidiary company of sm
- chinese subunit
- debuted on january 17, 2019 with regular chinese version (original from nct 127)
-7 members
- xiaojun, hendery, and yangyang were the new additions to nct in 2019
latest comeback: bad alive english version

the fandom name: nctzen (often referred to as “czennies” in korean, pronounced “seasonies”)

wayvs fandom is weishennies/weizhennies

note: shotaro and sungchan are the new additions to nct 2020, they are not in any fixed units yet

*credit to kpop profiles for the info”

i’m sorry if this is all confusing my brain can’t function properly rn but keep in mind this is so you can get insight on the ncts concept, the members and how they look but retweet/ dm me if you have any questions anyways moving on to the members

taeyong (태용)

full name: lee taeyong (이태용)

birthday: july 1, 1995 (cancer)

birthplace: seoul, south korea

position: leader, main rapper, main dancer, sub vocalist, visual, center

height: 174 cm (5’8”)

trainee since: 2012 (4 years)

units: nct u, nct 127

stans: tyongf

u debut: the 7th sense 127 debut: firetruck

taeil (태일)

full name: moon taeil (문태일)

birthday: june 14, 1994 (gemini) oldest

birthplace: seoul, south korea

position: main vocalist

height: 171 cm (5’7”)

trainee since: 2013 (3 years)

units: nct u, nct 127

stans: mooni

u debut: without you 127 debut: firetruck

johnny (쟈니)

full name: john suh/ seo youngho (서영호)

birthday: feb. 9, 1995 (aquarius)

birthplace: chicago illinois (US)

position: lead dancer, sub vocal, sub rap

height: 185 cm (6’1”) tallest

trainee since: 2007 (almost 10 yrs)

units: nct 127, nct u

stans: johfam

127 debut: limitless u debut: misfit (bside)

yuta (유타)

full name: nakamoto yuta (中本悠太)

birthday: nov. 26, 1995 (scorpio)

birthplace: osaka, japan

position: lead dancer, sub vocal, sub rap

height: 176 cm (5’9”)

trainee since: 2012 (4 years)

nct units: nct 127, nct u

stans: yutazen/ai

127 debut: firetruck u debut: from home

kun (쿤)

full name: qian kun (錢錕)

birthday: jan. 1, 1996 (capricorn)

birthplace: fujian, china

position: leader (wayv), main vocalist, sub rapper

height: 176 cm (5’9”)

trainee since: 2015 (3 years)

nct units: nct u, wayv

stans: nuoyi/kloud

*in 2016 he only took part in a chinese version of an nct u song and performed it once, but he wasn’t officially in nct yet. he was then in nct 2018, but didn’t really participate in a song, finally debuted in wayv*

u “debut”: without you chinese ver. wayv debut: regular

doyoung (도영)

full name: kim dongyoung (김동영)

birthday: february 1, 1996 (aquarius)

birthplace: seoul, south korea

position: main vocalist

height: 178 cm (5’10”)

trainee since: 2013 (3 years)

nct units: nct u, nct 127

stans: doiezen/bunnyzen

u debut: the 7th sense & without you 127 debut: limitless

ten (텐)

full name: chittaphon leechaiyapornkul (ชิตพล ลี้ชัยพรกุล)

birthday: february 27, 1996 (pisces)

birthplace: bangkok, thailand

position: main dancer, main vocalist, sub rapper, center

height: 172 cm (5’8”

trainee since: 2013

units: nct u, wayv

stans: 10vely

u debut: the 7th sense wayv debut: regular

jaehyun (재현)

full name: jeong jaehyun, now jeong yoonoh (정윤오)

birthday: feb. 14, 1997 (aquarius)

birthplace: seoul, south korea

position: main vocalist, lead dancer, sub rapper,visual

height: 180 cm (5’11”)

trainee since: 2012

units: u, 127

stans: peachezen/valentine

u debut: the 7th sense & without you, 127 debut: firetruck

winwin (윈윈)

full name: dong sicheng (董思成)

birthday: oct. 28, 1997 (scorpio)

birthplace: wenzhou, china

position: lead dancer, lead rapper, sub vocalist, visual

height: 179 cm (5’10.5)

trainee since: 2015 (1 year)

units: nct 127 (inactive), nct u, wayv

stans: yunqi

127 debut: firetruck u debut: boss wayv debut: regular

jungwoo (정우)

full name: kim jungwoo (김정우)

birthday: feb. 19, 1998 (pisces)

birthplace: sanbon-dong, gunpo, south korea

position: lead vocalist, lead dancer

height: 180 cm (5’11”)

trainee since: 2014 (4 years)

units: nct u, nct 127

stans: kangaji

u debut: boss 127 debut: regular

lucas (루카스)

full name: huang xuxi/ wong yukhei (黃旭熙)

birthday: jan. 25, 1999 (aquarius)

birthplace: hong kong, china

position: lead rapper, sub vocalist, visual, face of the group

height: 183 cm (6’0”)

trainee since: 2016 (2 years)

units: nct u, wayv

stans: lumi

u debut: boss wayv debut: regular

mark (마크)

full name: mark lee/ lee minhyung (이민형)

birthday: aug. 2, 1999 (leo)

birthplace: toronto, canada

position: main rap, main dance, sub vocal, face of the group

height: 175 cm (5’9”)

trainee since: 2012 (4 years)

units: nct u, nct 127, nct dream

stans: markzen

u debut: the 7th sense 127 debut: firetruck dream debut: chewing gum

i’m praying that twitter didn’t make the format of the photos weird

xiaojun (샤오쥔)

full name: xiao dejun (宵德俊)

birthday: aug. 8, 1999 (leo)

birthplace: dongguan, guangdong china

position: main vocalist, sub rapper

height: 170 cm (5’7”) shortest

trainee since: [not found]

units: wayv, nct u

stans: kuanggong

wayv debut: u debut:

hendery (헨드리)

full name: wong kunhang/ huang guanheng (黄冠亨）

birthday: sep. 28, 1999 (libra)

birthplace: macau, china

position: main rap, lead dance, sub vocal, visual, center

height: 175 cm (5’9”)

trainee since: [not found]

units: wayv, nct u

stans: hengni/henqi

wayv debut: u debut: misfit (bside)

renjun (런쥔)

full name: huang renjun (黄仁俊）

birthday: march 23, 2000 (aries)

birthplace: jilin, china

position: main vocalist, lead dancer

height: 171 cm (5’7”)

trainee since: 2015 (10 months)

units: nct dream, nct u

stans: injeolmi

dream debut: chewing gum u debut: from home

jeno (제노)

full name: lee jeno (이제노)

birthday: april 23, 2000 (taurus)

birthplace: incheon, south korea

position: lead dancer, lead rapper, sub vocalist, visual

height: 176.8 cm (5’10”)

trainee since: 2013 (3 years)

units: nct dream, nct u

stans: royal

dream debut: chewing gum u debut: misfit (bside) btw this was not a look let’s forget that this styling ever happened

haechan (해찬)

full name: lee donghyuck (이동혁)

birthday: june 6, 2000 (gemini)

birthplace: seoul, south korea

position: lead vocal, lead dance, maknae (127) main vocal (dream)

height: 174 cm (5’8.5”)

trainee since: 2013 (3 years)

units: 127, dream, u

stans: sunflower

127 debut: firetruck dream debut: chewing gum u debut: coming home (station)

jaemin (재민)

full name: na jaemin (나재민)

birthday: aug. 13, 2000 (leo)

birthplace: seoul, south korea

position: lead dancer, sub rapper, sub vocalist, visual

height: 177 cm (5’10”)

trainee since: 2013 (3 years)

units: nct dream, nct u

stans: nanadoongie

dream debut: chewing gum u debut: make a wish

yangyang (양양)

full name: liu yangyang (刘扬扬）

birthday: oct. 10, 2000 (libra)

birthplace: taiwan

position: main dancer, main rapper, sub vocalist, maknae

height: 173 cm (5’8”)

trainee since: [not found]

units: wayv, nct u

stans: yangqi

wayv debut: regular u debut: misfit (bside)

shotaro (쇼타로)

full name: osaki shotaro (大崎将太郎)

birthday: nov. 25, 2000

birthplace: kanagawa, japan

position: main dancer, sub rapper (as far as make a wish)

height: 178 cm (5’10”)

trainee since: 2019 (almost a year)

units: nct u

stans: (not official) dumpling

u debut: make a wish

sungchan (성찬)

full name: jung sungchan (정성찬)

birthday: sep. 13, 2001 (virgo)

birthplace: seoul, south korea

position: rapper (not a main or lead position yet)

height: 184 cm (6’0)

trainee since: [not found]

units: nct u

stans: (not official) bambi

u debut: misfit (bside)

chenle (천러)

full name: zhong chenle (钟辰乐）

birthday: nov. 22, 2001 (scorp + sag [cusp])

birthplace: shanghai, china

position: main vocalist

height: 176 cm (5’9”)

trainee since: 2016 (i think 3 months)

units: nct dream, nct u

stans: little sun

dream debut: chewing gum u debut: from home

jisung (박지성)

full name: park jisung (박지성)

birthday: feb. 5, 2002 (aquarius)

birthplace: seoul, south korea

position: main dancer, sub vocalist, sub rapper, maknae

height: 181 cm (5’11”)

trainee since: 2013 (3 years)

units: nct dream

stans: asteroid

dream debut: chewing gum

he had a few parts in nct 2020s bsides for pt.1 and hasn’t “officially” debuted in an nct u title track yet, but he’s participating in the title track called “work it” for pt. 2 so make sure to support him

i suggest you turn off autoplay if you’re triggered by flashing lights, i made these before considering the fact that some people might be triggered, so i put time stamps just incase; i’m so sorry i didn’t think about that before editing and i’ll be more careful next time!!

cw / flashing lights from the beginning-0:04, and 0:29-0:51

taeyong

cw / flashing lights from 1:43-1:49 (subtle)

taeil

cw / 1:33-1:47

johnny

cw / flashing lights from 0:26-0:43 (subtle)

yuta

kun

doyoung

cw / flashing lights at 0:57-1:14, 1:22-1:38, and 2:00-end

ten

jaehyun

cw / flashing lights from 0:58-1:11

winwin

jungwoo

cw / flashing lights from 1:43-2:00, 2:08-2:11

lucas

cw / flashing lights from 0:18-0:20, 1:30-1:59

mark

cw / flashing lights from 0:52-0:58 (subtle)

xiaojun

cw / flashing lights from 1:13-1:23

hendery

cw / flashing lights at 2:00-end

renjun

cw / flashing lights from beginning-0:06, 1:00-1:18

jeno

cw / flashing lights from 0:26-0:33, 1:46-end

haechan

cw / flashing lights from 0:56-1:24 (subtle)

jaemin

cw/ flashing lights from 0:12-0:15 (up until 0:34 they’re pretty subtle), 1:18-1:20, 1:44-1:53 (subtle)

yangyang

cw / flashing lights 0:20-0:40 (in background so it’s pretty subtle), 1:55-end

shotaro (theres still not much of him so i mainly out his predebur tik tok + dance videos)

cw / beginning-0:10

sungchan (again like shotaro there’s still not much of him and this is everything we have)

cw / flashing lights from 1:10-1:17

chenle

cw / flashing lights from 0:46-0:56 (idk if it counts as that but be careful)

jisung

end of thread!! if you’re still here thank you so much for reading this all the way through and if you have any questions you can rt or dm me <3 !!