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NCT

Name NCT
Company SM Entertainment
Fandom NCTzens
Year Debut 2016
Year Active 8
Year Disbanded N/A
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NCT

About

NCT (엔시티; short for Neo Culture Technology) is a South Korean boy group under SM Entertainment. The group is divided into multiple sub-units that debuted in 2016: NCT U, NCT 127, NCT Dream, and WayV. NCT has a total of 20 members.

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# of Members 22
Oldest Member Taeil (born Jun 14, 1994)
Youngest Member Yushi (born May 5, 2004)
Former Member Lucas (left May 2023), Shotaro and Sungchan (left in 2023 to join the new group)
Leader Taeyong
Company SM Entertainment
Fandom NCTzens

Members

NCT Member Ages

NCT Age Ranking

Ranked from oldest to youngest.

Member Birthday Age
1. Taeil Jun 14, 1994 29 years old
2. Johnny Feb 09, 1995 29 years old
3. Taeyong Jul 01, 1995 28 years old
4. Yuta Oct 26, 1995 28 years old
5. Kun Jan 01, 1996 28 years old
6. Doyoung Feb 01, 1996 28 years old
7. Ten Feb 27, 1996 27 years old
8. Jaehyun Feb 14, 1997 27 years old
9. Winwin Oct 28, 1997 26 years old
10. Jungwoo Feb 19, 1998 26 years old
11. Mark Aug 02, 1999 24 years old
12. Xiaojun Aug 08, 1999 24 years old
13. Hendery Sep 28, 1999 24 years old
14. Renjun Mar 23, 2000 23 years old
15. Jeno Apr 23, 2000 23 years old
16. Haechan Jun 06, 2000 23 years old
17. Jaemin Aug 13, 2000 23 years old
18. Yangyang Oct 10, 2000 23 years old
19. Chenle Nov 22, 2001 22 years old
20. Jisung Feb 05, 2002 22 years old
21. Sion May 11, 2002 21 years old
22. Yushi May 05, 2004 19 years old

NCT Member Heights

NCT Height Ranking

Ranked from tallest to shortest.

Member Height
1. Johnny 1.84 m (6’0″)
2. Jaehyun 1.80 m (5’11”)
3. Jungwoo 1.80 m (5’11”)
4. Jisung 1.79 m (5’10”)
5. Chenle 1.79 m (5’10”)
6. Doyoung 1.78 m (5’10”)
7. Winwin 1.78 m (5’10”)
8. Jeno 1.77 m (5’10”)
9. Jaemin 1.77 m (5’10”)
10. Kun 1.76 m (5’9″)
11. Yuta 1.76 m (5’9″)
12. Taeyong 1.75 m (5’9″)
13. Hendery 1.75 m (5’9″)
14. Haechan 1.74 m (5’9″)
15. Mark 1.74 m (5’9″)
16. Yangyang 1.73 m (5’8″)
17. Xiaojun 1.71 m (5’7″)
18. Taeil 1.71 m (5’7″)
19. Ten 1.70 m (5’7″)
20. Renjun 1.70 m (5’7″)
21. Yushi  
22. Sion

Members

Members

NCT is composed of 22 members born between 1994 and 2002. The oldest member is Taeil (born Jun 14, 1994). The youngest member is Jisung (born Feb 5, 2002). In May 2023, SM Entertainment announced that Lucas had left NCT and WayV.

Nationalities

NCT currently has 9 Korean members. The other 11 members were born outside of Korea.

Country of Birth # of Members Member(s)
South Korea 10 Taeil, Taeyong, Doyoung, Jaehyun, Jungwoo, Jeno, Haechan, Jaemin, Jisung, Sion
United States 1 Johnny
Canada 1 Mark
Japan 2 Yuta, Yushi
China 6 Kun, WinWin, Xiaojun, Hendery, Renjun, Chenle
Taiwan 1 Yangyang
Hong Kong 1 Lucas (former member)
Thailand 1 Ten

Languages

  • Korean: all members are able to speak Korean.
  • English: Mark and Johnny are the most fluent English speakers in NCT since they were born in English-speaking countries (Canada and US, respectively). Jaehyun can also speak English as he lived in the US for many years. Ten (Thailand) and Lucas (HK), Hendery (Macau) grew up exposed to English in their native countries so they are also able to speak the language well. Yangyang lived in Germany for several years so he can also speak English.
  • Japanese: Yuta and Yushi are native Japanese speaker. Some of the other members can also speak a good level of Japanese as they have promotions in Japan.
  • Chinese: Kun, WinWin, Xiaojun, Hendery, Renjun, Chenle, Yangyang, and Lucas can speak native Chinese.

Position(s)

Member Position(s)
Taeil vocalist
Johnny vocalist, rapper, dancer
Taeyong leader, rapper, dancer, vocalist, center, visual
Yuta dancer, vocalist, rapper
Kun vocalist, rapper
Doyoung vocalist
Ten dancer, rapper, vocalist
Jaehyun vocalist, dancer, rapper, visual
Winwin dancer, rapper, vocalist, visual
Jungwoo vocalist, dancer
Lucas rapper, vocalist, visual
Mark rapper, dancer, vocalist
Xiaojun vocalist
Hendery dancer, rapper, vocalist, visual
Renjun vocalist, dancer
Jeno dancer, rapper, vocalist, visual
Haechan vocalist, dancer
Jaemin rapper, dancer, vocalist, visual
Yangyang rapper, dancer, vocalist
Chenle vocalist
Jisung dancer, vocalist, rapper
Sion
Yushi maknae
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Rankings

Most Popular Members

Ranking Member
1 Lucas (former member)
2 Taeyong
3 Mark
4 Jaehyun
5 Ten

Best Dancers

Ranking Member
1 Ten
2 Taeyong
3 Jisung
4 Shotaro
5 Mark
6 Winwin
7 Johnny
8 Yuta
9 Jeno
10 Haechan

Best Vocalists

Ranking Member
1 Taeil
2 Doyoung
3 Haechan
4 Xiaojun
5 Renjun

Best Rappers

Ranking Member
1 Taeyong
2 Mark
3 Yangyang
4 Johnny
5 Jeno

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Sub-Units

NCT U

NCT U stands for Neo Culture Technology United. They debuted on April 9, 2016. NCT U has a ‘rotating’ line-up, meaning the members are not fixed and can be changed depending on the concept of the comeback.

NCT 127

127 stands for the coordinates of Seoul in Korea, NCT’s base location. They debuted on July 2016. NCT 127 has ten members: Taeil, Johnny, Taeyong, Yuta, Doyoung, Jaehyun, Jungwoo, Mark, Haechan, and Winwin.

NCT Dream

This unit is based on age as they are all under 20. They debuted on August 25, 2016. Once members turn 20 years old, they ‘graduate’ and move on to a different NCT sub-unit. NCT Dream originally had seven members: Chenie, Haechan, Jaemin, Jeno, Jisung, Mark, and Renjun. In 2020, the group re-organized into a permanent formation with the original seven members, who take part of rotational promotions.

WayV

WayV stands for We are your Vision. WayV is directed towards the Chinese market as their songs are in Mandarin Chinese. They debuted in China under the label V (SM Chinese label) on January 17, 2019. There are currently seven members: Hendery, Kun, Lucas, Ten, Winwin, Xiao Jun, Yang Yang.

NCT Tokyo

This is NCT’s last sub-unit as announced by SM Entertainment in 2023.

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Fun Facts and Trivia

  • The oldest member of NCT is Taeil (born Jun 14, 1994).
  • The youngest member (maknae) of NCT was Jisung (born Feb 5, 2002) until the announcement of the new member Yushi in 2023 (born May 5, 2004).
  • The tallest member of NCT is Johnny with a height of 184 cm (6’0”).
  • The shortest members of NCT are Ten and Renjun with a height of 170 cm (5’7”).
  • Two new members Shotaro and Sungchan joined the NCT team in 2020 through NCT U.

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