Daesung Profile

Big Bang Member

DAESUNG'S PROFILE

Real Name : Kang Daesung (강대성)

Stage Name : Daesung (대성)

Nickname : D-Lite, Delight

Position : Lead Vocalist

Occupations : Singer, songwriter, MC, actor, Model
Date of birth : April 26th, 1989

Birthplace :  Itaewon, South Korea

Star sign : Taurus 

Height : 178 cmWeight: 63 kg

Blood Type : O
Education : Kyunghee University
Skills : Singing

Debut : BIG BANG
Likes : Rap, Beat Boxing,
Family : Parents and Older Sister [Bora]
Favorite Musician : Usher, Omarion, Ne-Yo, Wheesung
Determination : “I’ll work my hardest and become the best.”

Talent agency : YG Entertainment

Kang Daesung (강대성) or people knows as Daesung (대성) is vocalist of South Korean Boyband, Big Bang. Daesung born in Itaewon April 26th, 1989. Daesung is the second youngest member of Big Bang after Seungri. Fans praise Daesung’s humorous personality and astounding vocals and dedicate numerous websites to him. Actually Daesung's parents were against the idea of him becoming a singer, Daesung pursued a singing career and was eventually recruited by YG Entertainment after auditioning. He later, trained with G-Dragon, Taeyang, TOP, and Seungri.

During his trainee years, Daesung got to do vocal training under Wheesung, who’s one of his favorite artists. Daesung debuted with Big Bang on August 19th, 2006. Shortly after the debut of Big Bang, Daesung was diagnosed with voice chord nodules. Vocal cord nodules is a mass of tissue that grows on the vocal cords causing human speech to be difficult which are common among singers and caused by strains on the vocal cords. They got worse in the fall of 2006 and Daesung had to undergo treatment before the release of BIG BANG’s second single. For nearly a year, he desperately struggled with his voice and developed sociophobia and stage fright. Daesung conditions improved because of the help Gummy who had experienced the same problem, helped Daesung recover and manage his condition, and the two became close because of this situation.

In 2007, he attended high school at KyeongIn High School, but Daesung decided to quit high school to be able to focus full-time on Big Bang, but expressed a desire to pass his college entrance exams sometime in the future. Eventually, he passed his college entrance exams in 2008 and got admitted into Kyunghee University in Seoul. In 2008, Deasung released his debuted single, he stated that although he was worried about dampening the group's image, he wanted to try something different. 

In 2009, Daesung and his bandmate Seungri performed in drama musical, Shouting. But Daesung was unable to perform at the last minute due to a car accident. The accident happened on his way back home from the site of the filming location of Family Outing. Daesung was sitting beside the driver, his manager, while his coordinator sat behind. The injuries forced Daesung to halt all activities. Daesung eventually made his return in October 2009, joining his group for the Dream Concert. In 2012, Daesung cameback with his band with their mini album 'Alive'. Daesung on this album that he wrote a song titled 'wings'.