BANG CHAN: TMI

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PREFERENCES & TASTES

Hobbies

• Bang Chan is atheletic and excels at most sports.
  • He was chosen to represent his team for kickball and running in Idol Star Atheletics Championships. He got a silver medal for kickball.
  • He came in 1st place when the male idols on KINGDOM: LEGENDARY WAR had a vaulting competition (gymnastics).
• Bang Chan likes playing video games with Felix.
• Bang Chan likes to cook for the members of Stray Kids at the dorms.
• Bang Chan’s father was a swimming coach, and Bang Chan learned swimming when he was young.
  • Bang Chan won many medals for swimming competitions from his time living in Australia.
  • He also came in first when the members had a swimming match.

Likes and Dislikes

• Bang Chan’s favorite seasons are spring and fall.
• Bang Chan listens to a lot of hip-hop and R&B music.
  • In 2020, he has said that he often listens to Daniel Ceaser's songs.
• Bang Chan’s favorite place is the Han River.
• Bang Chan was moved by the Japanese film Tomorrow Is Yesterday’s You.
  • His other favorite movies include The Notebook and Interstellar.
• Bang Chan loves the beach. He often says he would like to go to the beach and he’s very happy and photoshoots that take place there.
  • Bang Chan has said that gazing out at the sea helps with de-stressing.

FAMOUS FRIENDS

• Bang Chan is friends with a lot of K-Pop idols.
• As he was a trainee of JYP Entertainment for 7 years, he has trained with now-debuted JYP artists, and artists that have debuted under a different agency but had once been a trainee of JYP Entertainment.
  • JYP artists: GOT 7, DAY6, TWICE
  • Once JYP trainees but debuted under a different agency: Chungha, Lee Dae Hwi, Jeon Woong (AB6IX) Jeon Somi, Baek Ah Yeon, Peniel (BTOB), and U (ONF).
• Bang Chan is also very close with Young K (DAY6), who shared the dorms with him for almost all of his trainee years.
• As trainees, Bang Chan, BamBam, and Yugyeom (GOT7) were also close.
• Bang Chan is also close to JYP artists have debuted after him.
  • Bang Chan is close to ITZY and once showed up on Ryujin’s livestream.
  • Bang Chan is close to Lily from NMIXX; they are both from Australia.
  • Bang Chan is close to Xdinary Heroes, especially Gun-Il and Jooyeon.
• Bang Chan is close to members of CRAVITY.
  • he is especially good friends with Allen, who had once been a trainee of JYP Entertainment.
• Bang Chan is close with Lisa of BLACKPINK.
• Bang Chan is close with Yuqi and Minnie ((G)-IDLE); Lisa, Yuqi, and Minnie were once seen at a Stray Kids concert.
• Bang Chan is close to male idols that were born in the year 1997 like himself:
  • Jungkook (BTS), Dogyeom, The 8, Mingyu (SEVENTEEN), and Cha Eun Woo (ASTRO)
  • BamBam and Yugyeom (GOT7) were also born in the year 1997.
• Bang Chan is close to BM from KARD.

• Bang Chan is a fan of Ryan Reynolds. His interaction with Ryan Reynolds went viral in 2021.
  • In 2021, Stray Kids’ KINGDOM stage of “Ddu-du-ddu-du” by BLACKPINK paid homage to Deadpool. A fan on X (formerly Twitter) tagged the stage video to Ryan Reynolds, and Reynolds responded by liking the tweet and replying with a tweet tagging official Stray Kids (@stray_kids).

• Bang Chan has talked about this interaction on his livestream; about 2 hours after the livestream, Reynolds tweeted yet again saying that he wanted to send a signed bottle of gin from his gin brand Aviation, and asking if he could get an autograph from Bang Chan as well.

• Ryan uploaded the tweet with the hashtag #NewFavouriteAustralian, which led Bang Chan to say sorry to Hugh Jaackman, Ryan’s former favorite Australian. Jackman replied with the tweet saying, “Gotta watch out for my fellows Aussies! Hi Felix!”
• Bang Chan was chosen as the interviewer of the promotional interview for Ryan Reynold’s film Free Guy.

OTHER TRIVIA

• Bang Chan is Korean-Australian; he speaks English, his first language, with an Australian accent.
  • Bang Chan’s family are living in Sydney, and Bang Chan thinks of Sydney as his hometown.
  • Bang Chan talks to his parents in Korean, and he talks to his sister mostly in English with a little Korean mixed in.
  • When Stray Kids first had a concert in Australia, Bang Chan burst into tears saying that he had really missed Australia and how thankful he was that he could come back, with the other Australian member of the group, Felix.
  • Bang Chan used to move around a lot when he was in Australia, living in places including Strathfield, Drummoyne, Enfield, Belmore, and Greenacre.

• Bang Chan goes by “Chris,” short for his given name “Christopher” in private circles. His parents call him by his Korean name, Chan.
• Bang Chan’s sister (Hannah Bahng) is a singer that debuted in 2023 with the English digital single “Perfect Blues.”

• Bang Chan is a big eater.
  • He has said that he once ate 30 fish cakes (eomuk) on a music video shoot, and that he could eat up to five portions of instant ramyeon.
• Bang Chan says he always carries multivitamin with him.
• Bang Chan has a Royal King Charles Spaniel named Berry. Berry lives with Bang Chan’s family in Australia.
  • Berry has once made an appearance in Stray Kids’ music video for “Boxer” (Street Ver.).

BANG CHAN’S NICKNAMES

Most of the nicknames on this page have originated from Korean media or conversations held in Korean among members.