NCT (Neo Culture Technology) is an infinitely expanding group that will have unlimited members.
Any member of NCT can be added or taken out of any subunit, except for those that are permanent. (ex. nct 127)
Each NCT unit will have a set concept or promote in a certain country. (ex. NCT 127 based in Seoul, upcoming NCT China)
NCT's overall aim is to continue to expand all over world among different genres as well.
NCT as a whole as well as many of its units have no set leader due to the continuous rotation of members.
Because of NCT 127’s permanence, the unit's leader is Taeyong.
NCT’s fandom name is ‘NCTzen,’ (pronounced ‘N-citizen,’ nickname ‘Seasonie’) meaning NCT fans are citizens of NCITY. The unofficial fandom color is lime green, as seen by the bright green unofficial lightsticks used at music shows and other events.
문태일 taeil (moon taeil) june 14, 1994 main vocalist korean nct u, nct 127
서영호 johnny (seo youngho) february 9, 1995 lead rapper, vocalist american (korean ethnicity) birth name: johnny seo nct 127 * fluent in english
이태용 taeyong (lee taeyong) july 1, 1995 main rapper/dancer, vocalist, visual, leader (nct 127) korean nct u, nct 127
中本悠太 yuta (nakamoto yuta) october 26, 1995 lead dancer, vocalist japanese nct 127
錢錕 kun (qian kun) january 1, 1996 vocalist chinese nct u
김동영 doyoung (kim dongyoung) february 1, 1996 main vocalist korean nct u, nct 127
ชิตพล ลี้ชัยพรกุล ten (chittaphon leechaiyapornkul) february 27, 1996 main dancer, vocalist, rapper thai nct u * fluent in english
정윤오 jaehyun (jung yoonoh) february 14, 1997 lead vocalist korean nct u, nct 127 * fluent in english
董思成 winwin (dong sicheng) october 28, 1997 lead dancer, vocalist chinese nct u, 127
김정우 jungwoo (kim jungwoo) february 19, 1998 lead vocalist, dancer korean nct u
黃旭熙 lucas (wong yukhei) january 25, 1999 lead rapper, dancer chinese/thai nct u name in mandarin: huang xuxi in cantonese: wong yukhei * conversational in english
이민형 mark (lee minhyung) august 2, 1999 main rapper, vocalist canadian (korean ethnicity) birth name: mark lee nct u, nct 127, nct dream * fluent in english
黄仁俊 renjun (huang renjun) march 23, 2000 lead vocalist chinese nct dream
이제노 jeno (lee jeno) april 23, 2000 lead dancer, lead rapper, vocalist korean nct dream
이동혁 haechan (lee donghyuck) june 6, 2000 main/lead vocalist, lead dancer korean nct 127, nct dream
나재민 jaemin (na jaemin) august 13, 2000 lead dancer, lead rapper, vocalist korean nct dream
鍾辰樂 chenle (zhong chenle) november 22, 2001 main vocalist chinese nct dream * conversational in english
박지성 jisung (park jisung) february 5, 2002 main dancer, rapper, vocalist korean nct dream
** All current NCT members participate in NCT 2018
All members were apart of SM's trainee team SM Rookies except Chenle and Renjun of NCT Dream.
SR14/15B (SM Rookie 2014/15 Boys) is what all the formally known rookies were called as the years progressed and members were formally added.
Kun and Winwin were added closer to debut of the first official NCT unit and weren't formally part of SR15B, but part of SR16B. Eventually, the entire predebut team of the boy SM Rookies were known as 'SR16B' once it became 2016. No more trainees were formally announced in 2016.
Lucas and Jungwoo were announced as SR17B in April 2017. They were both rumored SM trainees for some time, but weren't officially introduced with SR15/16B, even if they may have been with SM since then or longer.
Ji Hansol, a former SM Rookie who officially departed from SM in October 2017, had trained with NCT since 2013. He featured in NCT 127's music video Switch, along with the rest of the SR15B team. He was a contestant on KBS' survival show, The Unit (and is currently in the finalist boy group, UNB), and is set to debut in JFLO Entertainment's new boy group, NewKidd, in 2018.
NCT U is the first NCT unit that consists of Taeil, Taeyong, Kun, Doyoung, Ten, Jaehyun, Winwin, Jungwoo, Lucas, and Mark. The originally six member unit had their debut stage at KBS Music Bank on April 15th, 2016. The 'U' in NCT U stands for 'united' or 'unit.'
This is not a fixed unit, so the members involved will change depending on each comeback the unit has, resulting in the addition of new members or different combinations of current members.
NCT U debuted on April 9, 2016 and April 10, 2016 with digital singles The 7th Sense (Taeyong, Doyoung, Ten, Jaehyun, Mark) and Without You (Korean Version - Taeil, Doyoung, Jaehyun; Chinese Version - Taeil, Kun, Doyoung, Jaehyun).
NCT U later came back as a part of NCT’s large scale project, NCT 2018, with the songs Boss on February 19, 2018 (Taeyong, Doyoung, Jaehyun, Winwin, Jungwoo, Lucas, Mark), Baby Don’t Stop on February 26, 2018 (Taeyong & Ten), and Yestoday on April 2, 2018 (Taeyong, Doyoung, Lucas, Mark). This was the first lineup change the unit experienced.
Early 2017, Ten underwent knee surgery and his military lottery drawing in Thailand was postponed until 2018. In 2018, he failed the health examination due to his past knee injury and is forever exempt from military service.
Despite him taking part in NCT U's Without You (Chinese Ver.) while he was still a trainee and graduating from SM Rookies on January 30, 2018 with Jungwoo and Lucas, Kun has yet to officially debut with a song in the NCT 2018 project. His "official debut" was his appearance on Weekly Idol in 2018.
NCT 127 is NCT's first unit that is based in a city. They are a Seoul-based team that now consists of nine members, originally being seven; Taeil, Johnny, Taeyong, Yuta, Doyoung, Jaehyun, Winwin, Mark and Haechan. Johnny and Doyoung, officially debuted as NCT 127 on January 5th, 2017 with 'Limitless'.
NCT 127 debuted with the title track 'Firetruck' and held their debut stage on July 7th, 2016 at Mnet M! Countdown. They revealed their debut mini-album ‘NCT #127’ on July 10th, 2016.
There will be no future change in the lineup for NCT 127. NCT 127 is also the only subunit with a leader (Taeyong).
NCT Dream is a teenage-boy team that consists of seven members; Mark, Renjun, Jeno, Haechan, Jaemin, Chenle and Jisung. NCT Dream held their debut stage on August 25th, 2016 at Mnet M! Countdown, and revealed their debut single ‘Chewing Gum’ on August 27th, 2016. At their debut, NCT Dream had an average age of 15.6.
Following ‘Chewing Gum’ promotions, Jaemin ceased activities due to a herniated disc that had worsened since his days as a trainee. He was not able to participate during the ‘My First and Last’ as well as the 'We Young’ promotions due to him focusing on his healing. He returned from his hiatus for NCT 2018 and NCT Dream's 'GO' promotions.
NCT 2018 is the current and ongoing NCT project that involves all 18 members. All members are promoting at once through various fansigns, variety shows, etc. Unit separations are restricted to music only. introduction to NCT 2018
NCT 2018 began releasing special teasers, each called an "NCTmentary," on February 8, 2018. Each NCTmentary is narrated by the members in their native languages and revolves around the members and their dreams, some relating to individual units.
NCT 2018 released NCT's first full album "NCT 2018 Empathy" on March 14, 2018, consisting of each unit song released and promoted in the weeks prior as well as other new and previously released tracks, highlighting NCT's path from their start to their current state.
