JAMES (CORTIS) Profile & Facts
JAMES (제임스) is a member of the South Korean boy band CORTIS under Bighit Music. He was previously a part of the pre-debut group Trainee A which disbanded in 2022.
Stage Name: JAMES (제임스)
Birth Name: Zhao Yufan (赵雨凡)
Position: N/A
Birthday: October 14, 2005
Zodiac Sign: Libra
Height: 178 cm (5’10”)
Weight: N/A
MBTI Type: INTP
Blood Type: A
Nationality: Thai – Chinese (Hong Kongese)
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James Facts:
– He was born in Hong Kong, but he grew up in Taiwan.
– James is of mixed descent: Thai on his mother’s side and Chinese on his father’s.
– He trained under another company before joining BigHit Entertainment in 2020, and in March 2021, he was revealed as a member of Trainee A.
– He specializes in dancing.
– He speaks five languages: English, Chinese, Thai, Korean, and Japanese. (JAMESLOG)
– He was a taekwondo and ice hockey player in the past.
– James had his hockey training at the Hong Kong Typhoons & Selects, an international royal organization that supports young ice hockey players.
– He likes playing piano.
– His favorite color is black, and his favorite animal is the red panda.
– He really loves chocolate milk & bubble tea.
– He really loves pudding, his favorite pudding is crème brûlée.
– He’s been into ramyeon-ttang (crispy fried ramen snack) lately.
– He enjoys a variety of foods like tteokguk, chicken, pork belly, tteokgalbi, & for snacks, Sun Chips; with his favorite changing by mood.
– His most treasured items are his hats, he reportedly owns over 100 of them.
– He is a really big fan of anime, his routine is “1 anime a day, 1 energy drink a day.”
– His favorite anime is “Violet Evergarden” & “Redline”, his favorite genre in anime are the ones that move him emotionally. (251011 LA Barns & Noble fansign.)
– His favorite neighborhood in Seoul is Jamwon-dong, because it’s where he first lived in a dorm with his members.
– He is said to have the mindset of seeing things through and resolving them no matter the situation.
– His dorm room mate is Juhoon.
– He received credits for songwriting and composing on title tracks by several artists. Notable examples include TXT’s Deja Vu and ILLIT’s Magnetic.
– Before debut, he also participated in creating choreography including TXT’s Deja Vu and ILLIT’s Magnetic, Tick-Tack and Cherish (My Love).
– While creating the melody for ILLIT’s Magnetic, James danced along to it, the producer liked it so much they filmed him and ended up using it as the actual choreography.
– For his first audition, he sang Shawn Mendes’ “Treat You Better”.
– He became the only former Trainee A member to remain at BigHit and successfully debut.
– He was a backup dancer for BTS Jungkook’s song Seven ft. Latto. He performed during Inkigayo and AGUST D’s ‘D-DAY’ The Final concert.
– He is the first and only Hong Kong member, and the only full foreigner in BigHit Music.
– His real name, Ji U-wi-pan (지우위판), when read in Korean phonetics, becomes “Jo U-beom (조우범),” which can lead people to mistakenly assume he is Korean just from the name.
– His KOMCA number is 10043641 and is registered under both JAMES and CHAO YUFAN, confirming his credits as an author and composer.
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Note 2: James’ height was confirmed by him on Weverse live.
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Related: Trainee A Profile, CORTIS Profile
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