[All] "Hello! I'm Wonbin from the Big Dipper!" This is how it almost became lol

Do you happen to know what team names were available before <Rise> debuted?

Of course, there was also a candidate name called <Rise>

They say there was also <And One> and <Big Dipper>

Even when TVXQ debuted 20 years ago,

"SM's new boy group's name is TVXQ???" I thought it was a bit strange

<Big Dipper> in 2023 ?

For reference, the team name for the original Dongbangshinki was ' Dongbang Bulpae ' .

Chairman Lee Soo-man even received permission from the director of the movie 'The East is Red' to use his name.

They said that they took a detour to <TVXQ> because the Chinese character for ' 패 ' wasn't pretty.

It is said that the name Big Dipper meant 'seven stars ' as the number of members at the time of debut was 7 .

In fact, ' Rise ' member Seunghan is currently in a state of being raised by the North Star (?) due to his private life being leaked in the past.

Anyway, if I really did something wrong

" Hello ! I'm Wonbin from the Big Dipper !" I almost did that, lol

I saw that SM's new boy group was almost named <Big Dipper>

Looking at it again, <Rise> is a fairy lol