Hoshi

Hoshi (호시), born Kwon Soon-young (권순영) on June 15, 1996, in Namyangju-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, is the performance team leader and main dancer of SEVENTEEN under Pledis Entertainment. His stage name means "tiger" in Mandarin, mapping directly to his performance identity: ferocious, precise, impossible to look away from. Hoshi discovered taekwondo as a child, competing as a youth athlete before pivoting to dance. That martial arts foundation shapes everything he does on stage, from the explosive precision of his solo work to the complex synchronized formations he designs for SEVENTEEN. He debuted with the thirteen-member group on May 26, 2015, and became recognized across the industry as one of K-pop's most gifted choreographers. His choreography credits include "Getting Closer," one of the most technically demanding group dances in K-pop. Outside SEVENTEEN, Hoshi leads sub-units BSS (BooSeokSoon) and SVT Leaders. He dropped solo mixtape "Spider" in April 2021, leaning into his tiger persona, then released BEAM with Woozi as HOSHI X WOOZI in 2025. Hoshi enlisted in the Republic of Korea Army on September 16, 2025, with discharge scheduled for March 15, 2027. He was appointed center of the ROK Army Band's newly established Taekwondo Demonstration Team. On March 1, 2026, at South Korea's 107th Independence Day commemoration in Cheonan, he led a 20-minute taekwondo dance performance before 5,000 citizens, performing taekwondo versions of "Tiger" and "Getting Closer."