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gugudan!

general information

gugudan (also stylized as gu9udan) is a girl group which currently consists of 8 members. they debuted on june 28th 2016 under jellyfish entertainment.
their fandom name is danjjak (dear friend in korean).

members

FUN FACT: their name "gugudan" means "multiplication table" in korean, which is why every member has a number assigned to them. this order is in order of their numbers.

click on a photo of a member for more pics.

#1 hana
shin bora
april 30th, 1993
leader, lead dancer, vocalist, rapper, visual

#2 soyee
jang sojin
november 21st, 1996
main vocalist

#3 sejeong
kim sejeong
august 28th, 1996
main vocalist, face of the group
was a member of ioi (rank 2)

#4 nayoung
kim nayoung
november 23rd, 1995
lead vocalist, rapper, visual
ranked 14 on produce 101

#5 hyeyeon
EX-MEMBER (left the group on october 25, 2018 due to health)
cho hyeyeon
august 5th, 2000
lead Dancer, lead vocalist, rapper, maknae

#6 haebin
han haebin
august 16, 1995
main vocalist

#7 mimi
jung mimi
january 1st, 1993
vocalist, visual

#8 sally
liu xiening
october 23, 1996
main dancer, lead rapper, vocalist
chinese

#9 mina
kang mina
December 4, 1999
main rapper, main dancer, vocalist, maknae (after hyeyeon's departure)
was a member of ioi (rank 9)

sub-units

gugudan has had in total 2 sub-units.
SUB-UNIT GUGUDAN OGUOGU
also known as gugudan5959, consisted of members mina and hyeyeon. 5 is hyeyeon's number, 9 is mina's number. the leader of the unit was mina. after hyeyeon left the group, the unit hasn't been active.
they debuted on august 11st, 2017 with the song ICE CHU.

SUB-UNIT GUGUDAN SEMINA
consists of members sejeong, nayoung and mina. the name of the unit is the first syllables of their names put together. all 3 members were contestants on PRODUCE 101, and all ended up in the top 15.
they debuted on july 10, 2018 with the song SEMINA.

music

as of july 2019, gugudan has released 3 EPs (acts 1, 2 and 5) and 2 single albums (acts 2 and 3).
FUN FACT: their concept is something similar to theatre, which is why their albums are called acts and each release is inspired by a story, fairytale or movie.
click on the song to listen.

act. 1 the little mermaid
concept: the little mermaid
title track: wonderland

act. 2 narcissus
concept: the legend of narcissus
title track: a girl like me

act. 3 chococo factory
concept: charlie and the chocolate factory
title track: chococo

act. 4 cait sith
concept: puss in boots
title track: the boots

act. 5 new action
concept: oceans' 8
title track: not that type
first comeback without hyeyeon

ways to get to know them
weekly idol 160713, to get to gugudan's cut skip to 19:50
another weekly idol episode, this time only with the semina sub-unit, to get to their part skip to 25:30
idol room
gugudan extreme school trip playlist, a show where gugudan are sent to different locations and go through missions, consists of 4 episodes each around 25 min long.

socials