Debuting in South Korea on December 26, 2003, they quickly became a popular teenage chorus group in their homeland. By the date of their Japanese debut in 2005, Dong Bang Shin Ki had not only made themselves known in Korea as a dance only boyband, but a group that had the ability to harmonize, vocalize, and dance to perfection; earning them many praises by many other Korean artists that they would refer to as sunbae's.
With major success in Korea, Dong Bang Shin Ki made their way to Japan, eager to conquer a foreign land. With that thought in mind, Dong Bang Shin Ki decided that they did not want to come to Japan as Hallyu stars but as Japanese Pop idols and so their struggle began. For the first few months of their Japanese career, which had started with the release of the single: "Stay With Me Tonight", the members of Dong Bang Shin Ki spent that time learning/improving their Japanese, battling the depression they got from both homesickness and not achieving the response they wanted immediately, language barriers, and thoughts of giving up completely in turn to go home. While promoting Purple Line (Korean Ver.) in Korea, the members stated that they at first didn't want to work in Japan and were forced rather than having that motivation to work hard.
After months of hard work and intense Japanese studies, Dong Bang Shin Ki finally got the break they were looking for with their second single, "Somebody To Love", which ranked at number fourteen on the Oricon chart and included their first ballad song. In November, Dong Bang Shin Ki released "My Destiny", their first ballad single and with this single earned them the popularity they wanted. After "My Destiny" was released and sold more than any of their other singles, as well the gain of more fans, they released "明日は来るから". With the release of "明日は来るから", that song became an instant success and was used as the seventeenth ending for the popular anime, ONE PIECE and soon the release of their final single for their first album, "Rising Sun/Heart, Mind and Soul" had arrived. Although the "Rising Sun/Heart, Mind and Soul" single hadn't done as well as the other singles, their first album, "Heart, Mind and Soul", was still a huge hit. Things had finally started to look up for the five members known as Dong Bang Shin Ki and after the release of their album in 2006, they held their first nationwide tour: 1st Live Tour 2006: Heart, Mind and Soul. Tickets to 1st Live Tour 2006: Heart, Mind and Soul were sold out immediately.
With the success of their first five singles and their first album, they began working harder on their sixth single. In June, they released "Begin", a sweet, ballad song with an upbeat B-side("High Time") and they also appeared in the Avex summer festival A-Nation '06 that July and August. Their next and seventh single, "Sky", ranked number six on the Oricon chart making it their first single to be ranked in the Top Ten and at that time, the highest ranking single of their Japanese career. Three months later, Dong Bang Shin Ki returned with yet another single, "Miss You/“O” -正・反・合" and this single ranked number three on the Oricon charts and was the first of many to come to be ranked in the Top Five as well as, replaced "Sky" as their highest ranking single. Somehow, they managed to hold conerts in Thailand, Malaysia, and China, earning them more fans and success. While their popularity was slowly, but surely growing in Japan, Dong Bang Shin Ki's popularity in Korea rose even more and in turn they earned lots of awards, these awards included: MKMF's Best Music Video for "Rising Sun (순수)", MKMF's People's Choice Award, MKMF's Artist of the Year, China-Ten Most Popular Music Group, China-Ten Most Popular Song, etc. . . After their second tour The 2nd Asia Tour Concert 'O' and with their increasing popularity in Japan, Dong Bang Shin Ki released "Step by Step" and "Choosey Lover" both that were ranked in the top ten among very popular artists ("Step by Step" ranked number seven and "Choosey Lover" ranked number nine), not to mention that "Choosey Lover" was the opening theme song for Xenos Xenos. Finally recognized as Japanese Pop idols, they released their second album titled "Five in the Black" (ranked number ten on the Oricon charts) and held yet another nationwide concert to support this album. As they sang their song "Proud", Junsu and Yoochun broke out into tears, finally happy that they achieved their dream of breaking through in foreign territory and getting as far as they had.
In May of 2007, Dong Bang Shin Ki attended the MTV Japan Music Awards and won the award "Best Buzz Asia in Korea" for their "'O'-正.反.合." album. From June to December of 2007, Dong Bang Shin Ki released a string of five singles: "Lovin' You", "Summer: Summer Dream/Song for You/Love in the Ice", "Shine/Ride On", "Forever Love" and "Together". "Summer: Summer Dream/Song for You/Love in the Ice" peaked at number two on the Oricon charts, marking that single as their highest ranking single of the time. In November of 2007, Dong Bang Shin Ki collaborated with Koda Kumi to create "LAST ANGEL", which peaked at number two and was the image song for the movie "Resident Evil: Extinction".
2008 marked the start of Dong Bang Shin Ki's supreme rise in Japan. First in January, they released "Purple Line", marking that as not only their first single to peak at number one on the Oricon charts, but the first single to be produced by a non-Japanese band to peak at number one as well as the start of their reign as number one on the Oricon charts and their first single to be created by a non-Japanese staff. Before their amazing reign atop the Oricon charts could begin to rise, they released their third Japanese studio album titled "T" as well as indivdual singles that spelt out T.R.I.C.K (T: Two Hearts/WILD SOUL - Changmin, R: Runaway/MY GIRLFRIEND - Yoochun, I: If...?!/RAINY NIGHT - Junsu, C: Close to You/CRAZY LIFE - Yunho, K: Keyword/MAZE - Jaejoong). Following the release of the T.R.I.C.K singles, Dong Bang Shin Ki released "Beautiful You/千年恋歌" in April, their second single to peak number one on the Oricon charts and the single that broke the twenty four year old record set by Ou-Yang Fei Fei (two singles to peak number one on the charts by a foreign artist). After "Beautiful You/千年恋歌" ", Dong Bang Shin Ki returned to Korea for the 14th Annual Dream Concert on June 7th. Immediately following that concert, they wrapped their Asia tour in Beijing. Returning back to Japan, they released "どうして君を好きになってしまったんだろう?", their third single to peak at number one the Oricon charts and the single that made them the first non-Japanese artist to have three consecutive singles peak at number one. Following that release, they performed at Avex Trax's 20th Anniversary meeting and A-Nation '08. In August of 2008, Dong Bang Shin Ki returned back to Korea to take part in SMTown '08 alongside BoA, 천상지희 The Grace, 張力尹, 소녀시대, SHINee and Super Junior.
They released the fourth Korean studio album titled "Mirotic", another chart topping Korean album with 502,837 copies sold and earning them another record for the first Korean album in six years to sell more than 500,000 copies. In October, Dong Bang Shin Ki returned to the Japanese Pop scene with "呪文 -MIROTIC- ", the Japanese counterpart of the title single to their fourth Korean album. "呪文 -MIROTIC- " peaked number one, causing Dong Bang Shin Ki to destroy their previous record with four single to peak number one. Dong Bang Shin Ki then attended Kouhaku Uta Gassen Music Festival on New Year's Eve, making them the first Korean group to attend.
Tohoshinki's twenty-fifth single, "Bolero/Kiss the Baby Sky/忘れないで", released on January 21, 2009 was yet another single that peaked number one atop the Oricon charts, making them the first foreign artist to have five consecutive number one singles and the song "Bolero" was used theme song for the Japanese movie, "Subaru". In March, they released "Survivor", this single peaked at number three and subsequently ended their amazing number one reign. "Survivor" was succeeded by the release of their fourth Japanese studio album, "The Secret Code", which debuted at number two on the charts and thus, they embarked on their fourth live tour: Dong Bang Shin Ki 4th Live Tour 2009: The Secret Code to help support the album. Dong Bang Shin Ki 4th Live Tour 2009: The Secret Code ended in the Tokyo Dome, making them the first Korean group to perform on that stage. In April, they released "Share the World/ウィーアー!", another one of their singles that peaked number one and extended their record to six number one singles(not consecutive). In July, they released "Stand By U" and debuted at number two on the charts. On September 30, 2009, Jejung and Yuchun came together to produce the single "COLORS ~Melody and Harmony~/Shelter". "COLORS ~Melody and Harmony~" was composed and written by Yuchun and Jejung, while "Shelter" was also composed and written by Yuchun and Jejung with the help of Junsu. "COLORS ~Melody and Harmony~/Shelter" debuted at number one and therefore making Dong Bang Shin Ki the first non-Japanese artists to have seven singles top the Oricon charts. As of March 24, 2010, Dong Bang Shin Ki has released yet another single, "時ヲ止メテ", a slow ballad song that was originally featured in a CF for the cosmetics brand Menard as well as TOHOSHINKI THE LIVE 2009.
After conflicts with the lawsuit filed by three of the members (Jaejoong, Yoochun and Junsu) against SM Entertainment, on April 3, 2010, Avex announced that TVXQ would be ceasing all of their Japanese activities for the time being and that it would focus on helping each member with their solo activities. It was later announced in early May 2010 that the three members of TVXQ would appear as a subunit in the Thanksgiving Live in Dome concert in Japan. The three-member group was announced by Rhythm Zone and would be called JYJ, representing the first letter of each of their names.
On November 23, 2010, SM Entertainment announced that TVXQ would be returning by now as a duo consisting of Changmin and Yunho and have their comeback in Korea in early 2011. On November 24, 2010, Avex Entertainment, as well as SM Entertainment Japan, released a statement about the renewal of contracts of SM artists signed to Avex. The special edition of TVXQ's newest album, Keep Your Head Down, was released in South Korea on January 5, 2011 and their single 왜 (Keep Your Head Down) was released by Avex Trax in Japan on January 26, 2011.
Current Members
U-Know Yunho 유노윤호/ユンホ
Birthday: 1986.02.06
Height: 184cm
Weight: 66kg
Blood type: A
Max Changmin 최강창민/チャンミン
Birthday: 1988.02.18
Height: 186cm
Weight: 61kg
Blood type: B
Former Members
Hero Jaejoong 영웅재중/ジェジュン
Birthday: 1986.01.26
Height: 178cm
Weight: 63kg
Blood type: O
Micky Yoochun 믹키유천/ユチュン
Birthday: 1986.06.04
Height: 180cm
Weight: 64kg
Blood type: O
Xiah Junsu 시아준수/ジュンス
Birthday: 1986.12.15
Registered Birthday: 1987.01.01
Height: 178cm
Weight: 60kg
Blood type: B
Our Game
동방신기 Lyrics
Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴
뿌리깊은 나의 짙은 sound
난이처럼 건재해
견고하게 준비해 이건 ma track track track
유인하는 적 everyday
나 쓰러지길 바란듯해
But you can't stop me
해를 보는 해바라기 like ma fan
흔들림 없는 채로 hey
잃어버린 형체보다
아직은 뛰고 있는 심장 믿어
몰아치는 비바람 우습게 견뎌
Uh 거기 그대로 차렷
날 모방하는 가짜 winner
내 발걸음은 품격이 달라
웃기지마 너는 아직 나를 못 이겨
세상은 going to lie
상관없어 날 속여도
꺾이지 않는 나의 외침
난 이제 going to fly
순간을 견뎌 내왔어
아파온 시간의 가르침
흔들림 없는 채로 (채로)
칼날 같애 뭣 때문에 넌 날카롭게
Yup 찔러 끝없게
나의 노랜 못 뚫는 방패 (방패)
계속 피곤하게 끝없는 논쟁 our game
오직 날 우직하게 믿어 준 ma fan
Uh 흔들림 없는 채로 hey
잃어버린 형체보다
아직은 뛰고 있는 심장 믿어
몰아치는 비바람 우습게 견뎌
Uh 거기 그대로 차렷
날 모방하는 가짜 winner
내 발걸음은 품격이 달라
웃기지마 너는 아직 나를 못 이겨
세상은 going to lie
상관없어 날 속여도 (oh)
꺾이지 않는 나의 외침
난 이제 going to fly
순간을 견뎌 내왔어
아파온 시간의 가르침
What's up, what's up, what's up 흔들림 없는 채로 (채로)
What's up, what's up, what's up 흔들림 없는 채로 (채로 채로 채로 채로)
흔들림 없는 채로 (채로) 지켜봐 (지켜봐)
You can't stop me
You can't hold me down (KO 나의 외침 시간의 가르침)
계속된 나의 진화
믿고 싶지는 않겠지
어둠 짙어질수록 강해져
숨겨진 나의 비화
넌 몹시 궁금 하겠지
난 음악으로만 답하지
세상은 going to lie
상관없어 날 속여도
꺾이지 않는 나의 외침
난 이제 going to fly
순간을 견뎌 내왔어
아파온 시간의 가르침
The lyrics of 동방신기's song "Our Game" express a strong determination and resilience in the face of challenges and obstacles. The opening lines reveal the singer's confidence in their own unique sound and style, promising to stay true to themselves. Despite the constant threats and attempts to bring them down, the singer declares that they cannot be stopped and compares themselves to a sunflower that faces the sun, implying their ability to shine despite adversity.
The chorus emphasizes the singer's unwavering spirit and refusal to be deceived or discouraged by the deceitful nature of the world. They assert that their voice will not be silenced and that they have learned from the painful lessons of time. The lyrics continue to highlight the singer's strength and individuality, dismissing imitations and asserting their own distinctive path.
Line by Line Meaning
Wait wait wait 가장 나다운
Hold on, hold on, hold on, the most authentic me
뿌리깊은 나의 짙은 sound
My deep-rooted, intense sound
난이처럼 건재해
I am resilient like a tree
견고하게 준비해 이건 ma track track track
Prepare steadfastly, this is my track track track
유인하는 적 everyday
Every day, an enemy luring me
나 쓰러지길 바란듯해
Seems like they hope for me to fall
But you can't stop me
But you can't stop me
해를 보는 해바라기 like ma fan
Like a sunflower facing the sun, my fan
흔들림 없는 채로 hey
Unshaken, hey
잃어버린 형체보다
Rather than the lost form
아직은 뛰고 있는 심장 믿어
Believe in the heart that is still beating
몰아치는 비바람 우습게 견뎌
Endure the fierce storm mockingly
Uh 거기 그대로 차렷
Uh, stand right there
날 모방하는 가짜 winner
Fake winners imitating me
내 발걸음은 품격이 달라
My steps have a different quality
웃기지마 너는 아직 나를 못 이겨
Don't make me laugh, you still can't defeat me
세상은 going to lie
The world is going to lie
상관없어 날 속여도
It doesn't matter, even if it deceives me
꺾이지 않는 나의 외침
My shout that won't be broken
난 이제 going to fly
Now I'm going to fly
순간을 견뎌 내왔어
I survived the moment
아파온 시간의 가르침
The lessons from the painful times
칼날 같애 뭣 때문에 넌 날카롭게
Sharp like a blade, for what reason do you sharpen me
Yup 찔러 끝없게
Yup, keep stabbing endlessly
나의 노랜 못 뚫는 방패
My song is an impenetrable shield
계속 피곤하게 끝없는 논쟁 our game
Endless arguments that tire us, our game
오직 날 우직하게 믿어 준 ma fan
Only my true fans believe in me
What's up, what's up, what's up 흔들림 없는 채로
What's up, what's up, what's up, unshaken
지켜봐
Watch closely
You can't stop me
You can't stop me
You can't hold me down
You can't hold me down
계속된 나의 진화
My continuous evolution
믿고 싶지는 않겠지
You probably don't want to believe
어둠 짙어질수록 강해져
I become stronger as the darkness deepens
숨겨진 나의 비화
My hidden stories
넌 몹시 궁금 하겠지
You must be very curious
난 음악으로만 답하지
I only respond with music
What's up, what's up, what's up 흔들림 없는 채로
What's up, what's up, what's up, unshaken
지켜봐
Watch closely
세상은 going to lie
The world is going to lie
상관없어 날 속여도
It doesn't matter, even if it deceives me (oh)
꺾이지 않는 나의 외침
My shout that won't be broken
난 이제 going to fly
Now I'm going to fly
순간을 견뎌 내왔어
I survived the moment
아파온 시간의 가르침
The lessons from the painful times
흔들림 없는 채로
Unshaken
What's up, what's up, what's up 흔들림 없는 채로
What's up, what's up, what's up, unshaken
지켜봐
Watch closely
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Timothy Hawes, JQ, Obi Simbarashe Mhondera, Stuart Priddle, William Edward Simister
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