3rd generation · Brave Entertainment

BIGSTAR

ビッグスター / 빅스타

BIGSTAR carried the Brave Brothers production sound and the dancing that went with it into the early third generation.

  • 2012DebutJul 12, 2012
  • 5Members
  • 3thGeneration
  • Only OneFandom
Full Moon Shine / Official MV

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In 30 seconds: BIGSTAR

No single release broke wide, so the group tends to be found backwards, through Feeldog's dance work and UNB or Raehwan's later projects.

Worth digging into if you like following members' later careers back to where they started.

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Key facts

Group name
BIGSTAR
Reading / Hangul
ビッグスター / 빅스타
Company
Brave Entertainment
Debut date
July 12, 2012
Days active
2,364 days (6 years, 5 months)
Final activity date
2019
Debut song
Hot Boy
Generation
3rd generation
Fandom name
Only One(オンリーワン)
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Member guide

Profile comparison

MembersBirth dateBlood typeMBTINationality
フィールドッグ1992-02-2634167cmONot disclosedSouth Korea
バラム1990-10-0835175cmABNot disclosedSouth Korea
レファン1992-02-1534175cmONot disclosedSouth Korea
ソンハク1993-01-1633178cmBNot disclosedSouth Korea
ジュード1994-11-2531173cmANot disclosedSouth Korea

Ages are as of 2026-09-17.

Selected releases

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Start here

Follow a few songs from the starting point to the group's current sound.

View all official videos →View in Japanese
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From debut to now

  • 2012
    Bigstart and Hot Boy opened the account in July, and Blossom in October extended an early catalogue running to Thinking of You and I Got the Feeling.
  • 2013
    Hang Out carried Run & Run into the 2nd mini album stretch, and the digital single Standing Alone kept a mid-career promoted song on the books.
  • 2014
    Japanese activity on the scale of 100 shows is talked about from this stretch, while digital singles around Forget U kept the Korean catalogue moving.
  • 2015
    Shine a Moon Light and Full Moon Shine showed mature vocal and dance songs, different in kind from the momentum of the debut.
  • 2017
    Feeldog, Raehwan, Sunghak and Jude took part in The Unit, which strengthened the way back into the group itself for late arrivals.
  • 2018
    Feeldog worked in UNB, the act that came out of The Unit, showing his presence as the dance lead of BIGSTAR by another route.
  • 2019
    Contracts with Brave Entertainment ran out and group activity ended, leaving routes under individual names, with Raehwan moving to a new act and Baram working as Amón.
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Key achievements

Key milestones

2012Debut as a Brave Entertainment boy groupHot Boy set them off as a group that put the production colour of the Brave Brothers school and the dancing out front.
2014Wider routes through Japanese showsRuns of shows and fan meetings in Japan leave a way of following them that the Korean releases alone do not show.
2018Feeldog into UNBPlacing high on The Unit and then working as UNB strengthened the individual route back into BIGSTAR.
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Official links

Official site

Official social accounts and platforms

Shopping guide

Verified English shopping links are not yet available.

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KPOP DISCOVER's BIGSTAR note

What anchors BIGSTAR is the sound and the dancing of the Brave Brothers school. Brave Entertainment debuted the five-piece boy group in 2012, and Hot Boy and Think put that production colour and dance character out front, placing them in the mid-tier boy group context of the early 3rd generation.

The way in runs Hot Boy, Think, Full Moon Shine. Watch the momentum of the debut, then the signature dance song, then the matured later material, and the working history of BIGSTAR comes into view quickly. Activity in Japan was busy as well.

Feeldog went through The Unit and worked in UNB as well, and Raehwan set out again with an act of his own. Group activity ended when the contracts ran out in 2019, but the routes under individual names still lead back to the group. Hot Boy, then Think, then Full Moon Shine covers the momentum, the dancing and the maturity.

Editors' take Hot Boy / Think / Full Moon Shine — three songs carry the sound and dancing of the Brave Brothers school, from a five-piece of the early 3rd generation who ran from 2012 to 2019.

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Japan activity score

KPOP DISCOVER original metric
No. 175/ 210 groups

No. 175 of 210 groups with recorded activity in Japan (top 83%)

  • 1Japanese releases
  • 2Japan-related tracks
  • 0Members from Japan
  • 0Official Japanese accounts

The denominator is the 210 groups, out of 525 covered by KPOP DISCOVER, whose raw score reaches at least one point. The score adds 10 points per Japanese-market release, 3 per Japan-related track, 12 per member from Japan, and 8 per official Japanese account. Japanese-market releases carry the most weight because they are the most direct evidence of activity; related tracks add track-level detail; members from Japan stand for Japanese-language communication and continuity; official accounts stand for a permanent point of contact. The weights are an editorial judgement, not a statistical optimisation, and the ranking tracks release volume in Japan closely. Source: releases, tracks, members, and official links recorded by KPOP DISCOVER (updated 2026-09-17).

How this score is calculated →View in Japanese

Frequently asked questions

What defines BIGSTAR?
No single release broke wide, so the group tends to be found backwards, through Feeldog's dance work and UNB or Raehwan's later projects.
Why should a new listener start with BIGSTAR?
Worth digging into if you like following members' later careers back to where they started.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with Full Moon Shine, then continue to the official video index.