Stage Name: Chanel (μ€λ¬)Β
Birth Name: Nishimura Amour Chanel Shinigami
Legal Name: Nishimura Shinigami (θ₯Ώζζ»η₯)
Korean Name: Bahng Cheon (μ΅μ¬μ )
English Name: Nishimura (Amour) Chanel
Position: Lead rapper, Center, Visual, Face of the group, Main dancer, Sub Vocalist
Birthday: October 31st, 1997
MBTI type: INFJ (2022 β taken by members) / INTJ-T + INTJ-A (2019 β taken by herself)
Representative emoji: π¦’
Sub-Unit: Hip-Hop Team, Performance Team
Instagram: @/chanel_luv_chanel
Chanel's Spotify list: Chanel, Prada, and Dior vibezΒ
β She was born in New York but born to a Japanese mother and father.
β She is the older sister of ENHYPEN's maknae Ni-Ki
β Despite being born in New York, being a American citizen, and living there for 8 years she gave up her American citizenship once she became an idol.
β She left Korea to go back to Japan in 2009 due to her mother's pregnancy but then came back after her mother gave birth.
β She left Japan and became a trainee at Pledis in November 2008.
β Her stage name comes from her Birth name "Chanel" but her mother named her Chanel because it's her favorite brand.Β
β Before becoming an Idol she wanted to be a Fashion Designer
β Her and the Chinese Line have met before in China
β Chanel is called the "3rd Gen black swan" because of her stage presence and rap. In one of her raps she called herself the 3rd gen black swan.
β Her original name (at birth) was gonna be Charli
β Pledis wanted her Stage name to be S.C, Akuma, or Cho but she decided to do the opposite and chose Chanel
β Chanel has her driver's license (including an international one)
β Chanel is one of the only producers/composers in the group along side Woozi
β Chanel has credits to SEVENTEEN, Solo, and other kpop groups songs
β She is the only person in the group to be in 2 Sub-Units
β She's called "S.C" because 1. She looks like S.Coups, 2. That was her orginal Stage Name, and 3. Because it's short for Scary Chanel due to her being scary.
β She is a black belt in Taekwondo
β She's good at multiple martial arts due to training when she was younger
β She's in the 97 line of the group (also in the maknae line)
β She's known as the fashion icon of the group (alongside The8)
β She used to do b-boying in Japan for 3 years until she became a trainee
β Out of all her siblings she's closest to Konon
β she lived in American all the way until Ni-Ki was born in 2005 and then her family moved to Japan again but then in 2008 she left to Korea.
β Chanel is very close to Soyeon of (G)I-DLE and all SM artists due to her and Soyeon being in lots of SM collabs
β Chanel has lots of titles received from netizens, her fans, members, and her family
β People say S.coups and Chanel look alike and could possibly be siblings but they don't believe it
β Fans call Chanel and Jeonghan "Momz" because they are both the mothers of the group
β Dior, Prada, Chanel, Celine, and Miu Miu all fought for Chanel to be their Ambassador but Chanel eventually became the Ambassador for all 5
Chanel + Miu Miu - 2022 - present
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