It’s their Lunar New Year in 2022: the K-pop stars born in the Year of the Tiger – BoA, Dahyun of Twice, NCT’s Jungwoo and more

Lunar New Year on February 1 marks the start of the Year of the Tiger, and K-pop stars born under that sign will be hoping for even more success

BoA and TVXQ’s U-Know Yunho were born in 1986, the Year of the Fire Tiger, while (G)I-dle’s Soyeon is one of many born in 1998, the Year of the Earth Tiger

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Dahyun from Twice is just one of the K-pop stars born in the Year of the Tiger.

Published: 6:19pm, 5 Jan 2022

Though January 1 rang in the Gregorian year of 2022, February 1 will mark the Lunar New Year of the upcoming Year of the Water Tiger.

Like all other animal years of the Asian zodiac calendars, the Year of the Tiger arrives every twelve years: the last year of the Tiger began in February 2010, and the next one will not arrive until February 2034.

According to tradition, the zodiac’s tiger represents a variety of strong traits, including determination, strength, braveness, and exorcising evil.

All are important characteristics for dealing with the third year of a global pandemic, while the year of the Tiger is also especially impactful for those born in previous years of the Tiger, including many popular K-pop stars.

BoA is a popular soloist who recently became a member of female supergroup GOT the beat. Photo: SM Entertainment

1986: Year of the Fire Tiger

Though many popular stars born in the Year of the Tiger that began in February 1986 are no longer active, some of the long-standing power players in K-pop were born that year, including BoA, Super Junior’s Donghae and Eunhyuk, and TVXQ’s U-Know Yunho, all of whom have been active recently.