(Left to Right: Jinwoo, Mino, Seungyoon, Taehyun, Seunghoon)
Winner (Korean: 위너; stylized as WINNER) is a South Korean boy band formed in 2014 by YG Entertainment. The group's five members are Kang Seung-yoon, Song Mino, Nam Taehyun, Kim Jinwoo, and Lee Seunghoon.
The group was first introduced in the reality-survival program called "Who is Next: WIN" as "Team A." Team A and their adversaries Team B were both formed from trainees within YG Entertainment. The teams competed against each other in order to debut as the first YG boy K-Pop group in eight years, after Big Bang. At the conclusion of the program the title of "WINNER" was given to Team A after they won all three rounds of public voting.
After several delays, the group made their Korean debut on August 15 at YG Family Concert and following their broadcast debut on August 17 with their first official stage on Inkigayo. On September 10, the group debuted in Japan. Their debut is considered one of the best K-pop debuts of 2014.
Members:
- Kim Jinwoo (김진우) - Visual, Vocalist
- Lee Seunghoon (이승훈) - Main Dancer, Rapper, Choreographer
- Song Min-ho (송민호) - Main Rapper
- Kang Seung-yoon (강승윤) - Leader, Lead Vocalist
- Nam Taehyun (남태현) - Maknae, Main Vocalist
