zeta

[BASICS]

full name ;
↠ yang yichao 杨 义超
nickname(s) ;
↠ froot loops — the group members call him this + since it's his fav
age ;
↠ 18 [ int. ] 19 [ kor. ]
birthdate ;
↠ december 21, 1998

blood type ;
↠ a+
height ;
↠ 177cm
weight ;
↠ 58kg

faceclaim:
↠ bigbang g-dragon
backup faceclaim:
↠ history kyungil



[ ECHO ]

languages ;
↠ korean — semi-fluent
↠ mandarin — fluent
↠ russian — fluent

nationality ;
↠ chinese
ethnicity ;
↠ chinese
birthtown ;
↠ qiqihar, china
hometown ;
↠ khabarovsk, russia

family ;
↠ yang lifen — mother — 49 — yichao's mom just wants the best for him, but he can't see that. earlier she supported him in his trainee days but used to tell him to go to a real university and earn a degree, because she didn't think he'd ever debut. he knows this, and that's the reason why he stopped talking to her when he did debut, because she didn't believe. more recently, they've become closer, and talk every day, even if it isn't a long conversation. they don't agree on many things, but they've learnt to put that past them.
↠ yang wenjin — father — 45 — yichao only knew his father for ten years, and hasn't spoken to him since. he never answers questions about him.
↠ yang daria zhan — sister — 12 — yichao and his sister, daria zhan, have a better relationship. when she was born, he took it as his own responsibility to look after her, and made her grow up under his own morals. she's a cheerful girl who's always interested in what idol life is like, and swears she'll become an idol when she grows up. when yichao visits her, he tells her stories of the other members and what its like to talk to big groups like exo and snsd, and she listens intently. he likes showing her videos of the members being memes, and she sends him videos of her friends being memes, and of course, they send memes to each other. she features on his instagram a lot, and has gained a fair lot of followers because of it. they have a good relationship, really.

background ;
   yichao was born to a middle class family in the chinese city qiqihar, on the first day of winter in 1998. his mother, lifen, worked as a science technician at his school and his father, wenjin, worked in the chinese branch of an american company. he lived a peaceful life, and made a few friends, playing football in his spare time. he loved qiqihar as it was a massive city and he loved adventures: he'd usually wander off with his friends and worry his parents sick.
   when he reached the age of 10, in 2003, his father left his mother because he was allegedly having an affair. him and his mother moved to khabarovsk, russia, in order to have a new start. his mother worked at another school, fortunately not the one he attended. his younger sister daria-zan was born in early 2004 - he specifically remembers trying to make her first words to be "get bent". he spent a lot of time writing short stories and pinning them on his wall, and would get freaked out when anyone asked what they were about. he found writing about the new city very interesting, and sometimes he'd even wander out to unknown places for inspiration.
   being a foreigner, yichao didn't know much russian to begin with. he gradually picked up russian phrases and got himself the nickname "Декабрь" (dekabr), which means "december". when asked to introduce himself, he said, "я йишао, я мальчик декабря" which means "i am yichao, i am december".
   he made friends with the only other chinese person in the class; adrien. adrien taught him russian after school and they became best friends pretty quickly. they often spoke in chinese to each other, and it became some kind of code they used in class - mainly to tell each other the answers in math.
   when yichao turned 18, he made the choice to leave russia to korea, to pursue an idol career. leaving behind his friends and his family, he auditioned for alt entertainment. he used to lie in bed thinking things over, wondering if it were the right choice.

habits ;
↠ biting whatever pencil he has with him. he'll also occasionally suck it
↠ tapping his foot rhythmically during awkward silences
↠ breathing to the tune of whichever song is playing
hobbies ;
↠ surfing
↠ football
↠ swimming
likes ;
↠ writing short poems and sticking them on his wall
↠ writing and drawing on his hands
↠ anime [ don't tell anyone though ]
↠ complimenting girls and boys for the fun of it
↠ lucky charms and froot loops
↠ grey's anatomy
↠ skins
↠ mailing memes to his friends anonymously
↠ swimming while dizzy
↠ writing song lyrics
↠ procrastinating
↠ coffee
↠ chicken flavoured ramen
↠ horror movies
↠ smoking
↠ christmas shopping
↠ fall out boy
↠ sucking ice cubes
dislikes ;
↠ being forced
↠ white chocolate
↠ aegyo (he still does it anyway)
↠ cliche romance movies
↠ being interrogated
↠ staying in the house all day
↠ slow internet connections
↠ wet socks
↠ cleaning
↠ most sports
↠ being first to walk into a room
↠ storage warnings on his phone
↠ crying in front of people
↠ admitting his feelings
↠ bathrooms without a lock
↠ when ice cream touches his teeth

personality ;
   yang yichao is what you would call a natural leader: it's easy for him to take charge in most situations. it's normal for him to make a plan and say firmly, "this is the way we're going to do it", regardless of how far-fetched his idea is. no matter how much you don't like the way he wants things to be, his smooth communication skills and subtle persuasions will have the whole group agreeing with him.
   he's proved himself as useful not only as a leader but as a communicator. his knowledge in russian and mandarin can prove helpful when tackling foreigners, like when he persuaded a chinese security guard to let them inside the club. despite this, you'll never find him doing the talking when faced with koreans; he leaves it up to everyone else to do the work.
   he can also be a bit hot-tempered at times, even if you haven't done anything wrong. you can tell he's in a mood when he sits down, crosses his arms and won't reply to anything. this kind of behaviour happens several times a week, and the rest of the members have accepted this as some kind of weekly routine.
   occasionally, these emotions will spiral out of control. when this happens, it's best to shove him in his room and leave him alone. eventually, he'll fall asleep no matter what the time is. this usually happens after he throws all the feathers from his pillow around the room, realises he's going too far, and decides to take a nap on the floor. that also means the room is occupied for the next 12 hours, so his roommate is forced to sleep in the living room.
   he's also a major hypocrite. you leave things to the last minute? you'll get shouted at. if he leaves things to the last minute, it's because he's stressed, he's got a lot of things on his mind and you can shut your mouth promptly. you say something incriminating on public tv? he'll sit you down and lecture you. if he does it? it wasn't his fault, let it go. if you drop your ice cream, shut the fuck up, it's just an ice cream. if he drops his ice cream, the world must stop what they're doing and get him  a new one immediately. living with yichao is like living with a giant baby.
   he also refuses to admit when he's wrong, most of the time. he will churn out tons of excuses just so you can't get a word in edgeways, make a loud noise and sit in another room to "think things through". he accepts that he's problematic, but makes no move to change his behaviour.
   all of the above means he's basically a walking meme for the fans, who often refer to him as 'no chill chao'. airport previews of zeta pose as new material for yichao memes, as it's possible to compare his green hair and orange jacket to a carrot. he pretends not to be bothered by the memes, but secretly has them saved to his phone, and he likes to look at them when he's sad.
   he also goes out of his way to embarrass others, like when he was on skype with his sister, giving her a tour of the dorm, and said very loudly, "whoever that is touching yourself in the bathroom, i can hear you!" in reality, all the other members were in the living room, and yichao had to climb out the window in order not to get hit. it's been said that he enjoys laughing at others so when others laugh at him, he feels good about it. this leads him to be quite childish, especially in public, when the behaviour gets multiplied by ten.
   those who don't know yichao at all see him as serious and straightforward. it's hard not to agree with that when in public, he's usually sitting with his legs crossed, wearing sunglasses, sipping a starbucks with no expression on his face. he doesn't make much noise in front of people he doesn't know, preferring to communicate using eye and body language. he's the type of guy you don't want to sit next to on the bus, because you're intimidated by his unwelcoming stature and blank facial expression.
   when in the company of girls, he's well aware of them, and goes the extra mile just to look eligible. he'll often flirt with them jokingly, comment on people walking by, and generally act like a rich hoe, who's good looking and knows it very well. this kind of behaviour only happens with girls, and it's very entertaining to watch him like that. when with the other girl members, he sees them as friends and possibly sisters, but sometimes he'll compliment them and walk away as if he just scored.
   now, despite his icy aura, and problematic attitude toward most people, he often shows his soft, caring side, but only in front of his members and love interest. when he's not pissed off, he's the softest bean you'll ever know.
   after coming home from practise, or from a performance, he'll throw on his favourite red sweater, curl up in a ball on the sofa and watch stranger things on netflix. you're not allowed to disturb him, unless you're coming to give him hot chocolate, or you're gonna snuggle with him. after this, he's guaranteed to be happy, and trust me, yichao's smile is the cutest thing you've ever seen.
   he's actually in touch with his caring side, but it doesn't show through in front of people. if it did, people would get suspicious, because he wouldn't be behaving like the yichao they know. you can tell it's showed if you fall asleep on the couch and wake up with a blanket around you; or if you can't afford the jacket you really wanted from the shop, and you find it sitting on your bed after a day's practise. there's a 99% chance yichao put it there. if you ask who it was, he'll smile and whisper, "it was the fairies". one thing to know is not to confront him about it, because he'll suddenly get very flustered, and your chance of being visited by "the fairies" again gets lowered.
   when his caring side actually comes out publicly, it doesn't last long. for example, the time he got into a fight with someone, and said "i love you, man" after making up with him. they just looked at him weirdly, making yichao say coldly, "what's so interesting, hoe?"
   in short, yichao is a very emotional person. you can catch him in a good mood, or in a bad one. either way, there's nothing stopping you from loving him irrationally.


[ HIT THE STAGE ]

slot ;
↠ M Y  B A D  L O V E
backup slot ;
↠ D I R T Y  L A U N D R Y

stage name ;
↠ yichao
on stage persona ;
↠ jfc, yichao on stage is the biggest dork ever. when he's performing, he'll always sneak in some winks and skinship between him and his members, and will often make a tiny mistake in order to be a huge drama queen about it. he's stage presence is very memorable as he seems to put his heart and soul into rapping and dancing, careful to balance his voice and not get too out of breath.
fan service ;
↠ dabbing
↠ skinship with members
↠ taking selcas with fans
↠ posts selcas every morning (he wakes up, does his makeup, gets back into bed and takes a selca, claiming he just woke up)
↠ replies to fans' comments
↠ saying "i love you" an awful lot
↠ really shit aegyo

individual fandom name ;
↠ snowflakes
individual fandom colour ;
↠ pale blue

group fandom name ;
↠ kings + queens
group fandom colour ;
↠ gold

scandals ;
↠ a scandal where fans suspected yichao was leaving the group after he took a week-long trip to russia and wasn't present in several fan meets because of it. this was further fuelled when he unfollowed all the members on instagram as a dare, and just forgot to add them back the next day.
↠ yichao seen drinking at a bar [ it was later confirmed that this was in china, where the legal drinking age is 18, instead of korea's 21 ]

trainee years ;
↠ 3 years
idol relations ;
↠ on good terms with jung hoseok, nam taehyun and kim namjoon, as they write lyrics together
↠ has the biggest admiration for red velvet's yeri, but keeps that a secret

trivia ;
   — yichao’s ideal type is someone that will cook him ramen and will take care of him no matter what
   — although he was brought up as a christian, he is an atheist
   — he spends around half an hour in front of the mirror during the morning
   — his fashion style is mainly skinny jeans and one of the five leather jackets he owns. his answer to the question “do you ever wear anything else?” is “no”
   — despite not looking like one, yichao is a major fashion enthusiast. he's not afraid to experiment with new styles even if it makes him look like a dumbass. though, he lets PRINCESS COMPLEX pick out his outfits because he can't be bothered to.
   — he’s jealous of people that can compose good music, and hopes to one day, produce a whole song
   — his favourite thing to do is wear an ugly christmas sweater and sit in front of the tv watching netflix
   — he believes in love at first sight, although he’s never truly experienced it
   — he often leaves glasses, plates, bowls and other cutlery in his room, and refuses to take them back into the kitchen
   — the name “yichao” means “to surpass justice”
   — his birthday is on the first day of winter from an astronomical point
   — he owns a snapchat and instagram account both under the name of @snowychao
   — he takes a great liking to modern literature, and you can often find him curled up in a ball reading john green or some other hugely depressing novel
   — he often gets headrush when he stands up and makes a big deal out of it by saying, “jesus take the wheel”
   — his best friend in the group is wanderlust and he likes to tease him about his shit dancing skills
   — he’s not much of a drinker, but when he does get drunk, he cries and starts telling everyone his life story
   — yichao loves to dye his hair and likes to get his “monthly high” on hair dye fumes (there is no high from the fumes, he's just making shit up)
   — he wears lingual braces and gets offended when someone notices them
   — he owns a red siamese fighter fish named “christmas” and when he's away on schedule, the manager feeds him
   — he likes to think he “exudes confidence” and tells himself that when he comes out of the shower
   — he considers his fellow members as brothers, but he only ever admits it to wonderlust
   — he listens to fall out boy on a daily basis and strongly biases pete wentz
   — he’s fluent in mandarin, russian and korean, and is semi-fluent in english, as it was a core subject in both china and russia
   — yichao considered “december”, “winter” and “xue” for possible stage named but decided his birthname was the best
   — he has a tattoo of a pair of angel wings on his right ankle
   — he hates how close to christmas his birthday is, and often sees it as an inconvenience to his parents and such


[ LOVE TALK ]
*optional

sexuality ;
↠ heterosexual
love interest ;
↠ red velvet kim yerim

interactions ;
↠ the two of them attended a fashion show together with their respective groups
↠ they often post photos with the same emojis on the same day, which some fans pick up on
↠ yichao always spams yerim with text messages so when she wakes up, she'll see them and smile
↠ yerim often lends her oversized sweatshirts to him, which he wears proudly
↠ the two of them occasionally catch boat rides together during the weekends
relationship status ;
↠ friends // seeing each other // dating
how do they act around eachother? ;
↠ yerim // at the beginning, sunyoung acted very shy and came off as a sort of submissive girl. she blushed when he complimented her, and laughed at his jokes. she knew he was zeta's yichao from the start, she just didn't want to say anything just yet. when he gave her his number, she smiled to herself and immediately began texting joohyun, seulgi, seungwan and sooyoung about her experience.
   she found herself texting his number the next day, and during chats she openly expressed herself, beginning to act very comfortable with him. so when they met up, she felt confident and calm with him, adoring his behaviour that night. her personality didn't change much when they started dating, but she often spoke in a softer tone, and would never have anything to complain about. she recalls herself thinking that she could stare at him all day and never get bored. he made her happier, really.
↠ yichao // at the beginning, yichao acted very charismatic, determined to get "the pretty girl" to like him. he complimented her subtly, or so he thought it was subtle. he felt very proud of himself, waltzing back home knowing he just gave a celebrity his phone number. when they started talking via text, he felt a little more relaxed with her, sending her videos of the other members being dorks, and she did the same. they talked about idol life together, like the crazy diets, the performances, the fans and whatnot. when yichao told the other members that he was chatting with a girl, they were mainly interested to know if this girl was real.
   when they finally met up, he ended up blushing a lot, laughing a lot and generally being a bashful lil' bean. he told her everything about the other members, how they fuck up a lot and how they act a little bit too gay sometimes. he felt like they were really connecting, and felt incredibly accomplished when at the end of the "date", she kissed him on the cheek. when they started officially dating, he acted like his normal self, but with a lot more eyesmiles and cutesy compliments in the mornings. he seemed very determined to make the relationship work, and this would occasionally show through.

publicity ;
↠ fans can only suspect something, because of how subtle their interactions are to the public. ofc allkpop made an article speculating things, but everyone knows allkpop is a piece of shit that shouldn't be taken seriously.


[ WAKE UP ]

album name suggestions ;
↠ spectra
↠ yellow line
↠ hallucogenic
song suggestions ;
↠ last dance [ bigbang ]
↠ fxxk it [ bigbang ]
↠ view [ shinee ]
↠ might just die [ history ]
↠ sentimental [ winner ]

scene suggestions ;
↠ the group go to the seaside and have a load of smol bean fun
↠ laser tag wars
↠ prank calls to idols
anything i forgot that you'd like to add? ;
↠ yikes i hope my form wasn't shit

password ;
↠ chogiwa