#5 MONSTA X’s Shownu
Son Hyun-woo was born on June 18th, 1992, in Changdong, Donbonggu, Seoul, South Korea. He is better known by his stage name Shownu. He is the leader, main dancer, and lead vocalist of the South Korean hip-hop boy group, Monsta X.
Aside from having a good voice, Shownu as a leader also has his own charisma when on the stage. His beautiful posture and dance movements make all eyes fall in love and also he is known as the father in the group because of his maturity and calm and shy attitude. Aside from being a leader, Shownu is also a choreographer who is active in creating most of the group’s choreography. He is a humble person and never introduced himself as ‘leader of MONSTA X.’ The other members adore him and have said that he is a true leader.
#6 Super Junior’s Leeteuk
Park Jeong-su was born on July 1st, 1983, in Seoul, South Korea. He is known professionally as Leeteuk. He is a South Korean singer, songwriter, presenter, and radio personality. At the age of sixteen, he was discovered by SM Entertainment and became a trainee at SM Entertainment’s Starlight Academy. After five years of training, he debuted as a member of the boy group Super Junior in November 2005 and since then, he has also further participated in the agency’s projects Super Junior-T and Super Junior-H.
Super LEADER, maybe a decent title pinned on Park Jung-soo aka Leeteuk, Super Junior’s leader. Leeteuk is also always in the top ranks as the best leader in the K-Pop world. What are the advantages of Leeteuk? Obviously, it is difficult to describe it, only seen from the physical. Leeteuk doesn’t look serious, doesn’t look fierce, instead tends to be funny, giggles, and is rather ridiculous. His role as a panelist and MC at various events also disguised firmness, perseverance, and discipline as a leader.
From the words of Super Junior’s members, Leeteuk is portrayed in several dimensions. For Heechul, Leeteuk is a mature friend, even though many years have gone by, but in the last two years they have been warm, there was a time when Super Show 3, Leeteuk and Heechul shared their feelings about Super Junior’s future, personal matters, and other issues.
In essence, Leeteuk was finally able to conquer and fill the heart of Heechul who was known to be closed-minded. For the maknaes Ryeowook and Kyuhyun, Leeteuk has an important role. Ryeowook is closed and tends to be shy, but he can talk openly and devote his fear of the future, career, etc. to the leader, and it gets a bit more cheerfully as now.
Kyuhyun who is outside of Super Junior is friends with TVXQ’s Changmin and SHINee members, when he is upset and needs a place to vent while traveling with Super Junior M, always remembers and calls Leeteuk. He maintained Super Junior in such a way that it lasted more than 14 years with the charts increasing. When members one by one vacuum with or without problems that are heating up in the media, Leeteuk remains standing calm and maintaining the cohesiveness of the team.
#7 SHINee’s Onew
Lee Jin-ki was born on December 14th, 1989, inGwangmyeong, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. He is better known by his stage name Onew. He is a South Korean singer and actor. Onew was discovered at the 2006 SM Academy Casting and signed the contract with SM Entertainment the day after his audition. He debuted as one of the lead vocalists of the boy group Shinee in May 2008, who went on to become one of the best-selling artists in South Korea.
Onew is clearly a person who must be respected because of how much he cares about his members. Apart from all the difficulties experienced by his group, he still maintains the image of the leader to be guided and protected. He is a source of strength for SHINee members to deal with their problems and he listens to everyone.
He always helps his members get the spotlight before themselves and supports them wholeheartedly. Not only that, SHINee members chose Onew as the best advisor. The maknae, Taemin then praised Onew who was considered the best listener when the members had a problem. “He is a very good listener. He will offer advice from his own experience,” Taemin said.
When one of SHINee’s members Jonghyun, passed away on December 18th, 2017, the figure of Onew was able to steal the attention. Although at that time it was also very hard for him, Onew always tried to appear strong and became the backbone of his colleagues.
#8 SEVENTEEN’s S.Coups
Choi Seung-cheol was born on August 8th, 1995, in Daegu, South Korea. He is better known by his stage name S.Coups. He is a singer from South Korea. Currently, he is the leader of the South Korean boy group, Seventeen. He is the group’s main leader and leader of Hip-Hop units.
S.Coups was a member of the original Pledis Boys and he was supposed to debut with NU’EST, however, just before SEVENTEEN was formed he was believed to be the leader of the group. He was not only the leader of the hip-hop unit, but he was the leader of all members of the group, and other K-Pop idols stated that he was one of the best idol leaders there, because he was very responsible and thorough.
The other members joked that he was their father because they woke up at the same time when S.Coups said: “Wake up!” and because he was very strict about training and discipline. He is not only trying to be a good but also a talented leader. He is often praised by fans because he has contributed a lot to the success of SEVENTEEN until now.
#9 NU’EST’s JR
Kim Jong-hyun was born on June 8th, 1995, in Gangneung, Gangwon, South Korea. He is more commonly known by his stage name JR. He is a South Korean singer, rapper, actor, and leader of the South Korean boy group NU’EST.
During interviews in W Korea Photoshoot, members of NU’EST W talked about many things, including why JR was nicknamed a good leader. JR said, “I think it’s because I have had previous experience, I want to make every appearance a legendary one, it’s not something that can be achieved alone. So I will help my group members as much as possible.”
When the members were asked whether JR was indeed born with the talent to teach and help others well, or was this obtained when he served as a leader in NU’EST. Baekho replied, “JR is the fastest in memorizing choreography. After he has learned it, when we practice alone and there are shortcomings, he will show it to us and we will work together to match it. He is a good leader.”
JR said, “This is a case where I overcame everything with hard work because when I was a trainee, I was very bad. There is nothing I know, and remember that, it seems like I have lost confidence so I don’t like it. But now I believe in the people around me, especially my members.” Baekho added, “JR is not someone who was born to do everything well, but he made one by one more solid and more stable, JR knows how to work hard.”
