Bang Chan방찬방찬
Bang Chan is the leader of Stray Kids, the eight-member group under JYP Entertainment. The official profile gives his birthday as 3 October 1997, and with Changbin and Han he forms 3RACHA, the in-house unit that writes and produces the group's albums. Fendi named him a brand ambassador in January 2025.
Bang Chan (방찬) is the leader of Stray Kids, the eight-member group under JYP Entertainment. The group’s official profile puts him first in the line-up and gives his birthday as 3 October 1997, and the official site dates the group’s founding to 25 March 2018. The Korea Times identified him as the leader in its report on the press conference for the third full-length album KARMA on 22 August 2025.
With Changbin and Han he forms 3RACHA, the group’s in-house production unit. The Korea Herald reported on 3 February 2023 that the three had become full members of the Korea Music Copyright Association, and wrote that the unit had been writing almost all of Stray Kids’ songs since the 2018 debut. According to the Korea Times, 3RACHA wrote and produced all 11 tracks on KARMA and all eight on the tenth mini album THIS & THAT, released on 7 August 2026. Spotify announced through its newsroom on 3 August 2026 that JYP Entertainment’s new podcast opens with 3RACHA Session, a six-part series the three of them host.
His work outside the group has grown too. Billboard reported on 16 January 2025 that the Italian house Fendi had appointed him a brand ambassador. WWD reported on 31 October 2025 that ‘Roman Empire’, a solo single he wrote, composed and produced himself, would be released on 3 November. Rolling Stone Australia wrote on 7 October 2021 that Bang Chan and Felix both grew up in Australia.
The official music videos are published on the JYP Entertainment YouTube channel and the group’s own films on the Stray Kids channel. The official site at straykids.jype.com carries the discography with track credits and streaming links for each release. K-Culture Radar links to official uploads rather than rehosting them.
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Stray Kids are an eight-member boy group under JYP Entertainment whose official site dates their founding to 25 March 2018. Their in-house unit 3RACHA (Bang Chan, Changbin and Han) writes and produces their albums; all nine of their Billboard 200 entries have debuted at No. 1, the latest THIS & THAT in August 2026.
Fendi · brand ambassador
Stray Kids' mini album 'THIS & THAT' placed No. 8 on the Billboard 200 dated 5 September 2026, holding the top 10 for a third straight week. Etoday and Tenasia traced the run back to the No. 1 debut on the chart dated 22 August and named 3RACHA, the group's own production team, behind the record.
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