Tony Ahn1st suggestion: Pickle (Because it suits his fresh image)
2nd suggestion: Tony (Originally, it's his English name)
>> If he used the name Pickle, he's afraid he's going to get a lot of offer to star in Pickle advertisements instead of Pizza. So he decided to go with Tony.
Leeteuk
1st suggestion: Kangsu (Means 'precipitation', Lee Sooman wants him to bring the rain to the music industry)
2nd suggestion: Shin-i (Means the kid that God has sent)
3rd suggestion: Leeteuk (Means a special kid)
>> Right after the 2nd suggestion, he decided to go with Leeteuk
Shindong
1st suggestion: Woo-dong (Dong is taken from his real name + because it suits his chubby image)
2nd suggestion: Dong-chun (is actually the name of a Korean circus group, Lee Sooman chooses this name because Shindong has a lot of talent)
3rd suggestion: Shin-don (But then Shindong requested it to be 'Shindong)
>> There was a drama in MBC titled 'Shin-don' airing at that time, therefore he went with 'Shindong'
Kyuhyun
1st suggestion: Gwi-hyun (Because Kyuhyun is difficult to pronounce + it means 'precious')
2nd suggestion: Kyuhyun (His real name)
>> The manager heard Lee Sooman's stage name suggestion and opposed it, that's how he went with Kyuhyun instead
DBSK
1st suggestion: 오장육부/The Five Visceras and Six Entrails (Means just like the internal organs, this group can't leave out anyone)
2nd suggestion: 동방불패/Swordsman (Lee Sooman was inspired from the movie with the same title)
3rd suggestion: 동방신기 (Means Rising Gods from the east)
>> The 2nd suggestion was rejected because the Hanja was not aesthetically pleasing, that's how they went with DBSK
theqoo
-If DBSK had used 'The Five Visceras and Six Entrails', I wonder if they're using the organs' name as the members' stage names too...? Kidney-Yunho, Pancreas-Changmin...
-Was he even serious when he suggested all those names...?ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-I can't believe he almost named Shindong after a Circus group...
-It's so funny how the manager opposed the idea of 'Gwi-hyun'ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Isn't Gwi-hyun harder to pronounce than Kyuhyun...?
-What the heck is The Five Visceras and Six Entrails...ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
-He has a fresh image and yet Lee Sooman was going to name him Pickle??? I thought Pickles were sourㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Kyuhyun's name is so pretty, why would you change that to Gwihyunㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-If they went with The Five Visceras and Six Entrails, we would have Kidney-Yunho, Liver-Yoochun, Heart-Junsu, Small Intestine-Changmin, and Large Intestine-Jaejoong...
-I wonder what would've happened if they decided to go with The Five Visceras and Six Entrailsㅋㅋ
-What the f*ckㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Shin-i was actually a good name...
