Today, BTS‘s Suga is celebrating his 29th birthday with his members, friends, and fans.
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BTS’s Suga | @bts_bighit/Twitter
Not long after Suga hosted his annual birthday broadcast, his fellow rap liners RM and J-Hope wished him a happy birthday on Twitter and Instagram.
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BTS’s J-Hope, Suga, and RM. | @bts_twt/Twitter
RM shared two photos of Suga captioned, “Happy birthday, Mr. Wooper.
#HappyBdayYoongi.”
It’s easy to see why RM chose this Generation II Pokemon to represent Suga…
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| @chinnnyyy_/Twitter
…but newer fans might not know the origins of Suga-as-Wooper.
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Wooper | Nintendo
Five years ago, in 2017, BTS’s official Twitter account shared this photo for Suga’s 24th birthday.
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| @bts_bighit/Twitter
The photo is scribbled with BTS’s doodles, inside jokes, and messages for the birthday boy. Suga also happens to be wearing a birthday hat that looks surprisingly similar to the real hat he wore in this year’s birthday broadcast.
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In the bottom right-hand corner, Jin drew Wooper, whose Korean name is Woopa. He captioned the sketch, “Pokémon Wooper that looks like Min Yoongi.”
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Jin and RM aren’t the only BTS members who have compared Suga to his Pokemon twin. In the past, Jimin named his Wooper on the Pokemon Go app “Min SUGA.”
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Min Yoongi
#JIMIN
— Jimin’s caption
Meanwhile, RM named his Quagsire (the Pokemon Wooper evolves into) “Gentle SUGA.” Aw!
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For more, check out these fun facts about Min Wooper here.
10 Facts We Learned About BTS’s Suga In His Birthday Live Broadcast
