Cassiopeia

Cassiopeia

Cassiopeia is the official fan club of the Korean singing group, TVXQ (동방신기) and was named by Shim Changmin, a member of the group. It was named after Cassiopeia, the constellation containing five stars, which refers to the five members. Its counterpart in Japan is BigEast, hence the name of their Japanese fan club. Cassiopeia is given the honor of being the biggest and largest fan club in South Korea, with over 800,000 supporters, over 920,000 being the fan club's maximum capacity in the number of fans in 2009. Members go to their concerts, give the band members birthday gifts and cheer them with red balloons, or the group's official light stick, which signifies their passion for the group. The fan club was formed on April 23, 2006, a few years after the group's debut. With their enormous fan base, Cassiopeia has created a fandom revolving around TVXQ. Cassiopeia was listed in the 2008 ‘Guinness Book of Records’ because the number of fans of this fanclub added over the total number of 800,000+ fans. Cassiopeia's made a club name, titled VIEW (Volunteer In Everlasting Wcassiopeia), and went to help poor people and give out charities in the name of TVXQ. They've also volunteered to help hospitalized people and support students who dream to become famous stars one day like TVXQ. Some international fans of TVXQ who do not belong to the official fan club have also taken to calling themselves Cassiopeia, although they are neither official nor registered members, which adds much more people to their fanbase.

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