Daesung (born Kang Dae-sung; 강대성), known in Japan as D-Lite, is a vocalist of BIGBANG, often described as the group’s “power vocalist.” Since debuting with BIGBANG in 2006, he built a remarkably successful solo career in Japan, culminating in the EP D-Day (2017), which topped both the Oricon and Billboard Japan album charts.
After leaving YG Entertainment in 2022 and signing with RND Company, he released his first Korean-language solo EP, D’s WAVE, in April 2025 and headlined his own D’s WAVE Asia tour. In 2026 he rejoins G-Dragon and Taeyang for BIGBANG’s XX : COSMOS 20th-anniversary world tour.
Daesung was born on April 26, 1989, as recorded in Universal Music Japan’s archival BIGBANG profile.
BIGBANG profiles, tour and recognition game
Read the BIGBANG group profile and the XX : COSMOS tour guide, or test your recognition of G-Dragon, Taeyang and Daesung using three different portraits per member.
Portrait credits
The profile image is also included in the game gallery. The photographs below are archival images; their dates do not represent the current tour.
Daesung at the MADE THE MOVIE premiere, 2016 — GOM; CC BY 4.0. Cropped without AI.
Daesung performing at K-Collection, 2012 — Wasabi content; CC BY 4.0.
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Daesung performing on the Alive World Tour — Jinx_is_weird; CC BY-SA 2.0. Cropped without AI.
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