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Bu Fan, also known as Katto Bu (simplified Chinese:卜凡; traditional Chinese: 蔔凡; pinyin: bǔ fán, born April 13, 1992), is a Chinese male idol in Oner, which is a Chinese male idol group. He was first known after participating in the Chinese TV talent show Idol Producer as a trainee. On August 30, 2018, he debut as a number of Oner and released the first music album "Allergy".

Early life
Bu Fan was born in Qingdao, Shandong, China on April 13, 1992. He learned popping in his childhood. In 2015 he was admitted to the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology with the first ranking in his major. He also worked as a plane model with professional models Jin Dachuan and Zhang Liang for the men's clothing series of Taiping Bird in autumn and winter of 15 years. In 2016, he signed up for QIN’s Entertainment Company and became an trainee.

Career
2016——January 2018: join in QIN's ENTERTAINMENT and become a trainee

Bu Fan entered the company in 2016 and was unveiled as a member in a group titled “BC221 ” with three other members on October 10, 2017. On the same day the group released the new Chinese single song “If you can feel my feelings”.

January 2018——April 2018: take part in the “Idol Producer” talent show

In the first rating, Bu Fan and members of his group chose to sing the newly released single "Antidote " while the first stage performance was rated C by instructors. He and six other members performed "Orcs " in the competition of 100 to 60, ranking seventh. In the competition of 60 to 35 he and three other members sang the song "Babylon ", ranking 10th. In the competition of 35 to 20 he and six other members sang "Listen to what I say ", ranking 9th. On April 6, Bu Fan and nine other members sang "Mack Daddy " in the final competition of 20 to 9, ranking 12th and not on the debut list.

April 16: announce debut as a member of Oner

On April 16, 2018, Bu Fan and the other three members of the group announced that they would jointly form a men's group Oner to officially debut, and they would hold an offline meeting of fans in May, an official debut conference in August and release their first album at the same time.

April——August 2018: prepare for debut and attend public events

On May 21, Bu Fan and three other members launched the music EP "Space ", which included three songs, "If you can feel my feelings", "Antidote" and "Space".

Aug 30: debut with Oner

On July 13, Bu Fan and three other members attended the opening ceremony of the SCO National Film Festival and sang the song “Operation Red Sea”.

On August 30, Bu Fan and three other members jointly launched Oner's first music EP "Allergy ", which included eight songs including "No Me" and "Will It Be" and so on, thus officially making their debut.

September 2018——present: rising popularity

On November 3, with Oner he won the most popular combination award for the annual festival of "New Sound Power Gathering" in the pop music list.

Album
Allergy

Space

Single
If you can feel my feelings

Listen to me

Operation Red Sea

Song of the Almighty

Magazine and interview
The cover of Nandu Entertainment Weekly in May 2018

Red Show No. 38 Page

GQ magazine