Yeontan

Yeontan
Background
Birth name	Yeontan
Hangul	연탄
Nickname(s)	Tan (탄) Tannie (탄이) Kim Yeontan (김연탄)
Birth date	September 7, 2017
Died	c. 2024 (aged 7)
Species	Dog
Breed	Pomeranian
Sex	Male
Appearance	Black and tan
Owner(s)	V

Yeontan (연탄; also known as Tan (탄), Tannie (탄이) or Kim Yeontan (김연탄)) was a black-and-tan Pomeranian dog that belonged to V.

About

Yeontan was a male dog, he was first shown on December 4, 2017, in Jin's birthday V LIVE. Yeontan was an adorable and small dog and was very close to all the members. In 2017, he used to live with BTS; however, due to their busy schedule, V was not always able to take care of him, so he started to live with V's parents. On December 2, 2024, V announced via an Instagram story that Yeontan passed away sometime during 2024.

Relationships

V

V and Yeontan were incredibly close. While living in the bedroom, he always followed Taehyung, and there were many interactions between them. Taehyung must have been really upset when Yeontan moved because, looking at his tweets on Twitter, he had a very close relationship with his dog.

BTS members

Yeontan lived with the other members in his bedroom. There are many photos of the members holding Yeontan and taking photos with him. Members were definitely close to him and treated him like their own dog.

Trivia

• He was the first dog owned by V and not his family.
• "Yeontan" means coal briquettes commonly used in East Asia, mostly for cooking and home heating.
• He was the cover of V's debut album, Layover. In the concept pictures, a dog look-alike Yeontan was used due the pictures was shoot at Spain.

Gallery

Yeontan is shown for first time on Jin's Birthday V LIVE (December 4, 2017)

V's Twitter update (December 18, 2017) #1

V's Twitter update (December 27, 2017) #1

V's Twitter update (December 27, 2017) #2

V's Twitter update (January 4, 2018)

V's Twitter update (January 13, 2018)

V's Twitter update (January 14, 2018) #1

V's Twitter update (January 14, 2018) #2

V's Twitter update (January 19, 2018) #1

V's Twitter update (January 19, 2018) #2

V's Twitter update (February 4, 2018)

J-Hope with Yeontan in (Bangtan Bomb) j-hope 1st mixtape MV Shooting #2

V's Twitter update (March 12, 2018) #1

V's Twitter update (March 12, 2018) #2

V's Twitter update (June 6, 2018)

Jimin's Twitter update (June 7, 2018) #1

Jimin's Twitter update (June 7, 2018) #2

V's Twitter update (June 13, 2018)

J-Hope's Twitter update (June 21, 2018)

V's Twitter update (June 21, 2018)

V's Twitter update (June 21, 2018) (deleted)

V's Twitter update (June 21, 2018) #1

V's Twitter update (June 21, 2018) #2

V's Twitter update (June 21, 2018) #3

Jin's Twitter update (June 27, 2018)

V's Twitter update (June 30, 2018) #1

V's Twitter update (June 30, 2018) #2

V's Twitter update (June 30, 2018) #3

V's Twitter update (June 30, 2018) #4

2018 G.C.F Day update

2018 RM Day update

J-Hope and Yeontan in Burn The Stage: The Movie Trailer

V's Twitter update (November 3, 2018) #1

V's Twitter update (November 3, 2018) #2

V's Twitter update (November 3, 2018) #3

V's Twitter update (November 3, 2018) #4

V's Twitter update (November 25, 2018)

V and Yeontan's V LIVE (December 6, 2018)

V's Twitter update (January 17, 2019) #1

V's Twitter update (January 17, 2019) #2

V's Twitter update (January 17, 2019) #3

V's Twitter update (January 17, 2019) #4

Jin's Twitter update (February 2, 2019) #1

Jin's Twitter update (February 2, 2019) #2

Jin's Twitter update (February 2, 2019) #3

Jin's Twitter update (February 2, 2019) #4

2019 Hope Day update

V's Twitter update (February 27, 2019)

V's Twitter update (May 29, 2019) #1

V's Twitter update (May 29, 2019) #2

V's Twitter update (June 12, 2019)

V's Twitter update (September 13, 2019)

V's Weverse update (May 19, 2020) #1

V's Weverse update (May 19, 2020) #2

V's Weverse update (May 19, 2020) #3

V's Weverse update (July 17, 2020) #1

V's Weverse update (July 17, 2020) #2

V's Weverse update (July 17, 2020) #3

V's Weverse update (July 28, 2020) #1

V's Weverse update (July 28, 2020) #2

V's Weverse update (July 28, 2020) #3

V's Weverse update (July 28, 2020) #4

Yeontan VLIVE X Dispatch

V's Instagram update (February 4, 2022)