Yang Bang-ean was born in Tokyo, Japan as a youngest son of five children from a Zainichi Korean family.

He then proceeded to a Japanese high school, where he first got interested in foreign pops and rock music while listening to radio, which led to him joining a band.

After his graduation from Nippon Medical, he was appointed as a plastic surgeon in a hospital in Tokyo, but quit shortly after to become a musician.

[1] His father named him Yang Bang-ean (양방언, 梁邦彦, Japanese name: Kunihiko Ryō), which has three meanings: Yang(梁), the symbol of a family line; Bang (邦), representing many countries, simply his dad's wish him to interact with many people worldwide; and Ean (彦), a common character in Japanese names to respect Japanese sentiment as the family was living in the country.

He currently lives in Karuizawa, Nagano in order to relax from the busy city life and concentrate on music.