EXO-K Profile

*Member Profile*

Tenth Member revealed [12.02.15]

“Daya tarikku tentu saja adalah hatiku yang merawat dan menyayangi member lain. Sebagai pemimpin yang melindungi para member, namaku menjadi Suho (artinya pelindung [guardian] dalam bahasa Korea). Aku menjadi seorang trainee dengan periode paling lama, sejak tahun 2006.”

Birth Name: Kim Joon Myun (김준면)

Stage Name: Suho (수호, means: guardian)

Nickname : DJ Suho (because of his awkwardness when talk in the interview), Polite Suho (because of his manner)

Super Power (Badge): Water

Date of Birth: May 22, 1991

Position: Leader, Lead Vocalist

Height: 172 cm

Nationality: Korean

Hometown : Seoul, South Korea

Family : Father, Mother, 4 years-older brother

Blood Type: AB

Specialties: Acting, Golf

Education: Korea National University of Arts – Acting

Introduced as EXO: February 15, 2012

SUHO FACTS :

• Discovered through street casting and joined SM in 2006 by SM Casting System
• Member who has the longest trainee period
• He’s also known as the second Choi Siwon.
• He shares room with Sehun.
• Favorites:
  • Music: Funk Rock
  • Place: Han River
  • Number: 8
  • Color: purple, gold
  • Movie : Pirates of The Carribean
  • Food: sushi
• He was discovered through street casting and joined SM in 2006.
• Role-model: Super Junior and TVXQ
• Close to Super Junior’s Kyuhyun, Donghae, Leeteuk, and SHINee’s Jonghyun, Minho, and Taemin
• His habit is clearing his throat by saying ”ah!”.
• Ideal type of woman is someone who shares the same interests with him and has a long straight hair
• His personality is exemplar, polite and considerate.
• Likes to wear dandy fashion style daily
• His favorite movie is “Pirates of The Caribbean”.
• His motto is “Know Yourself…”.
• He made a brief appearance in TVXQ’s music video, “HaHaHa Song” along with EXO-K’s Kai and Chanyeol.
• He’s also good at making honey water.
• He pushes for peaceful conversations to solve problems and always buys the members delicious things. He’ll even check in with each and every member to see if they have any worries or concerns.

Twelfth member revealed [12.02.23]

“Daya tarikku adalah suaraku yang rendah dan gigiku yang bagus? (tertawa) Orang-orang disekitarku memanggilku ‘National Good Teeth’. Aku juga tahu bagaimana cara memainkan gitar, drum, bass, dan djembe (drum afrika). Keistimewaanku adalah rapping dan acting.”

Birth Name: Park Chan Yeol (박찬열)

Stage Name: Chanyeol

Nick Name: National Good Teeth, Happy Virus

Super Power (Badge): Fire/Flame (Phoenix)

Date of Birth: November 27, 1992

Position: Main Rapper, Vocalist

Height: 185 cm

Nationality: Korean

Education : Hyundai Chungun High School

Family : Father, Mother, 3 years-older sister

Blood Type: A

Specialties : Drum, Guitar, Bass, African Drum, Rap, Acting

CHANYEOL FACTS :

• Joined SM in 2008 by SM Casting System
• Appeared in TVXQ’s HaHaHa song CF, SNSD’s Genie MV (Japanese Version), and SNSD sub-unit TaeTiSeo’s Twinkle MV
• 2008 Smart Model Contest Winner (Silver Award)
• Has a white cat
• Shares room with Baekhyun
• Baekhyun said that Chanyeol’s breathing is way too loud and on top of that, he does this loud sniffling thing before he falls asleep
• The first idol group he ever got into was TVXQ. He liked U-Know Yunho the most
• His teaser is the latest to be released
• He’s a romantic person.
• Many people said that his deep voice doesn’t match with his cute face
• He thought that he will the black hole in the group because of ‘MAMA’ choreography, but then he revealed that Kai and Sehun helped him a lot
• Was a high school ulzzang and surprised when his friends know that he joined SM without him telling them
• His lucky charm is his drum-sticks because it reminds him of what kind of person he was before
• His motto is “Enjoy Yourself…”
• He formed a temporary band with his high school classmates
• His thick voice is charming.
• When you’re by his side, you just start laughing no matter what.
• His ideal type is someone cute, smiles a lot and sincere.
• He is a bright guy with positive personality.
• He is always passionate about playing and learning instruments.
• His habit is following the rhythm with his hands.

Eight revealed Member [12.01.30]

Birth Name: Do Kyung Soo (도경수)

Stage Name: D.O.

Nick Name: Dochestra (because of his mistake in their debut stage interview), Heenjabuja (rich in whites, because of the white part in his eyes is bigger than his pupils)

Super Power (Badge): Earth

Date of Birth: January 12, 1993

Position: Main Vocalist, Lead Dancer

Height: 173 cm

Nationality: Korean

Hometown : Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea

Family : Father, Mother, 3 years-older brother

Blood Type: A

Specialties : Singing, Beat-box

D.O FACTS :

• Joined SM in 2010 by SM Casting System
• His voice imitation of Oh Kwang Rok on MBC Show Champion was only a repeated joke, but then it just naturally become his talent
• He was a quiet student back in high school and didn’t let his friends know that he’s a trainee in SM
• The neatest and cleanest member in EXO-K, he likes to organized everything even his clothes are arranged in color-order
• Took up vocal lessons and competitions even before auditioning SM in 2010
• When SM representative asked him to join SM he didn’t know what SM Entertainment is
• He shares room with Kai.
• Has interests in becoming a chef and mostly cooks for the members
• Also wants to be a hairstylist
• His O.O face expression is popular among fans
• He’s the cleanest member in EXO-K.
• His motto is “Be Number One…”.
• He has a habit of humming songs.
• He admires composer Yoo Young Jin.
• He is really family oriented, good at organizing and picking up after them whenever they made mistakes.
• He is able to catch even the littlest things in the home.
• He looks cute, but he’s deep on the inside.

Ninth member revealed [12.01.30]

“Daya tarikku adalah eyeline? Double eyelids-ku tidak begitu terlihat. Kalian bisa lihat pesona mengagumkan eyelinerku. (tertawa) Aku lelaki yang mengkombinasikan kejantananku dengan hapkido dan sensitivitas juga dengan piano.”

Birth Name: Byun Baek Hyun (변백현)

Stage Name: Baek Hyun

Nickname : Bacon

Super Power (Badge): Light (Sun)

Date of Birth: May 6, 1992

Position: Main Vocalist

Height: 174 cm

Nationality: Korean

Blood Type: O

Hometown : Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea

Hobbies : Listening to music, Watching movies, and Singing

Specialties : Hapkido, Piano

BAEKHYUN FACTS :

• Appeared in SNSD sub-unit TaeTiSeo’s Twinkle MV
• Seems to be SNSD’s fanboy
• He is the latest member to join SM so his trainee period is the shortest
• Ideal type of woman is someone who is full of charm
• His role model is Rain (Bi)
• Likes to wear tidy casual clothes
• Favorites:
  • Music: RnB, Pop, Punk Rock
  • Place: practice room
  • Number: 48
  • Color: white, black, grey
  • Movie : SF fantasy and action movies
  • Food: Korean food, Chinese food, Japanese food, Western food, everything! (haha)
• His motto “Life is only a path full of efforts”
• Shares room with Chanyeol
• Chanyeol said that Baekhyun yelps like a dog like 40 times before falling asleep
• Asked to join SM right in front of the gates after he auditioned for a performing arts school and officially joined SM in 2011
• Titled himself as the funniest member in EXO along with Chanyeol and Sehun
• Sehun said that Baekhyun looks changed the most after use make up
• Said he resembles actor Song Joong Ki
• Members said that he has a lot of hidden talents
• He joined the school’s musical band and won an award at a local rock festival.
• He is bright, cheerful and kind personality.
• On stage, he’s oozing with charisma, but off stage, he’s cute, fun, and a breath of fresh air.

First revealed member [11.12.23]

Birth Name: Kim Jong In (김종인)

Stage Name: Kai

Nick Name: Kkamjong (because of his dark skin-color combine with his real name Jong In), Dancing Machine

Super Power (Badge): Teleportation

Date of Birth: January 14, 1994

Position: Main Dancer, Lead Rapper, Visual

Height: 182 cm

Blood Type: A

Nationality: Korean

Hometown: Seoul, South Korea

Family: Father, Mother, 2 Older Sisters (5 and 9 years older)

Education : Seoul Performing Arts High School

Specialties : Dance (Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop, Popping, Locking)

KAI FACTS :

• Joined SM in 2007 by SM Youth Best Competition
• Appeared in HaHaHa Song CF with DBSK and SNSD sub-unit TaeTiSeo’s Twinkle MV
• Friends with SHINee’s Taemin
• Mentioned in The SHINee World Thanks To:
  • Jonghyun: “..a long way to go Jonginnie”
  • Key: “to our toddler Jongin, work hard!”
  • Minho: “..our cute toddler Jonginnie”
• Was mentioned by f(x)’s Amber in her Pinnochio Album thanks to
• Good at games
• Close to SHINee’s Taemin as mentioned in SHINee World
• Often mentioned as being resembled with SHINee’s Taemin
• Member whose teaser came out first and has the most teaser featured him (7 individual teasers and 12 teasers in total)
• Shares room with D.O.
• Sent to learn Taekwondo and piano when he was a child, but later found his interest in dancing
• He said he’s not the kind to be really concerned by people’s age
• The only EXO member who has bronze skin color
• He likes to be bossy.
• His motto is “I’d rather bend then break…”
• His ideal type is someone like Han Yeseul.
• He is warm-hearted and he would like to treat everyone well, but when It comes to expressing feelings he gets awkward.
• The habit he often does is biting his lips
• He likes to wear a lot of T-shirts with characters on them
• His favorite movie is “Pirates of The Caribbean”.
• He’s really cool and sexy to the point where you can’t help but fall in love with him when you watch him performing on stage.

Fifth member revealed [12.01.10]

Birth Name: Oh Se Hun (오세훈)

Stage Name: Sehun

Super Power (Badge): Wind

Date of Birth: April 12, 1994

Position: Lead Dancer, Rapper, Sub-Vocalist, EXO’s Maknae

Height: 181 cm

Blood Type: O

Nationality: Korean

Hometown: Seoul, South Korea

Family: Father, Mother, 3 years-older brother

Education : Seoul Performing Arts High School

Specialties : Dancing, Acting

SEHUN FACTS :

• Joined SM in 2008 by SM Casting System
• A former Korean-ulzzang
• Appeared in SNSD sub-unit TaeTiSeo’s Twinkle MV
• Shares room with Suho
• Appeared to be cool, but actually has a lot of aegyo
• He is not scheming / manipulative person
• Likes to buy bubble tea with Luhan and his favorite flavor is chocolate
• He said that Suho is his lucky charm
• Members said that what make him special are his large shoulders, long waist, and V-line face
• Kai said Sehun is getting more handsome as him closer to Sehun
• He said he and Kai don’t gain weight easily
• His ideal type is a kind woman.
• His personality is shy, but when you get to know him he’s more lively.
• His habit is sticking out his tongue.
• His motto is “Let’s live while doing things we like!”.
• He is playful and likes moving, or in the other words, he can’t stay still.
• He has an adorable lisp, that he’s not really good with the letter S.
• He’s an important member in EXO that he keeps up with information like album sales.

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