Stage Name: Minho (민호)
Birth Name: Choi Min Ho (최민호)
Position: Main Rapper, Vocalist, Visual
Birthday: December 9, 1991
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
Hometown: Incheon, South Korea
Height: 184 cm (6’0″)
Blood Type: B
Minho Facts:
– Minho was born in Incheon, South Korea and has one older brother.
– Minho graduated from Konkuk University with a degree in Arts and Culture Film in 2015.
– As a child his love for soccer came from his father being a professional soccer coach.
– When he was younger, he dreamed of becoming soccer player.
– His hobbies are playing basketball and soccer.
– Minho was discovered in 2006 at S.M. Casting System.
– He modeled for Ha Sang-beg’s Should Collection F/W 08-09 in March 2008.
– His nicknames are Flaming Charisma Minho, Frog Prince Minho.
– Minho’s official color is orange and his fans are called “flames” which comes from his title “Flaming charisma Minho”.
– Minho is the SHINee member who eats the most.
– Right before SHINee’s debut, Key and Minho got into a fight and were hostile for a few years after. (Happy Together 2016)
– Minho and label mate f(x) member Amber have a cute song together called “The Llama Song”.
– Minho was featured in Cosmopolitan list of “Ab-Tastic moments in 2015”
– Minho attended the ‘Girls Play 2’ campaign at the US Embassy in Korea.
– In 2015 Minho participated in KBS’s show “Exciting India“, alongside TVXQ’s Changmin, Super Junior’s Kyuhyun, CNBLUE’s Jonghyun, INFINITE’s Sunggyu, and EXO’s Suho
– He acted in Girls’ Generation’s “Gee” MV.
– He acted in several dramas such as “Salamander Guru and The Shadow Operation Team” (2012), “To The Beautiful You” (2012), “Medical Top Team” (2013), “Because It’s The First Time” (2015), “Drinking Solo” (2016 – cameo), “Hwarang” (2016-2017), “Somehow 18” (2017), “The Most Beautiful Goodbye” (2017).
– He acted in the movies: “Canola” (2016), “Marital Harmony” (2016), “Derailed” (Two Men) (2016), “In Rang” (2018), “The Princess and the Matchmaker” (2018), “Illang: The Wolf Brigade” (2018), “Battle of Jangsa-ri 9.15” (2019).
– Minho won the New Star Award for his role of Kang Tae-joon in the drama “To The Beautiful You” in 2012 on SBS Drama Awards.
– In September 2017 Minho received a Special Award at the Indonesian Television Awards 2017 for his acting career.
– In 2017 he was voted as among one of the ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ by Vogue fashion magazine.
– Minho and Key wrote all the rap parts for their album, “Story of Light”.
– He was hospitalized for a facial mishap with flying fragments whilst film “Battle of Jangsari 9.15”
– Minho held his first Korean solo concert on February 16, 2019. He later released his first solo “I’m Home”
– Minho enlisted in the Marine Corps on April 15, 2019 and will be discharged on November 15, 2020.
– Minho’s ideal type: “I like it when a girl pushes her hair our of her face by tucking her hair over her ear while she is working hard on something. It’s the little things like this that I like.”