Taemin

ABOUT

Taemin is a soloist and a member of SHINee. He debuted solo on August 18th, 2014 with the title track ‘Danger’ from the mini album ‘ACE’. He was the first member of SHINee to debut solo.

• Fandom Name: Taemints
• Official Colors: Yellow
• Stage Name: Taemin (태민)
• Birth Name: Lee Tae Min (이태민)
• Birthday: July 18th, 1993
• Zodiac Sign: Cancer
• Height: 179 cm (5’10”)
• Blood Type: B

NETWORKS

• Official Website: taemin.smtown
• Instagram: @lm_____ltm

TRIVIA

– He was born in Seoul, South Korea.
– He has an older brother.
– His nicknames are Handy Boy Taemin, Maknae Taemin, Tae, Taememe, Dancing Machine, Taeminnie, Taem.
– Education: Hanlim Multi Art School (he transferred from Chungdam High School); Myongji University (Musical and Film major)
– He trained since 2005 S.M. Open Weekend Audition Casting
– He is Catholic.
– He can speak Japanese.
– He is afraid of bugs.
– He likes watching horror movies.
– His hobbies are listening to music, dancing and playing the piano.
– He started studying the piano when he was in elementary school.
– He started being interested in dancing due of his older brother.
– Taemin has a tendency to lose things, which was the butt of many of SHINee’s jokes.
– Taemin is known as “magic hand Taemin” because whatever he touches he either loses or breaks.
– He often gets sick when traveling overseas.
– He thinks that when 2 people love each other, age doesn’t matter.
– Taemin said he would want to have a collaboration with Kai (EXO) and Jimin (BTS) on his solo album (Singles Sep 2017 Taemin Interview).
– Taemin is close friends with Kai (EXO), Ravi (VIXX), Jimin (BTS), Timoteo (HOTSHOT) and Sungwoon (Wanna One).
– Taemin was a mentor on “The Unit”.
– Taemin cried when Rain asked him to say something to Timoteo (HOTSHOT) after his performance on The Unit, and after that, Taemin said that he hadn’t cried like that before.
– Taemin’s albums: “ACE” (2014), “Press It” (2016), “Sayonara Hitori” (2016), “Flame of Love” (2017), “Move” (2017).
– Taemin was in “We Got Married” where he was paired with APink’s Naeun.
– Taemin’s on the show “Why Not The Dancer?”, where his nickname is Taem.
– Taemin’s ideal type: “I like someone that is consistent and true. I don’t like it when they hide their true selves and later reveal the true them.”