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SUHO
Kim Junmyeon
Official height: 173cm
Weight: 52kg
Birthday: 22 May 1991
Role in the group: EXO’s overall leader, EXO-K’s leader, sub-vocals, mom, king of gentleness
Personality: Model (t/n: as in his personality is exemplary),
polite, attentive to needs, gentle, timid (as a result of the poll on
Happy Camp)
Special point: Scared of the cold
Specialties: Singing, acting, golf
Female celebrity he likes: Lee Minjung
Ideal type: a girl with long straight hair and literary interests
sitting at the balcony reading a book and tucking her hair behind her
ear; a girl interested in literature with long hair for her outer
appearance, but a personality that is bright, lively and
open/forthright.
Favourite number: 8
Favourite food: Kimbap
Favourite Chinese food: Roasted duck
Motto: To know yourself
BAEKHYUN
Byun Baekhyun
Officially recognized nickname: Sogogi (Beef)
Weight: 52kg
Birthday: 6 May 1992
Blood type: O
Shoe size: 250~260 about size 41
Role in the group: K’s main vocal, atmosphere maker, in charge of eyeliner
Special ability in MAMA: LIGHT, ability to produce a very strong light beam
Personality: Bright and lively, approachable, kind, gentle and without a temper.
Favourite colours: Black, white, grey
Ideal type: Han Gain; a girl with much charms, a girl who looks good
in jeans, a girl who goes well with jeans, white skin, good figure,
cute, kind, a girl with a nice scent on her, a cute and round style, not
very skinny.
Favourite movies: Scifi, Action
Favourite number: 48
Roommate: Park Chanyeol
Current roommates: Park Chanyeol, Xiumin, Tao
Motto: Hard work is the path to survival.
CHANYEOL
Park Chanyeol
Nationality: Korean
Height: 186cm
Birthday: 27 November 1992
Horoscope: Sagittarius
Role in the team: Rapper, face of the group, atmosphere maker, height, reactions
Ideal type: Someone who likes to smile, a girl who is easily amused by him
Ideal type height: 150-159cm
Typical style: hiphop, street, casual
Motto: Enjoy it!
Family members: Dad, mom, older sister
Time spent as a trainee: 4 years (2008 – 22 February 2012)
Pre-debut experience: Was part of a school band for a year, dreamt of becoming a singer when he was in high school.
2008 TVXQ’s UCC advertisements
2008 School Uniform Model Contest Silver Award
2008 SM Casting System
Appeared in TVXQ’s Ha Ha Song MV
2010 Appeared in Girls’ Generation’s Genie Japanese MV as a male character
2012 Appeared in Girls’ Generation’s sub-group TaeTiSeo’s Twinkle
D.O.
Do Kyungsoo
Officially recognized nickname: Dyo
Nationality: Korean
Official height: 173cm
Horoscope: Capricorn
Blood type: A
Debut: 8 April 2012 on Inkigayo
Personality: Delicate heart, serious, responsible, cares for others,
sometimes can be rather introverted, stable, kind, cute, but other times
can be act a little unusual and lively.
Personal talents: Beatbox, rap, voice imitations
Future dream: Other than being a singer is to be a chef, designer
Ideal type: Kind, someone who doesn’t mind anything
Favourite girl group: f(x)
Favourite actress: Amanda Seyfried
Favourite food: spaghetti, strawberry cake, chocolate chip mint ice cream
Close friends in the industry: Im Hyunsik (BTOB), Yoon Doojun (BEAST)
Roommate: Kim Jongin
Current Roommates: Luhan, Oh Sehun
KAI
Kim Jongin
Nationality: Korean
Official height: 183cm
Weight: 68kg
Birthday: 14 January 1994
Horoscope: Capricorn
Role in the group: Overall main dancer, K’s main dancer, sexiness, rapper
Personality: Although he can be a little blur but he is someone with
much emotions, wants to be nice to others but finds it hard to express
it. Serious, warm, sincere, introverted, focused, stable, a little blur
but places importance on friendship, kind, pure, cute, cool on the
outside but in reality is someone who knows really well how to take care
of other people. Workaholic, doesn’t know how to act cute or whine to
get his way, doesn’t really like talking.
Where his charms are at: Dancing skills that are better than the
rest, tanned skin, sexy figure and voice, aggressive yet cute all
combined, extremely strong ability to perform on stage, his serious and
focused personality, his confidence on stage and shyness off stage,
doesn’t know how to fake things, very seriously presenting himself, will
work hard to show good fan service.
Favourite colours: red, black, blue
Time spent as a trainee: 5 years (2008 to 3 January 2012)
SEHUN
Oh Sehun
Nationality: Korean
Official height: 183cm
Birthday: 12 April 1994
Nicknames: Sehun, milk bun, little milk bun, white jindo puppy,
Xun-er (the second half of Sehun’s Chinese name with ‘er’ added),
maknae, Sese (the first half of Sehun’s Chinese name repeated) (t/n:
Xun-er and Sese come from a common way that Chinese people make
nicknames.)
Personality: Simple and pure; if you get close to him, he’ll become very bright and lively.
Specialties: Dancing, Acting
Idols: BoA, Michael Jackson
Habits: Sticking his tongue out, rolling his eyes
Roommate: Kim Junmyeon
Current roommates: Luhan, D.O
Close seniors and friends in the industry: BoA, Girls’ Generation, Lee Taemin, Lee Donghae, Jeong Daeun (High school classmates)
Ideal type: Kind, open/forthright, a clean girl; an ideal type
mentioned numerous times in TV interviews is Choi Jiwoo noona; when he
gets injured, a girl who will run towards him with sincere concern and
help him put medicine on his wounds; Miranda Kerr.
Pre-debut experience: 2008 SM Casting System
In 2012, participated in Girls’ Generation’s sub-group TaeTiSeo’s Twinkle MV
KRIS
Wu Yifan
Nationality: Canadian
Birthday: 6 November 1990
Blood type: B
Nickname for his fans: Fanqing, Meigeni
Special point: Model body, Strong presence, Camera radar, Low
voice, Perfect side profile, 360 degrees no bad angle (t/n: aka there
isn’t a single angle that he looks bad)
Specialty: Languages (Chinese, English, Korean, Cantonese), Rap, basketball, writing lyrics, drums
Favourite dish: Anything other than fish
If he were to confess he would say: “I’ve fallen for you, what should I do?”
When he feels he’s the sexiest: Before sleeping, when he’s
washing his face and brushing his teeth (because his face isn’t
swollen); He also feels that men who work hard are the most handsome
LUHAN
Luhan
Nationality: Chinese
Height: 178cm
Birthday: 20 April 1990
Horoscope: Aries
Role in the group: M’s main vocal, lead dancer, face of the group
Pet phrase: “Yes.” “When it’s done.” “This is it, I guess.” “Yup.” “Just like this.”
Personality: Polite and humble, bright and lively, likes to
laugh, loyal (mentioned on Happy Camp), low-key, positive, kind, cute
Favourite genre of music: R&B
Favourite movie: The Shawshank Redemption
Favourite soccer team: Manchester United
Favourite stars: TVXQ, Bruno Mars, Usher, Akon
XIUMIN
Kim MinseokNationality: KoreanHeight: 173cmNicknames:
Mantou, Golden bun, Bun, Cute bun (came up with it by himself), Minmin,
Dumpling (because he has slimmed down a lot), Big brother (or eldest
brother), Baobao daren (t/n: ‘Baobao’ means bun [the ‘bao’ in ‘baozi’]
and ‘daren’ is used as a term of respect, such as for someone in
charge), little squirrelRole in the group: M’s sub-vocal, sub-lead dancer, screaming (t/n: like the part in MAMA)Specialty: Singing, Taekwondo, Fencing, Dancing, Soccer etc.Favourite artistes: JJ Lin, Jay ChouIdeal
type: Affinity on first sight (t/n: aka he gets attracted to the other
person’s appearance and air on their first meeting). In the course of
dating, someone who is able to give him hugs and take care of him, and
give him comfort (If he sees someone that he likes, he will immediately
confess to her)Pre-debut experience: 2008 SM Everysing Contest 2nd place
LAY
Zhang YixingEnglish name: IssingNationality: ChineseHoroscope: LibraRole in the group: M’s main dancer, sub-vocals, in charge of instrumentsSpecial
abilities in MAMA: HEALING, Can heal any ‘injury’ (Unicorn has the
ability to heal, and can make withered flowers bloom again; corresponds
to BAEKHYUN’s light ability)Nickname: Xing yazi (Changsha yazi), Xingtuo, Dandan, léiléi / lěilěi
(sounds similar to his stage name) (t/n: yazi or ngazi in Changsha
dialect is a word Changsha people use to mean kid; ‘tuo’ is a term in
Changsha dialect to mean little and cute; ‘Dandan’ comes from the
infamous comment made by Lu Han on Yixing’s ‘lonly’ status)Personality:
Serious, hardworking, sincere, grateful. Big difference with his
on/off-stage persona. Particularly lively in private, easy-going,
childish, funny.Hobbies: Dancing, composing, writing songs, staying at homePet-phrase: “Is this okay?” Classic quotes: “Easy-going but not without personality.” “I’m usually not funny.”
CHEN
Kim Jongdae
Nationality: Korean
Height: 178cm
Birthday: 21 September 1992
Blood type: O
Personality: Determined, happy, kind
Family members: Dad, mom, older brother
Specialities: Singing, piano etc.
Childhood dream: To be a singer
Future dreams: To be the world’s best vocalist
Favourite Chinese singer: Wang Leehom
Favourite movie: The Avengers
An odd thought: Wants to try being massaged by an elephant
What he thinks of his appearance: Very handsome; best of best;
the face of the Kim family (t/n: Kim family here being all people with
the surname Kim); satisfied with his height; height is just a number.
Ideal type:
1. A pair of charming eyes
2. Honest
3. Someone who will be able to take care of him like a noona, with a heart that is able to forgive all his shortcomings.
TAO
Huang Zitao
Place of birth: Shandong province, Qingdao city
Nationality: Chinese
Birthday: 2 May 1993
Blood type: AB
Height: 183cm
Role in the group: Rapper, Martial arts
Special abilities in MAMA: TIME CONTROL, stopping objects in motion and stopping time
Nicknames: Romantic Panda, Kungfu Panda (Fan’s nickname), Little leopard, Peacock gege
Favourite print/design: Leopard, skulls
Favourite colour: Bright colours, blue
Awards won:
1. 3rd Beijing University Students Street Dance Competition Rap Category – Excellence Award
2. 2nd Capital City High School Street Dance Competition
3. National Wushu Competition 3rd place
4. Qingdao City Movie Wushu Competition Sword Category 2nd, Spear performance Category 1st place
5. 3rd Beijing University Students Street Dance Competition DJ Category – Excellence Award6. Hong Kong Music Festival Freestyle Rap - First Place
EXO Asia’s Newest Trendy Male Idol Group
If you do not know EXO, then I will heartlessly tell you: You’re old already!
Over a million comments on an article, even weibo queen Tao
Chen and many other big celebrities have taken the initiative to ask for
others to share information about EXO with them, fans whose screams
were actually able to make Zhang Han (t/n: a very famous Chinese actor)
angry. EXO, a new Korean idol group like this that has only debuted for a
year, why are they so hot?
-Because they represent Korea and even Asia’s newest trend!
-Because they represent brand new dreams and aspirations of the new people!
-Because they represent this world’s most beautiful and first aspiration!
This time, just as when we agreed to shoot EXO for this issue’s
Men’s Style cover page, our editors became young in just a second, and
happily shouted and skipped as we arrived in Korea’s capital city.
Although the process of preparing was extremely hard, but just thinking
about needing to prepare 5 outfits for each of the 12 members in just a
few days, which in total is 60 outfits, our head starts to ache. This
lead to us having overweight baggage despite having first class tickets
to Korea, at the end it was only because the staff saw that it was for
the photo shoot with EXO that they let us go. When we arrived in Korea,
we were stopped by the custom officers because they mistakenly thought
that we had smuggled the clothing from abroad. Finally, after confirming
that we were indeed reporters heading to hold a photo shoot with EXO,
did the officers comfortably let us go.
Perhaps it is because they are too popular, due to their
consecutive schedules, it was only at 2pm of the day itself did the
photo shoot begin. All of EXO’s members only had 2 hours of sleep, when
they and the staff rushed over to the photo shoot venue like strong gust
of wind, all of them had not even taken their lunch. Us reporters were
unable to hold it in, and very immorally, began to worry about the
quality of the photo shoot. What was good, was that the reporters had
predicted this and prepared them lunch in advance, thankfully the SM
staff in Korea were very nice, and there none of the rumours of ‘Koreans
being hard to handle’ were realized. Perhaps, that ‘being hard to
handle’ was just people from China not fully adapting to the strict and
professional working attitude! Finally, because of the 12 members of
EXO’s professional attitude and rapport, the group of Korean
photographers’ hard work and EXO’s managers huge assistance, we were
actually able to finish the photo shoot half an hour in advance!
At the photo shoot venue, each and every member of EXO was
extremely handsome, definitely even more handsome than on TV or in
magazines. It was precisely because of this that us, reporters, started
to feel immense pressure –this time we must definitely photograph them
to look more handsome than they do in real life, only then will it be
considered a success!
EXO is undoubtedly a group of well-trained artistes that have
gone through training from a big international company. Not only are
they polite, they are professional and have good work ethic. At the
venue, we saw that the 12 of them had very good relationships, they are
Asia’s idols, but actually they too are just a group of boys next door
–when it wasn’t their turn, the members who would want to take a nap,
took a nap; those that wanted to play games would play games; those who
wanted to use their mobile phones, used their mobile phones; those who
wanted to play around, played around –they were very young, lively and
cute.
And what left the deepest impression with our reporters was
that Luhan and Sehun’s relationship was so close that it would make one
jealous –when Sehun would finish trying out a set of clothes and would
face the mirror and do a catwalk and make a few poses while looking
pleased, Luhan would smile and not be able to control himself and up to
Sehun and peel off his clothes to wear on his own, and exaggeratedly
imitate Sehun’s poses from before, causing Sehun and all the staff
present to laugh till they couldn’t close their mouths –that kind of an
intimate scene is just way too fresh and good, it was stuck in our
reporters’ heads for days and could not be erased.
In our next issue, EXO-K will appear on the
cover of our magazine. Once again, the twelve members will appear, with
brand new outfits and an attractive photo spread, don’t miss out!
(Source: weibo / Trans by: amy@exom-trans)
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