Xiumin

There isn’t much information about Xiumin’s personal life. There is some confusion about his birth year as well.

Xiumin never revealed the identity of his little sister, as he had made a promise to his mother to not to do so.

He has never been involved into any controversies and there is no information about his romantic association as well.

Xiumin was born Kim Min-Seok on March 26, 1990in Guri, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.

He has many nicknames like Bao Zi, Lil’ Fattie, Mandoo and King of Detail. The nickname Bao Zi was given to him by one of his friends because he likes steamed buns and has a round and white face.

Xiumin joined Martial Arts School at a very young age, and started learning Kendo and Taekwondo and eventually graduated to black belt. He is also trained in wushu and fencing and is a huge fan of football.

He was a student at Catholic Kwandong University where he attended a seminar and also gave a presentation for students in Applied Music.

In 2008, at the age of 18, Xiumin participated in the SM Everysing Contest, organized every year by SM Entertainment. He secured the second position in the contest. Later he enrolled in S.M. Entertainment's Casting System as a trainee.

Xiumin was trained under SM Entertainment for four years. At the end of his training in January 2012, the agency formed a boy band, EXO, and introduced Xiumin as its seventh member.

Xiumin made his debut with a cameo in the music video of South Korean singer Jin’s song “Gone”. He featured in the video with actress Kim Yoo-jung . He began his music career in January 2015 with the musical play, School OZ.

Breakin' Machine": Xiumin was the lead artist in the album Exology Chapter 1-The Lost, which is the first live album by band EXO. It was released on December 22, 2014 by S.M. Entertainment.

"Young & Free": In this single, Xiumin collaborated with Mark, a member of K-pop group NCT. It was released by S.M. Entertainment and distributed by Genie Music on July 7, 2017 through their digital music project SM Station.

You Are the One: The track is from a web drama series, “Falling for Challenge”. Xiumin was also featured in the video opposite actress Kim So-eun . The web drama became the most watched web drama in 2015 with more than 24 million views.

For You: This track is from the South Korean television series, Moon Lovers-Scarlet Heart Ryeo. Xiumin appeared in the soundtrack along with Baekhyun and Chen. It aired from August 29, 2016 to November 1, 2016 on SBS .

Call You Bae: Xiumin collaborated with Jimin, a member of band AOA, and released the track in February, 2016 He also appeared in the music video of the song.