Suho | |
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Suho at SBS Gayo Daejeon on December 25, 2017
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Born |
Kim Jun-myeon May 22, 1991 Seoul, South Korea |
Occupation | |
Musical career | |
Genres | K-pop |
Years active | 2012–present |
Labels | S.M. Entertainment |
Associated acts | |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 김준면 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Gim Jun-myeon |
McCune–Reischauer | Kim Chun-myŏn |
Stage name | |
Hangul | 수호 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Suho |
Kim Jun-myeon (born EXO and its sub-unit EXO-K.
May 22, 1991), better known by his stage name Suho (meaning "guardian" in Korean), is a South Korean singer and actor. He is a member and leader of the South Korean-Chinese boy groupSuho is a native of Seoul and lives in the Seoul area of Apgujeon with his family. During his youth, Suho was the class president in elementary school and the vice-chairman of his school's student body. He graduated from the prestigious Whimoon High School where he excelled academically.
Suho became a trainee through S.M. Entertainment's Casting System in 2006 when he was 16 years old, after being discovered on the streets by an S.M. casting manager. In 2007, he was cast with a cameo role in the Super Junior film Attack on the Pin-Up Boys. In 2008, he made a brief appearance together with Xiumin, Chanyeol and Kai in TVXQ's music video, "HaHaHa Song".
Suho was officially introduced as the tenth member of EXO on February 15, 2012. The group officially debuted in April 2012 with the extended play Mama with him as their leader.
In 2013, Suho voiced the main character Bernard for the Korean dub of the animated movie, Saving Santa. He also recorded the movie's original soundtrack of the same name with Apink's Jung Eun-ji.
In February 2014, Suho became a regular host for SBS's weekly music show Inkigayo alongside fellow Exo member Baekhyun, ZE:A member Kwanghee and actress Lee Yu-bi. Suho and Baekhyun left the position in November 2014 in order to focus on the release of EXO's second studio album.