Suho (Singer)

Suho
Suho in October 2016
Born	Kim Jun-myeon (1991-05-22) May 22, 1991 (age 25) Seoul, South Korea
Occupation	Singer actor
Musical career
Genres	K-pop
Years active	2012–present
Labels	S.M. Entertainment
Associated acts	EXO SM Town
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 (1991-05-22)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 the leader of the South Korean-Chinese boy group EXO and its sub-unit EXO-K.

Suho was born in Seoul, South Korea, on May 22, 1991. During his youth, Suho was the class president of his elementary school and the vice-chairman of his school's student body. He was also the vice-chairman of his junior high school; however, he dropped his position after being cast by S.M. Entertainment.

In 2009, Suho began attending Korea National University of Arts, however, he withdrew from it in 2011 and continued his education at Kyung Hee Cyber University along with fellow Exo members Chanyeol and Baekhyun. There he took classes for the Culture and Arts Department of Business Administration. Suho revealed on the KBS travel show Fluttering India and on Vapp that he is a Buddhist.

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 as an extra in the Super Junior film Attack on the Pin-Up Boys. In 2008, he made a brief appearance in TVXQ's music video, "HaHaHa Song".

Suho was officially introduced as the tenth member of Exo on February 15, 2012. The group official debuted on April 8, 2012.

In 2013, Suho joined the voice cast as 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 Jung Eun-ji.