Kai was born in Suncheon, South Jeolla, South Korea on January 14, 1994. He is the younger brother of three children, began dancing when he was eight years old and did jazz and ballet for four years. Kai joined SM Entertainment in 2007 after winning the 10th S.M. Youth Best Contest when he was 13 years old.
In 2008, he made a brief appearance on TVXQ's song "HaHaHa Song" together with Suho and Chanyeol.
Kai was the first Exo's member to be formally presented to the public on December 23, 2011. Along with Luhan, Chen and Tao made their first television performance at the SBS Gayo Daejun event on December 29 of the same year. In april. It officially debuted with the extended play, "Mama". Still in April, along with Baekhyun, Chanyeol and Sehun, appeared in the video of Girls' Generation-TTS's debut song "Twinkle". On October 16, it was announced that he would participate in the 6-member dance group Younique Unit, alongside Eunhyuk, Hyoyeon, Taemin, Henry Lau and Luhan performing the song "Maxstep" for the album "PYL Younique Album", being an album collaboration between SM Entertainment and Hyundai. A video teaser of the song was shown on the "PYL Younique Show" the next day. In December 2012, along with Lay, Yunho, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Minho and Taemin, they formed the SM performance group The Performance. The group's first appearance was at the SBS Gayo Daejun event on December 29, with the release of the single "Spectrum" the next day.
Suho
Kim Jun-myeon (born May 22, 1991), better known by his stage name Suho, is a South Korean singer. He is a member of the South Korean boy band EXO.
Suho was born on May 22, 1991 in Seoul, South Korea. He joined S.M. Entertainment through S.M. Casting System when he was 15 years old. Although spent seven years there was a year in which he was inactive as an apprentice in the company because he had injured his leg and left him to dance for a year, when the date of its debut was already established created a lot of insecurity and fear in Suho. He attended Seoul Performing Arts High School and Korea National University of Arts.
He was the ninth member to be revealed on February 14, 2012 as the leader of EXO subunit; EXO- K, appearing in the teaser number 16 with his bandmate D.O.
He began his acting career in 2007 by participating in the film of Super Junior "Attack on the Pin-Up Boys" as an extra. He appeared in the music video of TVXQ "HAHAHA Song" in 2008. In 2013, he appeared in the drama "Prime Minister and I" as Han Tae-woong in episodes 10 and 12. In the same year, he participated as a voice actor in "Saving Santa" with Eunji of Apink, while played Bernard, the humble elf who becomes the hero of the film when you are traveling in time to save the Holy kidnapped. February 2014 to December of the same year, he assumed the role of host of the musical program "Inkigayo" along with his bandmate Baekhyun.
In January 2015, Suho assumed the role of Hans in the musical "School Oz" produced by S.M. Entertainment, along with his bandmate Xiumin, several artists S.M. as Key, Luna and Seulgi, also performed another artist from another company like Changmin.
In April 2015, he had confirmed that Suho to star in the film "Glory Days" as Ji-soo and Shinwa's member Dongwan.
From April 10 to May 1, 2015, Suho appeared on the television show "Fluttering India" of KBS along with other artists such as Kyuhyun, Minho, Sungkyu and Lee Jong-hyun.
In February 2016, Suho made ​​a special appearance in the music video of Jo Kwon of their debut single as a solo singer, "Crossroad". In April of the same year, it was announced that Suho participate in the web drama "How Are You Bread". The series will be broadcast in Korea and China during the middle of 2016.
Lay
Zhāng Yìxīng (hangul: 장이씽; hanja: 张艺兴; born in Changsha on October 7, 1991) better known by his stage name Lay (hangul: 레이) is a Chinese rapper, singer, songwriter, dancer and actor. He became known after participating in a television program called "Star Academy" in 2005. He joined in EXO on January 2012, as lead dancer, vocalist and visual member. In September of 2015, it published its autobiography, titled "Standing Firm At 24", beating records of book sold more in its pre-sale.
Lay was born on October 7, 1991 in Changsha, Hunan, China. His first television role was at the age of six starring as Huan Huan in "We The People" in 1998. In 2000, when he was nine years old, he participated in a Chinese television program as a member of the fan club of actor and singer Jimmy Lin, giving him his first contact with the entertainment industry. Lay began his career as a local children's star in Hunan province, after winning third place in a contest organized by the popular television program "Star Academy" in 2005. He also appeared in an episode of "Yue Ce Yue Xin Kai" and the variety show of Liu Na, "Na Ke Bu Yi Yang" between 2005 and 2006. In April 2006, he auditioned for the series "The Duke of Mount Deer" directed by Zhang Jizhong. Despite being one of the finalists, he did not win the role. In 2008, Lay joined S.M. Entertainment after a successful audition in Changsha. At the time of the auditions, he was sixteen and was studying for his university entrance exams when he had become an apprentice, so he moved to Korea to begin his training. Prior to that, he studied at High School Attached to Hunan Normal University, where he had been presented as an exceptional student for his achievements.
In 2011, before debuting with EXO, he worked briefly with SHINee during the concert tour, replacing Jonghyun in her dance performance.
Lay became the sixth member of EXO and was formally presented to the public on January 17, 2012, debuting as the fourth Chinese member of the EXO-M subunit. Following the release of the singles "What Is Love" and "History" in 2012, he and the other eleven members celebrated their pre-debut showcase at the Seoul Olympic Stadium on March 31, and a second showcase and press conference in Beijing at the Great Hall of the Beijing University of Business and International Economics. The group officially debuted on April 8, 2012 with their song titled "Mama", and EXO-M's first performance in China was at the 12th Yinyue Fengyun Bang Awards.
In December 2012, Lay joined the musical project S.M. the Performance, along with his bandmate Kai and his colleagues Yunho, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Minho and Taemin. On December 29, the group performed the single "Spectrum", which was released the next day, in "2012 SBS Gayo Daejeon".
In early 2014, Lay composed and performed the song "I'm Lay" for his solo performance during the first EXO tour titled The Lost Planet. Later in 2014, he performed another song titled "I'm Coming" on a special end-of-year TV show on Hunan TV.
In April 2015, S.M. Entertainment announced that a personal study had been established for Lay's activities in China. In May 2015, he became a cast member of the Chinese program "Go Fighting!" In June 2015, Lay composed the song "Promise" for the re-release of EXO's second studio album, "Love Me Right". He also wrote the lyrics for the Chinese version of the song, while the Korean version was co-written by Chen and Chanyeol.