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**Mingyu** (Korean: 민규), born as **Kim Mingyu** (Korean: 김민규), is a South Korean rapper under Pledis Entertainment. He is a member of the boy group SEVENTEEN under the Hip-Hop Team.

## Profile

* **Stage Name:** Mingyu (민규)
* **Sub-Unit:**
	+ Hip-Hop Team

* **Position:**
	+ Lead Rapper
	+ Main Visual
	+ Face of the Group
	+ Sub-Vocalist

## Filmography

### Music Video Appearances

 2014
 28.5 | Bum Zu Feat. Jung In

## Magazines

### Solo Features

* DAZED KOREA: March Issue (2019) \*COVER\*
* L'Officiel Hommes YK Edition (April 2019) \*COVER\*
* 1st LOOK Vol.225 (September 2021) \*COVER\*
* Arena Homme+ February Issue (2022)
* L'Officiel Philippines: Second Anniversary Issue (March 2023) \*COVER\*

### Features with Other Members

* DAZED Korea: January Issue (2017) with Hip-hop Team
* ELLE Korea: November Issue (2019) with Joshua, Hoshi, The8, Seungkwan, Vernon, Dino
* W Korea (2020) with Hip-hop Team
* HIGH *CUT* Magazine Vol. 260 (March 2020) with Hoshi, The8, Vernon \*COVER\*
* Cosmopolitan Korea: May Issue (2020) with Wonwoo, DK, Seungkwan
* SPUR Magazine (Japan) October Issue (2020) with Joshua
* AnAn Magazine No. 2223 (Japan) 28 October 2020 with Jeonghan, Hoshi, DK, Vernon, Dino \*BACK COVER\*
* Cosmopolitan Korea: April Issue (2021) with Jeonghan, Wonwoo, The8
* W Korea: June Issue (2021) with Wonwoo
* PowerCircles: June Issue (2021) with Wonwoo
* ESQUIRE Korea: November Issue (2021) with Hip-hop Team \*COVER\*
* GINGER Magazine Japan: November Issue (2021) with Jeonghan, Hoshi

### Features with All of SEVENTEEN as a Group

* IZE Magazine: August Issue (2015)
* KWAVE December Issue (2015)
* CeCi Magazine: December Issue (2015)
* IZE Magazine: December Issue (2015)
* 10+ Star: TENASIA March Issue (2016)
* CeCi Magazine: May Issue (2016)
* @star1 Vol.50 (May 2016)
* IZE Magazine (May 2016) \*PHOTOBOOK\*
* haru\*hana Magazine (Japan) Vol.36 (May 2016)
* AnAn Magazine (Japan) 21 June 2017
* @star1 Vol.64 (July 2017)
* DAZED Digital Magazine (July 2017)
* CeCi Magazine: October Issue (2017)
* HIGH *CUT* Vol.208 (October 2017) \*COVER\*
* CeCi Magazine: January Issue (2018)
* SINGLES Korea: April Issue (2018) \*COVER\*
* Sparkling Magazine’s Spring 2018 Issue \*COVER\*
* 1st LOOK Vol.155 (May 2018) \*COVER\*
* AnAn Magazine (Japan) 30 May 2018 \*COVER\*
* @star1 Vol.77 (August 2018) \*COVER\*
* CREA Magazine: October Issue (2018)
* SPARKS Japanese Idol Magazine Vol.1 (November 2018) \*COVER\*
* THE STAR: February Issue (2019)
* SPARKS Japanese Idol Magazine Vol.2 (April 2019)
* AnAn Magazine (Japan) 13 May 2019 \*COVER\*
* AnAn Magazine No. 2187 (Japan) February 2020 \*COVER\*
* SPRiNG Magazine (Japan): March Issue (2020)
* BILLBOARD Korea Vol.3 (April 2020) \*COVER\*
* Monotube Magazine Vol.2 (July 2020) \*Thief & Heist Collaboration\*
* HARPER`S BAZAAR: January Issue (2021) \*COVER\*
* MORE Magazine Japan: January Issue (2022) \*COVER\* [Jun and The8 weren't able to participate due to activities in China]

## Credits

* All credits adapted from KOMCA, unless stated.

***✓** =* Participated

*✖ =* Didn't participate

## Trivia

* **Nickname:** Mr. Wristband, Technician, Mingyu Shop, Kim-ssi ahjussi, Mingyu Sunbaenim, MC Puppy, Puppy, Housewife Mingyu, Kim CEO, Maltese, Mr. Human Balloon, Shikshin/ Eating Machine
* **Emoji:** 🐶
* **Family:** Mom, dad and younger sister (born in 2001)
* **Education:**
	+ An-yang Bu-an Elementary School (Graduated)
	+ Burim Middle School (Graduated)
	+ Seoul Broadcasting High School (Graduated)
	+ Dong-Ah Institute of Media and Art (K-POP Major) (Attending)

* **Specialty:** Rap, Acting, MC, Model
* **Hobby:** Soccer, basketball (ball games), making plastic models/action figures, Exercise, Cooking, Painting, Photography
* **Training Period:** 4 years
* **Favorite Drinks:** Americano
* **Favorite Animals:** Puppy, Cat
* **Favorite Body Parts:** Clear eyes
* **Favorite Colors:** Black
* **Favorite** **Number:** 17
* **Favorite Flower:** Rose
* **MBTI Personality types:** ENFJ → ENTJ
* The meaning behind his real name is that Min means ‘precious gem stone’ and Gyu means ‘star’. He is a precious gem stone that shines like a star.
* He was originally supposed to take the name Dokyeom, but in the end went with his own name.
* He is left-handed.
* He was the bassist in his school band in 8th grade. He was also in cross-stitch club & soccer team since primary school
* He got casted by Pledis in his 2nd year of middle school.
	+ He wore sandals to his audition. S.coups, Hoshi, and Woozi, who at the time was there to watch were shocked and dumbfounded.
* He is best friends with 97 liners; BTS's Jungkook, GOT7's Bambam and Yugyeom, ASTRO's Eunwoo.
* Between someone older and younger, he would like to date someone younger than him.
* He has great cooking skills. He is the go-to chef of the group. One of the best food he makes for the members is Ramyeon.
* Between pouring and dipping tangsuyuk, he prefers pouring.
* He’s the shikshin of the group (member who eats the most).
	+ One of his favorite foods is meat. Everytime he eats dinner, there is always meat.
	+ He is good at eating spicy foods.
	+ He enjoys pozole (a Mexican cuisine).
* He was voted by the members as the person with most facial expressions on stage.
* He enjoys and wants to try acting someday.
* He has tan skin which suits him very well and he looks hot.
* He was voted by the other members as the most handsome member.
* He ranks himself #1 visuals in Hip Hop unit.
* He was voted by the other members as the member whose looks and personality don’t match.
* He looks serious from outside but actually a puppy from inside.
* He gets along well with older and younger students because he thinks it’s their duty to harmonize with each other.
* He is an optimistic guy.
* He is the clumsiest member.
* He was voted by the other members as the member who’s most different from their first impressions of him.
* The members thought Mingyu was older than them when they first met him but after getting to know him, they feel like he’s a younger brother to them now.
* He is the tallest member in the group and one of the tallest k-pop idols to date. (187 cm)
* He said if he could be any other member, he’d want to be Joshua because he can speak English.
* He likes to vacuum and clean up the trash in the dorm. He said since there’s a lot of members, the rooms get dirty quickly but he likes to clean them.
* A lot of people tell him he has good hand skills. He can repair broken things. When he was young, he made a sailing ship with chopsticks. When he is bored at the dorm, he changes the interior. He’s also in charge of changing the light bulbs because he’s tall.
* He’s in charge of hair styling in the group. He sometimes does it so badly that he feels sorry. One time he touched DK’s hair and told him to wash it.
* He is very strong as in a show he carried 4 members on his back.
* His dream is not “I want to be something” but “Wherever I am, whatever I do, I hope people will like me”. He wants to be a person whom people become happy when they work with him.
* He likes listening to quiet & calm songs when he's alone.
* He is the music video director, cameraman, and editor of SEVENTEEN's song "Snap Shoot".
* He is often joked as CEO or a billionaire because of Jeonghan who once said that Mingyu looks like he owns 2.3 billions worth of assets.

## Spotify

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## References

1. ↑ KOMCA: Searching Works (search 10009931 under Writers & Publishers)

2. ↑ GOING SEVENTEEN 2019 EP.14 MBTI of SVT #1
3. ↑ EP.51 너 자신을 알라 #1 (Know Thyself #1)