Xiaojun

## Xiaojun肖德俊

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**Xiaojun** (Simplified Chinese: 肖俊, Korean: 샤오쥔), born Dejun Xiao (Chinese: 肖德俊), is a Chinese singer and songwriter. He is the main vocalist of the Chinese male idol group WayV. Despite debuting in 2019, he was only introduced as a member of the South Korea-based male idol group NCT and its sub-unit NCT U during the NCT 2020 project. He is also part of WayV's first sub-unit WayV-KUN&XIAOJUN.

## Early life

He was born and raised in Dongguan, Guangdong. He graduated from Donghua Junior High School.

In 2015, he participated in the competition "X Fire" with his self-composed songs.

He entered SM Entertainment in 2018.

## Career

### Pre-debut

He was introduced as the first member of SMROOKIES SR18B on September 11, 2018.

### WayV

*For specific activities by WayV, please visit the main article.*

The formation of WayV was announced through the group's official Weibo account on December 31, 2018, though the group's existence had been alluded to during the NCT 2018 promotions.

He debuted with WayV as the group's main vocalist on January 17, 2019, with the digital release *The Vision*.

For WayV's Rainbow V project, he sang a cover with Kun. The music they used was Khalil Fong's "紅豆 (Red Bean)," with Xiaojun providing the guitar accompaniment. On June 16, 2021, the duo debuted as a sub-unit, named WayV-KUN&XIAOJUN, with the digital release *Back To You*.
### NCT

*For specific activities by NCT, please visit the main article.*

WayV was not considered a part of the NCT brand until the promotions for NCT 2020, marking Xiaojun, Hendery, and Yangyang's official debut in NCT and in South Korea. Xiaojun participated in promotions for the *NCT 2020 RESONANCE Pt. 1* title song "Make A Wish (Birthday Song)".

## Other activities

### Song collaborations

*For a complete list of song collaborations, please visit Xiaojun/Discography.*

On May 31, 2020, GINJO released a single titled "The Riot", which featured WayV's Ten and Xiaojun.### Acting career

In January 2021, Xiaojun starred in the Youku web series *欢迎光临高中生 (Hello, My Youth)* as the main character Chang Yan, marking his acting debut.

### Variety shows

*This page only shows programs wherein the member is a permanent cast member. For a complete list of variety show appearances, please visit Xiaojun/Filmography.*### Radio shows

 Mar 17
 Jun 16

## Personal life

His family is composed of his father, mother, and older brother. His father Weilin is a folk artist, and his brother Defei is engaged in music-related industries. He had a pug named Zhupi who passed away in the winter of 2018.

He is currently a student of the 2017 Musical Theatre Department of Shanghai Theater Academy.

## Profile pictures

For a more complete list of photos, please go to *Xiaojun/Gallery*.
## Trivia

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* Preferences
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* NCT 2020 ENQUETE
* WOW 大牌 TMI

* He can speak four languages: Cantonese, Mandarin, English, and Korean.
	+ He learned English by watching a lot of movies, which is why he speaks with a bit of a British accent.
	+ Upon being asked what language he thinks in, he responds by saying "I think a lot."
* In the new dormitory, he has his own room, but shares the unit with WinWin, Lucas, and Hendery.
* In the old dormitory, he shared a room with Kun and YangYang. The room has a computer, which they use to play games.
* One of the names he calls himself is "DJ", which are his initials (De Jun), in case people have a hard time pronouncing his name. Though the WayV members laugh at him for this, they do refer to him as DJ from time to time, mostly in social media posts and comments.
* The "jun" syllable in his name is quite difficult for foreigners to pronounce, so a lot of people end up pronouncing it as "jin".
* Because his and his brother's name are quite similar (Xiao Dejun and Xiao Defei), even their parents mix up their names a lot.
* He learned the guitar and piano by himself. Besides that, he can also play the drums and the ukulele.
* He has been using his guitar since he was in 3rd year of high school.
* Pre-debut, he had vlogs on Yizhibo. In one video, he was broadcasting the aftermath of a flood.
* He resembles SHINee's Jonghyun.
* He doesn't gain weight easily. He started working out because he was too thin.
* He used to jog for 8 km every morning with Kun.
* His bright hair colors, notably silver during "天选之城 (Moonwalk)", pink during "Bad Alive", and neon yellow in "Make A Wish (Birthday Song)", received great attention. Notably, the latter was born out of a mishap on set: Xiaojun's orignal hair color didn't seem striking enough on cam, so they quickly dyed it into neon yellow.
* When he was young, he looked like a girl because of his long hair and lashes. People would ask him if he accidentally entered into the wrong bathroom, and bored classmates would ask him if he was a boy or a girl.
* He still doesn't know his mom's plate number, even though she's had the car for seven to eight years.
* Lucas thinks that traditional Chinese songs are very slow and "Xiaojun style", noting that his voice is very rare in Chinese pop music.

- He likes watching movies, such as the *Harry Potter* series, *Twilight* series, and *Me Before You*.

- His hobby is taking photos using a film camera. He usually uses it to take photos of the other members.

- He loves Lao Gan Ma. He also likes green tea and mint chocolate. The other members question his food preferences.

- He likes the spring season. Back in Guangdong, the differences between the seasons aren't so apparent, but in Korea, he gets to experience different seasons. (Akdong Seoul 210404)

- He likes wearing slippers/slides. It was a trend started by Ten in the dormitory. (Akdong Seoul 210404)

- From his SM Rookies introduction video:
	* His favorite plant is a mimosa pudica.
	* His favorite city is Paris (located in France).
	* His favorite sound is the sound of laughing.
	* His acute sense is his sense of hearing.
	* His favorite number is eight. He was born on August 8 (8/8), and 8 is a lucky number in China.
	* His favorite word is "life is long" (in Chinese).
	* His favorite time of the day is after 11pm.
	* His favorite color is green, specifically the color of plants.
	* His habit is suddenly speaking out the lines of the book he's reading.
	* His favorite movie/book character is Jack from Titanic.
	* His first memory was seeing his dad and brother trying to take him him out of the water.

- His member color in WayV is green.

- His animal motif is a dinosaur, which he really likes a lot. Besides this, he's also called a dragon or Wolverine.

- His jersey number was 08 during the 2019 WayV FANMEETING TOUR 'Section 1 We Are Your Vision' and NCT World 2.0. It represents his birthday, August 8 (08/08).

- His prison cell number in 超时空 回 (Turn Back Time) was 08 1000.

- His member code for NCT 2020 promotions was M08, with M signifying that he's the 13th member of NCT according to age order (excluding Sungchan and Shotaro).

- He has been part of 3 NCT U releases: "Make A Wish (Birthday Song)", "Dancing in the Rain", and "My Everything".

- He wrote his signature as "XIAO JUN" for the *NCT 2020 RESONANCE Pt. 2* ID and access cards.

- From [WayV-ariety] Research Note:
	* Xiaojun loves playing games, and he and Yangyang often play together in their dorm room.
	* At the time, Xiaojun and Yangyang shared a bunk bend. Xiaojun would go up and down too often in the middle of the night due to trips to the bathroom.
	* Xiaojun always talks about health, but loves to eat snacks.
	* Yangyang calls him a person of high EQ, because no matter what pranks the youngest plays, Xiaojun doesn't get mad even though he chases after Yangyang.
	* Xiaojun is a very optimistic person and has a positive energy around him.

- From [WayV-ariety] ✌This or That✌:
	* **Shirt** or Hoodie: Because the fans like it when he wears a shirt.
	* **Sneakers** or Sandals: He doesn't buy slippers that often.
	* Nose or **Eyes**: Eyes, for sure.
	* Hair tied up or **Hair tied down**: Tying hair is annoying...
	* **Earrings** or Necklace: He didn't pierce his ears yet at the time of filming.
	* Cooking or **delivering food**: He is a bit lazy, but when he's in the right mood, he cooks.
	* White soup or **Red soup**: He tends to only eat the red soup for hotpot.
	* Day or **Night**: He gets a lot of inspiration at night.
	* Coffee or Tea: He's not crazy over both, but he likes green tea a lot.
	* Starving for three days or **Staying up all night for 3 days**: Starving would just make him feel terrible.
	* **Ballad songs** or Dance songs
	* **Piano accompaniment** or Guitar accompaniment: He feels similarly about both, but he likes the piano a little bit more as it expresses emotions better.
	* **Composing a melody** vs writing lyrics: He can do both, but feels that writing lyrics is so hard.
	* Mountain or **Ocean**: He is scared of the ocean, but there are more creatures in the ocean as compared to the mountains.
	* Summer or **Winter**: When it's cold, one can wear more clothes; when it's hot, even if one takes off all their clothes, it's still hot and there's nothing more to take off.
	* **Puppies** or Kittens: He's had more dogs as pets.
	* **Calling** or Texting: For serious conversations.
	* **Bed** or Sofa
	* Movies or **Games**
	* **Muscle training** or Cardio workouts
	* **Writing** or Drawing: Because he has no talent at drawing whatsoever.

* Translation by Hanippun

* Translation by Hanippun
## References

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AZIfv1gkCQ
2. ↑  https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/k-town/8469964/k-pop-label-sm-entertainment-to-launch-china-oriented-nct-group
3. ↑ https://weibo.com/WayVXIAOJUN
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://www.teenvogue.com/story/wayv-profile-chinese-pop-group-fanboying-shrek-future-interview
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 乐动首尔 Akdong Seoul April 4, 2021.
6. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AZIfv1gkCQ
7. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upBRGGUWyCw