| Mingyu |
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:
- Position:
- Lead Rapper
- Main Visual
- Face of the Group
- Sub-Vocalist
Discography[]
See also: SEVENTEEN Discography
Collaborations[]
- "Bittersweet" (with Wonwoo, feat. Lee Hi) (2021)
Other releases[]
- "시작처럼 (Like the Beginning)" (2018)
Filmography[]
Music Video Appearances[]
| Year | Name | Artist | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Face | NU'EST | Pre-Debut |
| Venus | Hello Venus | ||
| 2014 | My Copycat | Orange Caramel | |
| 28.5 | Bum Zu Feat. Jung In |
Dramas[]
| Year | Title | Network | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Luang Ta Mahachon | Channel 3 (Thai) | Cameo | Part 1, Part 2 |
Music shows[]
| Year | Title | Network | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | M Countdown | Mnet | Special MC | with Jeonghan |
| I love you Korea #1 (Dream Concert) | SBS | with Jeonghan and Jun | ||
| 2017 | M Countdown | Mnet | with Wonwoo and Vernon | |
| KCON 2017 JAPAN | with Wonwoo and Mingyu | |||
| M Countdown | with Wonwoo, Woozi, DK, Jeonghan, and The8 | |||
| 2018 | Inkigayo | SBS | MC | with DIA's Chaeyeon and Song Kang (Actor) |
| BBQ&SBS Super Concert | ||||
| 2019 | Inkigayo | with Shin Eun Soo (Actress)
February 18, 2018 – October 6, 2019 | ||
| SBS Super Concert in Hong Kong | MC | with Jun and Joshua |
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 2022)
- L'Officiel Philippines: Second Anniversary Issue (March 2023) *COVER*
- Cosmopolitan Korea (December 2023) *COVER*
- Arena Homme+ (March 2024) *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]
Writing Credits[]
- All credits adapted from KOMCA, unless stated.[1]
✓ = Participated
✖ = Didn't participate
SEVENTEEN Discography[]
OSTs[]
| Year | Song | Writing | Composer | Arrange |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 9-TEEN | ✓ | ✖ | ✖ |
Mixtapes[]
| Year | Song | Writing | Composer | Arrange | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | LOTTO Remix | ✓ | ✖ | ✖ | with Hip-Hop Team |
| Un Haeng Il Chi (Concert ver.) | ✓ | ✖ | ✖ | ||
| JOKER | ✓ | ✖ | ✖ | ||
| What's The Problem | ✓ | ✖ | ✖ | ||
| MMO | ✓ | ✖ | ✖ | ||
| 2018 | SUKYO | ? | ? | ? |
Others[]
| Year | Song | Artists | Writing | Composer | Arrange |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Bittersweet | Wonwoo & Mingyu feat. Lee Hi | ✓ | ✖ | ✖ |
| In the SOOP | SEVENTEEN | ✓ | ✖ |
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[2] → ENTJ[3]
- 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. (187.2 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.
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Official Links[]
Gallery[]
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