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Xiumin
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Kim Min-seok (; born March 26, 1990), known professionally as Xiumin (; ), is a South Korean singer and actor. He is a member of the South Korean-Chinese boy band Exo, its sub-group Exo-M and leader of its sub-unit Exo-CBX. He debuted as a soloist on September 26, 2022, with the extended play (EP) Brand New.
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Xiumin, born Kim Min-seok in 1990, is a South Korean singer, actor, dancer, and model. He is a member of the groups EXO, EXO-M, and Exo-CBX. His musical work falls under the K-pop and contemporary R&B genres, and he has been signed to SM Entertainment and Avex Trax. Xiumin began his professional career in 2012 and is a lyric tenor who performs with his voice.
He was educated at Hoseo University and speaks Korean, English, Chinese, and Japanese. Xiumin was born in Seoul, though another record lists his birthplace as Guri, Gyeonggi, South Korea. He stands at a height of 1.73 meters.
Note: The provided facts contain conflicting information regarding a person named "Xiumin Zhang" born in 1908, who authored works on Chinese printing history. This individual is distinct from the South Korean entertainer described above.
Synthesized by Vinony from 37 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Film & TV
Guri, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Kim Min-seok (김민석; born March 26, 1990), known professionally as Xiumin (시우민), is s South Korean singer and actor under SM Entertainment. He is a member of the South Korean boy group EXO, a member of its sub-group EXO-M and the leader of its sub-unit EXO-CBX. He made his solo debut on September 26, 2022 with the mini album Brand New.
Known for
- Heo's Diner — Heo Gyun2025
- 2024 EXO FAN MEETING : ONE — Self2024
- Make Mate 1 — MC2024
- 2023 EXO FANMEETING "EXO' CLOCK" — Self2023
- EXO-L-JAPAN presents EXO CHANNEL “THE BEST”2023
- The Seasons — Self2023
- Eunchae's Star Diary — Self2023
- Mr. Chae's Drifting Experience — self (XIUMIN)2023
- CEO-dol Mart — Shin Tae-ho2023
- NCT Universe: LASTART — Self / Special Mentor2023
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- South Korea
- Active from
- 1990
Discography
- Young & Free2017
- You2019
- Brand New2022
- Our Spring : Who?2023
- Interview X2025
- Overdrop2025
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 83,397
- Total plays
- 3,430,973
Tags
Kim Min-seok (born March 26, 1990), better known by his stage name XIUMIN (Korean: 시우민; pronounced [ɕʰi.u.min]), is a South Korean singer and actor. He is best known as a member of the South Korean-Chinese boy band EXO, its sub-group EXO-M and its sub-unit EXO-CBX. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Xiumin">Read more on Last.fm</a>
via Last.fm · Xiumin
Key facts
- Person.name
- Xiumin
- Person.image
- 180811 엘리시온 닷 in 마카오 (시우민) 1.png
- Person.caption
- Xiumin in August 2018
- Person.birth_name
- Kim Min-seok
- Person.birth_place
- Seoul, South Korea
- Person.education
- Catholic Kwandong University
- Person.signature
- Xiumin signature.svg
- Musical artist.embed
- yes
- Musical artist.instrument
- Vocals
- Musical artist.years_active
- –present
- Korean name/auto.child
- yes
- Korean name/auto.headercolor
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- Korean name/auto.hangul
- %김민석
- Korean name/auto.hanja
- 金珉錫
- Korean name/auto.hangulstage
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- 秀珉
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Kim
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- South Korea
- Place of birth
- Seoul
- Occupation
- singer
- Educated at
- Hoseo University
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Hair colour
- black hair
- Genre
- contemporary R&B
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- SM Entertainment
- Image
- Xiumin at Billboard K POWER 100 on August 27, 2024.png
- Height
- 1.73
- Voice type
- lyric tenor
Show 7 more facts
- date of birth
- 1990-03-26
- member of
- Exo-CBX
- Commons category
- Xiumin
- name in native language
- 시우민
- birth name
- 김민석
- different from
- Kim Min-seok
- start of work period
- 2012-00-00
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
23 sectionsContents
- Name
- Life and career
- 1990–2013: Early life and career beginnings
- 2015–2020: Acting roles and Exo-CBX
- 2022–present: Solo debut, subsequent releases, contract dispute and INB100
- Discography
- Extended plays
- Singles
- Filmography
- Film
- Web series
- Television shows
- Web shows
- Radio shows
- Documentaries
- Videography
- Music videos
- Theater
- Fanmeetings
- Ambassadorship
- Awards and nominations
- References
- External links
Kim Min-seok (; born March 26, 1990), known professionally as Xiumin (; ), is a South Korean singer and actor. He is a member of the South Korean-Chinese boy band Exo, its sub-group Exo-M and leader of its sub-unit Exo-CBX. He debuted as a soloist on September 26, 2022, with the extended play (EP) Brand New.
==Name== His stage name is a combination of the Chinese reading of hanja characters 秀 (xiù), which means great or show, and 珉 (mín) which is part of his birth name.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Xiumin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.