Kai facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Kai
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Kai in October 2019
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Kim Jong-in
January 14, 1994 Suncheon, South Jeolla, South Korea
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| Education | School of Performing Arts Seoul |
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| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2011–present |
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 김종인 |
| Hanja | 金鍾仁 |
| Revised Romanization | Gim Jong-in |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kim Chongin |
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| Hangul | 카이 |
| Revised Romanization | Kai |
| McCune–Reischauer | K'ai |
Kim Jong-in (born January 14, 1994) better known by his stage name Kai is a South Korean singer and actor. He is a member of Exo. He began his acting career at Choco Bank in February 2016, playing Kim Eun-haeng.
Early life
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.
Career
2008-15: Debut and early career
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.
See also
In Spanish: Kai para niños
