Stage Name: Mingyu (민규)

Sub-Unit:

• Hip-Hop Team

Position:

• Rapper

• Visual

• Face of the Group

Nickname: Mr. Wristband, Technician, Mingyu Shop, Kim-ssi ahjussi, Mingyu Sunbaenim, MC Puppy, Puppy, Housewife Mingyu, Kim CEO, Maltese, Mr. Human Baloon

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

MBTI Personality types: ENFJ (Protagonist)

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 the 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 were there to watch were shocked and dumbfounded.

He is best friends with 97 liners; THE 8, DK, BTS's Jungkook, GOT7's Bambam and Yugyeom, NCT's Jaehyun, ASTRO's Eunwoo.

Between someone older and younger, he would like to date someone older 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 was voted by the members as the person with the 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 the outside but is actually a puppy from the 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 refers THE 8 as his soulmate and wishes to travel to Europe with him (or alone) in the future. The two also talked about establishing a brand named "MM" together since they're both interested in art and fashion.

He is the music video director, cameraman, and editor of SEVENTEEN's song "Snap Shoot".

He is often joked as a CEO or a billionaire because of Jeonghan who once said that Mingyu looks like he owns 2.3 billion worth of assets.

He and THE 8 were the first two members to open an Instagram account in the group, they opened together in February 2018 and followed only each other.