Profile

• Stage Name: The8 (디에잇)

• Sub-Unit:

  • Performance Team

• Position:

  • Lead Dancer

  • Vocalist

Career

2008–2014: Pre-debut

He made his first appearance on Seventeen TV in late 2014.

2015–present: Debut with Seventeen and solo activities

In 2015, The8 debuted with the South Korea boy band, Seventeen. Their first EP 17 Carat was digitally released on May 29.

After debuting with Seventeen, The8 also landed a television role in Real Class - Elementary School in 2017.

On December 12, 2017, Pledis Entertainment announced that The8 would be suspending his promotional activities due to a waist injury. It was not until the release of the revised album "Directors Cut" that he return to promotions.

The8 released his mixtape, "Night and Rain"(밤과 비), on March 8th 2018. The song was released on Soundcloud, along with a sneak peek posted to his Instagram.

In 2018, The8, along with his bandmate Wen Junhui, participated in the Chinese reality TV show Chao Yin Zhan Ji (潮音战纪). The8, along with his Victor, went on to complete the show, coming in second place.

In 2019 he served as one of the two dance coaches (alongside Jolin Tsai) in the Chinese survival show Idol Producer 2.

The8 made his solo debut on 9 June 2019 with the single, "Dreams Come True". The choreography video for the single was released on Seventeen's official YouTube channel on June 11th 2019.

On May 4, 2020, The8 announced the release of a second single, "Falling Down". The single was released on May 8, 2020.

On April 13, 2021, The8 released his third single 'Side By Side' with a music video on HYBE Labels official Youtube channel.

Hai Cheng

Side by Side

THE 8 Contemporary Art

Others

Trivia

• Nickname: Cute King, Little Prince, Little8, Fairy, Hao, Mr.8, Xiao Ba, Kinghao, King of China, Dragon8/yongpal, Eisa, Jeonghan's sunflower, Mr. TeaTime, Thughao

• Emoji: 🐸, 🎱

• Family: Mom and dad (He’s an only child)

• Education:

  • Beijing International Art School (Graduated)

• Specialty: Break dancing, Martial arts, Tumbling, B-boy

• Hobby: Break dancing, Martial arts, Shopping, Painting, Photography, Reading

• Training Period: 1 year and 5 months

• Favorite Drinks: Milk, green tea latte, wine

• Favorite Animals: Puppy

• Favorite Body Parts: Eyes, hands

• Favorite Colors: Black, White, bright colors

• Favorite Number: 8

• Favorite Season: Summer

• MBTI Personality types: INFJ (Advocate)

• The meaning behind his stage name is that the number 8 is considered a lucky number in China and when the 8 is laid down, the infinite sign appears, symbolizing infinite luck.

• His real name Xu Ming Hao, can be interpreted as 'Bright and Prosperous'.

• He was the last member to join the group.

• He has been practicing Chinese Martial Arts since he was 5 years old. He participated and won first prize at the National Children’s martial arts competition.

• He did b-boying in China for 6 years.

• His role models are his parents.

• Being from China, he wasn't fluent in Korean and had to fend for himself, so he often buried his face in his pillow and cried a lot. He relied a lot on Jun & Hoshi. He said these two made it possible for him to debut as SVT member.

• His first meeting with Jun didn't go very well because Jun had mistaken him for someone else (Jun's friend whose name was also Minghao), but is now considered a very embarassing first impression story on Jun's side.

• He is a Christian and Buddhist.

• He wanted to be a superstar since he was young. He got into an audition at school when he was in China.

• He said he watched a lot of variety shows when he was in China and he wanted to be a superstar, so that’s why he became a singer in Korea.

• His role model is Henry. He is Chinese and really works hard and efficient. He wants to be like him.

• He always makes sure to eat his meals without skipping any. Even if he has to wake up at 3 AM, he would wake up 1 hour before and eat.

• Between Korean food and foreign food, he prefers Chinese food. He and Jun know almost all the Chinese restaurants in the city, and often recommend certain places to the members when they are going to eat Chinese.

• He likes melon.

• He says Mingyu is his soulmate as they click.

• He is the one who always give birthday gifts to the members.

• He created and is part of a group chat with other Chinese idols who work in Korea, including Jun, WayV's Kun, and Pentagon's Yanan.

• He's one of the most artistic members, alongside Mingyu, even saying to establish a fashion brand called "MM" together in the future. He likes painting & photography.

• He is SEVENTEEN's fashionista. He says he can freely express himself through fashion, and he feels like he's truly living as himself when he has a great outfit on

• He began to paint when he took a break in 2017. At that time, he felt a little suffocating so he began to try new things to escape from that feeling

• He hangs out with Mingyu's dad a lot (even without Mingyu sometimes). Since his parents live in China, he might feel lonely at times, so Mingyu's dad once told Minghao to treat him as his second father. He also often assists Minghao when he needs help in daily life. They even went fishing together.

• He has a small series of projects called, "The8's Contemporary Art".

• He and Mingyu, DK, BTS Jungkook, Astro Eunwoo, GOT 7 BamBam, and NCT Jaehyun are good friends due to sharing the same age, also having a group chat named "97 Liners" between them.