Appreciation [HYM] Introducing XIKERS (1 Viewer)

Day · 12 September 2023

xikers (싸이커스) is a 10-member boy group under KQ Entertainment
The group consists of Minjae, Junmin, Sumin, Jinsik, Hyunwoo, Hunter, Junghoon, Seeun, Yujun and Yechan
xikers officially debuted on March 30, 2023 with the mini album HOUSE OF TRICKY : Doorbell Ringing

Fandom Name: Roady (로디)
(It means to become the coordinates that present the [road] xikers will walk down in the future and join their adventures and journey)

Minjae

Stage Name: Minjae (민재)
Birth Name: Kim Min-Jae (김민재)
Position: Leader, Main Rapper, Main Dancer, Vocalist, Composer
Birthday: April 10, 2003
Representative Emoji: 🐰
MBTI Type: INFP
Nationality: Korean

Facts:
– He has the deepest voice in the group, but can also go very high with his voice.
– He is the group’s official all-rounder.
– He became an idol because as a kid, he saw a music performance, which inspired him.
– He is the shortest member, but can jump the highest.
– He has an older brother that is two years older then him.
– He is close friends with ENHYPEN Jungwon.
– Role Model: ATEEZ Hongjoong.

Junmin

Stage Name: Junmin (준민)
Birth Name: Park Jun-Min (박준민)
Position: Main Dancer, Lead Vocalist, Visual
Birthday: May 24, 2003
Representative Emoji: 🐻
MBTI Type: ISTJ (previously ISFJ)
Nationality: Korean

Facts:
– He loves playing video games, shopping, and cleaning.
– He is very athletic and good at drawing.
– He got the dream of being an idol after a school friend showed him a singer singing live.
– He is one of the oldest members, but also the most like a child.
– He always tells the members they are too young to know anything, but his maturity level is worse than most of theirs.
– He acts like a baby all the time and is always teasing every single member constantly.
– He along with Yujun is the most chaotic member.
– He carries chopsticks around with him on most occasions.
– He has the loudest laugh.

Sumin

Stage Name: Sumin (수민)
Birth Name: Choi Su-Min (최수민)
Position: Main Rapper
Birthday: April 7, 2004
Representative Emoji: 🦖
MBTI Type: ENTJ (previously INTP and ENFJ)
Nationality: Korean

Facts:
– He can speak good English.
– His hobbies are watching TV, cooking, rapping, reforming clothes, watching dance practice vids, and being lazy.
– He is good at drawing, especially at abstracts, and even won art contests for his skill. His picture is printed in calendars.
– He has a cute dog named ‘Hamong’.
– His favorite colors are Yellow and Green.
– He loves cooking.
– Role Model: Taeyang of BIGBANG.
– His charming point is his hands.
– If he were an animal, Sumin would be a chameleon, because just as the chameleon changes colors in certain situations, he changes clothing styles and uses many colors to coordinate himself.

Jinsik

Stage Name: Jinsik (진식)
Birth Name: Ham Jin-Sik (함진식)
Position: Main Vocalist, Visual
Birthday: July 30, 2004
Representative Emoji: ⛄
MBTI Type: INFP (previously ISFJ)
Nationality: Korean

Facts:
– He loves singing, lifting weights, listening to music and playing video games.
– Jinsik loves pop and electronic music the most.
– He was inspired to be a Kpop idol when he was little and saw an idol singing live.
– His favorite color is blue.
– He and Sumin became best friends at first sight.
– He is freinds with DAY6’s Young K.
– Role Model: NCT

Hyunwoo

Stage Name: Hyunwoo (현우)
Birth Name: Choi Hyun-Woo (최현우)
Position: Main Vocalist
Birthday: December 4, 2004
Representative Emoji: 🦊
MBTI Type: INFP
Nationality: Korean

Facts:
– Hyunwoo is good at speaking English and Japanese.
– If he were an animal, he would either be a fox or a shark.
– He was in a school band and was the main vocal, and loved showing his vocal skills.
– He has always been interested in music since he was a kid.
– His favorite season is Winter because it is the month of his birthday and his favorite flower is hibiscus.
– He is very good friends with Ateez Yunho.
– He has the shortest training period by far, compared to the other members.
– He is the fastest runner in the group and beats everyone in lowers body aswell as leg things.

Junghoon

Stage Name: Junghoon (정훈)
Birth Name: Kim Jung-Hoon (김정훈)
Position: Lead Vocalist
Birthday: July 5, 2005
Representative Emoji: 🦔
MBTI Type: INTP
Nationality: Korean

Facts:
– He’s a very athletic person and was very popular in school.
– He is an only child.
– He has a pet dog named Latte.
– What made him want to become an idol is when his mother would show him songs and he would sing along. It made him grow a love for music, so from then fourth he knew what he was meant to be a singer.
– If he were an animal, he would be a hedgehog, or a pet mouse because they look dangerous and look like they would try to hurt, but are actually the kindest, warm, and caring animals to the people they are close to.
– Despite being fearless, he’s bad at aerial activities such as bungee jumping, or skydiving.
– He went on hiatus from May 25, 2023 to August 26, 2023 to recover from injuries, but is now okay and with the group again.
– He can play guitar, piano and danso.

Seeun

Stage Name: Seeun (세은)
Birth Name: Park Se-Eun (박세은)
Position: Vocalist, Visual, Sub-Rapper
Birthday: August 17, 2005
Representative Emoji: 🦒
MBTI Type: ESTJ (previously ESFJ)
Nationality: Korean

Facts:
– His love for music is what inspired him to be and idol.
– He is the most goofy member.
– If he were an animal, he would be a giraffe cause he is very tall, slim, clumsy, and has a long neck – all qualities of a giraffe.
– He has the ability to move his ears.
– His role model is Seventeen.
– He can speak Korean, Japanese, and English.
– Seeun wanted to be a pilot when he was young but gave up because of his fear of heights.
– Motto: “Let‘s Go“.

Yujun

Stage Name: Yujun (유준)
Birth Name: Jung Yu-Jun (정유준)
Position: Vocalist, Visual
Birthday: October 5, 2005
Representative Emoji: 🐥
MBTI Type: ESFP (previously ISFP)
Nationality: Korean

Facts:
– He loves listening to music, playing video games, watching videos and playing web dramas.
– He is a extremely good swimmer.
– He was an athlete in school.
– The 4 words that describe him are: active, kind, funny, and simple minded.
– He can eat the most out of the members and is always chowing down on something and never get full. On average he eats four bowls of ramen for one sitting.
– He was inspired to be an idol after he started doing school talent shows. It excited and thrilled him so much. It made him want to be a singer.
– One day while Yujun and Yechan were practicing in a vocal room the keys on the keyboard started playing by themselves, they thought it was a ghost and ran away.
– He likes making Minjae mad.
– He is the hardest member to deal with and is constantly hyper.

Hunter

Stage Name: Hunter (헌터) (ฮันเตอร์)
Birth Name: Papung-korn Lertkiatdamrong (파풍콘 레트키앗담롱)(ปภังกร เลิศเกียรติดำรงค์)
Position: Main Dancer, Vocalist
Birthday: October 5, 2005
Representative Emoji: 🐶
MBTI Type: ISTJ (previously ISTP)
Nationality: Thai

Facts:
– He can speak fluently in Thai, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and English.
– His best skill is his dancing.
– He wanted to become an idol after he started performing on stages when he was young, he enjoyed it so much, he knew it would be part of his career.
– He and Yujun only have a 20, or 30 minute age difference, with Hunter being the youngest.
– Hunter also learned to play golf when he was young and won gold and bronze medals when he was just 10 years old, he won these medals from the 1st CGA & U.S Kids Golf Par 3 Challenge in 2015.
– When he was practicing for monthly evaluation he practiced so hard he almost passed out and was exhausted. Minjae and Ateez‘s Yunho helped by giving him advice.
– He along with Yechan and Yujun think KQ is haunted.
– Hunter and Seeun are both ex-pledis trainees. Hunter joined pledis immediately after moving to Korea and he didn’t speak any Korean at all. Seeun would speak in English and he helped Hunter a lot with the transition from Thai to Korean. Hunter said that when he found out him and Seeun were going to be together at KQ entertainment, he almost cried.

Yechan

Stage Name: Yechan (예찬)
Birth Name: Lee Ye-Chan (이예찬)
Position: Main Rapper, Main Dancer, Vocalist, Maknae
Birthday: October 21, 2005
Representative Emoji: 🐱
MBTI Type: ENTP (His former result was ESFP)
Nationality: Korean

Facts:
– He pretty much loves everything, but loves playing instruments, dancing and singing the most.
– The instruments he loves the most are the saxophone and piano.
– He is learning to speak fluently in English.
– He likes video games.
– He is an athlete and did sports such as soccer, basketball, football, and taekwondo.
– He was a contestant on Under Nineteen. He was eliminated in the last episode (his final rank was 15th)
– His favorite foods are ramen, sushi, tteokbokki, and gorabab.
– His favorite drinks are boba, tea, and coke.
– His cheeks get swollen and red easily.
– He says he feels like he get annoying at times cause of his excess laughter, but everyone loves it.

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