Nichkhun Horvejkul (นิชคุณ หรเวชกุล)

“Struggles make my heart beat. Cause I know they make me stronger. That’s why I’ll never give up. That’s why I’m not afraid to fail. Today I face another obstacle. And so my heart starts beating again.”

Name: Nichkhun Horvejkul (นิชคุณ หรเวชกุล)

Birth Name: Nichkhun Buck Horvejkul

Stage Name: Nichkhun

Nickname: Thai Prince, Khunnie Boy, Khunnie Boo, Khun-ddaeng

Date of Birth: June 24, 1988

Position: Vocalist, Sub-Rapper, Face of the Group

Birth Place: Rancho Cucamonga, California

Blood Type: O

Height: 180cm

Weight: 64kg

Religion: Buddhism

Instruments: Keyboard, Piano, Guitar

Hobbies: Working Out, Taking Pictures

Specialty: Playing the piano, Acrobatics

Language: Korean, English, Thai, Chinese, Japanese

Education: Los Osos High School

Ideal Woman: A nice, cute, and good girl

Nichkhun was born in Rancho Cucamonga, California to Thai-Chinese parents. Nichkhun has one older brother Nichan, and two younger sisters, Nichthima (Yanin) and Nachjaree (Chereen). At the age of two, he moved to Thailand with his family and studied at Dhepkanjana School and Tangpiroondham School. At the age of twelve, he studied at Wanganui Collegiat School in New Zealand for a year and a half and moved back to the United States to finish his schooling at Los Osos High School in Rancho Cucamonga, California. After high school, he was a coach at Rosemead High School for their badminton team. There, he was scouted by a scout manager of JYP Entertainment, at the Los Angeles Korean Music Festival.

After passing the audition hosted by JYP Entertainment, he signed a ten-year contract with the company but later re-signed for an eight-year contract, not including training, and was brought to South Korea in 2006 as a trainee, being put into a class of 24 other students. Park Jin-young informed him that he was required to learn how to sing and to dance, learn Korean and Mandarin Chinese, and to bulk up. He first appeared through MNET's Hot Blood, a program that showed the intense physical training that 13 male trainees had to go through for the opportunity to debut in either a 4-member ballad group 2AM or a 6-member dance group (originally had 7 members until the leader Jay Park left the group) 2PM under JYP Entertainment.

→ Fun Facts ←
• He is ambidextrous
• Once said in a interview that he would never let Taecyeon date his sister
• He really likes the taste of strawberries
• Was on We Got Married with Victoria from F(X)
• Victoria liked Chansung so he started being mean to him
• Dislikes avocados
• Disliked his blonde hair for Without U concept at first
• Called the “Thai Prince”
• Specialties are piano and acrobatics
• He was born in California and moved to Thailand when 5 then moved to Korea in 2006. So He can speak English, • Thai and Korean well.

Solo Discography/Work:

• 2008 •

We Become One (Thai Song)

• 2009 •

Let’s Take a Break (Thai Song)

Cute (Thai Song)

• 2011 •

My Valentine [w/ Taecyeon, Park Jin-young]

• 2012 •

Let It Rain

• 2014 •

So Wonderful (Japanese Song)

Filmography:

TV Series/Show

Mnet Hot Blood Men [2008]

MBC Idol Army Season 3 [2008]

SBS Yashimanman Season 2 [2008]

SBS Star King [2008-2009]

Mnet 2PM Wild Bunny [2009]

MBC We Got Married [2010]

SBS Running Man (ep. 4-5, 19, 40, 50-51, 104) [2010]

MBC All My Love [2010]

SBS More Charming By The Day (ep.76) [2010]

KBS Dream High [2011]

SBS Welcome To The Show [2011]

SBS 2PM Show [2011]

KBS A Song For You From 2PM [2013]

Mamma Mia [2013]

KBS Cool Kidz On The Block (ep. 14-15) [2013]

KBS Cool Kidz On The Block (ep. 39-40) [2014]

Film & Drama

Ouran High School Host Club [2012]

Seven Something [2012]

One And A Half Summer [2013]

Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo [2014]

Commercials:

Dutch Milk [2007]

Frigo Cornetto [2008]

Munite Maid [2008]

Ice Shock [2008]

Tourism Authority of Thailand: Let's Take a Break! [2009]

Suzuki Jaleto [2009]

Cass (Korea) [2010]

Model:

Hi Fashion Week [2007]

Andre Kim Jewelry Fashion Show [2008]

Watch Jewerly 2009 at the Siam Paragon shopping mall [2009]

Live Performance:

“Nothing Better”

“Let It Rain”