Im Hyunsik

Im Hyunsik Profile

• Birth Name: 임현식 (Im Hyunsik)
• Stage Name: Im Hyunsik
• Nationality: South Korean
• Date of Birth: 1992.03.07
• Zodiac Sign: Pisces
• Chinese Zodiac: Monkey
• Height: 177 cm (5’8”)
• Weight: 66 kg (145.5 lbs)
• Blood Type: A
• Personal Social Media: Twitter, Instagram, Weibo

Im Hyunsik Facts & TMI

• Hyunsik is from Goyang City, Gyeonggi-do.
• He is the son of senior folk singer Im Jihoon.
• His family consists of grandmother, father, mother, and an older brother (born 1991).
• Hyunsik is a Catholic, his baptismal name is Ardo.
• He is the sub vocalist of BTOB and subunit BTOB-BLUE.
• He graduated from Howon University (Practical Music Department), which had a competitive rate of 3000:5, being the only male student alongside team member Changsub.
• He was already popular in his elementary school days and his friends even made him a fan cafe.
• He was so popular that there was a fan cafe created by his classmates when they were in fourth grade in elementary school.
• He studied in China for two years before entering high school, so he is in charge of Chinese in BTOB.
• He went to the same high school as D.O. of EXO (Baekseok High School in Goyang City). On the day he transferred to the school, he came to D.O. saying “I heard you are the best singer here? Let’s go to a festival together!” and then sang together at a school festival. At that time, the name of the vocal club that included Hyunsik and D.O. was Heavenly Voice.
• In 2019 he released a solo mini-album titled ‘RENDEZ-VOUS’.
• Hyunsik is musically gifted. Being the composer, lyrics writer, and arranger for many of BTOB’s hit songs including ‘Missing You’ and ‘One One for Me’.
• He was featured in WOODZ (aka Luizy aka Cho Seungyoun of X1 and UNIQ) song titled ‘Baby Ride’.
• Prior to his debut, he starred in the drama ‘I Live in Cheongdam’.
• He also starred in tvN drama ‘Monstar’ in 2013.
• Hyunsik appeared in several variety shows, most notably ‘King of Masked Singer’ (as a contestant, episode 123~124); ‘Immortal Songs’ (as a contestant); ‘Law of The Jungle’ (with Eunkwang, episode 315~320).
• He has an ‘eye smile’.
• He has several tattoos: a friendship tattoo on his right arm, sun and moon tattoo on behind his neck designed by his brother, a banana tattoo, a fish tattoo and ‘M’ tattoo.
• He likes wearing clothing or accessories from the brand Supreme.
• He likes stars a lot.
• He has been playing guitar for 11 years, he can also play keyboards.
• He likes listening to English songs.
• He is friends with VIXX’s Ken.
• According to BTOB members, Hyunsik is the strongest drinker in the group.
• His ideal type is someone who clicked with him.
• He pierced his ears since middle school.
• He can speak 4 languages: Korean, English, Chinese, and Japanese. He also said that he wants to learn French.
• He was good at studying, ranked 1 or 2 in his class during his school days.
• He originally wanted to be a dentist.
• He has a lot of interest in art in general.
• He has pretty handwriting.
• He is said to resemble (G)I-DLE’s Soyeon and NCT’s Jisung.
• His MBTI personality type is INTP.
• He is currently serving his military duty, he enlisted on the same day with BTOB maknae Yook Sungjae on May 11, 2020, and is scheduled for discharge on November 14, 2021.
• His nicknames are Im Sunbae, ImStar, Im Baby, BBHyunsik, Im Princess, Im PD, Father of Music, Genius Composer, etc.