EXO and EXO-K Member Kai Profile, Facts, and TMI

Kai Profile

Birth Name: 김종인 (Kim Jongin)
Stage Name: Kai
Nationality: South Korean
Date of Birth: 1994.01.14
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
Chinese Zodiac: Rooster
Height: 181 cm (5’9”)
Weight: 64 kg (141 lbs)
Blood Type: A
Personal Social Media: Instagram

Kai Facts & TMI

Kai was born in Suncheon.
His family consists of mother, two older sisters (born 1985 and 1988), niece Rahee and nephew Raeon.
Kai is a member of Kimnyeong Kim’s clan.
He has three toy poodle puppies named Monggu, Jjanggu, and Jjangah.
He is EXO-K and EXO’s center, main dancer, subvocal, and sub rapper.
His ‘superpower’ in EXO is time travel.
His name ‘Kai’ means open in Chinese, the stage name was used to match his role in the alternative universe concept that EXO used in their early debut days.
He has learned ballet dance since elementary school.
Originally he wanted to be a ballet dancer, but he developed an interest in being a singer after watching Shinhwa’s stage performance.
His late father urged him to audition for SM Entertainment, he even sent a video of Kai’s dancing to SM Entertainment.
In 2007, Kai won the best dancer and most popular contestant on SM Entertainment Youth Audition.
Kai was trained for 5 years before his debut with EXO.
He has learned popping and locking dance since grade 2 of middle school.
He appeared for a brief time with Suho and Chanyeol in TVXQ’s HaHaHa Song dance practice video.
He described himself as someone that is blunt but has a lot of affections for people around him.
He cries a lot. Kai is the member that has the most tears in EXO.
Kai has an artistic personality in him, he often watches dance performances and is easily touched by those performances.
He is sensitive and emotional.
He likes reading, his favorite authors are Bernard Werber and Keigo Higashino.
It’s widely known among fans that Kai has personality gap on and off-stage, he is charismatic and sexy on stage but a cute and affectionate person off-stage.
Kai learned contemporary dance when he was younger.
In 2016 he suffered an ankle injury during EXO’s concert that required him to take a total rest from group activities.
He got his first TV drama casting in KBS1’s morning drama ‘Andante’, before he acted in several web dramas like EXO’s Next Door, ChocoBank, and 7 First Kisses.
Kai got many noona fans.
He’s a big fan of soccer, he was a fan of Fernando Torres.
According to himself, he is not good at sport, but he can swim.
His cherished item is a lucky bracelet his parents gave him.
He likes reading comics and watching animation series, he named ‘Dragon Ball’ as his favorite comic book.
He mentioned ‘Billy Elliot’ as his favorite movie.
He loves animals.
Among his favorite food is fried chicken.
He sleeps a lot.
He was voted as the most popular idol among children on a popular website for children.
He has a dimple on his chin.
He doesn’t save the members’ phone numbers.
His family operates a cafe named ‘Kamong’. In the past, Kai’s father, who used to own a local bakery, bake muffins and bread himself.
He has bad eyesight, so the first thing he does when he wakes up in the morning is putting contact lenses on.
He doesn’t like wearing socks.
Kai’s shoulder measurement is 48cm.
He is often called the idol’s hot body.
He is also the male celebrity that famous variety show producer Na Youngseok is most interested in.
He was in a short relationship with f(x)’s Krystal in 2016 and Blackpink’s Jennie in 2019.
He didn’t like coffee, but he started to drink lattes in 2017.
His favorite music genre is R&B/Soul, he mentioned ‘U’ and ‘LOVE ME AGAIN’ by G.Soul as his favorite songs.
His favorite fruit is strawberry.
He really loves kids, he often posts his niece and nephew’s photos on his Instagram account.
He is sensitive to both cold or hot weather, so he is often seen wearing long sleeve tops.
Kai likes wearing fashion items that have bear drawings on them, making fans nicknamed him ‘Bear’.
Kai, Sehun, and Chanyeol are often called EXO-SKY and one of the reasons was because of their over-180cm heights.
Kai is often mentioned as a role model by many of rookie idols, to name a few SF9’s Taeyang, NCT’s Jisung and Jaemin, Kim Samuel, The Boyz’s Joo Haknyeon, CIX’s Hyunsuk, Kang Daniel, ATEEZ’s Yunho, former Wanna One member Ong Seongwoo, Newkidd’s Yunmin.
His shoe size is 265~270mm.
His clothing measurements are medium for tops and 29~30 for pants.
His MBTI personality type is INFJ.
Among his nicknames are KimKai, Kim JongKai, Jonin, Nini, KkamJong, Gominie (곰 reads gom, means bear), Hot Body, Monggu’s Dad, Jonggu, JjongKa, Asia’s First Love, Sun-kissed Boy, Gucci Boy, Kaichun, Panty Oppa, etc.
Kai is a member of ‘Padding Squad’ alongside Hotshot’s Ha Sungwoon, Timoteo, SHINee’s Taemin, VIXX’s Ravi, and a non-celebrity friend named Kwonho.
On November 30, 2020, Kai released a self-titled mini-album which also marked his solo debut in 8 years.