Shawols, are you ready? SHINee’s rapper, vocalist, and visual Choi Minho is coming back to Manila for his solo fan meeting 2023 BEST CHOI’s MINHO LUCKY CHOI’s IN MANILA on January 28 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena! Here are five fun facts about SHINee’s Flaming Charisma:

Here are the list of 5 Fun Facts About SHINee’s Choi Minho:

1. His first dream was to become a soccer player!

Born in Incheon, South Korea, Minho loves to play basketball and soccer. His father, Choi Yoon Gyeom, was once a professional athlete who even played during the 1988 Seoul Olympics and eventually became a soccer coach. No wonder Minho’s spark of interest in sports came naturally. 

2. He was street-casted while in a ski resort!

While eating tteokbokki in a ski resort with his brother, Minho said in his “Showterview with Jessi” guesting that three ladies were following him around. They turned out to be SM Entertainment employees, asking him to audition. The SM employees handed him a business card, which Minho’s mom tore into pieces thinking it might just be a scam! Good thing SM Entertainment was very persistent; Minho eventually tried it. And the rest, as they say, is history!

3. He learned the ‘Moonwalk’ dance from Super Junior’s Shindong!

When Minho was still a trainee in SM Entertainment, he said the first celebrity he met was his seniors from Super Junior. He thinks Super Junior’s Donghae, Heechul, and Shindong are the coolest. He didn’t know anything about dancing back then, so Shindong taught him different moves, including the ‘Moonwalk’.

4. He has a long list of milestones as an actor.

Two years after his idol debut, in 2010, actor Minho made his debut in the drama series “Pianist”. 

Since then, he has been cast in many sitcoms, movies, and dramas such as “Salamander Guru and The Shadow Operation Team”, “Medical Top Team”, “My First Time”, “Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth”, “Yumi’s Cells”, and his most recent Netflix series “The Fabulous”, to name a few. In 2012, he received SBS Drama Awards’ New Star Award for his role as Kang Tae-Joon in “To The Beautiful You”.

Passionate about this industry, Minho graduated with a master’s degree in Film Acting and Film major undergraduate studies from Konkuk University.

5. He went straight to Taemin’s SBS Inkigayo performance after getting discharged from the military!

Minho joined the military in April 2019 as part of the Marine Corps and completed his service in November 2020. The first thing he did after getting discharged was to run straight to the SBS studio, still in his military uniform, to catch Taemin’s performance! He also opened his own Instagram account (@choiminho_1209) the following month as a gift to fans who waited for him while he completed his duties. Minho truly loves SHINee and Shawols!

Minho said that the first thing he wanted to do after the pandemic was to hold a concert with his fans. Now that it’s finally happening and right here in Manila, make sure not to miss it!