biography



Nichkhun Horvejkul


Nichkhun Horvejkul is a rapper, dancer and occasionally a backup vocalist of the South Korean boy band 2PM at JYP Entertainment. He was born on the 24th of June, 1988 in Rancho Cucamonga, California, USA. His mother, Yenjit Horvejkul, is a Chinese descendant born in Thailand. His father, Teeragiat Horvejkul, is a Thai and Chinese descendant born in Thailand. He has 3 siblings, the oldest brother, Nichchan Horvejkul (chan), the younger sister, Nitikarn Horvejkul (Yanin) and the youngest sister, Nutcharee Horvejkul (Cherleen). Nichkhun lived in a Buddhist family. His nationality is Thai-American, but his ethnicity is Thai-Chinese. He can speak several languages fluently in Thai, English, Korean and still learning Chinese and Japanese. He weighs 64kg and stands 180cm. He is a cute, perfect and handsome man. He got his name “Tae-Gook-Wang-Ja” from Korean people. It means “Prince of Thailand”.
Two years after Nichkhun was born, he moved to Thailand with his family. He studied at Thepkanchana School until grade 4, and then studied at Thungpiruntham School for grade 5 and 6. After that, he studied at Nawamintharachinutit Satriwittaya School for only grade 7 before he went to study at Wanganui Collegiate School with his brother in New Zealand which is the country where he learnt Japanese for the first time. When his brother moved to the USA, he was so lonely and called home many times but finally he was able to adapt himself there. At the age of 12 years old, after studying in New Zealand for a year and a half, he went to live with his aunt in a small town in California, USA and entered grade 9 there. When a new school, Los Osos School, is opened around his house, he moved because the new school is bigger and newer. Nichkhun is very good at piano. He learnt to play it since he was 5 years old but he did not like it at that time because he was forced to learn it. But one day he listened to Yurima’s Kiss the Rain, and he wanted to play the piano again. Besides this, he is also good at guitar. In 2005, while he was studying in the USA, his Korean friend asked him to go to Korean Music Festival in Los Angeles. On that day, JYP Entertainment sent the staff to conduct an audition there. After a lot of calls, Nichkhun refused their invitations because he was far away from the town and he did not have a car, so the staff of JYP made an appointment with him at a coffee shop nearby his house. In 2006, Nichkhun became a new trainee under JYP Entertainment. He signed the contract 8 years. His first work under JYP is to host Thailand is Super Star Survival, a reality show. He started to be known. In the middle of 2007, JYP announced that there would be a boy band of 12 members. In august, they announced the names of these 12 members. Nichkhun was on that list of the cast of JYP version of reality show like Hot Blood guys, on MCountdown, MNet channel. On September 4th, 2008, he and 6 of his friends debuted 2PM with the single “10 out of 10”, while the others debuted as 2AM. 2PM and 2AM together are called “One day”. Nichkhun got many awards such as MNet 20’s choice awards “Hot Mr. Beauty Award” in 2009, MBC Entertainment Awards “Popularity Award” in 2010 and Kerd Awards “Kerds of the Year” in 2012.
Now, Nichkhun has a plan to tour do a concert tour in Shanghai on November 17th, 2012 at Shanghai Mercedes Benz Arena Center. In my opinion, this concert is going to be successful just like the previous events where he performed. 

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