Kim Min Kyu

Kim Min-kyu strikes me as a young talent still climbing, and that is exactly why I find him interesting. Born in Ulsan in 2001, he is an actor, singer and model who landed a male lead in the web drama Pop Out Boy! and held his own in Idol: The Coup. Web dramas are a tough, fast-moving proving ground, and breaking out from there says something about both his looks and his work ethic. He runs his Instagram and X actively, keeping close to fans in a very contemporary way. To me he reads as a performer with a lot of runway still ahead.

Name (English)

Kim Min Kyu

Name (Japanese)

キム・ミンギュ

Reading

きむ・みんぎゅ

Born

March 12, 2001 (age 25)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Snake

Origin

Ulsan, South Gyeongsang, South Korea

Occupation

actor / singer

High school

Youngdong High School

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/kimminkyu_0312/
• Xhttps://x.com/minkyu_0312
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim%20Min-kyu%20(entertainer)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9F%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AE%E3%83%A5%20(2001%E5%B9%B4%E7%94%9F)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78123730

Tags

• South Gyeongsang
• actor
• singer

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.