RM

RM is the rare frontman who leads with words rather than spectacle. What draws me to him is the throughline from the Korean underground rap scene to fronting one of the biggest acts on earth: he never stopped writing. His Instagram handle, rkive, hints at someone curating his own legacy with care. In interviews and speeches he comes across as articulate and genuinely thoughtful, and I suspect that steadiness is exactly why BTS translated so well abroad. Rapper, producer, songwriter, spokesperson, he carries multiple roles without losing the sense that, underneath it all, he is a writer first.

Name (English)

RM

Name (Japanese)

RM

Born

September 12, 1994 (age 31)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Dog

Origin

Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea

Height

181 cm

Occupation

rapper / record producer / songwriter / musician / singer

High school

Apgujeong High School

University

Global Cyber University

• Official sitehttps://ibighit.com/bts/eng/discography/rm/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/rkive/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RM%20(musician)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/RM%20(%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20514446

Tags

• Gyeonggi Province
• rapper
• record producer
• songwriter

Last updated

2026-06-16

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.