Photo: Seventeen / Pledis / CC BY 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
What earns my respect for The8, Xu Minghao, is the sheer nerve of crossing borders to chase his art. Leaving Haicheng in China to train in South Korea, he became a core dancer in Seventeen's performance unit while working through a different language and culture. That kind of relocation, with all its invisible labor, is something I never take lightly. Behind the polished stage presence sits years of quiet adjustment, and I find that story genuinely stirring. I am drawn to people who bloom after transplanting themselves into foreign soil, and his journey from Haicheng to global stages is exactly that kind of quiet triumph.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Xu Minghao
- Name (Japanese)
- ディエイト
- Reading
- でぃえいと
- Born
- November 7, 1997 (age 28)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Ox
- Origin
- Haicheng, People's Republic of China
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Xu Minghao born?
Born November 7, 1997 (age 28).
Where is Xu Minghao from?
Xu Minghao is from Haicheng, People's Republic of China.
What does Xu Minghao do?
Xu Minghao works as singer.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-21
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.