

He became one of the dance mentors in the Chinese audition program ‘Youth With You’.Thanks to his slender body frame, his dance especially gives off sleek and flamboyant vibes.The change in his hairstyle and overall fashion style helped him to slowly change his image to a chic guy.In 2018, The8 started to put a lot of interest in fashion and photography.Since 2018, he has been sporting a mullet hairstyle that looks extremely good on him.He has listened to a lot of hip-hop songs since he was a child.He doesn’t really like to be called “cutie”, but due to his young-looking facial features and slim body frame, people can help but think that he is cute.Although he introduced himself as a cutie, in reality, he has a calm, mature, and gentle personality.In his early debut days, The8 introduced himself with the catchphrase “SEVENTEEN’s Cool Cutie Pie”.The number 8 horizontally looks like the infinity symbol that has the meaning of “infinite possibilities”. He uses the stage name The8 because he always liked the number 8 since he was a kid, also because 8 is a lucky number in Chinese culture.He was supposed to debut with the stage name Louie.He was the last member to join SEVENTEEN.

He was a leader of a b-boy team who has been b-boying for about 6 years.The8 can also do breakdancing, tumbling, and acrobatics.He has learned martial arts since he was four years old.He accepted the casting offer and joined Pledis Entertainment in 2013 with the thought of learning more about dancing in South Korea.While attending an art school in Beijing, a Pledis staff secretly watched The8, who was taking a breakdance class, from outside the window, and approached him for casting the moment he left the building to eat.With the support of his parents, he learned dancing and b-boying since he was young.Minghao graduated from Beijing Contemporary Music Academy.He participated in songwriting, composing, arranging, and choreographing for the group.He is the sub vocalist and lead dancer of SEVENTEEN as well as part of SEVENTEEN’s performance team.His family consists of mother and father.The8 was born and grew up in Haicheng, Liaoning Province, China.Personal Social Media: Instagram, Weibo.
