1. Nichkhun Buck Horvejkul, better known mononymously as Nichkhun, is a Thai and American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, and model who is currently based in South Korea as a member of the South Korean boy band 2PM.
34 Facts About Nichkhun
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Nichkhun was born in Rancho Cucamonga, California, US to Thai father and Thai Chinese-American mother, is a dual national of Thailand and the United States.
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Nichkhun's mother, Yenjit Horvejkul, is the chief executive officer of her family's pharmaceutical business, Union Medical, which imports pharmaceutical products from abroad and is a major government contractor.
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Nichkhun had no inclination towards the performing arts as a child and was a competitive badminton player.
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Nichkhun attended Etiwanda High School before transferring to Los Osos High School.
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Nichkhun was scouted by a scout manager of JYP Entertainment at the Los Angeles Korean Music Festival as a high school senior and offered a trainee contract, despite having no background in singing or dancing.
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On September 4,2008, Nichkhun debuted as part of 2PM in their first single "10 Points out of 10 Points" from their single album "Hottest Time of the Day".
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Nichkhun was one of the hosts for the Korean Music Wave in Bangkok in 2010,2011, and 2013.
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In 2010, along with Taecyeon and Yoon Eun-hye, Nichkhun played one of the main characters in a 12-minute music video drama for Cass Beer, which was released on February 8.
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In 2011, Nichkhun appeared in the music video of the single "Touch " by Taiwanese Mandopop artist Will Pan, which premiered on January 31.
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Nichkhun starred in the Japanese live-adaptation film of Ouran High School Host Club as Lawrence, the president of a Singaporean corporation.
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In 2012, Nichkhun made his Thai acting debut in the anthology film Seven Something and took on the role of a young marathon runner.
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Nichkhun took on the role of a young student who was involved in a serial murder case set in the jungles of Malaysia.
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Nichkhun teamed up with CNBLUE's Jung Yong-hwa, B1A4's Baro, Infinite's L, and Winner's Mino for project group Lucky Boys for the 2014 SBS Gayo Daejun.
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In 2015, Nichkhun made a cameo appearance in the Chinese movie Forever Young, starring Li Yi Feng and Zhang Hui We, and a Thai movie Touch the Sky - Chalui.
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Nichkhun became a mentor on a Chinese music reality show Youth Trainee on Zhejiang Television.
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In 2017,2PM held their final concerts before their first members enlisted and Nichkhun began focusing more on solo activities.
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Nichkhun starred in his first Korean-language role, playing a doctor on JTBC's web series Magic School.
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In September, Nichkhun announced his first-ever solo Asia fan meeting tour since making his debut in 2008.
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In 2018, Nichkhun continued his fan meeting tour in Thailand and China.
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Nichkhun portrayed the half-Japanese, half-Thai boyfriend of Urassaya Sperbund's character in Brother of the Year, which ranked No 1 in Thai box offices and became the second highest-grossing domestically-produced movie of the year.
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Nichkhun released his first solo mini album Me in Japan on December 19,2018 and all songs in the album were composed by him.
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In 2019, Nichkhun released his solo album Me in South Korea on February 18.
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Nichkhun started filming for Viu Original Thai series called My Bubble Tea in July 2019 and a Thai horror movie, CJ Major Entertainment's Cracked in August 2019.
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Nichkhun then joined the Thai audition program The Brothers as a mentor along with Jesdaporn Pholdee, Ananda Everingham and Mario Maurer.
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Nichkhun played twins Dae and Hyun-ki, one half of the boy band "4 2 Sing", while Jae Park played another set of twins, Kwang-sun and Ye Joon, "4 2 Sing" members.
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Nichkhun then starred in the Viu Thailand original series Finding the Rainbow as one of the three protagonists alongside Sushar Manaying and Itthipat Thanit.
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Nichkhun starred in the Hollywood film The Modelizer, a romantic comedy directed by Keoni Waxman, alongside Byron Mann, Rayssa Bratillieri, Dominika Kachlik, and Kenneth Tsang.
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Nichkhun is the first Thai national to debut in a K-pop idol group and achieve success.
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Nichkhun is often mentioned as a pioneer as his popularity in South Korea further contributed to the Korean Wave in Thailand, which was still an emerging market for K-pop at the time of his debut.
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Nichkhun has been cited multiple times by South Korean and Thai government officials in diplomatic talks and was appointed the Goodwill Ambassador for the 2018 Thai Festival held in Seoul to celebrate 60 years of formal diplomatic relations between both countries.
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An avid sportsman, Nichkhun was previously a competitive badminton player during his schooling years and continues to play amateurly.
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On July 24,2012, Nichkhun was involved in a vehicular collision with a motorcyclist in Gangnam.
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Nichkhun personally apologized for the incident, resulting in him taking a hiatus from the entertainment industry.