Park Chanyeol

This is a Korean name; the family name is Park.
Park Chanyeol
Background information
Native name 박찬열
Also known as Chanyeol
Born November 27, 1992
Seoul, South Korea
Genres K-pop
Occupation(s) Singer, Rapper, Actor
Years active 2008–present
Labels S.M. Entertainment (South Korea)
Avex Trax (Japan)
Associated acts S.M. Town
EXO
EXO-K
Website Official website
Park Chanyeol
Hangul 박찬열
Hanja 朴찬열[1][Remark 1]
Revised Romanization Bak Chanyeol
McCune–Reischauer Pak Ch'anyŏl

Park Chan-yeol (Korean: 박찬열; Hanja: 朴찬열[2][Remark 2]) better known as simply Chanyeol, born November 27, 1992 in Seoul, South Korea, is a South Korean actor and a singer of the South Korean-Chinese boy group EXO,[3][4] and its sub-group EXO-K.[5] He is currently signed to S.M. Entertainment in South Korea and Avex Trax in Japan.

Early life

Park Chanyeol was born on November 27, 1992 in Seoul South Korea and attended Hyundai High School in Apgujeong-dong, Seoul. He has a sister named Park Yoora, who is an Announcer at MBC Broadcasting Station in South Korea.

Chanyeol was admitted to a private acting institution when he was sixteen years old, where he became good friends with Block B's P.O.[6] He is currently a student majoring in Culture and Art Management at Kyung Hee Cyber University alongside his fellow members of EXO, Suho and Baekhyun.[7]

After he watched School of Rock during elementary school, he began to be interested in music. He started playing drums after he saw a hero who played drums in a movie. Since his father worked in music during his young days, he had easy access to many musical instruments during his youth. When he was middle school first grade student, he joined a band with his best friends and played with them for about 3 years. He was accepted as a trainee under SM Entertainment after coming second place in the 2008 Smart Model Contest. When he first got into SM entertainment, he expected band activity like Trax, but was disappointed upon realizing the difficulty in promoting as a band. After he listened to various music during training, he began to focus on rapping.

Career

Exo

Main article: Exo (band)

Chanyeol was accepted into S.M. Entertainment in his first year of high school after winning second place in the 2008 Smart Model Contest. During this time, he was involved in his school's band, "Siren". He made several media appearances prior to his debut with EXO, including TVXQ's music video "HaHaHa Song" in 2008. In 2010, he starred in the music video of Girls' Generation's Japanese single "Genie". He was featured in TaeTiSeo's "Twinkle" music video in 2012. Chanyeol had been trained for four years before making his debut in Exo on 8th April, 2012.

Chanyeol was the last member of EXO to be formally introduced to the public, on February 23, 2012. He cites Jason Mraz and Eminem as his biggest influences, though he was a fan of rock bands like Muse, Green Day, Nirvana, and X-Japan in middle school.[8]

Chanyeol wrote the rap for the EXO-K version of "Run" from their Overdose EP. He composes music together with fellow EXO-M member Lay.[9]

Solo activities

Chanyeol guest starred in the second episode of the 2013 sitcom Royal Villa. Chanyeol was a member of SBS's Law of the Jungle in Micronesia and the first season of Roommate but left in September because of scheduling conflicts.[10] He made his big screen debut in the 2015 film Salut d'Amour along with Moon Gayoung who has the lead role in Exo Next Door .[11] He was also featured in the 2015 show Dating Alone.

Filmography

Television dramas

Year Title Role Network Remarks
2008 High Kick! High School Kid KBS Ep. 71
2012 To the Beautiful You Himself SBS Ep. 2
2013 Royal Villa JTBC
2015 EXO Next Door Himself LINE Corporation Lead Role

Films

Year Title Role
2015 Salut d'Amour Min-sung

Variety Shows

Year Title Network
2013 Law of the Jungle KBS
2014 Roommate SBS
2015 Dating Alone JTBC

Discography

For Chanyeol's discography with EXO, see EXO discography.

Singles

As featured artist

Year Song Album Artist(s) Group affiliation
2014 "Bad Girl" Fantastic Henry Super Junior-M
2014 "Rewind" Rewind Zhou Mi Super Junior-M

References

  1. ↑ "EXO-K(엑소케이) 찬열, '불꽃같은 외모를 다스리는 자'" (in Korean). The Star. 2012-05-06. Retrieved 2014-12-26.
  2. ↑ "EXO-K(엑소케이) 찬열, '불꽃같은 외모를 다스리는 자'" (in Korean). The Star. 2012-05-06. Retrieved 2014-12-26.
  3. ↑ 엑소 찬열, 비주얼 폭발한 아이돌 와이드'. Star News (in Korean).
  4. ↑ "EXO Chanyeol : Visual of the Group'". Mnet news (in Korean and English).
  5. ↑ "EXO-K's Chanyeol: 'Reversal Voice'". The Star (in Korean). 2012-05-11. Retrieved 2013-11-27.
  6. ↑ "Exo-K manual part 1: Suho, Baekhyun, Chanyeol". Oh My News via Oh My Star (in Korean). 2012-05-11. Retrieved 2012-05-12.
  7. ↑ "Suho, Baekhyun, and Chanyeol enroll as new students at Kyung Hee Cyber University! date=2014-23-11 accessdate=2015-01-12". twiggo.
  8. ↑ "EXO-K's Chanyeol likes to smile". Newsen (in Korean). 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2013-07-03.
  9. ↑ "Chanyeol's Musical talents'". The Celebrity (in Korean).
  10. ↑ "EXO’s Chanyeol to Leave "Roommate" Due to Scheduling Conflicts". lovelymorning. 2014-09-11.
  11. ↑ "EXO's Chanyeol to Make Acting Debut With New Movie, Jang Joo Shop". 2014-09-21.

Comment

  1. ↑ ″찬열″just a Korean name, didn't have Chinese characters to translate, but we can use the sound to translate to ″朴燦烈″.
  2. ↑ ″찬열″just a Korean name, didn't have Chinese characters to translate, but we can use the sound to translate to ″朴燦烈″.

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