👀🎱👀THE8 OFFICIAL THREAD👀🎱👀

AzuraLaz · Jan 15th 2021

THE8

Xu Minghao (Chinese: 徐明浩; Korean: 서명호; born November 7th 1997), known by his stage name THE8, also stylized as The8, is a Chinese singer, dancer and songwriter based in South Korea. He is a member of the South Korean boy group SEVENTEEN under "Performance Team".

Personal Information

Birth Name	Xú Mínghào (徐明浩)
Other Names	Seo Myeong Ho (서명호)
Birth Date	November 7, 1997 (age 23)
Zodiac Sign	Scorpio
Birth Place	Haicheng, Liaoning, China
Nationality	Chinese
Height	178
Weight	58
Blood Type	O

Career

Occupation	Dancer, Singer, Rapper
Group debut	May 26, 2015 (SEVENTEEN)
Solo debut	June 9, 2019
Years active	2015–present
Agency	Pledis Entertainment (Korean) XCSS Entertainment (Chinese)
Associations	SEVENTEEN Performance Team

Signature

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Stage Name:

The8 (디에잇)

Sub-Unit:

Performance Team

Position:

Lead Dancer

Sub Vocalist

Sub Rapper

Early life and education

The8 was born in Anshan, Liaoning, China on November 7th 1997. He attended Beijing Contemporary Music Academy.

Career

2008–2014: Pre-debut

He made his first appearance on Seventeen TV in late 2014.

2015–present: Debut with Seventeen and solo activities

In 2015, The8 debuted with the South Korea boy band, Seventeen. Their first EP 17 Carat was digitally released on May 29.

After debuting with Seventeen, The8 also landed a television role in Real Class - Elementary School in 2017.

On December 12, 2017, Pledis Entertainment announced that The8 would be suspending his promotional activities due to a waist injury. It was not until the release of the revised album "Directors Cut" that he return to promotions.

The8 released his mixtape, "Night and Rain"(밤과 비), on March 8th 2018. The song was released on Soundcloud, along with a sneak peek posted to his Instagram.

In 2018, The8, along with his bandmate Wen Junhui, participated in the Chinese reality TV show Chao Yin Zhan Ji (潮音战纪). The8, along with his Victor, went on to complete the show, coming in second place.

In 2019 he served as one of the two dance coaches (alongside Jolin Tsai) in the Chinese survival show Idol Producer 2.

The8 made his solo debut on 9 June 2019 with the single, "Dreams Come True". The choreography video for the single was released on Seventeen's official YouTube channel on June 11th 2019.

On May 4, 2020, The8 announced the release of a second single, "Falling Down". The single was released on May 8, 2020.

Filmography

TV shows

Year	Title	Network	Role	Note
2010	Day Day Up	Hunan Satellite TV	Cast member
2017	Real Class - Elementary School	SBS
2018	Chao Yin Zhan Ji	Tencent (China)	Contestant	with Jun
2019	Idol Producer 2 (Qing Chun You Ni)	iQiyi (China)	Dance mentor
Day Day Up	Hunan Satellite TV	Cast member

Music shows

Year	Title	Network	Role	Note
2017	M Countdown	Mnet	Special MC	with Wonwoo, Woozi, DK, Mingyu, and Jeonghan
2018	M Countdown	Mnet	Special MC	with Jun, Joshua, Vernon

Credits

✓ = Participated

x = Didn't participate

SEVENTEEN Discography

Year	Album	Song	Writing	Composer	Arrange
2016	Love & Letter	Drift Away	✓	x	x
	Going Seventeen	HIGHLIGHT	✓	x	x
2017	Al1	My I	✓	x	x
	-	My I (Chinese Ver.)	✓	x	x
	Teen, Age	Without You	✓	x	x
		Flower	✓	x	x
		Campfire	✓	x	x
2018	We Make You	Highlight (Japanese ver.)	✓	x	x
	(Single)	Oh My! (Chinese ver.)	✓	x	x
2019	(Single)	Home (Chinese Ver.)	✓	x	x
	An Ode	247	✓	x	x
		Network Love	✓	x	x
2020	24H	247 (Japanese ver.)	✓	x	x
	Semicolon	HEY BUDDY	✓	✓	x

Discography as a soloist

Year	Song	Writing	Composer	Arrange
2019	Dreams Come True	✓	✓	x
2020	Falling Down	✓	✓	x

Mixtapes

Year	Artist	Song	Writing	Composer	Arrange
2018	The8	Night And Rain	✓	x	x

OSTs

Year	Artist	Song	Writing	Composer	Arrange
2020	The8	Maze	✓	x	x

Discography

Chinese

Digital singles

Dreams Come True (2019)

Falling Down (2020)

OSTs

Brothers For One Time (2019)

Maze (2020)

Mixtapes

Night And Rain (2018)

Other releases

My I (Chinese Ver.) (2017)

Trivia

Nickname: Cute King, Little Prince, Little8, Fairy, Hao, Mr.8, Xiao Ba, Kinghao, Thughao, King of China, Dragon8/yongpal, Eisa
Family: Mom and dad (He’s an only child)
Education:
- Beijing International Art School (Graduated)
Specialty: Break dancing, Martial arts, Tumbling, B-boy
Hobby: Break dancing, Martial arts, Shopping, Painting, Photography, Reading
Training Period: 1 year and 5 months
Favorite Drinks: Milk, green tea latte, wine
Favorite Animals: Puppy
Favorite Body Parts: Eyes, hands
Favorite Colors: Black, White, bright colors
Favorite Number: 8
Favorite Season: Summer
MBTI Personality types: INFJ (Advocate)
He was the last member to join the group.
He has been practicing Chinese wushu since he was 5 years old.
His role models are his parents.
He is a Christian and Buddhist.
He participated and won first prize at the National Children’s martial arts competition.
The meaning behind his stage name is that the number 8 is a number well liked by many people in China and when the 8 is laid down, the infinite sign appears.
He wanted to be a superstar since he was young. He got into an audition at school when he was in China.
He did b-boying in China for 6 years.
He always makes sure to eat his meals without skipping any. Even if he has to wake up at 3 AM, he would wake up 1 hour before and eat.
His role model is Henry. He is Chinese and really works hard and efficient. He wants to be like him.
He said he watched a lot of variety shows when he was in China and he wanted to be a superstar, so that’s why he became a singer in Korea.
Between Korean food or foreign food, he prefers Chinese food.
He created and is part of a group chat with other Chinese idols who work in Korea, including Jun, WayV's Kun, and Pentagon's Yanan.