SHINee Kim Jonghyun 2013 Picture and Profile

SHINee Kim Jonghyun (born April 8, 1990) is a South Korean idol singer, dancer, lyricist, promotional model, and radio host. He is a member of South Korean boy group SHINee, as the main vocalist and also member of project ballad group SM The Ballad, both under SM Entertainment.

Name: Kim JongHyun (김종현)
Birthday: 8th April 1990
Height: 173cm
Blood Type: AB
Weight: 58kg
Position: Main vocalist
Talents: Chinese, piano
Hobbies: Watching movies, playing the piano, writing lyrics
Favourite Colours: Black and green

About JongHyun:
Is sometimes called “Bling Bling”, or “Hey Bling” by the other members. He is a part of the project group S.M. The Ballad, alongside Super Junior’s KyuHyun, TRAX’s Typhoon, and Jino. He was born and raised in Seoul where he was scouted on the streets, and auditioned at the 2005 S.M.
Casting System. After three years of training under S.M. Entertainment, he debuted with SHINee on May 25th in 2008 on Inkigayo. He was also one of the cast in Immortal Song 2 for two episodes, and recorded one of the OST songs for the K-drama City Hunter called “So Goodbye” (which is on the ‘City Hunter OST Part 2’).

Fun Facts About JongHyun:
• “Why cover it up if you make a mistake? Just admit it truthfully, won’t it be good?”, quote JongHyun
• Used to share a bedroom with Key
• Likes to exercise and take good care of his body
• “If I meet an alien, I will definitely be scared at first, but after a while when I get to know it, I will consider how to send it back home.”, quote JongHyun

• Whenever he hears one of his own songs, he will get extremely excited, will lip-sync, dance and fidget around along with the song (even when he chokes on his water while in the moment, it will not dim his excitement)
• Is not camera shy at all
• “How do I wash the rice? Why doesn’t key eomma know!? …So you wash it like this, TaeMin?? Wow!”, quote JongHyun
• Is the shortest of the whole group
• Onew once said that when JongHyun starts to cry, he’ll cry the whole day :(
• When he’s nervous he talks really fast, but nobody notices because he usually talks so much anyway
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/realjonghyun90

Pre-debut
Jonghyun has been active in music since he was in junior high school. He was in a band and participated in many festivals in his region. In his band, his position was not as a vocalist, but as a bassist. Before his debut with Shinee, he sang a duet with Zhang Liyin in the song “Wrongly Given Love” for her Chinese album.