#100FactsAboutNichKhun

1. His real name is Nichkhun Buck Horvejkul.
2. His name is pronounced as Nit-cha-kun, which means pureness/kindness in Thai.
3. His well-used nicknames are Khun and Khunnie Boy.
4. Nichkhun is Thai-Chinese.
5. He was born in Rancho Cucamonga, in California.
6. Nichkhun was born on 24 June 1988.
7. His blood type is O.
8. He is 180cm (5’9) tall and weighs 70kg (154 pounds).
9. Nichkhun is a Buddhist.
10. He has one elder brother Nichan, and two youger sisters Nichthima aka Yanin, and Nachjaree aka Cherleen/Sherleen.
11. His most confident facial expression is the wink.
12. Nichkhun gained the lovable nickname of ‘Winking Vending Machine’ due to JYP asking him to wink more, especially when on television programs.
13. He moved to Thailand when he was two and studied in Dhepkanjana School and Tangpiroondham School.
14. When he was twelve, he moved to New Zealand and studied there for one and a half years, in Wanganui Collegiate School.
15. Nichkhun stated that he used to be disobedient and partied a lot.
16. Khun had a girlfriend six years older than him when he was just 16, in New Zealand, and the next being a year younger than him.
17. He then moved back to the United States to finish his schooling back in his hometown, in Los Osos High School.
18. He is actually from an extremely wealthy family; he was accepted into a junior high school if which the younger brother of Prince Charles had gone to, with a tuition fee of $9000.
19. He was scouted by JYP at the Los Angeles Korean Music Festival.
20. He is the only member in 2PM that was scouted; all the others had gone through auditions.
21. He originally signed a ten-year contract with JYPE but later resigned for an eight-year one instead, excluding training.
22. In 2006, he was brought to South Korea as a trainee under JYPE.
23. He was required to learn Mandarin Chinese and Korean.
24. He was also instructed to work out regularly and learn to sing and dance.
25. He first appeared in Superstar Survival in 2006, followed by XTM I in 2007.
26. He then appeared in Mnet’s Hot Blood in 2008, where he went through intense physical training with 12 other trainees to either debut in the 4-member ballad group 2AM or 7-member dance group 2PM.
27. Nichkhun official debuted as a member of 2PM with ‘10점 만점에 10점’ (10 Out of 10) from their single Hottest Time Of The Day, on 4 September 2008.
28. Nichkhun was selected to by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) to promote their campaign “Come To Thailand; Let’s Take A Break!”, in which he sang the song ‘Let’s Take A Break’ (watch here).
29. In Thailand, 2PM is known as NICHKHUN’S 2PM!
30. Other than being the ambassador of Thailand’s tourism campaign, Nichkhun also endorsed Minute Maid’s Pulpy drink!
31. Khun was also chosen as the advertisement model for the international ice-cream brand Baskin Robbins, as they felt that his gentle and caring image on WGM fit well with the image they were looking for.
32. Alongside his band mates, Nichkhun has done CFs for Anycall, Hanami, Market O Real Brownies, Coca Cola and Look Optical (with T-ARA) as well.
33. Other than those listed above, Khun also did endorsements for Brand’s back in Thailand and Ottoki Cheese Ramen in Korea.
34. For fashion, Khun has done endorsements for Arena Homme and Elle Girl.
35. For magazines, Khun has appeared in GQ Korea, and Thai’s 100th issue of Seventeen, being the first Thai cover guy.
36. He has also appeared on Men’s Health magazine recently in 2011, showing off his perfectly-sculpted washboard abs and muscles! *v*
37. Nichkhun was chosen to be a runway model for Andre Kim’s 2008 fashion show alongside 2AM member Seulong.
38. Nichkhun played the main character in the 12-minute MV drama of the special promotional single ‘Tik Tok’ released by 2PM, as they were chosen to endorse Cass Beer. He and Taecyeon appeared with actress Yoon Eun Hye, with Wooyoung and Junsu appearing as minor characters (watch PART 1 and PART 2).
39. He also hosted JYPE’s talent competition, Superstar Survival.
40. He was originally supposed to appear on We Got Married with Brown Eyed Girls’ Ga-In, but due to Jaebum’s Myspace controversy, he was substituted with 2AM’s Jo Kwon.
41. In December 2009, he was confirmed to be starring in the 2010 film ‘The Shining Diploma’, but dropped out in March 2010 due to schedule clashes leading to filming delays.
42. In May 2010, he was featured in Everland’s Carribean Bay water theme park commercial alongside fellow band mates Taecyeon and Chansung, and SNSD’s Yoona, Yuri and Seohyun.
43. Nichkhun was announced to be cast in We Got Married as a new couple with f(x)’s Victoria on 1 June 2010.
44. He recently celebrated his ‘wife’ Victoria’s birthday in Jeju Island.
45. Jo Kwon and him also recorded songs for their wives Ga-In and Victoria.
46. Nichkhun starred in Mnet Scandal in 2009, taking up the role of a boyfriend to a girl close to his ideal type. The episode was shown for two weeks, on 20 and 27 May.
47. He cameo-ed in MBC’s More Charming By The Day.
48. He has also cameo-ed in KBS2TV’s Dream High as the partner of the teen idol Iria for a ‘Romeo-and-Juliet’ themed CF, being a one-liner saying “Hello?”.
49. Nichkhun also appeared on the 16th episode of MBC’s sitcom ‘All My Love’, playing Park Mi Sun’s ‘fake son’. ‘All My Love’ also stars 2AM’s Jo Kwon and BEG’s Ga-In, not to mention BEAST’s Doojoon as well.
50. Nichkhun starred in 8eight’s music video for their single ‘The End Is Coming’.
51. In a recent poll on a K-Pop fan base, Khun was chosen as #4 for Top 34 Idols Most Wanted As A Boyfriend.
52. For a survey entitled “Which star do you want to propose to on White Day?”, Nichkhun was chosen as second.
53. He was also recently casted in SBS’s new sitcom ‘Welcome To The Show’ along with f(x)’s Sulli and 2AM’s Seulong.
54. He was chosen as the top foreign idol that looks best in hanboks!
55. In Arirang’s Pops In Seoul, Nichkhun was chosen as second place for the Best 5 Husband Material Idols.
56. In Mnet’s poll for the Top 30 Best Looking Idols, Nichkhun placed second, right behind Kim Hyun Joong.
57. Khun also placed second for Top 20 Idols with Eye Smiles.
58. He ranked #8 for the Top 50 Most Influential Korean Stars on Twitter.
59. Nichkhun’s twitter was created on March 6, 2010.
60. He currrently has a total of 420,793 followers (@Khunnie0624).
61. Apparently, Junsu had teached him to swear in Korean!!!
62. His phone is the Blackberry Bold 9700, in white.
63. Nichkhun’s favourite colour is red.
64. Taecyeon thinks that Nichkhun is more good looking than the Prime Minister of Thailand.
65. Nichkhun is the grandfather of 2PM.
66. Nichkhun said that if he were a girl, he would choose to date Wooyoung.
67. His ideal type of girl is someone who has long hair, and is polite and cute, not to mention a natural beauty!
68. Khun’s favourite song is ‘Thank You’ as it reminds him of us HOTTESTs! ^_^
69. Nichkhun disallowed his sisters from wearing short skirts.
70. He claims he would never allow any 2PM members to date his sisters!
71. Nichkhun prefers exercising with more able-bodied people like Taec and Chanana.
72. He decided to work out and buff up so as to shed his pretty-boy image.
73. Khun can’t do much acrobatics now as he injured his back before, although he was good at acrobatics.
74. He simply loves samgyeopsal (grilled pork belly meat).
75. He also really likes vanilla tea/frappucino.
76. Nichkhun wants to be a father for just one day.
77. He wants to have two kids, a boy then a girl, so that the brother can protect his sister.
78. He feels most cool when he’s playing the piano.
79. Khun’s favourite dance choreography is the one for ‘Heartbeat’.
80. JYP prefers Nichkhun to rap instead of singing.
81. He is known to rap in Thai when he is drunk.
82. He used to share a room with Chansung, but now all six have gotten their own rooms as they moved to a new villa.
83. He sang the song ‘My Valentine’ with Taecyeon for the OST of the drama ‘Dream High’.
84. The phrase he wishes to hear most from a female fan is ‘Ch’an rak khun’, which means ‘I love you’ in Thai.
85. He finds a woman’s smiling eyes attractive.
86. He finds himself manly.
87. His favourite Japanese artiste is Utada Hikaru.
88. In 30 years’ time, he wants to be spending time with his family.
89. Nichkhun likes fashion, and he enjoys collecting accessories such as hats, shoes and glasses etc.
90. He thinks he looks girly with long hair, which is also why he dislikes having long hair.
91. Nichkhun says that if he had the chance he would’ve taken up culinary studies.
92. Moon Mason, aka as ‘Little Nichkhun’ or ‘Baby Nichkhun’, is known for his resemblance to Nichkhun, especially how both of them have milky white skin complexions and pure smiles.
93. Nichkhun’s legs are a whooping 110cm long!
94. FT Island’s Jaejin wants Nichkhun to join his band because he wants to break Hongki’s narcissism!
95. Super Junior’s Shindong’s girlfriend likes Nichkhun.
96. On SBS’s Haha Mong show in which 2PM appeared, Junho said that Nichkhun was a ‘liar disguised as an angel’ as when they where in the States, Khun pointed to a tree and said it was 100 million years old, when in fact it was only 100 years old!
97. Nichkhun used to think Junsu was Thai.
98. A beauty salon in Korea conducted a study of 3000 celebrities from 128 different companies, and Nichkhun ranked in ninth place!
99. Famous pianist/composer Yiruma is connected to Nichkhun.
100. Nichkhun filmed MBC’s Danbi along with BEAST’s Doojoon and Song Jihyo.