Person in history
Mingyu
Mingyu, South Korean singer and rapper
Life at a glance
- Born
- 1997 · April 6
- Age this year
- 29No death recorded in our data
- Known as
- singer. Citizenship: South Korea
- Born
- 29th anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Kim Min-gyu, known mononymously as Mingyu (민규), is a South Korean rapper and singer. Managed by Pledis Entertainment, he is a member of the South Korean boy band Seventeen and its hip hop team, and in 2025, debuted in a sub-unit with S.Coups as CxM.
Early life
Educated at: Seoul Broadcasting High School, An-yang Bu-an Elementary School, and Burim Middle School.
Early life Mingyu was born on April 6, 1997, in Anyang, Gyeonggi , South Korea. [ 1 ] He attended Seoul Broadcasting High School , graduating in 2016. [ 2 ] ^ "초콜릿보다 달콤한 세븐틴 민규, 스니커즈 앰버서더 되다" . Marie Claire Korea (in Korean) . Retrieved March 13, 2025 . ^ Kim, Mi-hwa (February 6, 2016). 세븐틴 민규·도겸·승관, 진학 미루고 활동매진..대세 굳힌다 . 스타뉴스 (in Korean). Archived from the original on June 6, 2024 . Retrieved June 7, 2024 .
Path and career
Career 2011–2014: Pre-debut Mingyu joined Pledis Entertainment in October 2011 after being street-cast while attending middle school. [ 1 ] As a trainee, he participated from the first season onwards of Seventeen TV , an online reality show that introduced Pledis' trainees and showed potential members of the boy group Seventeen before their official debut. The show was broadcast periodically on Ustream , where the trainees showed themselves training, singing, creating choreographies and playing games.
Why this date
Mingyu appears on our April 6 calendar for 1997 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 1997.
- May 11Deep Blue (chess computer)
- May 101997 Qayen earthquake
- September 11Kurkse tragedy
- July 22Eiichiro Oda
- September 14Howrah–Ahmedabad Superfast Express
Born the same day
Contemporaries — born the same year
- 1997Nico HoernerMay 13
- 1997Dennis Smith Jr.November 25
- 1997Luis Díaz (footballer, born 1997)January 13
- 1997Francesco BagnaiaJanuary 14
- 1997Lauri MarkkanenMay 22
- 1997Kodak BlackJune 11
- 1997Steven KwanSeptember 5
- 1997Jackie YoungSeptember 16
Sources
Cite this page
“Mingyu”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/mingyu, accessed October 27, 2026.
Cite the underlying source as well — the source links above go to the record this entry is adapted from.
Questions about Mingyu
When was Mingyu born?
April 6 1997.
How old would Mingyu be today?
29 this year, based on the birth year we hold. We have no death record for them in our data, which is not proof either way.
Who else was born on April 6?
Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shaylee Mansfield, Julie Ertz and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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