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

ongHyun's (SHINee) Facts ~ 

1. Jonghyun thinks that a girl is attractive/cute when she is putting on make up.

2. Jonghyun often/still sing “Love’s Way” (SHINee’s song) in the shower. According to the members, he sings very loudly.

3.  Jonghyun thinks that his popularity will increase a lot since he exposed his back during Lucifer era.

4. Jonghyun once tried listening to music and singing loudly in the street. He didn’t care if people were staring at him.

5.  If Jonghyun wasn’t a singer, he would want to be a language teacher, a sociology teacher, or a writer.

6. Because Jonghyun doesn’t like his rice bowl to be full to the brim, he gets up and fills his own bowl before his mom 

7.  Jonghyun’s band in high school was called: ZION.

8. Jonghyun has a small scar above his left eyelid. During their Amigo promotions, he had a fall in the bathroom.

9.  Jonghyun has more than 10,000 songs in his MP3.

10. Jonghyun would want to become closer to Super Junior’s Ryeowook.

11. Jonghyun doesn’t eat instant noodles even when he is very hungry.

12.   Jonghyun likes it when people tell him he’s manly.

13.  Jonghyun is romantic.

14.  Jonghyun is very picky.

15.  Jonghyun would want to wear couple hats and couple t-shirts with his girlfriend.

16. Jonghyun thinks he is better looking than Key.

17. When you call Jonghyun he picks his phone up within two seconds.

18. Jonghyun is left-handed but can write with both hands which makes him ambidextrous.

19. Jonghyun's pants size is around 27 – 30Inch.

20. When SHINee debuted, fans thought Key & Jonghyun were brothers cause they were so close, looked alike, and have the same surname

21. Jonghyun thinks that out of all the members, he is the scariest when he gets angry 

22.  Jonghyun likes to touch Key's stuffs, so Key gets annoyed

23.  Jonghyun is shinee's ghost story teller

24. Jonghyun is the only one in SHINee who can eat the spiciest of the spiciest food 

25. Jonghyun like watching Korean Comic TV show

26. Jonghyun likes the painful and the powerful melody of "BETTER" song