Nichkhun Horvejkul

Nichkhun Horvejkul นิชคุณ หรเวชกุล
Background information
Birth name	Nichkhun Buck Horvejkul
Born	Rancho Cucamonga, California, USA June 24, 1988 (1988-06-24) (age 23)
Occupations	Singer, model
Instruments	Vocals, Keyboard, Piano, Guitar
Years active	2008–present
Labels	JYP Entertainment
Associated acts	2PM 2AM One Day

Nichkhun Horvejkul (Thai: นิชคุณ หรเวชกุล); (born June 24, 1988) is a Thai Chinese American^[1] singer in 2PM, a 6-member boy band that is active in South Korea and managed by JYP Entertainment.^[1]

Background

Nichkhun was born in Rancho Cucamonga, California to a Thai Chinese family.^[1] Both of his parents are of Chinese descent.^[1] Nichkhun has one older brother Nichan, and two younger sisters, Nichthima (Yanin) and Nachjaree (Cherleen). At the age of two, he moved to Thailand with his family and studied at Dhepkanjana School and Tangpiroondham School. At the age of twelve, he studied at Wanganui Collegiate School in New Zealand for a year and a half and moved back to the United States to finish his schooling at Los Osos High School in Rancho Cucamonga, California. After high school, he was a coach at Rosemead High School for their badminton team. There, he was scouted by Park Jin-young, a K-pop singer and the producer of JYP Entertainment, at the Los Angeles Korean Music Festival.

After passing the audition hosted by JYP Entertainment, he signed a ten-year contract with the company but later resigned for an eight-year contract, not including training, and was brought to South Korea in 2006 as a trainee, being put into a class of 24 other students. Park Jin-young informed him that he was required to learn Mandarin Chinese and Korean to also work out regularly and learn how to dance and to sing. First appeared through MNET's Hot Blood, a program that showed the intense physical training that 13 male trainees had to go through for the opportunity to debut in either 4-member ballad group 2AM or 6-member dance group(which had 7 members until one of them left the group) 2PM under JYP Entertainment.^[2]

Debut

Main article: 2PM

On 4 September 2008, Nichkhun debuted as a 2PM member with their first single "10점 만점에 10점" ("10 Points out of 10 Points") from their single album "Hottest Time of the Day."

Solo contributions

Television

After 2PM's debut in 2008, Nichkhun began doing Thai endorsements, and was selected by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) for their campaign, "Come to Thailand; Let's Take a Break!"^[3] Nichkhun has also done a wide variety of runway modeling including for Pony,^[4] and Andre Kim's fashion show in 2008 with 2AM member Seulong.^[5] On January 7, 2010, photographs surfaced of Nichkhun and Taecyeon with actress Yoon Eunhye for Cass Beer, in which 2PM were chosen to endorse with special promotion single "Tik Tok". Nichkhun played a main character in the 12-minute music video drama, released on February 8, 2010.^[6] Nichkhun also hosted JYP's talent competition, Superstar Survival.

Nichkhun was originally planned to appear on We Got Married as Brown Eyed Girls member Ga-in's partner, but due to Jaebeom's MySpace controversy he was replaced at last minute by 2AM member Jo Kwon^{[citation needed]}. On March 4, 2010, new rumors of his casting surfaced through several newsites, even naming T-ara member Eunjung as his partner. However, JYPE stated that they were forced to decline the offer due to schedule clashes.^[7] On June 1, 2010, Nichkhun was announced to be an additional cast member to We Got Married, pairing up with Victoria Song of f(x).^[8] On February 26, 2010, it was announced that Nichkhun and 7 other male idols from 2PM, 2AM, MBLAQ and C.N.Blue would rotate as MCs for Mnet M!Countdown after it went off-air for 3 months.^[9] In December 2009, he had been confirmed to star in 2010 film "The Shining Diploma",^[10] but due to scheduling conflicts with the filming delays, he dropped out of the project in March.^[11]

Nichkhun also appeared on Dream High, playing one of the commercial actors.

In May 2010, he featured in a commercial for Everland's Caribbean Bay water theme park along with 2PM Taecyeon & Chansung and Girls' Generation members Yoona, Seohyun & Yuri.^[8][12][13]

Nichkhun appeared in the music video of the single "Touch (觸動)" by Taiwanese Mandopop artist Wilber Pan, which premiered on January 31, 2011.^[14]

He was the MC for the 50th Anniversary Music Wave Concert which was held on March 12, 2011 together with Tiffany & Yuri.

In May 2011, 2PM Nichkhun and f(x) Victoria were selected as the new 2011 models for Everland's Caribbean Bay Aqualoop CF. Already known as a couple through MBC’s We Got Married, the two will be continuing their sweet antics as models for the brand.^[15]

In June 2011, Nichkhun along with the other members of 2PM began filming SBS, 2PM Show.

In September 2011, it is confirmed that Nichkhun will be leaving the highly popular Korean reality show " We Got Married" with f(x)'s Victoria.The last episode will be aired on the 17th of September 2011. Khuntoria was the couple's name in "We Got Married."

Volunteer Work

On March 21, 2010, Nichkhun and actress Song Ji-hyo participated in MBC's "Sunday Sunday Night" program "Danbi" where they went to the Philippines in order to help with volunteer work.^[16] Being fluent in English, he was able to directly interact with the children.^[17] In the midst of Jaebeom's contract termination controversy that caused 2PM to be received very negatively,^[18] Nichkhun gained much praise and support from his fans and the general public.^[19]

Filmography

TV Series

Date	Network	Title	Note
June 2010 to September 2011	MBC	We Got Married	Main article: Khuntoria
2010	SBS	Running Man	Ep 4-5, 19, 40, 50-51 guest
2010	MBC	All My Love	Fake OkYup
2010	MBC	More Charming By The Day	Nickhun Horvejkul ep.76

Awards

Years	Awards
2009	2009 MNet 20s Choice Awards : Hot Mr. Beauty Award
2010	2010 MBC Entertainment Awards : Popularity Award [20]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Nichkhun's Profile". http://followkhun.com/?page_id=25. 
2. ^ 열혈남아 JYP 13조, 쌓아온 실력 첫 공개!. Newent. March 25, 2008.
3. ^ "Thai Tourism has a New Face". eTurbonews. 2009-08-02. http://www.eturbonews.com/10747/thai-tourism-has-new-face. Retrieved August 16, 2009. 
4. ^ 인기 남성 그룹 2PM 택연과 닉쿤이 패션모델로 깜작 변신했다.. Donga. January 28, 2010.
5. ^ "2PM닉쿤-2AM슬옹 앙드레김 패션쇼 모델발탁". Newsen. April 28, 2000.
6. ^ 2PM 택연-닉쿤, 윤은혜 두고 삼각관계?. 조윤선 동아닷컴 기자. January 7, 2010.
7. ^ 2PM 닉쿤, '우결' 출연 확정?. Chosun News. March 14, 2010.
8. ^ ^{a b} 2PM 닉쿤·f(x) 빅토리아, '우결2' 새 커플로 전격 합류. Nate. June 1, 2010.
9. ^ 3개월만에 부활하는 케이블 채널 Mnet `엠카운트다운`(이하 `엠카`)에 아이돌 그룹 멤버 8명이 MC를 맡았다.. MAEIL NEWS. February 26, 2010.
10. ^ "2PM 닉쿤, 영화 <빛나는 졸업장>으로 연기 도전장 내밀어". Maxmovie.com. December 15, 2009.
11. ^ 2PM 닉쿤, 스크린 데뷔작 ‘빛나는 졸업장’ 출연 무산 . IS PLUS 양지원 기자. March 16, 2010.
12. ^ (Korean) 소녀시대-2PM ‘캐비’ M/V서 섹시한 라이프가드로 변신, newscj.com, May 7, 2010
13. ^ (Korean)소녀시대 유리, 머리카락 넘기는 모습도 '섹시', SSTV
14. ^ 2PM’s Nichkhun poses with Wilber Pan at their MV set. allkpop.com. Retrieved 2011-06-18.
15. ^ "캐리비안 베이, 새로운 광고모델 '쿤토리아 커플' 확정" (in korean). Daum. http://tvnews.media.daum.net/view.html?cateid=100000&newsid=20110508172909786&fid=20110508172909786&lid=20110508172903802. Retrieved 2011-05-08. 
16. ^ 송지효·닉쿤, 필리핀 쓰레기산에 '단비' 선물. Star News. March 13, 2010.
17. ^ 2PM 팬들은 닉쿤만 좋아한다?. TV Daily. March 15, 2010.
18. ^ 2PM 간담회 발언 논란 '금간 우정'에 팬들 분노. Naver. February 28, 2010.
19. ^ 2PM 닉쿤 '섹시 잠수법' 선보이자 팬들 반응 후끈~. Sisa Seoul March 16, 2010.
20. ^ "Khuntoria won Popularity Award". Allkpop. http://www.allkpop.com/2010/12/yoo-jae-suk-wins-daesang-adam-and-khuntoria-couples-also-win-at-the-mbc-entertainment-awards-other-winners. Retrieved 2010-12-29. 

External links

• JYPE 2PM Official Site
• Nichkhun's Twitter
• Nichkhun's me2day
• Nichkhun's Weibo

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