Real Name: Lee Jinki (이진기)
Birthday: December 14, 1989
Hometown: Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi-do
Nicknames:
Dubu (두부 / Tofu)
Onleader (온리더 / Onew + Leader)
Ontokki (온토끼 / Onew + Rabbit)
Jinggiseukan (징기스칸 / Jinki + Genghis Khan)
Past:
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His childhood dream was to become a scientist or architect and also a Lego model designer
During elementary school he was a lively kid that would run around on the playground on days off
His very best friend is from elementary school and 2 are from junior high.
Onew would bring food from his parents’ shop to share with his classmates.
One of his earliest memories is falling down on the stairs.
He was constantly bullied by a neighbor boy when he was very young
He taught himself how to play piano
When Onew was younger he went to CD game shops just to play games for free.
He once won a giant stuffed bunny in a claw game
Instead of playing with friends, Onew would help his parents out at work
Once in middle school, he ate 3 servings of ramen each day for two months
Onew studied at SM Academy
While he was in high school and the academy, he would also do part-time jobs
After school he would go straight to SM academy to train. After training he would go home and jump rope
Onew used to have really long hair, and tied his hair up with the filigree, the golden strip thing used to package bread.
Onew used to take care of chicks. He would pretend to feed them without letting them eat the food.
He graduated from Gwangmyeong Information Industry High School 2nd in his class
During training, he was the first to give Taemin vocal lessons
Born into a middle class family that owned a meat shop
Onew would write letters to his parents since they always came home so late from work and he never got to see them
His mother runs a restaurant
His mother made 15,000 paper cranes for her son
His parents supported him with his career choice
Onew admires his parents very much
None of his grandparents are still living and he only ever met his maternal grandmother
Onew bought his father his first car and is going to buy his parents a house
Onew loves chicken very very much
He thinks he is only better looking than a dog
He likes monotone colors: white and black
Onew is attending Chungwoon University
Onew kissed his male co-star in the Brothers Were Brave musical
His favorite season is spring
Onew likes to play billiards
Onew collects his air tickets from his overseas trips
Someday he wants to build a house surrounded by nature
Onew can crack a walnut with one finger (Onew ttakbam)
Onew can’t sleep with the light on.
Onew’s most precious thing is his voice.
Onew has the phone numbers of SNSD.
He doesn’t like mosquitoes
Onew thinks his fingers are short and thick like beef steak
Onew used to roll over into Taemin’s bed when sleeping
He’s allergic to melons, watermelons, cucumbers and anything similar
Onew is very good friends with MBLAQ’s Joon
Onew feels like he has sixth sense to predict when it will rain.
Onew likes extreme stuff, like mountain climbing and para-sailing.
Onew says the words “you”, “I” and “like this” very often when talking.
While the others say that they practice singing, dancing and/or study Japanese on their break, Onew mostly sleeps.
He is good at making scrambled eggs
He used to have his ears pierced
Onew admits that he has a bad stamina.
Onew prefers strawberry milk over chocolate milk.
Opera makes Onew cry when he listens to it.
Onew’s life goal is to have a happy marriage life.
Onew likes to throw Taemin on the bed.
When Onew first saw a ghost (that looked a lot like Minho), he couldn’t stop shivering for 5 minutes.
Onew sleeps with the blanket covering him from head to toe. And because of that, he wakes up covered in sweat.
Out of all body parts, Onew is most pleased with his eyebrows.
Onew is a livelier person off camera
Onew couldn’t sleep for many nights because he wanted a BB gun and he didn’t know where to buy it from.
Onew would like to study psychology.
Whenever Onew sees someone really skinny, he gets anxious and wants to feed them.
Onew’s first kiss was with a sheep.
Onew brings a rubix cube around and does it when he’s bored.
Onew has two MP3s in his bag because he’s scared that the other one will run out of battery.
He needs glasses/eye correction
He doesn’t like being interrupted when reading
Onew will wake up early to make roast meat for Taemin.
Onew is scared of holding babies/animals since he dropped a puppy when he was a kid.
Jonghyun | Taemin | Onew | Key | Minho
*possible something is not correct. There is a lot of conflicting information (even in SHINee’s interviews, they say something and then a year later they say something else). If you know of something to add/detract tell me and I’ll fix it ^^*
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