Exo is a South Korean-Chinese boy group based in Seoul. Formed by SM Entertainment in 2011, the group debuted on April 08, 2012.
The group initially debuted with twelve members separated into two subgroups, Exo-K (Suho, Baekhyun, Chanyeol, D.O., Kai, and Sehun) and Exo-M (Xiumin, Lay, Chen and former members Kris, Luhan and Tao), performing music in Korean and Mandarin respectively.
EXO's name was taken from exo planet, a term referring to planets outside of the Solar System.
Real Name: Kim Jun-myeon (김준면)
Birth Place: Seoul, Korea
Position: Leader, Lead Vocalist
Formally introduced to the public as the 10th member of EXO (February 15, 2012)
Stage Name: BAEKHYUN (백현)
Real Name: Byun Baek-hyun (변백현)
Birth Place: Wonmi-gu Bucheon, Korea
Formally introduced to the public as the 9th member of EXO (January 30, 2012)
Stage Name: CHANYEOL (찬열)
Real Name: Park Chan-yeol (박찬열)
Birth Date: November 27, 1992
Birth Place: Seoul, Korea
Formally introduced to the public as the 12th member of EXO (February 23, 2012)
Real Name: Do Kyung-soo (두경소)
Birth Date: January 14, 1993
Birth Place: Goyang Gyeonggi, Korea
Formally introduced to the public as the 8th member of EXO (January 30, 2012)
Real Name: Kim Jong-in (김종인)
Birth Date: January 14, 1994
Birth Place: Suncheon South Jeolla, Korea
Position: Main Dancer, Lead Rapper, Lead Vocalist
Super Power: Teleportation
Formally introduced to the public as the 1st member of EXO (December 23, 2011)
Real Name: Oh Se-hun (오세훈)
Birth Date: April 12, 1994
Birth Place: Seoul, Korea
Position: Main Dancer, Lead Rapper, Lead Vocalist
Formally introduced to the public as the 5th member of EXO (January 10, 2012)
Real Name: Kim Min-seok (김민석)
Birth Date: March 26, 1990
Birth Place: Guri Gyeonggi, Korea
Position: Lead Vocalist, Lead Rapper, Lead Dancer
Formally introduced to the public as the 7th member of EXO (January 26, 2012)
Real Name: Zhang Yixing (张艺兴)
Birth Date: October 7, 1991
Birth Place: Changsha Hunan, China
Position: Main Dancer, Lead Vocalist, Rapper
Formally introduced to the public as the 6th member of EXO (January 17, 2012)
Real Name: Kim Jong-dae (김종대)
Birth Date: September 21, 1992
Birth Place: Siheong Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Formally introduced to the public as the 4th member of EXO (December 29, 2011)
Birth Date: April 20, 1990
Birth Place: Haidian District Beijing, China
Position: Lead Vocalist, Lead Dancer
Formally introduced to the public as the 2nd member of EXO (Dec 27, 2011)
Real Name: Wu Yifan (吴亦凡)
Birth Date: November 6, 1990
Birth Place: Guangzhou, China
Position: Leader EXO-M, Main Rapper
Formally introduced to the public as the 11th member of EXO (February 17, 2012)
Real Name: Huang Zitao (黃子韜)
Birth Place: Qingdao Shandong, China
Position: Lead Rapper, Lead Dancer
Super Power: Time control
Formally introduced to the public as the 3rd member of EXO (December 27, 2011)
