Kim Min-seok (born March 26, 1990), better known by his stage name Xiumin, is a South Korean singer and actor. He is best known as a member of the South Korean-Chinese boy group EXO, its sub-group EXO-M, and its sub-unit EXO-CBX. Xiumin was born in Guri, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, on March 26, 1990. He was a student at Catholic Kwandong University where he attended a seminar and gave a presentation for students in Applied Music. Xiumin learned martial arts and has a black belt in Kendo and Taekwondo. He also trained in Wushu and Fencing. Xiumin is also known as an avid fan of football, and is an honorary ambassador of the Korea Football Association. Before Xiumin's participation in S.M.'s Everysing Contest, he had auditioned for JYP in 2008 but was rejected. In 2008, Xiumin won second place in the S.M. Everysing Contest. He later became a trainee through S.M. Entertainment's Casting System in the same year when he was 18 years old. In 2015, Xiumin starred in the Web Drama Falling for Challenge. For the soundtrack, he recorded a song titled You Are The One. In July 2017, Xiumin collaborated with NCT 127 member Mark on a single titled Young & Free for S.M. Entertainment's digital music project SM Station. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.