Lee Know/Trivia

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Motto

• "Eat well, live well" (2017)

Background

• His name "Minho" means "vast sky".
• Even though he was born in Gimpo, he grew up in Daegot-myeon.
• He adopted his first cat Soonie in 2011, his second cat Doongie around 2013 and his last cat Dori in 2019. Before having cats, he raised two dogs, a Yorkshire terrier and a Maltese called "Bliss" and "Happiness". He also had a hamster, a rabbit, a fish and a Bengalese finch.
• When he was in middle school, he watched a dance video then tried dancing in front of the mirror and thought he was good at it. He then asked his mother if he could take dance classes, and she approved.
• Lee Know learnt dancing for five years at SOULDANCE. He attended multiple classes like those of Bico Lim, and appeared in multiple videos on their Youtube channel.
• While dancing and completing his education, he had several part time jobs in order to pay transport fares and cram schools, such as handing out flyers, teaching at a dance academy, and working in a barbeque restaurant.
• As an elementary schooler, he invented a character called Jureumi which he still draws to this day.
• He auditioned for JYP by dancing and singing to "Thought of You" by John Park.
• If he was not an idol, he would be a dancer, a martial arts instructor or a police officer.
• Education:
  • Montessori preschool
  • Daegot Elementary School (graduated)
  • Daegot Middle School (graduated)
  • Gimpo Science Technical High School (Computer Science department / graduated)
    • He joined this technical highschool only for the dance club, but unfortunately, it closed once he enrolled.
  • Chugye University for the Arts (dropped out)
    • He passed the university's entrance exam with a self choreography and joined the campus on March 2017. He kept attending even after debut, but left at some point.
  • Gukje Cyber University (Entertainment & Media department) (current)
• Religion: Atheist. He said that he doesn't have a religion.
• Charity:
  • In November 2023, he participated in the "Love Your W" campaign by W Korea to raise awareness about breast cancer.
  • In February 2024, Lee Know donated 100 million won to World Vision's "Global Hunger Crisis Response" project to help children face food shortages in the poorest countries, and was appointed as a member of the "Bob Pierce" donors club..

Nicknames

• "Handsome Sculpture" since debut, from his classical and angular features.
• "Unreachable Visual"
• "Dancing Gem"
• "Rhino" is his English name chosen by the members.
• "Bundle", which comes from his habit of putting his stuff into bundles when he didn't have cupboards predebut.
• "Lino"
• 이리노 irino ("Lee Lee Know")
• "Cat Butler"
• "Lee Chef"
• "Min Muyaho"
• "CatBunny" (고끼 gokki in Korean, ネサギ nesagi in Japanese) from the combination of his two representative animals.

Appearance

• He is often said to have SM visuals ("flower boy") rather than JYP visuals.
• Some people think he looks Japanese. His lookalike is Kento Yamazaki.
• He has a scar on his tummy from a surgery he had as a kid.
• He has the smallest hands and feet in the group, with Felix.
• He has long eyelashes that can hold up a toothpick.
• He was told he resembles his mom, but his dad as well. He has his mom's smile, and said that he has his dad's high nose.
• Height : 172cm (5'8") (alleged)
• Shoe size: 250mm
• Thighs: 56cm circum.
• Biceps: 13,8cm circum.

Personality

• He is known as the "4D" member. He likes to refer to himself in third person, say words that make no sense and scream random noises, according to himself and other members.
• He jokes about being a romantic, since he actually doesn't like that.
• He is good at taking care of people around him.
• He is shy in front of strangers but he gets close to people once he is comfortable.
• The members describe him as an "insider", because he is good at making friends as soon as he meets someone.
• He is patient and good at execution.
• He can be very active and loud sometimes.
• If he discovers a weakness in himself, he tries to fix it.
• MBTI : ESFJ-T (2019) → ISFP (2022-)
• Zodiac: ♏ Scorpio / 🐯 Tiger

Habits & skills

• He bites his lips.
• He has a strong habit of sleeptalking and the members sometimes tell stories of him doing weird things and noises while he's asleep.
• He cracks his fingers often.
• He often spaces out without thinking about anything.
• He likes exercising his lower body.
• He drinks water and coffee fast.^,
• He puts his clothes in bundles, a habit since he is young that he learned from his parents.
• He listens to hip-hop when he's sad.
• He has three 2nd degree black belts in taekwondo, hapkido and martial arts.
• He can talk to cats and he is often seen spending time with stray cats he meets by chance.
• He is a good cook. He once made Beef Wellington, which is a technical dish. He used to share a lot of pictures of his homecooked dishes, but talked about not having the time to cook anymore.
• He despairs when he fails a dish.
• He can make his eyebrows dance.
• He is ambidextrous, as is he often seen casually switching hands while writing. He seems to favor his left hand.
• His speaking voice can get louder than Changbin's.
• He is fluent in Japanese.
• He is good at soldering. It is the topic he learnt at the technical high school, rather than computer sciences.
• During the survival show, is role at the dorm was to be a hyung that listens to concerns.
• He is good at puzzles and game of wits.
• He is quite jumpy and called a "scaredy cat". He's easily afraid by loud sounds like popping balloons or fireworks was seen getting startled by those multiple times while on stage.
• Out of all the members, he has the best tolerance to spicy food, rating it 11/10.
• When he dances, he doesn't like looking at the mirror because it distracts him, and he often practices with a beanie or a blindfold covering his eyes.
• He obtained his driving license in early 2022.

Preferences

• He does a lot of outdoor activities like hiking or camping. He likes taking walks in the woods or near the Han river.
• He likes watching movies. He prefers staying home to do so, or go to the movies by himself.
  • In 2018, Bohemian Rhapsody became his favorite movie when he went to watch it.
  • Currently his favorite movie is My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday.
• He loves watching anime and often jokes that he has watched them all. He would like to try dubbing animes in the future.
  • Animes he likes include Crayon Shinchan, Pokémon, Sailor Moon, Haikyuu, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Spy × Family, My Favorite Idol and Kaiju no 8.
• He likes boxing and practices it at as a hobby, which is why his knuckles are often red. He told the members a story about how he accidentally knocked down his boxing instructor with a liver shot.
• He likes reading and mentioned a lot of novels. His favourite author is Keigo Higashino.
• He has acrophobia, the fear of heights.
• He loves cats. He has three cats and owns a lot of cat-related clothing and accessories.
• He is fond of animals in general and the members (and himself) joke that he is cold with humans and has a soft spot only with animals.
• He would like to raise lizards as his next animal.
• Lee Know is involved in charity.
  • He likes buying things that support a cause, like his earrings supporting polar bears or his cat accessories from the brand Poundcat.
  • He volunteered in a cat shelter (where he got Soonie).
  • He started donating to UNICEF since a young age because as an only child, he wanted to have little brothers.
• He likes "sous-viding" (taking half body baths).
• He likes his ramen twisted.
• He likes his killing part "Rock or let me know me" in "ROCK" since it has his name.
• Artists he likes include 2PM, Wonder Girls, DAY6, Sung Si Kyung, and Japanese singers Kenshi Yonezu and Yuuri. He mentioned liking Apink in a middle school assignment.
• His favorite season is cold autumn.
• His favourite colour is mint.
• His favorite dance genre is hip-hop.
• His favorite Pokémon is Palkia.
• His favorite music genre is old school hip-hop.
• His favorite ice cream flavors are strawberry and mint chocolate.
• Songs: 2PM "10 out of 10", Justin Bieber "Love Yourself", Adele "Someone Like You", Ariana Grande "Best Mistake", Justin Timberlake "Supplies", John Legend "All of Me", T-Pain "Ringleader Man", Camila Cabello "Havana", Ne-Yo "One In A Million", Chris Brown "Little More (Royalty)", DEAN "instagram", DEAN "What 2 Do", BTS "Lost", BTOB "Only one for me", Punch "End of The Night", DEAN "21", Punch "When Night is Falling", HEIZE "didn't know me", Jang Wooyoung "Quit", GOT7 "Look", Bruno Mars "Talking to the Moon", Sam Smith "Too Good at Goodbyes", SHINee "Sherlock", NewJeans "Attention", DAY6 "You Were Beautiful", J.Y. Park "Groove Back", IU "BBIBBI", Taeyeon "Toddler", DAY6 "Shoot Me", Kenshi Yonezu "LADY", NewJeans "Bubble Gum", Sung Si Kyung "Endure..."
• His favorite Stray Kids songs are "Grow Up", "MIROH", "The Tortoise and the Hare", "MANIAC", and "CASE 143".
• His favorite 3RACHA song is "Matryoshka".
• Perfumes:
  • Replay - Signature Red Dragon
  • Chanel - Bleu de Chanel
  • Diptyque - Eau Duelle Eau de toilette
• Phones:
  • iPhone 8 Plus - Space Gray       (2018-2020)
  • iPhone 11 Pro - Midnight Green       (2020-2022)
  • iPhone 14 Pro - Space Black       (2022-)
  • Galaxy Z Flip 4 - Blue       (2023) (SLBS)
  • Galaxy Z Fold 5 - Phantom Black       (2023-2024) (SLBS)

Relationships

• He is an only child.
• He grew up spending time with his grandparents, and is very close with them.
  • His grandfather owned a farm/vineyard.
• When he used to be part of a dance crew, he was mates with now famous dancers like Vata, Bada Lee and Redy Shin.
• His closest friends are his childhood friends from his hometown Gimpo who often appear in his vlogs. He often goes on vacation trips with his best friend.
• During the survival show, his role model was Ok Taec Yeon.
• He is friends with fellow 1998 born idols SEVENTEEN Seungkwan and NCT Jungwoo. He met the later when they were MCs together on Music Core and found out they went to the same school in Gimpo.
• He is friends with actors Ryeoun and Lee Jang Woo.
• He has a good relationship with the PD of Show! Music Core even after leaving his MC duties.
• In March 2024, he hung out with BTS Jungkook and ASTRO Cha Eunwoo at a meat restaurant near Jungkook's military camp.
• Since 2024, he lives in a dorm with HAN.

Other

• His signature is the most inconsistent among the members.
• He was listed at N°8 on NetBase Quid's "Top 10 names being mentioned around the #LGBTQIA community on social media" during 2021 pride month.