If you have been following Han Hyun min, you will know is a Nigerian – Korean and you can tell he is cheerful and has a very special personality. So here is Everything to know about Han Hyun min, what makes him a trail blazer , his heritage and his struggles growing up and we are witnessing him going higher.
Han Hyun Kim was born May 19th ,2001 making him 24 years old this year, he was born to a Nigerian father and Korean mother and was born and raised in Itaewon Seoul South Korea. He attended Osan Middle School, Seoul Bogwang Elementary School, Hankwang High School.
Han Hyun-min is a groundbreaking Nigerian-Korean model and actor who broke down barriers by being the first Black model to walk the runways in South Korea, starting at age 15. This making him a trail blazer.
Han Hyun min discussed how he struggled to adjust in elementary school after moving towns and felt strange around his friends. He explained, “When I tried to get close with my friends, their moms would come to get them and tell them not to play with someone like me.” He talked about another incident when his friend stole bread at a grocery store. He explained, “The owner of the store accused me. There were often misunderstandings like that.” He shared that his teacher Lee Young Hee would approach him without any judgement. She also did not give him special treatment and treated him like all the other students.
On the May 15 2020 broadcast of KBS 1TV’s “Love on the Air,” Han Hyun Min went to meet his third grade teacher to celebrate Teachers’ Day. He thanked her for supporting his dream although his dream then was to be a base ball player.
Han Hyun MIn shared when visited the neighborhood he grew up in and reminisced about his life as a middle school student. He shared, “When I was in middle school, I ran away from home for a month. The funny thing is, my mom didn’t even look for me. I called her later saying, ‘Mom, I messed up,’ but she told me to get out again so I stayed out for another month.”He continued, “My mom said, ‘Someone who leaves once is not allowed to come back.’ After that, I apologized and never ran away again.”Regarding his father, Han Hyun Min shared, “My dad was more strict than my mom. But the biggest problem was that I couldn’t speak English, so talking to my dad was hard.”
A modeling agency discovered Han’s Instagram at age 15 while he was still in school. They arranged a meeting and met at a coffee shop where they asked him to walk and signed him on the spot. He made his debut as a model in 2016 during Seoul Fashion Week. In 2017, he was named one of TIME Magazine’s 30 most influential teens.
He had never left Korea and had never been on a plane until he became a model, he revealed he is scared of going through immigration because they always find him suspicious, he also revealed one time he was detained for over two hours when he was about boarding a plane back to Korea , he was detained because the airport security wouldn’t let him through despite having the Korean blue passport, he didn’t look Korean to them so they detained him.
This Nigerian- Korean has converted his weakness to power , he seemed to be going nowhere but up. Han Hyun min is active on instagram with 330k followers @hhm0519
He has starred in movies and dramas such as : So not worth it, Tale of fairy, Special delivery and hipop king . Han Hyun min has featured in some KPop celebrity music videos, such as, Jessi, peak boy, Kim bum Soo, nice etc. He has appeared on multiple variety shows and radios.
Variety shows includes Cool kids by jbtc, law of jungle by SBS, M count down by Mnet, Amazing Saturday by TVN etc .
Image from Han Hyun min instagram and Korean Time.
Reference: “Han Hyun-min – Wikipedia” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Hyun-min ( filmography,)
“Han Hyun-min Profile And Facts (Updated!)” https://kprofiles.com/han-hyun-min-profile-facts/
