Nichkhun

The second of four children, Nichkhun has an older brother Nichan Bert (born September 11, 1986), and two younger sisters, Nichthima Yanin (born July 22, 1990) and Nachjaree (Chereen) (born October 20, 1994).

After moving back to Thailand, the family resided in the Bangkok suburbs and Nichkhun and his siblings attended Thai-medium schools.

He had no inclination towards the performing arts as a child and was a competitive badminton player.

At the age of twelve, he boarded at Wanganui Collegiate School in New Zealand for a year and a half and was sent to attend Etiwanda High School with his brother in Rancho Cucamonga, California.

He was scouted by a scout manager of JYP Entertainment at the Los Angeles Korean Music Festival as a high school senior and offered a trainee contract, despite having no background in singing or dancing.

Nichkhun Buck Horvejkul (นิชคุณ หรเวชกุล; ; born June 24, 1988), better known mononymously as Nichkhun (닉쿤), is a Thai American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor and model who is currently based in South Korea as a member of the South Korean boy band 2PM.

Nichkhun was born in Rancho Cucamonga, California, U.S. to Thai Chinese parents and is a dual national of Thailand and the United States.

His maternal grandparents emigrated to Thailand from Hainan, and he has said that he has extended family and distant ancestors from Guangzhou.

His mother, Yenjit Horvejkul (née Mekworewut), is the chief executive officer of her family's pharmaceutical business, Union Medical, which imports pharmaceutical products from abroad and is a major government contractor.

He comes from a wealthy background, which earned him the nickname "Thai Prince" in South Korea.

In 2006 he moved to South Korea for training, becoming the first non-ethnic Korean trainee at the company.

He first appeared through Mnet's Hot Blood, a program that showed the intense physical training that 13 male trainees had to go through for the opportunity to debut in either a four-member ballad group (2AM) or a seven-member dance group (2PM) under JYP Entertainment.

On September 4, 2008, Nichkhun debuted as part of 2PM in their first single "10 Points out of 10 Points" ("10점 만점에 10점") from their single album "Hottest Time of the Day".

They have released five studio albums in Korea and four studio albums in Japan.

Nichkhun was one of the hosts for the Korean Music Wave in Bangkok in 2010, 2011, and 2013.

In 2010, along with Taecyeon and Yoon Eun-hye, Nichkhun played one of the main characters in a 12-minute music video drama for Cass Beer, which was released on February 8.

He also hosted JYP's talent competition Superstar Survival.

In June 2010, he was cast in the second season of the variety show We Got Married, pairing up with Victoria of f(x).

The couple, known as Khuntoria, was featured on the show leaving in September 2011.

In 2011, Nichkhun appeared in the music video of the single "Touch (觸動)" by Taiwanese Mandopop artist Will Pan, which premiered on January 31.

He also starred in the Japanese live-adaptation film of Ouran High School Host Club as Lawrence, the president of a Singaporean corporation.

In 2012, Nichkhun starred in a Thai movie for the first time Seven Something and took on the role of a young marathon runner.

The romantic anthology film was produced by Thailand's film studio and distributor GTH and released on July 26, 2012.

In 2013, he filmed for the Chinese TV series One and a Half Summer, where he plays the lead character.

Nichkhun was appointed “Friend of UNICEF” on April 9, 2013.

Since then, he has participated in several field visits to promote children's rights and increase awareness of children's issues.

Nichkhun has played an important role in helping UNICEF to mobilize funds to help children in Thailand and across the world, especially during emergency situations.

The series aired between June and July 2014.

In 2014, Japanese network NTV's Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo mystery drama special was broadcast on January 4.

Nichkhun took on the role of a young student who was involved in a serial murder case set in the jungles of Malaysia.

Nichkhun started filming for his Chinese drama Looking for Aurora in June.

The drama held its production press conference in Shenzhen on August 28.

In August, Nichkhun also debuted as a designer and released bag collection in collaboration with Korean fashion brand ‘rosa.K.’ The ‘ROSA.K x Nichkhun Collaboration’ consisted of three different lines: Dustin, Lawnick, and Dave, and the showcase was held on August 26, 2014.

Nichkhun teamed up with CNBLUE's Jung Yong-hwa, B1A4's Baro, Infinite's L, and Winner's Mino for project group Lucky Boys (Super 5) for the 2014 SBS Gayo Daejun.

Nichkhun and Baro also hosted the show.

As a result, in March 2015, Nichkhun has been awarded a recognition plaque from UNICEF Thailand for his dedication and hard work.

In 2015, Nichkhun made a cameo appearance in the Chinese movie Forever Young, starring Li Yi Feng and Zhang Hui We, and a Thai movie Touch the Sky - Chalui.

Nichkhun also became a mentor on a Chinese music reality show Youth Trainee on Zhejiang Television.

In 2016, Nichkhun and actor Lee Jung-jin released a travel essay and photobook called '여행, 바람을 품은 지도' (Journey, Map that embraces the Wind) on May 3.

The photos in the book were taken during their trip to Hawaii, USA.