Kihyun (Yoo Ki-hyun)
기현 유기현
MONSTA X
As of August 22, 2023 Kihyun has enlisted to fulfill his mandatory duty in the military as an active duty soldier
- Korean Name: Yoo Ki-hyun (유기현)
- Stage Name: Kihyun (기현)
- Nicknames: "Cutie" because he is cute, Kirange, which is a combination between his name and his orange colored hair and Tinie, due to his small size
- Birthday: November 22, 1993 (30 yrs western, 32 Korean)
- Position: Main Vocalist
- Nationality: Korean
- Height: 175 cm (5'9″)
- Blood Type: B
- Specialties: Dancing, Hanging out with friends
- Music Companies: Starship Entertainment, Epic Records, Columbia Records, Maverick, Mercury Records, (주)스타쉽엔터테인먼트
Yoo Ki-hyun, (Hangul: 유기현), or Kihyun, was born in Goyang, South Korea. He is the main vocalist of South Korean hip hop boy group, Monsta X.
Kihyun arguably has the best voice in Monsta X and thus, he is the lead vocalist. Sometime in his life, Kihyun worked as a chef and unsurprisingly is the best cook among the Monsta X members.
He attended DIMA, Dong'Ah Institute of Media and Arts and made it all the way to graduation.
In December 2014, Kihyun competed in Mnet's survival show No.Mercy. Along with six other trainees from the show, Monsta X was formed, a hip-hop idol group that debuted under Starship Entertainment on May 14, 2015 with the EP Trespass. Through the survival show, he also released 2 collaboration tracks; "Pillow" with Sistar's Soyou and Giriboy on January 14, 2015 and "0 (Young)" with Giriboy, Mad Clown, Jooyoung and a few other remaining trainees in No.Mercy on February 4, 2015.
Kihyun appeared as a contestant on King of Mask Singer with the name "Tell Them I'm the Dragon King" on January 3, 2016. He won the first round against Apink's Namjoo, known as "Good Daughter Shim Cheong". On the second round of the competition, he lost to Lim Jeong-hee, known as "Rolled Good Fortune", with the difference of 3 votes.
