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  • "Markzens/Markcity/Markfs" is MARK's solo fandom name created by his fans.
  • Official emoji: 🐯 (tiger)

Pre Debut[]

Training/childhood[]

  • MARK was a trainee for 4 years.[2]
    • He was accepted to SM Entertainment through the 2012 Vancouver SM Global Audition, Canada.
    • In 8th grade, MARK first auditioned in SM's Global Audition. In 9th grade, SM then asked him to come to Korea to train.[3]
    • MARK, along with JISUNG and Hansol, was introduced as an SMROOKIES member on December 17, 2013.[4]
    • MARK joined in 2012 and debuted in 2016.
  • He was announced as a NCT member in April 2016.
  • MARK moved many times as a child. He was born in Toronto, but then moved to Vancouver, New York, Vancouver again and finally settled in Seoul as a trainee at the age of 13.
  • When he was younger, his dream job was to become a writer or an ice-cream man.

Casting story[]

  • Auditioned because of his curiosity and his school was on break on the day of the auditions. He originally followed his brother but they both got until the final stage until the audition staff told MARK’s brother did not have much passion and so he is the one who passed. His parents were musicians and Christians so he learned how to play the guitar and piano. His mother asked if he wants to spend his time studying or dancing and so he auditioned as a vocalist and later became interested in rap so he debuted as one of the main rappers of NCT.
  • As the audition was on a weekday, MARK originally was not planning to go as he was dedicated to school. However, on the day of the auditions, his teachers went on strike and so MARK decided to audition as his brother was already going to as well.[3]

Personality[]

  • MARK's MBTI personality type is INFJ-A.
  • Personality: Cute, kind, sweet, outgoing, adorable, optimistic, positive, cheerful, caring, easygoing, laid back, sincere, confident, nonchalant, dreamy, charming, and hard-working
  • He is known to giggle or laugh a lot.
  • JAEMIN said he thinks MARK is the most dependable member.

Appearance[]

  • He thinks his cutest point is his arched eyebrow.[1]
  • All the NCT DREAM members are most in unison when teasing MARK (about his cuteness).

Nicknames[]

  • Baby Cheetah
  • Baby Lion
  • Baby Tiger
  • Editing Fairy
  • Innocent Mark Hyung
  • Little Monkey
  • Makkeuri
  • Markgeolli
  • Mork Bee
  • Mork Lee
  • No-Jam 2
  • Pro-debuter
  • Seagull
  • Watermelon Boy
  • 왕머리3 (big head number 3)
  • 유두소년 ("you do" boy)

Relationships[]

  • Family: Father, Mother and older brother (born in 1996)
  • He shares a birthday with Jinhoo (UP10TION), Jungah (After School), Woodam (D1CE) among others

Famous friends[]

  • He was classmates with OH MY GIRL‘s Arin, GIRLKIND‘s Xeheun, GUGUDAN‘s Mina, Golden Child's Donghyun, and ROMEO's Kangmin.[5]

Likes[]

  • He prefers no pineapple on pizza, sweet over savory foods, dogs over cats, and is a night owl rather than an early bird.[6]
  • MARK sleeps without a pillow and says it's hard for him to sleep with one.[7]
  • He loves the snow.
  • He loves the nickname "Baby Lion".

Favorites[]

  • Accessories: Hats
  • Actors: Kim Soo-Hyun
  • Color: Ocean blue[1][8]
  • Drinks: Banana milk, Coca Cola, Sprite
  • Foods: Bagels, cookies and cream flavoured ice cream, chicken, kimchi, rice, watermelon, jajangmyeon, cookies, chips, bread, chocolate, samgyetang, noodles, eggs, ramen
    • MARK is a fast eater (according to JOHNNY)
    • He likes mild flavoured foods, but isn't picky
  • Games: Angry Birds 2
  • Holiday: Christmas
  • Movie genre: Inspirational movies
  • Music genres: R&B, Rap, groovy, dance
  • Musicians: Beyonce, Coldplay, Chris Brown, Minho (SHINee), Xiumin (EXO), J.Cole, Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber,[3] Michael Jackson, John Mayer, DPR LIVE, Bruno Mars,[3] Eminem.
  • Place: Canada
  • Season: Fall
  • Sports: Badminton, ice skating
  • Time of day: Midnight
  • Weather: Windy
    • Role model: Justin Bieber[1]
    • Before he came to Korea, he was a huge fan of Bruno Mars.[3]
  • Song off of the RESONANCE album: "My Everything"[8]
  • Subjects: English, Writing, P.E (Physical Education)

Dislikes[]

  • Green Tea, ketchup, seafood and yogurt
  • His least favorite subject is science
  • He does not like horror movies, and is afraid of ghosts
    • After watching The Conjuring with TAEYONG and HAECHAN, he thought that the movie was too much for him
  • He is afraid of heights.[1]

Other[]

  • MARK has a habit of rolling his eyes when he is sitting still during interviews.
  • He can speak English, Korean, and a little Japanese and French.
  • He thinks he can only wink with his right eye but not with his left eye.[9]
  • He says to pray before watching a scary movie, and always prays before going to sleep.
  • The other NCT members say that MARK sleep talks in Konglish.
  • MARK described himself as a clock, because he wants to work hard, just like the hand of a clock that never stops moving.
  • If he had a younger sister, he would want to introduce JAEHYUN to her.
  • MARK is religious, he is Christian.
  • For an SM Halloween party in 2017 he went as the Tin Man and in 2018 he went as Detective Conan.
  • MARK is known for not being a good chef.
    • Gordon Ramsay once commented on his fried egg.[10]
  • He can imitate the sound of ripping paper and the sound of a mosquito racket.
  • MARK can also do the splits.
  • In the past, he was able to beat all the NCT DREAM Members in arm wrestling.
  • During the Chewing Gum promotions, he made a signature phrase of 'bu dong' (meaning don't move in Chinese) followed by pretending to pin someone against the wall with one hand.
  • His parents are musicians.
  • MARK has never believed in Santa.
  • When MARK was younger he believed that there was a monster in his stomach, so every time his stomach growled, he had to feed the monster.
  • He believes that HAECHAN knows the most about him out of the NCT DREAM members.
  • He's best friends with HAECHAN.
  • If he had to choose someone to switch bodies with, he'd pick LUCAS because he has good body proportions.
  • In the dorm, he’s in charge of taking out the trash, but sometimes he also helps TAEYONG with the laundry.
  • He has been roommates with DOYOUNG, JAEHYUN, and HAECHAN, but currently shares with a manager.
  • He was chosen as a member of SM's new super boy group, SuperM, alongside TAEYONG, TEN, LUCAS, EXO's Baekhyun and Kai, and SHINee's Taemin.
    • He’s the maknae of SuperM.
  • He was a vocalist but he switched to a rapper during debut/trainee times.
  • He thinks he learnt his laugh from HAECHAN.
  • In the morning, the first thing he does is turn off his alarm.[1]
  • In the future, he would like to try a more acoustic genre.[3]
  • If he had his own country, he would prohibit littering.[3]
  • If MARK was to have a super power, he would want to see through walls and other objects.[11]
  • His Harry Potter house would be Hufflepuff.[12]
  • Specialty: Rap, Guitar, Dance
  • Ideal Type: Someone who is not pretentious.[13]

References[]

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