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6. TMI

NI-KI: TMI

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This page lists “TMI” of Ni-ki from ENHYPEN, a 7-member boy group.
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TMI originally stands for “Too Much Information.” However, in Korean popular culture, the term has evolved to mean “interesting personal details/trivia.”

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Read more about Ni-ki’s official stats and positions within the team here.

PREFERENCES & TASTES

Food

  • Ni-ki’s favorite ice cream flavor is green tea.
  • Ni-ki likes the mint-chocolate chip flavor.
  • Ni-ki has said that his soul food is dumplings.
  • Ni-ki is also a huge fan of carp bread, enough to buy his own carp-bread baking pan.
    • Ni-ki likes both the Korean and Japanese style carp bread, and prefers to eat it from the head rather than the tail.
  • Ni-ki likes to eat only seaweed, without pairing it with rice.

Hobbies

  • Ni-ki enjoys playing ball sports, especially soccer.
    • He has said that he would like to join a soccer club, as he both enjoys watching and playing soccer.
  • Ni-ki also often goes bowling; his highest score was 168.

Likes and Dislikes

  • Ni-ki’s favorite color is black.
  • Ni-ki’s favorite season is spring.
  • Ni-ki’s favorite fashion item is a hoodie.
  • Ni-ki’s favorite movie genre is horror.
  • Ni-ki’s favorite drama of all time is Itaewon Class.

Other Trivia

  • Ni-ki’s most prized possession is his dancing shoes.
    • Another of his prized posession is the modernized hanbok (생활한복) gifted to him by Jungkook of BTS.
  • Ni-ki is a huge fan of Michael Jackson. When he was a dance prodigy in Japan, his stage name used to be Riki Jackson (リキ・ジャクソン) as he would perform Michael Jackson choreographies.
    • Ni-ki later went on to perform alongside with Michael Jackson’s choreographer.
  • Ni-ki is also a longtime fan of SHINee, and his bias was Key.
    • He was “little Key” during SHINee’s Japanese concert as a child. In 2021, Ni-ki met Key again where Key commented, “You’re now taller than I am.”
  • Ni-ki has a pair of lucky underwear with strawberry patterns.
  • Ni-ki is the member that would text the least often in the ENHYPEN group chatroom. He often leaves the chatroom because the other members talk too much.
  • Ni-ki’s parents raise a dog called Bisco in Japan. Bisco didn’t grow up with Ni-ki as Bisco was brought to Ni-ki’s family after Ni-ki moved to Korea.
  • Ni-ki’s birthday is only a day apart from Sunghoon’s.
  • Ni-ki is not very good with reading the Japanese kanji as he has spent a long time living in Korea.
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NI-KI’S NICKNAMES

Most of the nicknames on this page have originated from Korean media or conversations held in Korean among members.

ENG
(translated)
KOR
(original)
MEANING
Super Dancer 슈퍼 댄서 Ni-ki is known for being one of the best dancers in the 4th generation of K-Pop.
Little MJ 리틀 마이클 잭슨 Ni-ki was known as “Little Michael Jackson” when he was a dance prodigy in Japan.
Riki Jackson 리키 잭슨 Ni-ki’s stage name was “Riki Jackson” when he was performing Michael Jackson’s choreographies in Japan.
Baby Puma 아기 퓨마 Ni-ki is said to resemble a baby puma, a mixture of cuteness and fierceness.
Nik-gingyi 닠깅이 Nik-gingyi is a combination of Ni-ki and “aegyingi” (애깅이), which is a cute way to say “baby” or the “youngest/younger person” in Korean.