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6. TMI

I.N: TMI

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This page lists ā€œTMIā€ of I.N from Stray Kids, an 8-member boy group.
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TMI originally stands for ā€œToo Much Information.ā€ However, in Korean popular culture, the term has evolved to mean ā€œinteresting personal details/trivia.ā€

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Read more about I.N's official stats and positions within the team here.

PREFERENCES & TASTES

Food

  • When asked to choose between red bean filling and shu cream filling for carp bread, I.N has said he prefers the red bean filling.
    • He finds the shu cream a little too rich for his taste.
    • I.N also eats carp bread from the head rather than the tail.
  • I.Nā€™s favorite menu from Kimbap Heaven (a Korean bunsik franchise) is fried seafood rice.
  • I.Nā€™s preferred nighttime snack is ramyeon.
    • His favorite ramyeon is fire noodles (Buldak).
  • I.N cannot eat peas/beans; he dislikes the texture of them in his mouth.
  • I.N likes mint chocolate flavor.
    • He also likes other polarizing food menu such as Hawaiian pizza, Dr. Pepper, and McCol (barley soft drink).
    • However, I.N dislikes cilantro.
  • I.N prefers to drink iced Americano rather than lattes.

Hobbies

  • I.N plays Overwatch.
  • I.N likes to listen to ASMR regularly. He listens to ASMR before going to bed, especially mukbang ASMR videos.
    • The other members have had to turn off his phone because I.N often falls asleep with his phone screen on, listening to ASMR.
  • I.N is into fashion, and he likes uploading OOTD (outfit of the day) photos on the official Stray Kids social media and his own Instagram account.

Likes and Dislikes

  • Even though I.N is good at getting on thrill rides in an amusement park, he is quite scared of ghosts and haunted houses.
  • I.Nā€™s favorite season is winter, because his birthday is in winter and he has a lot of fond memories from the winter season.
  • I.Nā€™s favorite Avengers character is Spiderman.
  • I.Nā€™s preferred genres of film include action, fantasy, animation and rom-coms.
  • In 2023, I.N said that heā€™s listening to a lot more indie music.
    • He is a fan of the K-Indie artist Ha Hyunsang.
  • I.Nā€™s favorite PokĆ©mon is Magikarp; he thinks Magikarpā€™s jumping is cute.

OTHER TRIVIA

  • I.N used to wear braces for approximately 2 years; he took them out in the January of 2019.
  • I.N had wanted to be a priest or a pre-school teacher when he was young.
    • He has said that if he hadnā€™t become an idol, he would have become a pre-school teacher or a social worker.

I.Nā€™S NICKNAMES

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

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(translated)
KOR
(original)
MEANING
Baby Bread (bbang) ģ•„źø°ė¹µ I.N has soft, pinchable cheeks and wide eyes, making the fans call him ā€œdoughā€ or ā€œbread.ā€ The ā€œbabyā€ is from him being the youngest member of Stray Kids.
Baguette Bread ė°”ź²ŒķŠøė¹µ As I.N matured after debut, the fans also started calling him ā€œadult bread,ā€ or ā€œBaguette Bread,ā€ as the much taller and bigger version of the baby rbead.
Fennec Fox ģ‚¬ė§‰ģ—¬ģš° I.Nā€™s official representative animal/SKZOO character is a fennec fox. I.Nā€™s visual is said to resemble that of a fennec fox, with his small face and wide eyes.
Trot Master ķŠøė”œķŠø ģž„ģø I.N is passionate about the genre of Trot. He even made an appearance in a Trot audition program called Favorite Entertainment.
Maknae on Top ė§‰ė‚“ģ˜Øķƒ‘ ā€œMaknae on Topā€ is a Korean slang for idol groups when the maknae has the ā€œmost influenceā€ or when the other members treat the maknae well. I.N released a solo track by the same name.
Born to be Aegyo ėŖØķƒœģ• źµ The members of Stray Kids find I.N very adorable, saying that ā€œevery breath that he takesā€ becomes aegyo.
JJangini ģ§±ģøģ“ The Korean word ā€œjjangā€ is a slang meaning ā€œawesomeā€ or ā€œthe best.ā€ I.Nā€™s given name is ā€œJeongin.ā€ JJangini is a combination of the word ā€œjjangā€ and ā€œjeongin.ā€
I.N does it again ģ“ė˜ģ•„ I.N will often be clumsy and forgetful; leading other members to say ā€œI.N does it again!ā€ The Korean nickname is pronounced ā€œYi-ddo-ahā€ and is an acronym for ā€œI.N does it again.ā€