Johnny Suh

Background

Johnny Suh is an only child, originally from Chicago, Illinois, and was born on February 9, 1995. Johnny is a super-talented artist with skills as a sub-vocalist and rapper. These two polished skills could be because he sang in the choir in high school and he has been training for eight years. His Koren name is Suh Young-ho while his fans call him Johnny. He speaks both Korean and English and is loved by fans worldwide. For his high school education, Johnny Suh went to Glenbrook North High School and graduated there as well. He also took a course in performing arts from Maple School, School of Performing Arts Seoul, and was in the practical dance department before making a transfer.

In 2008, Johnny Suh joined as a trainee in SM Entertainment after his successful audition through SM Global Audition. Johnny took each opportunity to learn and grow during this time which made him gain a lot of experience. He even trained with EXO members; EXO is a South Korean-Chinese boy band in Seoul, currently having nine members. Johnny Suh polished his craft and was introduced as a member of the SM Rookies in December of 2013, alongside his current co-members at NCT, Ten, and Yuta. Besides rap and music, Johnny appeared on a poster for the SBS TV series, “To the Beautiful You” and on ABC News Australia’s “K-POP Boot Camp” in 2012.

Johnny Suh and his now NCT co-members have done a 90s show which they performed some songs from the decade in August 2014. The show was on EXO’s variety show named “EXO 90:2014”, and in the same year, Johnny appeared in the remake of Shinhwas’s “Yo!” MV. NCT had all its members come together in 2020 to work on a project, NCT 2020, where they would release a second full album. The group did this, releasing tracks such as “Misfit,” “Music Dance,” and “Work It” as well as their single, “Resonance.”