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Park Chanyeol
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This is a Korean name; the family name is Park.
Park Chanyeol
Chanyeol at the SMTown Live World Tour IV in Seoul.jpg
Chanyeol at the SMTown Live World Tour IV in Seoul
Born Park Chanyeol
November 27, 1992 (age 23)
Seoul, South Korea
Occupation
Singer rapper songwriter actor
Early life
Park Chanyeol was born on November 27, 1992 in Seoul, South Korea and attended Hyundai High School in Apgujeong-dong, Seoul. He has a sister named Park Yoora, who is an Announcer at MBC Broadcasting Station in South Korea. His parents own an Italian restaurant "Viva Polo" in Seoul.
Chanyeol was admitted to a private acting institution when he was sixteen years old, where he became good friends with Block B's P.O.[5] He is currently a student majoring in Culture and Art Management at Kyung Hee Cyber University alongside his fellow members of EXO, Suho, Baekhyun, and Kai.[6]
After he watched School of Rock during elementary school, he began to be interested in music. He started playing drums after he saw a hero who played drums in a movie. Since his father worked in music during his young days, he had easy access to many musical instruments during his youth. When he was middle school first grade student, he joined a band with his best friends and played with them for about 3 years. He was accepted as a trainee under SM Entertainment after coming second place in the 2008 Smart Model Contest. When he first got into SM entertainment, he expected band activity like Trax, but was disappointed upon realizing the difficulty in promoting as a band. After he listened to various music during training, he began to focus on rapping.