Facts about Channnie

Kim Him Chan, "When you work, work. When you rest, rest. Always do your best."​

When asked how he became a singer, Himchan commented, "Since I was young, I loved music a lot. Originally I was learning Western music and also majored in Gukak (Korean Traditional Music) but because I also had an interest in the entertainment genre, someone from TS Ent. called to me offering me an opportunity. I was learning janggu. I have collaborated with a shamisen artist before. A Japanese arts school and my school are sister schools so we have exchanges like this. I’m still a student right now but I’m on leave at the moment."

• He studied at Chungam Elementary School, Gukak National Middle School, National School of Traditional Music and Korea National University of Performing Arts.
• He enjoy shopping.
• He is a multi-instrumentalist and is influenced by Korean Traditional Music. Himchan plays various Korean traditional instruments, such as daegeum (flute-like traditional instrument), janggu (drum-like traditional instrument), kkwaenggwari and jing. He can also play the piano, the drums, the guitar and the violin.
• He doesn’t have a role model; he wants to make himself one. He likes to listen to Urban and R&B music.
• His frequent habit is calculating how much he ate in a day, thinking of a melody and making a song out of it.
• He likes Japanese food.
• His favorites colors are black, gold and red.
• Wish, Breathless, A Bittersweet Life and I'm Going To Meet Her Now are his favorites movies.
• His favorite movie is 1.
• Participated in Vol. 7, 8 and 9 of Zero Show along with Yongguk and various artists from New Block Babyz.
• Was a back up dancer for Untouchable and Secret.
• Appeared in Jung Seulgi’s "Back in Place" music video.
• Made a cameo appearance in the movie "Mr. Idol" with Bang Yong Guk in 2011. The same year, he participated in a rap gig with Vasco and Yongguk in Seoul.
• Appeared in SECRET’s "Shy Boy" and "Starlight Moonlight" music videos as well as Song Jieun's "Going Crazy' and BANG & ZELO's "Never Give Up".
• Was an MC on SBS' "MTV The Show" which he hosted with SECRET's Hyosung, f(x)'s Luna, Girls' Day's Hyeri and Jewelry's Eunjung.
• His name means "Full of strength".
• He revealed that he never had to pay tuition for his education in middle school and high school. 
• In 2010, he became an ulzzang at "BESTNINE" with MBLAQ's Lee Joon, Block B's Jaehyo, CNBlue's Yonghwa and Jonghyun. 
• Started getting interested in hip-hop because of a friend he met in college.
• When he was in kindergarten he was an extreme goofball. He used to get in a lot of trouble from his teacher because of that.
• He was street-casted.
• He thinks his nose is his best feature and that his philtrum is his worst.
• He thinks his appeal is that he seems approachable and has a smooth image.
• Like a mother-in-law, he does a lot of nagging and takes care of the members.
• He's careful about what he eats because he used to be very chubby when he was younger.
• His ideal type is a "woman who is kindhearted and nice". He believes that a person's inner self is more important than their outer appearance. People around him have said that his standards are pretty low in terms of looks, but he thinks that a woman who has a beautiful heart is more beautiful.
• He likes Younha.
• Wants to appear on "We Got Married" and wants to go on "MTV World Stage".
• His bed is very neat.
• He tends to squint his eyes a lot. He said it's because he has bad eyesight.
• He's the closest to Yongguk because they’ve lived in a dorm longer together and they’re the same age, so they tend to talk more.
• In 2012, Himchan got angry because he cannot eat what he want since he was on diet and when the boys eat ramyun he gets jealous.
• Can't sleep with lights off, because "It's scrary"! 
• Himchan likes girls who wear expensive perfume.
• Himchan is a caffeine addict. He claims to drink 4 venti sizes of coffee a day and he likes Americanos. It's actually his source of energy. 
• He thinks that we should never give up on our dreams, because "there's no one more beautiful than a person who dreams".
• Himchan and Jongup are movies fanatics. They often watch movies when they come back from practice at 5am.