Tao was born in Qingdao, Shandong, China. He is a formal pupil at Humen Centre Primary School, one of the most prestigious primary schools in Qingdao, and Qindao Middle School. Tao is a martial artist, and has been practicing Wushu since he was six years old. When he stayed in Hong Kong, he won first place in a free style rapping competition. Tao was cast into S.M. Entertainment through the company's global casting system in 2011. He was the third to be formally introduced, on December 27, ...
Read more (148 words more)Tao was born in Qingdao, Shandong, China. He is a formal pupil at Humen Centre Primary School, one of the most prestigious primary schools in Qingdao, and Qindao Middle School. Tao is a martial artist, and has been practicing Wushu since he was six years old. When he stayed in Hong Kong, he won first place in a free style rapping competition. Tao was cast into S.M. Entertainment through the company's global casting system in 2011. He was the third to be formally introduced, on December 27, 2011. Along with Lu Han, Chen, and EXO-K's Kai, Tao made his first televised performance on SBS's Gayo Daejun event on December 29.
Fun Facts:
- he loves blue color, Western food, basketball and black cat
- his favorite music is hip hop and R&B
- he’s a very conservative person
- he shares room with Xiumin in China
- the member with the most aegyo
- his ideal type of woman is pretty, has a nice body and a nice personality
- since he got to debut in less than a year being a trainee, he is often bullied by the Korean trainees
- he has won placed first for many wushu and rap competitions
- in Korea, he shares room with the manager because at the beginning Tao’s Korean wasn’t that good so he needed to learn more Korean to communicate
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