Jimin biography (Japan FC Magazine)
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My oldest memory is from when i was 4-5 years old (korean age), when i moved houses to another house right nearby. I remember helping out by carrying a rice cooker pot filled with rice grains. When i was little, i loved playing outside and would spend every day playing with my friends and the older neighbourhood kids. We played soccer and cops and robbers.
I once ran so far i ended up in the next town over.
Even in primary school i loved to play with my friends. We'd often spend lunchtimes playing soccer. My favourite subjects were arts and physical education, and maths. I liked to draw pictures but hated colouring them for some reason. My dreams for the future changed every day. If i read a cooking manga i'd want to become a chef, if i watched "galaxy express 999" i'd want to become a galaxy express driver, and if i read one piece i'd want to be a pirate.
I'm very close to my brother, who's two years younger than me. We'd play games and watch movies together at home. I remember watching the anime "dragon ball" and the movie "the host". We were like friends.
I was friendly with everyone in middle school too. There were six classes and i knew almost everyone. I was part of the soccer club and table tennis club, and every day was lots of fun. I became interested in dance in the 2nd year of middle school. I started dancing after school and wanted to learn ir properly, so i started going to dance school in 2010. Dance school was really fun. Whenever i had a spare moment, i'd go there and practice. I even entered competitions, which was utterly never-wracking. I actually still get nervous when i stand on stage even now.
I decided i want to go to an arts high school on year before i graduated middle school. I was even unable to concentrate on studying during my free periods, pondering "which high school should i go to, what do i want to do...". As i was thinking, i eventually decided i wanted to stand on a stage. So i aimed for busan high school of arts, and i was wanted to learn more modern types of dance, i chose to do contemporary dance. I threw my entire self into dancing during high school - all i had back then were my friends and dancing. I'd meet up with my friends and practice, play, then practice again... I attended my dance school concurrently to high school, so i was worried about the lesson fees and said "i won't go to dance school".
But the dancer school teacher said to me "you don't need to pay anything". I was very grateful to them and practiced my hardest to meet their expectations, and i learned a lot from that teacher. I have never once thought i wanted to give up dancing.
In the spring of 2012, my dancer teacher from middle school contacted me and i ended up taking the company's audition. I passed and moved to seoul in may. The first member i mt was j-hope hyung. He greeted me by saying "let's work hard together!".
The other members also talked to me first, and i remember as soon as i arrived at the dorm we all went out to eat.
The most fun part of the trainee life was eating and playing with the other members. I still carry the ticket from when we all went out to the amusement park together in my wallet. It was the first time we all went out together to play, so it's one of my most treasured memories. I've carried it around for 5 years already.
I transferred to the same high school as v in seoul. I was in class 4 and v was in class 2, but v had lots of outgoing friends so he came to my class and told my classmates "please treat jimin well". I get really shy aroung people, but thanks to that i was able to become friends with my class.
The most difficult part of being a trainee was how unsure the future was. It was hard hearing discussions about how close i was to being kicked out this time. That was why i wanted to get in as much practice as possible, so i'd stay up practicing until 3-4AM then go to sleep, then head back to the practice room at 6 the next morning and sing for an hour before heading to school. I continued that for a year. At that time, i never even dreamed i'd be able to debut as part of bts. But then i was placed on the candidate list for bts members and the hyungs said "we want to do it with jimin", so i found strength in that. I really felt "i want to debut with these hyungs".
I was filled with so many emotions when i debuted. Receiveing our first cake from a fan after the showcase, the members and staff crying together after it ended, appearing on a music program the next day. Jin hyung crying afterwards... I have countless memories of these times. I have nothing new i want to challenge from here onwards. I simply want to challenge myself into going as far i can with what i'm doing now.
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