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Stray Kids · Member and Artist Profile

Lee Know

Contents

1. Profile
2. Official socials
3. YouTube tracking history
4. Sources

Profile

Official socials

• Stray Kids profile

The professional dancer who walked into JYP with a working résumé, got eliminated on television, came back, and became one of Stray Kids’ sharpest stage anchors.

Profile

Lee Min-ho

Korean: 이민호
Stage name: Lee Know, 리노
Born: October 25, 1998
From: Gimpo, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
Group: Stray Kids
Core roles: dancer, vocalist, performer
Performance unit: DanceRACHA
SKZOO: Leebit

Contents

Before JYP
The survival show
The dancer
The vocalist
Solo and unit music
Cats, cooking, and variety
Giving back
Fandom file
Official links and sources

Before JYP: dance was already the job

Lee Know did not arrive at JYP as a blank trainee waiting to be taught how to move. He had trained in dance for years, worked in dance crews, competed, and built professional stage experience before the idol machinery claimed him. That difference matters. Plenty of idols become strong dancers inside a company. Lee Know entered the company having already learned the less glamorous side of the work: repetition, spacing, catching cues, staying clean behind the featured artist, and making a large formation read correctly from the audience.

His most famous predebut credit is dancing behind BTS. He performed as a backup dancer during the Wings era and tour work, and he later demonstrated his place in the choreography for “Not Today” on television. Fans sometimes flatten that fact into a cute trivia point. It is more useful as a clue. Backup dancers do not get to improvise because they feel inspired. They learn fast, preserve the picture, and deliver the same timing under lights, cameras, travel, and fatigue. Those habits followed him into Stray Kids.

He auditioned for JYP Entertainment and did not immediately receive the dramatic movie-scene callback. The company contacted him later. His formal trainee period was unusually short compared with members who had spent years inside the system. That did not mean his preparation was short. It meant much of it happened elsewhere.

The survival show tried to remove him

Stray Kids began as Bang Chan’s proposed team and then had to survive JYP’s 2017 reality program. Lee Know entered with a dancer’s control, but the show tested vocals, rap, memorization, teamwork, and how quickly trainees could correct weaknesses while being filmed. He was eliminated after mistakes and criticism made his place feel unstable. Felix was later eliminated too. Both returned for the finale, and the nine-member team debuted on March 25, 2018.

The elimination remains part of his story because it explains a tension fans still recognize. Lee Know can look unbothered, but his performance habits are exacting. He checks details, drills transitions, and corrects members directly. The old dancer knew that a formation could fail because one person arrived half a count late. The eliminated trainee learned that competence in one area would not protect him from scrutiny in another.

Stray Kids later continued as eight members. Lee Know’s importance became easier to see as the group’s stages grew larger and the choreography more aggressive. He is not simply the person who gets a dance break. He helps hold the geometry together.

What he actually does as a dancer

Lee Know’s dancing is built on control. His isolations are clean, his center stays organized, and he can hit hard without turning every move into unnecessary strain. Watch his shoulders and hips during fast choreography. He finishes shapes. Watch him travel across a formation. He arrives without looking as if he sprinted to fix a mistake. That efficiency is one reason difficult Stray Kids choreography often looks calmer on him than it feels on everybody watching.

He also understands how choreography reads from the camera, not only from the mirror. “Easy,” “Back Door,” “God’s Menu,” “Domino,” “MANIAC,” “S-Class,” “LALALALA,” and “Chk Chk Boom” ask for different textures, but he keeps the movement legible. He can make a small head angle or delayed look count because the underlying timing is secure.

DanceRACHA places him with Hyunjin and Felix. They do not dance alike. Hyunjin stretches emotion through his lines. Felix uses weight, presence, and a low center. Lee Know often supplies the cleanest mechanical read. The contrast is the point. “Wow” and “Taste” let the unit turn that difference into performance chemistry rather than pretending three strong dancers should look identical.

His self-choreographed “DAWN” is essential viewing because it strips away the excuse that he is merely reproducing company choreography. The piece is controlled, moody, and specific about where the eye should go. He has also spoken about wanting to protect his love of dance during training. That sounds simple until you remember that turning a passion into a job is one of the fastest ways to make it feel like factory labor.

The vocalist people underestimate

Early Stray Kids branding made it easy to file Lee Know under “main dancer” and move on. The discography makes that lazy. His voice is light, clear, and more flexible than the early line distribution suggested. It can sit above dense production without adding another harsh edge, then turn soft and intimate when a song needs air.

His vocal growth is especially obvious when older title tracks are placed beside later material and live stages. He became more stable, more confident with sustained lines, and better at choosing texture instead of treating every phrase as a technical exam. In a group famous for rappers and noisy production, his clean tone often works as a reset button.

“Limbo” gave him room for yearning and a dramatic climb. “Youth” went brighter and more playful. “CINEMA,” his duet with Seungmin, exposed the warmth in his middle register without making him compete with a wall of percussion. Those songs do not reveal a dancer learning to sing as a hobby. They reveal a vocalist whose official role description never quite caught up.

Solo and unit music: the useful listening map

“Limbo”: His first original solo song, included on SKZ-Replay in 2022. He participated in writing and composing it. The song lives in longing, restraint, and the horrible little emotional hallway between leaving and returning.

“Youth”: Released on HOP in 2024 after appearing in the group’s concert cycle. It is brighter, springier, and closer to the mischievous energy fans see offstage. Lee Know participated in the lyrics.

“DAWN”: A self-choreographed performance film. Start here if somebody claims his artistic identity begins and ends with executing other people’s steps.

“Drive” with Bang Chan: A sleek SKZ-PLAYER duet later collected on SKZ-Replay. The fandom understood the innuendo before anybody finished pretending it was only about a car.

“Want So BAD” with Han: Bright romantic pop with the kind of chemistry that made fans ask why the pair had not been given more official duet material.

“CINEMA” with Seungmin: Released through Mixtape: Dominate in 2025. It is sentimental without becoming syrupy, and the pairing works because Seungmin’s projection and Lee Know’s softer color meet in the middle.

DanceRACHA and other units: “Wow,” “Taste,” “Surfin’,” and “Waiting for Us” show different pieces of him. Do not judge his range from one unit song. That is like judging the entire boba menu after stealing one tapioca pearl.

He also recorded a cover of DAY6’s “Love Me or Leave Me,” a choice that makes sense for a singer who often sounds best when melody and ache are allowed to do the work.

Cats, cooking, and the driest delivery in the room

Lee Know’s public personality can confuse people who expect affection to arrive wrapped in obvious sweetness. He is blunt, quick, and deeply committed to saying absurd things with a straight face. He teases members, threatens imaginary consequences, and can turn one sentence into a clip that circulates for years. Then he cooks for the group, monitors somebody quietly, or notices a detail everyone else missed.

His cats Soonie, Doongie, and Dori are not decorative profile trivia. They are recurring citizens of Lee Know fandom. Fans know their names, appearances, adoption stories, and the fact that cat updates can derail an otherwise serious conversation. His SKZOO character Leebit looks like a rabbit, but the attitude is pure Lee Know: cute face, suspicious intentions.

He cooks well, enjoys camping, and has hosted or appeared in content where food becomes another form of care. He does not perform warmth in the same register as Bang Chan or Felix. That is precisely why fans notice it. The evidence usually appears in actions after the joke has already landed.

As a variety performer, his timing depends on restraint. He does not need to scream over the room. He waits, delivers one line, and lets everybody else collapse. His run as an MC on MBC’s Show! Music Core from 2021 to 2023 also forced the famously dry performer into a regular live-broadcast role, where he developed a gentler hosting rhythm without sanding away his personality.

Giving back without turning it into a personality campaign

Lee Know’s charitable record is substantial enough to belong in the biography, not hidden in a trivia list. He has supported children through World Vision, including overseas child sponsorship beginning before his Bob Pierce Honor Club appointment. In February 2024, World Vision announced him as the youngest member of that high-donor group after his cumulative giving passed its threshold.

His interests also connect naturally to animal welfare. Fans regularly organize animal-related projects in his name because the relationship between Lee Know and rescued cats is not manufactured branding. When an idol’s fandom understands the values well enough to imitate them, that tells you more than a slogan does.

Fandom file

Group fandom: STAY

Nicknames and search terms: Lino, Minho, Lee Know, Leebit, DanceRACHA. Searching only “Minho” will send you into several different K-pop neighborhoods, so bring the group name.

Start watching: “Not Today” backup-dancer discussion, “DAWN,” “Easy” and “Back Door” fancams, “Taste,” “Limbo,” “Youth,” “Want So BAD,” “CINEMA,” and any compilation where he cooks while threatening his friends.

What casual profiles miss: The backup-dancer history is not the conclusion. It is the foundation. His real story is how a professional dancer survived being publicly cut, rebuilt his vocals, and became an all-around performer without abandoning the exactness that got him hired in the first place.

Official links and source trail

Official group profile: JYP Entertainment
Official music and videos: Stray Kids YouTube
Official Instagram: @t.leeknowsaurus
Group Instagram: @realstraykids
Dance interview: Lee Know and Hyunjin on dance and music
BTS backup-dancer receipt: His “Not Today” demonstration
Philanthropy receipt: World Vision honor-club report
Official Japanese archive: Sony Music Japan

Profile checked against official JYP and Sony artist materials, official releases, World Vision reporting, interviews, and performance archives. Fan shorthand is labeled as fandom context instead of being dressed up as an official fact.

YouTube tracking history

Sources

• Stray Kids group profile and source archive

Catalog decisions that protect this profile

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JJAM: Stray Kids Put the Beat in a Factory and Refused Every Safety Inspection — exact playlist upload 7ytGFxD-FcI.

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MOUNTAINS: Stray Kids Climbed Their Own Myth and Brought Construction Equipment — exact playlist upload 80H_-aHTUws.

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Official video tracker

• FARMING: Stray Kids Turned the Grind Into a Windows XP Fever Dream exact official videoDaily+61.6KTotal views14.6M · React complete
• JJAM: Stray Kids Put the Beat in a Factory and Refused Every Safety Inspection exact official videoDaily+54.8KTotal views93.4M · React complete
• MOUNTAINS: Stray Kids Climbed Their Own Myth and Brought Construction Equipment exact official videoDaily+23.1KTotal views49.1M · React complete
• Chk Chk Boom SKZOO Version: Stray Kids Let the Mascots Commit the Crime exact official videoDaily+2.1KTotal views4.5M · React complete
• MOUNTAINS Unveil Track: Stray Kids Showed the Blueprint Before the Full Climb exact official videoDaily+36Total views3.5M · React complete
• Double Knot: Stray Kids Tightened the Beat Until the Street Became a Stage exact official videoDaily+5.9KTotal views85.6M · React complete
• RUN IT exact official videoDaily+170.4KTotal views67.3M · React complete
• After You Video React: Stray Kids Let Eight Small Connections Carry the Heartbeat exact official videoDaily+40.7KTotal views8M · React complete
• Back Then Video React: Stray Kids Remembered the Summer That Barely Needed a Plot exact official videoDaily+8.4KTotal views2M · React complete
• CREED Video React: Stray Kids Put Their Rules on the Wall and Then Tested Them exact official videoDaily+38.5KTotal views30.7M · React complete
• 0801 Street Version React: Stray Kids Gave STAY the Camera and Kept the Mess exact official videoDaily+19.3KTotal views15.8M · React complete
• BLEEP Video React: Stray Kids Censored the Word and Left the Anger Fully Audible exact official videoDaily+20.2KTotal views25.3M · React complete
• CINEMA Video React: Lee Know and Seungmin Kept the Curtain Open for Each Other exact official videoDaily+13KTotal views22M · React complete
• Stray Kids Video React: Eight Men Looked Back Without Turning Themselves into a Museum exact official videoDaily+39.7KTotal views52M · React complete
• MEGAVERSE Video React: Stray Kids Broke the Frame Before the World Could Finish Loading exact official videoDaily+100.2KTotal views155.8M · React complete
• Youtiful Video React: Stray Kids Wrote a Fan Letter and Let Illustration Carry the Distance exact official videoDaily+8.3KTotal views20.3M · React complete
• S-Class SKZOO Version React: Eight Mascots Reenacted the Blockbuster and Somehow Made It More Unhinged exact official videoDaily+14KTotal views27.8M · React complete
• TOPLINE Video React: Stray Kids Brought Tiger JK into the Warehouse and Paid the Lineage Forward exact official videoDaily+42.4KTotal views98.2M · React complete
• GET LIT Video React: Stray Kids Turned Burnout into a Party That Knows Monday Exists exact official videoDaily+8.7KTotal views40.6M · React complete
• FNF Video React: Stray Kids Grieved Australia’s Fire Without Turning Loss into Scenery exact official videoDaily+5.2KTotal views21.2M · React complete
• DLC Video React: Stray Kids Made Paris the Dance Floor Instead of the Prize exact official videoDaily+3.9KTotal views19.5M · React complete
• Give Me Your TMI Video React: Stray Kids Turned a Crush into a Glitching Interrogation exact official videoDaily+5.9KTotal views15.6M · React complete
• CHILL Video React: Stray Kids Put a Breakup in the Gallery and Refused to Smash the Frames exact official videoDaily+7.1KTotal views33.6M · React complete
• SUPER BOARD Video React: Stray Kids Put a Hoverboard Noise in the Hook and Dared Me to Object exact official videoDaily+8KTotal views24.4M · React complete
• FREEZE Video React: Stray Kids Turned Tag into a Crime Film and Shot the Rules exact official videoDaily+11KTotal views60M · React complete
• Lonely St. Video React: Stray Kids Walked the Empty Road and Let the Chorus Tear at the Asphalt exact official videoDaily+5.6KTotal views27.5M · React complete
• VENOM Video React: Stray Kids Entered the Web Knowing Attraction Was the Trap exact official videoDaily+33.9KTotal views159.3M · React complete
• LoveSTAY Video React: Stray Kids Made the Year-End Thank-You Feel Handmade exact official videoDaily+2.2KTotal views11.9M · React complete
• Secret Secret Video React: Stray Kids Let the Rain Say What Nobody Could exact official videoDaily+3.4KTotal views18.4M · React complete
• Surfin’ Video React: Lee Know, Changbin and Felix Put Summer on a Cheap Camera and Won exact official videoDaily+8KTotal views44.4M · React complete
• CHEESE Video React: Stray Kids Smiled at Every Insult and Ruined the Photograph exact official videoDaily+26.2KTotal views121.4M · React complete
• Sorry, I Love You Video React: Stray Kids Apologized for a Feeling That Still Refused to Leave exact official videoDaily+5.7KTotal views33.3M · React complete
• The View Video React: Stray Kids Found Open Air and Did Not Turn It into a Luxury Ad exact official videoDaily+3.2KTotal views22.5M · React complete
• God’s Menu SKZOO Version React: Eight Animals Took Over the Kitchen and Kept the Human Credits exact official videoDaily+2.7KTotal views11.8M · React complete
• Any Video React: Stray Kids Said No to Everything and Made Indecision Bounce exact official videoDaily+3.3KTotal views49.5M · React complete
• Ex Video React: Stray Kids Admitted They Left First and Lost the Right to Rewrite It exact official videoDaily+5.7KTotal views33.6M · React complete
• Blueprint Video React: Stray Kids Drew Tomorrow in Blue and Actually Left Room to Reach It exact official videoDaily+4.2KTotal views34.6M · React complete
• You Can STAY Video React: Stray Kids Offered a Rest Stop Without Locking the Door exact official videoDaily+776Total views9.4M · React complete
• TMT Video React: Stray Kids Looked at the Stars and Heard Everybody Else Moving Faster exact official videoDaily+1.2KTotal views15.1M · React complete
• Mixtape #4 Street Version React: Stray Kids Took the Australian Detour and Made It the Point exact official videoDaily+732Total views9.7M · React complete
• Chronosaurus Video React: Stray Kids Made Time the Monster Already Inside the Station exact official videoDaily+4.9KTotal views24M · React complete
• 19 Video React: Stray Kids Reached Adulthood and Immediately Asked for the Receipt exact official videoDaily+729Total views9.7M · React complete
• Boxer Street Version React: Stray Kids Turned Melbourne into an Arcade Nobody Supervised exact official videoDaily+1.4KTotal views12.2M · React complete
• N/S Street Version React: Nine Stray Kids Argued Both Sides on a Sidewalk exact official videoDaily+6.4KTotal views29.3M · React complete
• Mixtape #3 Video React: Stray Kids Told Students a Score Was Not a Life exact official videoDaily+502Total views7.2M · React complete
• My Side Street Version React: Stray Kids Split the Frame and Asked Who Would Still Cross It exact official videoDaily+314Total views4.7M · React complete
• Mixtape #2 Video React: Stray Kids Wrote the Letter Their Tired Selves Needed exact official videoDaily+974Total views9M · React complete
• Question Street Version React: Stray Kids Had Too Many Answers and Trusted None of Them exact official videoDaily+1.6KTotal views14.7M · React complete
• Insomnia Street Version React: Stray Kids Took the Night Outside and Still Could Not Turn Their Brains Off exact official videoDaily+1.3KTotal views7.9M · React complete
• ROCK Street Version React: Stray Kids Preferred Being a Stone to Thinking One More Thought exact official videoDaily+320Total views6.3M · React complete