Park Chanyeol was born in Seoul, South Korea on November 27th 1992.
He 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. Chanyeols parents own an Italian restaurant "Viva Polo" in Seoul. I would like to visit there someday.
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. He is currently a student majoring in Culture and Art Management at Kyung Hee Cyber University alongside some of his fellow EXO members of Baekhyun, Kai, and Suho.
After watching School of Rock in elementary school, Chanyeol became interested in music and he soon began playing the drums. When he was a first year student in middle school, he joined a band with his best friends and played with them for about three years. He was accepted as a trainee under SM Entertainment after coming in second place in the 2008 Smart Model Contest. While training under S.M., he began to turn his focus towards rapping.
In 2016, during the two-day EXO'luXion concerts in Manila from January 23–24, he revealed that he had stayed in the Philippines in 2007 to study English, which is a very popular destination choice for Koreans wanting to learn the language.
He cites Jason Mraz and Eminem to be his biggest influences.
Chanyeol is part of EXO-K, main rapper of the group.
