Kris Wu Yifan mononymously credited as Kris, is the leader of Exo-M and performs as the group's rapper. Born Kevin Li Jiaheng on November 6, 1990 (age 23) in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Wu also holds Canadian citizenship. Wu attended middle school in Guangzhou, high school in Vancouver, Canada and was the captain of the basketball teams for both schools. He would have pursued a professional career in basketball.
In 2007, at age 16, Wu auditioned for S.M. Entertainment's Canadian S.M. Global Auditions, which was held in Vancouver, British Columbia on October 14, 2007. He was attending Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School at the time of the casting. After passing the auditions, he moved to South Korea the following year and became an S.M. trainee. Prior to joining EXO, he made an appearance in an intermission video for the Girls' Generation Tour in 2011.
Wu was introduced as the eleventh member of Exo on February 17, 2012. He speaks fluent Cantonese, Mandarin, English, and Korean.
