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Kai was born in Suncheon, South Jeolla, South Korea on January 14, 1994.<ref name="Russell2014">{{cite book|author=Mark Russell|title=K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution|page=67|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=etDZAwAAQBAJ|date=2014-04-29|publisher=Tuttle Publishing|isbn=978-1-4629-1411-1}}</ref><ref name="Kai Naver Profile">{{cite web|url=http://people.search.naver.com/search.naver?where=nexearch&query=%EC%B9%B4%EC%9D%B4&sm=ppl_cts&ie=utf8&key=PeopleService&os=301571|title=Kai Naver Profile|work=Naver Profiles|publisher=Naver|language=ko}}</ref> He is the younger brother of three children, began dancing when he was eight years old and did jazz and ballet for four years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soompi.com/2014/02/17/exo-kais-audition-video-revealed-on-sbs-special-determination-10000-hours/|title=EXO Kai’sKai's Audition Video Revealed on SBS Special, “Determination"Determination: 10,000 Hours”Hours"|publisher=Soompi|date=2014-02-17|access-date=2015-12-22}}</ref> Kai joined [[SM Entertainment]] in 2007 after winning the 10th S.M. Youth Best Contest when he was 13 years old.<ref name="dksinterview">{{cite journal|workjournal=Oh My News viaVia Oh My Star|url=http://star.ohmynews.com/NWS_Web/OhmyStar/at_pg.aspx?CNTN_CD=A0001731067|title=Exo-K manual part 2: D.O., Kai, Sehun|date=2012-05-11|access-date=2012-05-12|language=ko}}</ref>

Kai was the first [[Exo]]'s member to be formally presented to the public on December 23, 2011.<ref name="kaifirst">{{cite journal|workjournal=Newsen|url=http://www.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=201112230835211001&search=title&searchstring=%C4%AB%C0%CC|title=SM unveils first member, Kai, of mysterious rookie group|date=2011-12-23|access-date=2012-04-30|language=ko}}</ref> Along with [[Luhan]], [[Chen]] and [[Tao]] made their first television performance at the SBS Gayo Daejun event on December 29 of the same year.<ref>{{cite web|title=EXO makes their debut at SBS ‘Gayo'Gayo Daejun’Daejun'|url=http://www.allkpop.com/2011/12/exo-makes-their-debut-at-sbs-gayo-daejun|publisher=Allkpop|date=2011-12-29|access-date=2012-08-17}}</ref> In april. It officially debuted with the extended play, ''[[Mama]]''. Still in April, along with [[Byun Baek-hyun|Baekhyun]], [[Park Chan-yeol|Chanyeol]] and [[Oh Se-hun|Sehun]], appeared in the video of [[Girls' Generation-TTS]]'s debut song "Twinkle".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allkpop.com/article/2012/04/taetiseo-releases-mv-for-twinkle|title=TaeTiSeo releases MV for "Twinkle"!|publisher=Allkpop|date=2012-04-30|access-date=2015-10-09}}</ref> On October 16, it was announced that he would participate in the 6-member dance group Younique Unit, alongside Eunhyuk, Hyoyeon, Taemin, Henry Lau and Luhan performing the song "Maxstep" for the album ''PYL Younique Album'', being an album collaboration between SM Entertainment and [[Hyundai]]. A video teaser of the song was shown on the ''PYL Younique Show'' the next day.<ref>{{cite web|title=ASK K-POP SM Entertainment's dance unit for Hyundai ‘PYL’'PYL' reveals video teaser for “MAXSTEP”"MAXSTEP"|url=http://www.me2day.us/article/SM-Entertainment-s-dance-unit-for-Hyundai-s-PYL-reveals-video-teaser-for-MAXSTEP/|publisher=me2day|date=2012-10-18|access-date=2012-10-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012154647/http://www.me2day.us/article/SM-Entertainment-s-dance-unit-for-Hyundai-s-PYL-reveals-video-teaser-for-MAXSTEP/#|archive-date=2014-10-12}}</ref> In December 2012, along with Lay, Yunho, Eunhyuk, Donghae, Minho and Taemin, they formed the SM performance group The Performance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jpopasia.com/group/smtheperformance/|title=Group SM The Performance|date=2012-12-30|work=Jpopasia|access-date=2013-10-16}}</ref> The group's first appearance was at the SBS Gayo Daejun event on December 29, with the release of the single "Spectrum" the next day.