✦ 𝕹𝖆 𝕵𝖆𝖊𝖒𝖎𝖓 was born in Jeonju, South Korea on August 13, 2000. He grew up in Seoul and studied at Incheon Cheong-il Elementary School; he also attended at Incheon 𝐇𝖆𝖊𝖜𝖔𝖓 Middle School and went to School of Performing Arts Seoul (𝐒𝐎𝐏𝐀). 𝕵aemin became a trainee under SM Entertainment in 2013, at the age of 13, after being street-cast by staff while handing out posters and collecting trash as a volunteer with his mother at an 🅔︎🅥︎🅔︎🅝︎🅣︎.
✦✦ 𝕴𝖓 2014, Jaemin started featuring in several events with SM Entertainment's pre-debut training team, SM Rookies. From August 2014, he participated in the SM Town Live World Tour IV with 𝕾𝖒 𝕽𝖔𝖔𝖐𝖎𝖊𝖘 and appeared in several SM Rookies videos. In October 2014, he made his first broadcast appearance on Exo 90:2014, a reality television show starring labelmate Exo, alongside fellow 🅝︎🅒︎🅣︎ members, where they danced to K-pop songs from the '90s.
✦✦ 𝕴𝖓 2014, Jaemin started featuring in several events with SM Entertainment's pre-debut training team, SM Rookies. From August 2014, he participated in the SM Town Live World Tour IV with 𝕾𝖒 𝕽𝖔𝖔𝖐𝖎𝖊𝖘 and appeared in several SM Rookies videos. In October 2014, he made his first broadcast appearance on Exo 90:2014, a reality television show starring labelmate Exo, alongside fellow 🅝︎🅒︎🅣︎ members, where they danced to K-pop songs from the '90s.