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On May 26, HENDERY officially established his personal studio, marking a new chapter for the 26 y.o as he spreads his wings and breaks out of his cocoon once again, ready to explore even greater possibilities while continuing his journey on multiple paths. Beyond the stage, he is a fearless motorcycle rider, a disciplined Wing Chun practitioner, and a naturally witty entertainer. Each side comes together to reveal the many dimensions of his captivating personality.

|"𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫"|

HENDERY began practicing martial arts at a young age under an extremely strict training regimen. While most children his age were still enjoying long hours of sleep, 10 y.o HENDERY spent every morning holding horse stances and training on the wooden dummy, building a solid martial arts foundation through years of disciplined practice. To this day, he considers that rigorous training one of the greatest treasures of his life. One moment he's serious, the next he's joking around. One amusing memory from those days is that because he joined the school the earliest, his seniority was exceptionally high. According to martial arts etiquette, even uncles in their 40s and 50s had to address the young HENDERY as "Senior Brother".

"𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒚 𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒕 𝒗𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒍𝒚. 𝑴𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒕."

|𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬 & 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠|

After being discovered by a street scout and successfully becoming an SM trainee, HENDERY realized he has now spent ten years in Korea. Throughout his trainee years and career as an idol, he once believed he had left his martial arts background behind. Yet his body remembered what his mind had forgotten. On the highly competitive K-pop stage, the martial arts foundation he had built over the years quietly remained in his muscle memory.

"𝑲𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒖 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒂 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔. 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔. 𝑺𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑰 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒌𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒖 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈, 𝑰 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂 𝒉𝒖𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈."

This explains why his dance style combines broad, powerful movements with delicate details. Every pose and every burst of strength reflects not only precise choreography, but also the explosive control and restraint rooted in traditional martial arts. Those years of strict training eventually became an invisible suit of armor supporting him as he pursued his dreams. Looking back now, after years away from home, HENDERY feels nostalgic about Wing Chun, wishing he had continued practicing it, as it remains a symbol of where he came from.

|𝐀 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧?|

Recently, HENDERY returned to his hometown to attend the 3rd Macau International Comedy Festival. At the event, he taught a robot the festival's theme dance and even danced ballroom with comedian Song Xiaobao, bringing plenty of laughter. Having previously gone viral for recreating Zhang Cheng's absurd "Five in a Row" dance, he was excited to finally meet him in person.

"𝑰'𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆. 𝑴𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑻𝑽 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆. 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒔 𝑪𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆'𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑮𝒖𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒈. 𝑰𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆'𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝒏𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕, 𝑰'𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇."

People often say HENDERY has a habit of collecting ideas from everyday life, frequently writing them in his phone's Notes app. When asked to share one of his favorites, he laughed:

"𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍, 𝑰 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒊𝒅 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔. 𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕, 𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒕. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒎. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒖𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎. 𝑺𝒐 𝑰 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒚, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒎𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅, 𝑰'𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈."

Although many assume he secretly prepares jokes in advance, HENDERY explained:

"𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒋𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒔. 𝑰 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒅𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔. 𝑷𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎, 𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝑰'𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒋𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒔, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏'𝒕."

He also corrected a common misconception:

"𝑰'𝒎 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒆𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏. 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕, 𝒏𝒐𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒆. 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰'𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰'𝒎 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒙𝒆𝒅, 𝑰 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒋𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔."

|𝐀 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬|

Having recently earned his motorcycle license, HENDERY has become fascinated with riding. For him, putting on a helmet creates a world of his own. Every twist of the throttle and every turn becomes a conversation between himself and the road. Growing up in Macau, surrounded by the city's long history of international street racing, motorcycles always felt familiar. His favorite bikes are from Kawasaki's Ninja series. Their sharp green lines contrast strongly with his gentle personality. He's not interested in naked bikes, ADVs, or cruisers, he prefers supersport motorcycles. For HENDERY, the greatest appeal isn't speed itself, but the peace that comes with complete focus while riding.

|𝐀 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐚𝐲 𝐀𝐫𝐞𝐚 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫|

HENDERY enjoys watching anime, and his favorite character is Sanji from One Piece. Unlike many characters who gain extraordinary powers through Devil Fruits, Sanji relies solely on his own body and relentless training.

"𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒅𝒎𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌. 𝑺𝒂𝒏𝒋𝒊 𝒘𝒂𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒈𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒆𝒇𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑰 𝒅𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕. 𝑰 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒂𝒅𝒎𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒚."

He sees himself in Sanji. Before being street cast at 17, singing and dancing had never even crossed his mind. Entering an entirely unfamiliar field while starting behind everyone else, what ultimately allowed him to debut wasn't talent. It was relentless hard work and perseverance.

|𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 & 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬|

Offstage, HENDERY often listens to DPR IAN and Rich Brian. He admires DPR IAN's ability to combine music, visuals, and personal experiences into one artistic expression. He also enjoys reading Rich Brian's interviews, trying to understand how the Indonesian artist continued growing through passion and persistence before reaching the international stage.

Rather than copying others' success, HENDERY hopes to learn from their willingness to keep exploring and challenging themselves. Growing up in the Greater Bay Area, he naturally developed a love for Cantonese music. During the interview, he quietly hummed songs by Eason Chan and also spoke about MC Jin, admiring how he dominated Freestyle Friday for seven consecutive weeks. For HENDERY, singing Cantonese songs feels especially meaningful.

"𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒎. 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆'𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔. 𝑰𝒇 𝑰 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝑪𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒆, 𝑰'𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒄𝒖𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝑪𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝑰 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒘 𝒖𝒑 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐."

One of his biggest dreams?

"𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒈𝒖𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑳𝒆𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔."

As the interview wrapped up, HENDERY casually grabbed a tissue and tilted his head back. He had suffered a nosebleed that morning and admitted,

"𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝑰'𝒅 𝒔𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒛𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏."

The brief concern quickly disappeared. Moments later, he was once again the playful, quirky HENDERY who effortlessly filled the room with laughter.