Seo Min-kyu

Seo Min-kyu (; born 14 October 2008) is a South Korean figure skater. He is a four-time South Korean national medalist (2023–26).

On the junior level, he is the 2024 Junior World champion, the 2025-26 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, a two-time Junior World silver medalist (2025, 2026), the 2024–25 Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalist, a six-time ISU Junior Grand Prix medalist, and the 2022 South Korean junior champion.

Seo is the first South Korean man to both medal at and win the World Junior Championships.

Personal life Seo was born on October 14, 2008, in Daegu, South Korea.

In late November, Seo competed on the senior level at the annual South Korean Ranking Competition, where he won silver for a second consecutive time. He placed second in that competition segment and won the silver medal overall behind Rio Nakata of Japan. Following this, he said, "I was very nervous about today’s performance, overall it was a happy day. I had many competitions this season and I am happy to end it with a medal at the Junior World Championships... For next season I really want to work on my quads. I see Rio with his quads and I really want to do it as well."

In an interview in an interview in April, Seo announced his music for the 2025-26 figure skating season and that he spent time training in Vancouver, Canada at the Connaught Skating Club and Coquitlam Skating Club, working with Keegan Murphy and Bruno Delmaestro, respectively. At the competition, Seo placed second in the short program, first at the free skate, and first overall, making him the first South Korean male skater to win a Junior Grand Prix Final and the first skater to earn the title in 20 years since Yuna Kim in 2005.

In January, Seo won the silver medal behind Cha Jun-hwan at the 2026 South Korean Championships.

At the 2026 World Junior Figure Skating Championships held in Tallinn, Estonia, Seo finished with a season's best score. He went on to place third in the free skate to win the silver medal behind Japan's Rio Nakata. "Even though I made a mistake on my first jump, I tried to overcome it step by step and focus on the next elements," said Seo after the free skate. "It was a difficult situation after making that mistake, but I tried to recover through the rest of the program, and that was the good thing about this free skate—to still skate a clean program after that and fight until the end. That was very good. I am very happy to finish in second place here."

Programs Season Short program Free skating Exhibition 2026–2027 El Toque De Rafa Canción del Mariachi The Umbrellas of Cherbourg The Umbrellas of Cherbourg I Will Wait for You 2025–2026