Seo Min-kyu

Seo began skating in 2011 at the age of four. He then became inspired to become a competitive figure skater after watching Cha Jun-hwan compete. He is coached by his mother, Kim Eun-ji.[2][3]

Seo's first international competition was the 2019 Asian Open Trophy in advanced novice, where he finished in sixth place. He won the national junior gold medal at the 2022 South Korean Championships.[1]

Making his international junior debut on the Junior Grand Prix at the 2022 JGP Czech Republic in Ostrava, Seo finished first in the short program after a clean skate with amazing 74.39 points.[4] He cleanly landed most of his jumps in the free skate, only to fall at the triple Salchow-double Axel sequence and edge calls on two Lutz jumps. He finished fourth overall.[5] In early October, he competed in his second event on the circuit, the 2022 JGP Poland II in Gdańsk. He ranked fourth in the short program and third in the free, winning the bronze medal. He was named the third of three alternates for 2022–23 Junior Grand Prix Final.[6]

In his first senior event, Seo placed fourth in the short program at the 2023 South Korean Championships. He placed second in the free skate, 11.17 points behind Cha Jun-hwan, and won the bronze medal. Seo was named the first alternate for the 2023 World Junior Championships in Calgary.

In late July, Seo competed at the 2023 South Korean ISU Junior Grand Prix Qualifiers, where he won the gold medal, thus earning two assignments on the Junior Grand Prix circuit.[7] He placed fifth at the 2023 JGP Thailand.[8] At his second, the 2023 JGP Turkey, he won both segments of the competition and took the gold medal. As well, he successfully landed a triple Axel for the first time in international competition, which he cited as a point of pride.[9]