Jinu is a member of the South Korean Kpop boy band named WINNER (위너). The Group consists of 4 members: Yoon (Seungyoon), Jinu (Jinwoo), Hoony (Seunghoon), and Mino. Originally, the group has 5 members but Taehyun quit the group on 26 Nov 2016 due to his mental health and well-being. The band was formed through Mnet’s survival show WIN: Who is Next in 2013. They made their official Broadcast debut on 17 August 2014 with the studio album 2014 S/S. They belong to YG Entertainment.
He made his solo debut on 14 August with the single “Call Anytime” on album “Jinu’s Heyday. His single Top all the Charts in Korea.
His Stage name is Jinu formerly known as Jinwoo. His birth name is Kim Jin Woo (김진우). He was born on 26 September 1991. His age is around 30 years old as of 2021. He is Korean By Nationality. His Zodiac sign is Libra. His Chinese Zodiac Sign is Sheep.
He is the Lead Vocalist and Visual of the group.
Check out and follow Jinu’s Social Media accounts:
Instagram: xxjjjwww
Twitter: official_jinu_
YouTube: N/A
Weibo: XXJJJWWW_OFFICIAL
Facebook: N/A
Early Life:
He was born in Imja-do, Sinan County, South Jeolla province, South Korea. He went to Joy Dance Academy.
Not much is known about his early life.
Physical Appearance:
He is young, smart, and handsome. He is popular among youths. His looks make him look younger than his actual age. He has brown eyes and light brown hair.
His height is around 5’10” (177 cm) and his weight is around 58 kg (128 lbs). His Blood group is “A”.
Family, Religion & Girlfriends:
He has parents and two sisters, an older sister Heera and Younger sister Jinhi, in his family. His father was a Captain of a fishing boat.
Facts:
- He has 1.7M+ followers on Instagram.
- He was scouted by Seungri of Big Bang impressed by his dancing skills.
- He became a trainee in August 2010.
- He took the training for 5 years.
- He performed as a backstage dancer at the YG family concert with former member Taehyun in 2011.
- Kim participated in Mnet survival program WIN: Who Is Next in 2013.
- He is a fixed cast member of the MBC traveling variety show “Wizards of Nowhere” from July 2017.
- He is the peacemaker of the group.
- He knows to swim.
- He is warm and tender by personality according to Yoon.
- He considers Seulgi as a valuable person in his life for helping him.
- He has two Sphynx cats called Ray and Bay.
- He has allergies from cats but he takes medicines so that he can keep his cats.
- He takes a long time to memorize lyrics and Choreography among the members.
- He likes to play games.
- He doesn’t like his father’s job, as a fisherman, before but now he is proud of him.
- He said about his father that he is a great man and must not be crying because of him anymore.
- He is the Fake Maknae of the group.
- He is the oldest member of the group but his innocence and boyish face make people think he is Maknae of the group.
- He looks handsome, pretty, and fragile but he is wild, tough, and angry and that’s his Charm according to him.
- He resembles a lot to Japanese actor Kiritani Mirei.
- He often wears open-knee pants so his nickname is “Open Knees”.
- He is the “Face Genius” of YG Entertainment because of his visuals.
- One of the panelists said that he had the SM Entertainment aura, which is ‘beauty’ in a talk show.
- His face is called the “Golden ratio” because his facial proportions are considered ideal according to the one plastic surgeon.
- He often gets lost in unfamiliar places so he earned the title “The International Lost Boy”. In an episode of Winner TV, he couldn’t find Tokyo Tower, which was only ten minutes from his hotel.
- He was recruited as the ‘cutie line’ of YG Entertainment by Sandara Park after watching him on WINNER TV because she thought that there are too many swag people like CL and G-Dragon. The other members of the ‘cutie line’ are BLACKPINK’s Jisoo, iKON’s Jinhwan, and iKON’s Yunhyeong.
- He always gets compliments about his visuals and even people think that he is from SM Entertainment.
- He is a homebody.
- He made his acting debut through the web drama “Magic Cellphone” in 2016.
- He joined as the lead of the production “The Little Prince” by Korea National Contemporary Dance Company after passing the audition.
- He is the first Kpop idol to take part in a Contemporary Dance Production.
- He started his military service as a Public Service Worker on 2 April 2020.
- He acted in a web drama with fellow member, Seungyoon, named “Love for a Thousand More”.
- This web drama is a joint production of CJ E&M, YG Entertainment, and YGKPlus.
- He said about his Ideal type “My ideal type is someone who has white skin and a cute face like a puppy. I like someone who is not oversized but not too skinny either. I would not like her to wear high heels because I will look shorter than her. It would be nice if her height is about 165cm.“
Check out and follow WINNER’s official accounts:
Instagram: @winnercity
Twitter: @yginnercircle / @yg_winnercity
YouTube: Winner Channel
vLive channel: WINNER channel
Facebook: OfficialYGWINNER
TikTok: @Wn_tiktok
