Jinyoung (진영) is a South Korean Actor and Singer. He made his acting debut in 2012 with the drama “Dream High 2”. He is under BH Entertainment.
His Stage name is Jinyoung (진영). His birth name is Park Jin Young (박진영). He was born on 22 September 1994. His age is around 28 years old as of 2022. He is Korean By Nationality. His Zodiac sign is Virgo. His Chinese Zodiac sign is Dog. His MBTI Type is ISFJ. His Shoe size is 26.5.
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Early Life:
He was born in Jinhae-gu, Changwon city, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea.
He started his Schooling at Yongwon Elementary School and Angolpo Middle School. He completed his high school at Kyunggi High School. He graduated from Howon University.
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 black eyes and black hair.
His height is around 5’10” (178 cm) and his weight is around 63 kg (139 lbs). His Blood group is “O”.
Family, Religion & Girlfriends:
He has parents and two older sisters in the family.
Not much is known about his relationships.
Facts:
- He has 9.9M+ followers on Instagram.
- He can speak Japanese, Korean, and English.
- He became a trainee under JYP Entertainment in 2009.
- He performed at Howon University and tied for first place with JB in JYP’s 2009 Open Auditions.
- He trained for 2 years and 6 months and debuted as a duo under the JJ project.
- The project later became a subunit of GOT7.
- He debuted with the group GOT7 on 16 January 2014 under JYP Entertainment.
- He is the Sub-Vocalist, Visual, Center, and Face of The Group.
- Their contracts ended with JYP in 2021 and they decided to pursue their career, but continue to stay together as GOT7.
- He likes the color white and blue.
- He is the “Mother” of the group GOT7.
- He likes R&B Soul music and the Jazz music genre.
- He is Christian by religion.
- He is great at Choreography and dancing.
- His favorite genre in movies is romance, comedy, and horror.
- He hosted the Inkigayo alongside Black Pink’s Jisoo and NCT’s Doyoung from Feb 5th, 2017 to Feb 3rd, 2018.
- He likes to eat hamburgers, pizza, and all kinds of meat.
- He was the choreographer of “Follow Me” by Got7.
- He wants to become a preschool teacher in his childhood.
- He is the face of many popular magazines.
- He likes to watch movies watch theater plays, take walks, and play the piano during his free time.
- He is a super hard worker.
- He had experienced one-sided love.
- He never dyes his hair but changes the hairstyle frequently.
- He often rode the bus to go to University.
- He can play Piano.
- He is a fan of Justin Timberlake, Usher, and Michael Buble.
- He had a single room in a dorm but now he lives in an apartment.
- He is good at fashion in GOT7 after Bambam.
- He rarely sees a mirror.
- He considers 2PM and Shinwa as his role model.
- He likes the drama “Iris”. He bought all the episodes and used to secretly watch them in class in high school.
- He revealed on a variety show that the part of a woman’s body that he finds the most attractive is the nape (the back of the neck).
- He feels nostalgic if someone calls him “Jireongie”.
- He is in contact with his homeroom teacher till now because she is one of the people who guided him to become who he is today.
- He was the class president in middle school.
- He reads books to improve his vocabulary and communication skills.
- He is generous towards other people.
- He likes outdoor dates like playing in a river and BBQ.
- He thinks that he’s pretty good at babysitting, and after he gets married, he’s going to be a great dad.
- He likes to read novels.
- He likes the snack called “Home Run Ball” and loves to melt chocolate and eat it with strawberries.
- He debuted as a Soloist on 28 June 2021 with the single “Dive”.
- He was formerly known as Junior but changed to his legal name Jinyoung because his parents wanted his birth name as his stage name.
- He posted on Twitter on 16 August 2016 about it saying “Starting today I will be promoting as Jinyoung, not Junior. I will become a Jinyoung who gives more effort. I ask for your abundant support! Thank you!!!”.
- He got 13th rank the highest class rank that he had.
- He is close with Wonpil of DAY6.
- His contract ended on 19 January 2021 with JYP and he decided not to renew.
- He joined BH Entertainment on 27 January 2021 to pursue his acting career.
- He doesn’t have any motto in his life but his favorite quote is “Only 1’ is better than ‘Number 1’.”
- His Ideal type is a girl who has a lot of aegyo.
Songwriting Credits:
- “This Star” (wrote and co-composed) | Mad Winter Edition | GOT7 (2015)
- “Can’t” (wrote and co-composed) | Flight Log Departure | GOT7 (2016)
- “Mayday” (wrote and co-composed) | Flight Log Departure | GOT7 (2016)
- “Tomorrow Today” (co-wrote) | Verse 2 album | JJ Project (2017)
- “The Day” (co-wrote) | Verse 2 album | JJ Project (2017)
- “On&On” (co-wrote and co-composed) | Verse 2 album | JJ Project (2017)
- “Don’t Wanna Know” (co-wrote and co-composed) | Verse 2 album | JJ Project (2017)
- “Coming Home” (co-wrote and co-composed) | Verse 2 album | JJ Project (2017)
- “Paradise” (co-wrote and co-composed) | Flight Log Arrival | GOT7 (2017)
- “Firework” (co-wrote and co-composed) | 7for7 | GOT7 (2017)
- “Thank You” (wrote the lyrics & composed) | Eyes on You | GOT7 (2018)
Dramas:
- Dream High 2 (드림하이 2) | KBS2 / as Jung Ui Bong (2012)
- When A Man’s in Love (남자가 사랑할 때) | MBC / as Ddeol Yi (2013)
- Dream Knight (드림 나이트) | Naver TVCast / as Park Jin Young (2015)
- My Love Eun Dong (사랑하는 은동아) | JTBC / as Ji Eun Ho / Park Hyun Soo (2015)
- The Legend of the Blue Sea (푸른 바다의 전설) | SBS / as Heo Joon Jae [Young] (2016)
- Magic School (마술학교) | (Naver TV Cast, JTBC / as Lee Na Ra (2017)
- He Is Psychometric (사이코메트리 그녀석) | tvN / as Lee Ahn (2019)
- Melting Me Softly (날 녹여주오) | tvN / as Jang Woo Shin [EP. 14] (2019)
- When My Love Blooms (화양연화) | tvN / as Han Jae Hyun [20s] (2020)
- The Devil Judge (악마판사) | tvN / as Kim Ga On | Kang Isaac (2021)
- Yumi’s Cells (유미의 세포들) | tvN, TVING / as Yoo Babi (2021)
- Yumi’s Cells 2 (유미의 세포들2) | tvN, TVING / as Yoo Babi (2022)
Movies:
- A Stray Goat (눈발) as Cho Min Shik (2017)
- The Angel Without, The Devil Within (없는 천사, 내면의 악마) as Jung Dae (2022)
