Jackson Wang
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Jackson Wang in September 2016
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| Chinese name | 王嘉爾 (traditional) |
| Chinese name | 王嘉尔 (simplified) |
| Pinyin | Wáng Jiāěr (Mandarin) |
| Jyutping | Wong4 Gaa1-ji5 (Cantonese) |
| Birth name | Jackson Wang |
| Ethnicity | Han Chinese |
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28 March 1994 British Hong Kong |
| Other name(s) | Wang Ka-yee |
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| Years active | 2014–present |
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| Ancestry |
Shanghai, China (maternal) Guangzhou, China (paternal) |
Jackson Wang (traditional Chinese: 王嘉爾; born 28 March 1994) is a Hong Kong-born Chinese rapper, singer, and dancer. He is best known as the lead rapper of the South Korean boy group Got7 under JYP Entertainment, as well as for multiple appearances on Korean reality television series such as Roommate.
He is a former national sabre fencer for the Hong Kong fencing team, winning first place at the Asian Junior and Cadet Fencing Championships in 2011, and ranked 11th in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, Jackson is fluent in Mandarin, English, Cantonese and Korean.
Jackson Wang was born in Hong Kong on 28 March 1994, to parents who were both athletes (his mother, Sophia Chow/ Zhou Ping was an Olympic gymnast) from mainland China. At the age of ten, he began to train in fencing, being taught by his father and other professional coaches. He went on to win multiple awards as part of the Hong Kong national fencing team, including first place at the Asian Junior and Cadet Fencing Championship in 2011. He attended the American International School in Hong Kong up to the eleventh grade. He was offered a scholarship for Stanford for fencing, but he turned it down to become a singer.
Jackson moved to South Korea in July 2011, becoming a trainee under JYP Entertainment. He trained at JYP for two and a half years before making his debut, during which time he made an appearance on the reality survival program WIN: Who Is Next, which aired on Mnet on 6 September 2013. The program was a competition between YG Entertainment trainees (that have now debuted as the groups Winner and iKON), whom he competed against for the episode alongside JYP trainees Mark, Yugyeom, and BamBam (now Got7 members).
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