Jeong Jin-woon | |
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Born |
Seoul, South Korea |
May 2, 1991
Occupation | |
Musical career | |
Genres | K-pop |
Years active | 2008–present |
Labels |
JYP Entertainment (2008–2015) Mystic Entertainment (2015–present) |
Associated acts |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 정진운 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Jeong Jin-un |
McCune–Reischauer | Chŏng Chin'un |
Jeong Jin-woon (Hangul: 정진운), most often credited as Jinwoon, is a South Korean idol singer and actor. Debuted as a member of the group 2AM in July 2008. Began his acting career in 2012 in the KBS's series Dream High 2, playing Jin Yoo-jin.
Jinwoon was born on May 2, 1991 in Seoul, South Korea. He graduated high school from BaekAhm High School. He, along with Shinee's Onew and Girls' Generation's Seohyun, had the highest national score for their high school SATs exam. He studied at Daejin University, Dept. of Theatre and Visual Arts, the same class as fellow group member, Seulong. Jinwoon is known to be close to 91-liners, such as Nicole Jung former member of Kara,Son Dong-woon of Beast, Mir of MBLAQ, Key of Shinee, and Seohyun of Girls' Generation. On October 7, 2013 he suffered a car accident and went into surgery. The surgery went well and currently he is going through a recovery process.
His cousin, Park Mi So, is currently a member of a South Korean Kpop girl group "TAHITI".
He was originally eliminated from 2AM in the Hot Blood documentary, but Jinwoon eventually returned after one of the chosen members Daehun had to return to the States for personal reasons. Prior to debut, he was in a band called "No Comment". He plays guitar, drums, bass guitar, bongo and piano.