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Jun. K

Jun. K
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Jun. K during 2PM's Go Crazy World Tour at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, November 2014
Native name 김민준
Born Kim Minjun
(1988-01-15) January 15, 1988 (age 29)
Daegu, South Korea
Occupation
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
Years active 2008–present
Labels JYP Entertainment
Associated acts
Website 2pm.jype.com/profile.asp
Jun. K
Hangul 김민준
Hanja
Revised Romanization Gim Min-jun
McCune–Reischauer Kim Minjun

Kim Min-jun (Hangul김민준; Hanja金閔俊; born January 15, 1988), better known by his stage name Jun. K, is a South Korean singer-songwriter, record producer, rapper and actor. He is the main vocalist of 2PM.

Formerly known as Junsu, he revealed on October 17, 2012, that due to family reasons he would be changing his name to Minjun, though his stage name would remain the same. Aside from his group activities, Jun. K has released two digital singles, one extended play in South Korea and two extended plays in Japan, both of which peaked at number two on the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart. His 2nd Japanese solo album "Love Letter" ranked 1st on both Billboard Japan "Top" and "Hot" album sales charts. His first Korean solo album "Mr. NO♡" debuted at No. 09 on Billboard World Albums chart. His 3rd Japanese solo album "No Shadow" ranked 2nd on Billboard Japan "Top" and "Hot" album sales charts.

Kim Minjun was born in Daegu, South Korea and attended DongA School For The Arts with a major in the broadcasting/entertainment department. Prior to singing, he had entered and won various poem and songwriting contests. He is currently attending Kyunghee University's Media Information Graduate School.

He originally auditioned for YG Entertainment, where he befriended G-Dragon and Taeyang of Big Bang. He was accepted into both YG Entertainment and JYP Entertainment, and ended up signing with the latter. He remains close friends with both members of Big Bang.

Jun. K was chosen as main vocalist of 2PM. The group official debuted on September 4, 2008.

During a 2PM fanmeeting in 2009, he performed his composition "Hot" for the first time for his solo. "Hot" was later recorded by all six members and included on their second studio album Hands Up (2011). In 2010, he collaborated with composer Jung Woo on the track "Tok Tok Tok" released in August, provided guest vocals for then-labelmate San E's song "B.U.B.U." (an acronym for "Break Up Back Up"), released in September as part of his first extended play, and teamed up with other idols and singers for the 2010 G-20 Seoul summit campaign song "Let's Go," released in October.


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