Kim Jae-kyung | |
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Kim Jae-kyung in K-POP World Festival on October 10, 2013
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Native name | 김재경 |
Born |
Kim Jae-kyung December 24, 1988 Seoul, South Korea |
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Relatives | Kim Jae-hyun (brother) |
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Genres | K-pop |
Instruments | Vocals |
Years active | 2009–present |
Labels |
DSP Media (2009-2016) Namoo Actors (2016-present) |
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Website | Naver |
Korean name | |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Gim Jae-gyeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Kim Chae-gyŏng |
Kim Jae-kyung (born December 24, 1988) is a South Korea singer, dancer, actress and television personality. She was a member and leader of the South Korean girl group Rainbow.
Jae-kyung was born in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, South Korea on December 24, 1988. She studied at Deungchon High School and Dongduk Women's University, where she majored in Fashion Design. She was a trainee at JYP Entertainment before switching to DSP Media. Her brother is N.Flying's Jaehyun.
While under DSP Media, in 2007 she was asked if she wanted to debut as a member of Kara. Jaekyung turned the offer down because she thought she would be happy with her Rainbow members. In 2007 Jaekyung was asked to join SM Entertainment, hinting at the possibility that she may have joined Girls' Generation. In 2008, she appeared in SS501's song "A Song Calling For You" music video before debuting as a Rainbow member.
Jae-kyung debuted as leader of girl group Rainbow. On November 12, 2009, Rainbow's released mini album "Gossip Girl". The group's first broadcast performance of "Gossip Girls" was held at MBC's music show Show! Music Core on November 14, 2009 .
Jaekyung, Woori, Seungah, and Hyunyoung debuted as Rainbow Blaxx, the second official sub-unit of Rainbow, was formed in 2014. The group released their first mini-album titled RB Blaxx on January 20, 2014.