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At World Friends Music Festival, in September 2016
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Native name | 육성재 |
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Yook Sung-jae May 2, 1995 Yongin, Gyeonggi, South Korea |
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Years active | 2012–present |
Labels | Cube Entertainment |
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Revised Romanization | Yuk Seong-jae |
McCune–Reischauer | Yuk Sŏng-chae |
Yook Sung-jae (Hangul: 육성재; born May 2, 1995) is a South Korean singer, actor and host. He is a member of the boy band BTOB and is known for starring in dramas Plus Nine Boys (2014), Who Are You: School 2015 (2015), The Village: Achiara's Secret (2015) and Guardian: The Lonely and Great God (2016).
Sungjae was born on May 2, 1995, in Yongin, Gyeonggi, South Korea. He has one older sister and his father is a CEO of an IT company that deals with semiconductors.
He briefly studied for a month each in England and the Philippines. He attended Hanlim Multi Art School and graduated in 2014.
Sungjae debuted as a vocalist of boy-group BTOB in 2012. The group made their official debut with "Insane" on March 21, 2012. The group has released a total of 1 studio album, and 8 extended plays since debut.
In July 2014, Sungjae became a presenter for the program, A Song For You with Kangin of Super Junior and Amber of f(x). Later that year, he was cast in Hitmaker as a member of Hyundon and Defconn's parody project boy group, Big Byung. The group released two singles "Stress Come On" and "Ojingeo Doenjang". He received his first acting role in Plus Nine Boys, playing a 19-year old Judo athlete. In late 2014, he became a cast in reality-variety program Real Men and left in 2015.