Jung Yong-hwa

In 2016 he was under investigation for insider trading in stocks of FNC Entertainment but later proved innocent.

Jung Yong-hwa presently lives with his family and is concentrating on his career. Though age is catching up on him, he has given no serious thought to marriage. He once mentioned that he would like to get married before he is 45 years old.

Jung Yong-hwa was born in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea, on 22 June 1989 as the second son of his parents. He was brought up with his elder brother who is four years older than him. His family moved to the city of Busan in 1991, from where he completed his high school. He moved back to Seoul to join college, where he joined FNC Music.

Jung started composing music when he was in school and was part of a band when he was in college. By the time he was 20, he moved to Japan to study music and started performing with his band popularly known as CNBLUE. They made their first independent album ‘Now or Never’ in 2009 and also made several street performances to promote their music.

Jung Yong-hwa and his band made their official debut in South Korea in 2010, with their album, ‘Bluetory’ that took the charts by storm with their title song ‘I’m a Loner’. The following year he released his first solo single ‘For First Time Lovers’, which was played on the second season of the television show ‘We Got Married’. The song reached the number one position on the Gaon Singles Chart of South Korea.

He started philanthropic gestures early in his career by donating all profits from his single ‘You My Star’ to charity in 2014. His solo artist debut album ‘One Fine Day’ got to the number one spot of the Billboard’s World Albums Chart in 2015.

In 2016 he released the singles ‘Hello’ and ‘Empathy’ in collaboration with Sunwoo Jung-a, that received positive reviews from fans. He went on to collaborate with many foreign artists and released his Japanese album ‘Summer Calling’ in 2017. He also went on a Japanese tour in August 2017.

He was the first member of his group to take up acting with a role in the television drama ‘You’re Beautiful’ in 2009, where he is featured as the lead guitarist of a musical group. The serial was extensively popular in Korea and Japan. In 2011, he again co-starred with Park Shin-hye from ‘You’re Beautiful’ in the serial ‘Heartstrings’. His performance turned him into a youth icon in Japan.

He declined a third serial with Park Shin-hye as he wanted to avoid being stereotyped and went on to act in the romantic comedy, ‘Marry Him If You Dare’ with a new cast. In 2014, he gave a spectacular performance in ‘Three Musketeers’ that gained popularity in China.

He made his debut in films with his role as Chef Ahn Paul in the movie ‘Cook up a Storm’ in 2017.

He has appeared in a number of television serials that include ‘You’re Beautiful’ (2009), ‘Heartstrings’ (2011), ‘A Gentleman’s Dignity’ (2012), ‘Marry Him If You Dare’ (2013), ‘The Three Musketeers’ (2014) and ‘The Package’ (2017).

He has hosted the reality shows ‘Inkigayo and ‘Night After Night’ in 2010 – 2011 with Sulli and Daesung respectively.

He has also participated as the main cast in the variety shows ‘Korean Ecosystem Rescue Centre: Hunters’, ‘We Got Married’, ‘Island Trio’ and ‘Syndrome Man’.

He has appeared as a guest artist in 12 episodes of the show ‘Running Man’.