Park Jin-young

@South Korean Men, Birthday and Facts ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Park Jin-young is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and actor South Korean Singers Pop Singers Capricorn Celebrities Park Jin-young is a South Korean singer, songwriter, and actor. Also known as Jinyoung, he is a dancer and a choreographer as well. A member of the popular K-pop boy group Got7 and JJ Project, he shares his name with the founder of his agency, Jin-young. To avoid confusion, he originally performed with the stage name ‘Jr’, and later changed the spelling to ‘Junior’ as his fans were confused over the right pronunciation of his name. Eventually in 2016, he announced that he would use his own given name, Park Jin-young, as he has matured and no longer a junior singer. JYP Entertainment had discovered him when he had auditioned at the JYP Trainee Open Recruitment Audition. After a training period of more than two years, he first debuted as a member of JJ Project with his partner JB. First as a member of JJ Project, and then as a member of Got7, Park has released a number of albums and singles and many of them have been successful on different charts. The main vocalist of Got7, Park showed his fans that he could rap well too when he did group member Mark’s part in the track ‘Never Ever’. He made his acting debut in the South Korean television drama ‘Dream High 2’, followed by some supporting roles. He then made his film debut in ‘A Stray Goat’ and was nominated for an award for the film.

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Birthday: January 13, 1972 Nationality: South Korean Famous: South Korean Men, Singers, Pop Singers Spouses: Seo Yoon-jeong (m. 1999–2010) Known as: J. Y. Park or JYP Founder / Co-Founder: J.Y. Park Birth Place: Seoul, South Korea Information Detail Birthday January 13, 1972 Nationality South Korean Famous South Korean Men, Singers, Pop Singers Spouses Seo Yoon-jeong (m. 1999–2010) Known as J. Y. Park or JYP Founder / Co-Founder J.Y. Park Birth Place Seoul, South Korea Height 182cm Gender Male Sun Sign Capricorn Born in Seoul, South Korea Famous as Singer Socials https://www.facebook.com/followjyp https://twitter.com/followjyp https://www.youtube.com/user/jypark https://www.instagram.com/asiansoul_jyp/

Seoul, South Korea

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Park Jin-young is a very reserved person. He has not revealed any details about his love life to the media. Unsplash Personal Life

Park Jin-young was born on September 22, 1994. He has two elder sisters. Information about his parents is not available to the media. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He studied in Yongwon Elementary School and Angolpo Middle School, and later attended Kyunggi High School. He later took up performance in Howon University. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

In 2009, Jinyoung auditioned for JYP Entertainment and was taken as a trainee. In 2011, he started acting in the South Korean television drama ‘Dream High 2’, as Jung Ui-bong. The series ran from January 30 to March 20, 2012. Unsplash Career

On February 29, 2012, he released the song ‘We are the B’ as the soundtrack for the drama, along with Jinwoon, Kim Ji-soo, and Kang So-ra. The drama was not successful, and did not help Park in any way. Unsplash Career

In May 2012, he and his fellow trainee JB debuted as a duo with ‘JJ Project’, formed by JYP Entertainment, with a single album ‘JJ Project Slot Machine’. They then released their first single ‘Bounce’, also in May 2012. The official music video for the title track ‘Bounce’ was released on May 19 through their official YouTube account. It reached over 1 million views on YouTube in two days. The duo also started promotions for ‘Bounce’ on M! Countdown on May 24. Unsplash Career

On June 26, 2012, the duo JJ was invited to record their own rendition of ‘Na Na Na’ by Yoo Seung-jun, which they performed on the second season of MBC's music program MM Choice. Unsplash Career

On March 11, 2013, Park was cast as Ddol-yi on MBC's drama ‘When a Man Falls in Love’. JB also did a role in the drama, which was aired for 20 episodes from April 3. In April 2013, the duo was once again cast as actors in the drama, ‘When a Man Falls in Love,’ season 2. Unsplash Career

Park Jin-young’s group Got7’s first EP ‘Got It?’ charted well and was also commercially successful. It peaked at number 2 on the Gaon Album Chart and number 1 on Billboard's World Albums Chart. Unsplash Major Works

In October 2014, the group’s Japanese song ‘Around the World’ debuted at number 3 on the weekly Oricon Singles Chart, and sold over 36,000 copies. The same year, Got7’s first full-length studio album ‘Identify’, topped South Korean charts. Unsplash Major Works

In 2016, Got7’s first Japanese studio album, ‘Moriagatteyo’, debuted at number 3 on the Oricon Albums Chart. The group’s EP ‘Flight Log: Arrival,’ released the following year, became their highest selling album with more than 300,000 copies sold. Unsplash Major Works

The group’s Japanese single, ‘My Swagger’, topped Billboard's Japan Single Chart and took the second position on Oricon on the day of its release. Unsplash Major Works

Information	Detail
Birthday	January 13, 1972
Nationality	South Korean
Famous	South Korean Men, Singers, Pop Singers
Spouses	Seo Yoon-jeong (m. 1999–2010)
Known as	J. Y. Park or JYP
Founder / Co-Founder	J.Y. Park
Birth Place	Seoul, South Korea
Height	182cm
Gender	Male
Sun Sign	Capricorn
Born in	Seoul, South Korea
Famous as	Singer
Socials	https://www.facebook.com/followjyp https://twitter.com/followjyp https://www.youtube.com/user/jypark https://www.instagram.com/asiansoul_jyp/

Park Jin-young

South Korean

Jan 13, 1972

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Seoul, South Korea