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Jeong Jin-woon

Jeong Jin-woon (Korean정진운), most often credited as Jinwoon, is a South Korean singer and actor. Debuting as a member of the group 2AM in July 2008,[1] he began his acting career in 2012 with the KBS series Dream High 2, playing Jin Yoo-jin.

In this Korean name, the family name is Jeong.

Jeong Jin-woon

(1991-05-02) May 2, 1991

Seoul, South Korea

Jung Jin-woon

  • Singer
  • actor

Vocals

2007–present

2AM

정진운
鄭珍雲

Jeong Jin-un

Chŏng Chin'un

Biography[edit]

Jinwoon was born on May 2, 1991[2] in Seoul, South Korea. He graduated high school from BaekAhm High School. He, along with Shinee's Onew and Girls' Generation's Seohyun, had the highest national score for their high school SATs exam. He studied at Daejin University, Dept. of Theatre and Visual Arts, the same class as fellow group member, Seulong. Jinwoon is known to be close to 91-liners, such as Nicole Jung former member of Kara,[3] Son Dong-woon of Beast,[4] Mir of MBLAQ, Key of Shinee, and Seohyun of Girls' Generation. On October 7, 2013, he suffered a car accident and went into surgery. The surgery went well and currently he is going through a recovery process.


His cousin, Park Mi So,[5][6] was a member of a South Korean Kpop girl group "TAHITI".

Career[edit]

2AM[edit]

He was originally eliminated from 2 am in the Hot Blood documentary, but Jinwoon eventually returned after one of the chosen members Daehun had to return to the States for personal reasons. Prior to debut, he was in a band called "No Comment". He plays guitar, drums, bass guitar, bongo and piano.