Stage Name: Jinyoung (Formerly known as Jr.)
Birth Name:Park Jin Young
Nationality: Korean
Position: Lead Vocalist, Lead Dancer, Rapper
Birthday: September 22, 1994
Zodiac sign: Virgo
Height: 178 cm (5’10”)
Weight: 63 kg (139 lbs)
Blood Type: O
Specialties: Dancing, Coreography
Education: Kyunggi High School – Graduated
Instagram: @pepi_jy_
Twitter: @jrjyp
– He was born in Jinhae-gu, Changwon city, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea.
– Family: mom, dad, 2 older sisters.
– His astrological Zodiac Sign is Libra and his Chinese Zodiac Sign is Dog.
– He was a member of JJ Project with fellow member JB
– He became a JYP trainee in 2009.
– He was a trainee for 2 years and 6 months before debuting.
– He acted along with JB in KBS2’s “Dream High 2”, as well as in the drama “When a Man Loves”.
– His favourite drama of all time is IRIS. He bought all the episodes and used to secretly watch it in class in high school. (VliveCH+)
– He acted in “My Love Eun-Dong” in 2015.
– He starred in the web-series “Dream Knight” along with his fellow GOT7 members in 2105.
– He acted in “The Legend of the Blue Sea” (2016).
– He made the choreography for GOT7’s “Follow Me”.
– For GOT7, Jinyoung wrote “This Star” (Mad Winter Edition album); wrote & co-composed “Can’t” (Flight Log Departure album) and “Mayday” (Flight Log Turbulence album); co-wrote & co-composed “Paradise” (Flight Log Arrival album) and “Firework” (7for7 album).
– For JJ Project Verse 2 album, Jinyoung co-wrote “Tomorrow Today” and “The Day”; co-wrote and co-composed “On&On” and “Don’t Wanna Know” (both with JB), and “Coming Home”.
– His favorite foods are the hamburger, pizza, and all kinds of meat.
– His favorite color is white.
– His hobbies are watching movies, watching theater plays, taking walks, playing the piano.
– His favorite movies are: romance, comedy, horror
– His favorite artists are: Justin Timberlake, Usher, Michael Buble
– He is known as the “Mother” of the group.
– His religion is Christianity.
– He can play the piano.
– Other than Korean, he is fluent in Japanese and speaks good English.
– He likes reading books to improve his vocabulary and communication skills.
– Jinyoung loves the snack called “Home Run Ball” and loves to melt chocolate and eat it with strawberries.
– His favorite genre of books is novels. He enjoys reading.
– His ideal date is to play in a river and BBQ, kind of “Outdoor” date.
– Jinyoung once said on a variety show that the part of a woman body that he finds the most attractive is the nape (the back of the neck).
– He changed his stage name from Jr. (Junior) to his legal name, Jinyoung, on 16 August 2016. He posted on his Twitter account “Starting today I will be promoting as Jinyoung, not Junior. I will become a Jinyoung who gives more effort. I ask for your abundant support! Thank you!!!”
– His parents wanted his birth name as his his stage name. So he changed it from junior to Jinyoung