Lee Jun-young (entertainer)

Lee Jun-young (Korean: 이준영; born January 22, 1997), also known as Jun, is a South Korean singer, rapper and actor. In June 2014, he debuted as a new member of U-KISS. In October 2017, he joined survival program The Unit, in which he finished in first place and became a member of the project group UNB.

In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.
Lee Jun-young
Lee in February 2018
Born (1997-01-22) January 22, 1997
Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Occupation
  • Singer
  • rapper
  • actor
AgentJflex
Musical career
Genres
Years active2014–present
Labels
Associated acts
Korean name
Hangul
Revised RomanizationI Jun-yeong
McCune–ReischauerI Chunyŏng

Apart from his group's activities, he has participated in various television dramas, notably Avengers Social Club (2017), marking his career breakthrough, Goodbye to Goodbye (2018), Class of Lies (2019), Good Casting (2020), Please Don’t Date Him (2020), Imitation (2021) and Let Me Be Your Knight (2021).[1]

Career

2014: Career beginnings

On May 15, 2014, NH Media announced, via U-KISS's official Korean website, new member Jun to the public. On June 2, 2014 Jun made his debut with U-KISS and the group released its ninth mini album Mono Scandal along with the 19+ rated music video of the album's title track "Quit Playing."

2017–present: Acting roles and UNB

In 2017, he debuted as an actor in the television series Avengers Social Club.[2]

On October 28, 2017, Lee joined survival program The Unit.[3] He made it to the final Top 9 and was voted number one. He promoted with UNB, which consisted of finalists from the show, from April 7, 2018 to January 27, 2019.[4]

From April to May, Lee appeared as “Compass” on MBC's TV program King of Mask Singer. He performed a duet with Lee Sang-hoon of "It Was Like That Then" and a solo cover version of "Eraser".[5][6] In May 2018, he made his second acting appearance as Han Min-soo in the MBC television series Goodbye to Goodbye (2018) [7][8] and received a new actor award at the 2018 MBC Drama Awards.

On April 10, 2019 Lee released his first Japanese solo single "Phenomenal World," which explored the futurepop genre. He performed his first solo showcase in Tokyo on February 4. Prior to the release, he also held a series of concerts on April 6 in Osaka and April 8 in Tokyo.[9][10] Tower Records Japan ranked "Phenomenal World" as the #7 best-selling Japanese single by a Korean artist for the first half of 2019.[11][12] He starred in the OCN television series Class of Lies, which aired from July 17 to September 5.[13] On November 6, he released both a Korean and Japanese version of his solo single "My Way," for which he wrote the lyrics. The single featured rapper Reddy and was produced by Sway D and was accompanied by two music videos.[14][15] After a digital download was released on October 30, the Japanese version ranked #2 on the dwango.jp K-POP Life weekly singles chart.[16]

In 2020, he acted in the musical Swag Age: Shout out, Chosun! and received a new actor award at the fifth Korea Musical Awards. He played Kang Woo-won in the SBS television series Good Casting (2020), which was entirely pre-produced and he made a special appearance in the SBS drama Backstreet Rookie. Later that year, Lee acted in the MBC Every 1 drama Please Don't Date Him.

In 2021, Lee starred in the KBS drama Imitation (2021) as a talented idol, he joined the Netflix film Moral Sense with Seohyun,[17] and he was cast in the dramas D.P. and Let Me Be Your Knight. After departing NH Media in August, he announced in November that he co-founded a new company J-flex, which will serve as his current agency for his acting projects.[18]

Discography
Main articles: U-KISS discography and UNB (group) § Discography

Extended plays
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
JPN
[19]
22
Track list
  1. Come Alive
  2. Be Your Man
  3. I'm in Love with You
  4. Gravity
  5. My Way (feat. Reddy)
  6. Circle of Love
 18
  • JPN: 3,649 (Phy.)[20]

Single albums
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[21]
Gallery
Track list
  1. Curious About U (궁금해)
  2. Mirror
  3. Tell
 36

As lead artist
Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR JPN
Korean
"Tell" 2019 —— Undisclosed Gallery
"Curious About U" (궁금해) ——
"Amen" 2020 —— Non album-single
Japanese
"Phenomenal World" 2019 —12 Non-album single
"Happiness"[lower-alpha 1] —— N/A
"My Way" (feat. Reddy) —— 22
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.
Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
Gaon		 JPN
"Love Me"
(Lee Hae-ri feat. Jun)		 2017 —— Undisclosed Non-album singles
"Abstract"
(SOLIDEMO feat. Jun)		 ——
"Winter Wonderland"
(Kyrielle Lee Gyu-in, Choi Byung-mo feat. Jun)		 ——
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Collaborations
Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
Gaon		 JPN
"Don't Know Why"
(with Shion Miyawaki and AK)		 2018 —— Undisclosed Non-album singles
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Soundtrack appearances
Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
Gaon
"Ziugae" (지우개) 2018 — Undisclosed King of Mask Singer Episode 152
"Because It's You" (너라서) — Goodbye to Goodbye OST
"My Love To You" (내사랑 투유)
(with Kei)		 2019 — Chart Show Again - The Winner Is?
"Let's Make Love" (사랑하자)
(with Soyeon (Laboum))		 2020 — Good Casting OST
"To You Who Will Be Tired" (지쳐있을 너에게) 2020 — Please Don't Date Him OST
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2016 More Painful than Sadness Lee Yun-ho Independent film
2022 Love and Leashes Jung Ji-hoo Netflix film [17]
TBA Brave Citizen Han Soo-Gang wavve film [24]

Television series
Year Title Network Role Notes Ref.
2017 Avengers Social Club tvN Lee Soo-gyum
2018 Goodbye to Goodbye MBC Han Min-soo
2019 Class of Lies OCN Yoo Beom-jin
2020 Good Casting SBS Kang Woo-won
Backstreet Rookie Bad High school student Cameo (Ep. 2)
2020–2021 Please Don't Date Him MBC Every 1 Jung Kook-hee
2021 Imitation KBS2 Kwon Ryok [25]
D.P. Netflix Jung Hyun-min [26]
2021–2022 Let Me Be Your Knight SBS Yoon Tae-in [27]

Television shows
Year Title Network Role Notes Ref.
2017 The Unit: Idol Rebooting Project KBS2 Himself

Musical
Year English title Korean title Role Ref.
2015 ON AIR～夜間飛行～N/A타인[28][29]
RUN TO YOU～Street Life～N/AKang Jae-min[30]
2019 Swag Age: Shout out, Chosun!스웨그에이지: 외쳐, 조선!HongDan
2020 [31] [32]

Awards and nominations
Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination
Award ceremony Year Category Nominee / Work Result Ref.
Asia Artist Awards 2021 Best Choice Award - Actor Lee Jun-young Won [33]
Korea Cultural Entertainment Awards 2018 Best New Actor Goodbye to Goodbye Won [34]
Korea Musical Awards 2021 Best New Actor Swag Age: Shout out, Chosun! Won [35]
MBC Drama Awards 2018 Best New Actor Goodbye to Goodbye Won [36]
SBS Drama Awards 2020 Best New Actor Good Casting Nominated [37]

Notes
  1. Happiness was released as a digital single only on June 12.

References
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  2. "U-Kiss Jun to star in Avengers' Social Club". Hancinema. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  3. "'더 유닛' 준 "유키스 중간 투입, 받아줘 감사했다"". 네이트뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-05-27.
  4. "[공식]'더유닛' 유앤비(UNB), 4월 7일 데뷔 확정 '기대 UP'". sports.chosun.com. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
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  6. "'복면가왕' 나침반은 유키스&유앤비 준…세븐틴 승관 정답". NAVER (in Korean). Retrieved 2019-11-14.
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  8. "Jun to Star in New MBC Weekend Drama, The Goodbye Has Left". Hancinema. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
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  12. "K-POPシングルTOP10". TOWER RECORDS (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-11-14.
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  16. "ジュン がんばりました‼️ 2位おめでとう". twitter.com/KissmeHeart2014 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  17. Park Jaeh-wan (March 22, 2021). "서현-이준영, 색다른 로맨스 '모럴센스" [Seohyun and Lee Joon-young, a different romance 'Moral Sense']. kstar.kbs (in Korean). Retrieved March 22, 2021.
  18. Yoon, Hyo-jeong (November 11, 2021). "유키스 출신 이준영, 기획사 제이플렉스 설립…본격 배우 행보" [U-KISS member Lee Jun Young establishes Jflex, an agency for his acting career]. News1 (in Korean). Retrieved November 17, 2021.
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  20. 週間 CDアルバムランキング 2020年02月03日付 [Weekly CD Album Ranking on February 3, 2020] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  22. 2019년 12월 Album Chart [December 2019 Album Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  23. "週間 シングルランキング – 2019年04月22日付". Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon ME inc. Archived from the original on April 17, 2019. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
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  25. "[공식] 정지소X이준영→박지연X강찬희, 웹툰원작 '이미테이션' 출연 확정". Sports Chosun (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-10-16.
  26. Among the actors announced in the cast, the name and setting of the role alone was private. According to the SNS comment of the original author and drama writer Kim Bo-Tong, it is said to be an intense role.
  27. Lee Jung-hyun (August 20, 2021). "정인선-이준영, SBS '너의 밤이 되어줄게' 주연" [Jung In-sun and Lee Jun-young, starring in SBS 'I Will Be Your Night']. Yonhap News. (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  28. Kim Ha-jin (December 10, 2014). "유키스 케빈-준, 글로벌 뮤지컬 '온에어-야간비행' 캐스팅". news.heraldcorp (in Korean). Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  29. Korea-Japan joint musical
  30. Park Soo-jeong (June 26, 2015). "유키스 수현-준, 한국창작 뮤지컬 '런투유' 일본 공연 주인공 발탁". tenasia.hankyung (in Korean). Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  31. 14 February - 24 May
  32. The previous closing date was April 26 or according to the government policy recommending social distancing due to Corona 19, the performance was suspended for two weeks from March 31, and the closing date was extended to May 24
  33. Jo Eun-mi (December 2, 2021). "2021 AAA' 이정재, 2년 연속 대상 영예..임영웅 4관왕·유아인 2관왕[종합]" [2021 AAA' Lee Jung-jae, Grand Prize for 2 consecutive years... Lim Young-woong 4 crowns, Yoo Ah-in 2 crowns [Overall]] (in Korean). Herald POP. Retrieved December 2, 2021 – via Naver.
  34. "유키스 준, 배우 이준영으로 문화연예대상 신인상 수상" [U-Kiss Jun and actor Lee Jun-young won the Rookie of the Year award at the Culture and Entertainment Awards]. EDAILY (in Korean). November 30, 2018.
  35. Kim Hyun-jung (January 11, 2020). "유키스 이준영·한재아, 남녀신인상 [제5회 한국뮤지컬어워즈]" [U-Kiss Lee Jun-young and Han Jae-ah, Best New Male and Female [5th Korea Musical Awards]]. xportsnews (in Korean). Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  36. "[MBC 연기대상]김경남·이준영·오승아·이설, 남녀 신인상 공동 수상" [[MBC Acting Awards] Kim Kyung-nam, Lee Jun-young, Oh Seung-ah, and Lee Seol, jointly win the Male and Female Rookie of the Year Award]. chosun.com (in Korean). December 30, 2018.
  37. Jeong Hee-yeon (December 31, 2020). "조병규-소주연 남녀 신인상 (2020 SBS 연기대상)" [Jo Byeong-gyu and So Joo-yeon Best New Actor Award (2020 SBS Drama Awards)]. sports.donga (in Korean). Retrieved December 31, 2020.
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