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 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 December 2022
Born (1997-01-22) January 22, 1997
Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Occupations
  • Singer
  • rapper
  • actor
AgentJflex
Musical career
Genres
Years active2014–present
Member ofU-KISS
Formerly ofUNB
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] On November 28, he released his first Korean solo single "Tell". On December 5, he made his solo debut in Korea with the title track "Curious About U" and the single album Gallery.

On January 22, 2020, Lee released his first Japanese album 22 which featured the title track "Come Alive". 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. He participated in the soundtrack for Please Don't Date Him with the single "To you who will be tired". On October 7, he released a new Korean single "Amen", which explored his interest in rap and hip hop.

In 2021, Lee starred in the KBS drama Imitation (2021) as a talented idol, he joined the Netflix film Love and Leashes 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] —— —
"My Way" (feat. Reddy) —— 22
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.
Title Year Album
"Love Me"
(Lee Hae-ri feat. Jun)		 2017 Non-album singles
"Abstract"
(SOLIDEMO feat. Jun)
"Winter Wonderland"
(Kyrielle Lee Gyu-in, Choi Byung-mo feat. Jun)

Collaborations
Title Year Album
"Don't Know Why"
(with Shion Miyawaki and AK)		 2018 Non-album single

Soundtrack appearances
Title Year Album
"Ziugae" (지우개) 2018 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) Please Don't Date Him OST
"A Fine Day" (다시 오늘)[24] 2022 May I Help You? OST

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2016 More Painful than Sadness Lee Yun-ho Independent film [Unreleased]
2022 Love and Leashes Jung Ji-hoo Netflix Original film [17]
2023 Brave Citizen Han Soo-gang [25]
TBA The Wilderness [26]

Television series
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2017 Avengers Social Club Lee Soo-gyum
2018 Goodbye to Goodbye Han Min-soo
2019 Class of Lies Yoo Beom-jin
2020 Good Casting Kang Woo-won
Backstreet Rookie High school student Cameo (Episode 2)
2020–2021 Please Don't Date Him Jung Kook-hee
2021 Imitation Kwon Ryok [27]
2021–2022 Let Me Be Your Knight Yoon Tae-in [28]
2022 May I Help You? Butler Kim / Kim Tae-hee [29]

Web series
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2021 D.P. Jung Hyun-min Season 1 [30]
2023 Mask Girl Choi Bu-yong Cameo [31]
2024 I Openly Dream of Cinderella Moon Cha-min [32]
TBA Royal Loader [33]
You Have Done Well [34]

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

Musical
Year English title Korean title Role Ref.
2015 ON AIR～夜間飛行～—타인[35][36]
RUN TO YOU～Street Life～—Kang Jae-min[37]
2019 Swag Age: Shout out, Chosun!스웨그에이지: 외쳐, 조선!HongDan
2020 [38][39]

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 [40]
2022 Best Actor Award May I Help You? Won [41]
Korea Cultural Entertainment Awards 2018 Best New Actor Goodbye to Goodbye Won [42]
Korea Musical Awards 2021 Best New Actor Swag Age: Shout out, Chosun! Won [43]
MBC Drama Awards 2018 Best New Actor Goodbye to Goodbye Won [44]
2022 Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries May I Help You? Nominated [45]
Best Couple Award Lee Jun-young (with Lee Hye-ri)
May I Help You?		 Nominated [46]
SBS Drama Awards 2020 Best New Actor Good Casting Nominated [47]
2021 Excellence Award for an Actor in a Mini-Series Romance/Comedy Drama Let Me Be Your Knight Nominated [48][49]
Scene Stealer Festival 2023 Bonsang "Main Prize" Love and Leashes
May I Help You?		 Won [50]

Listicles
Name of publisher, year listed, name of listicle, and placement
Publisher Year Listicle Placement Ref.
Cine21 2021 New Actors that will lead Korean Video Content Industry in 2022 5th[lower-alpha 2] [51]

Notes
  1. Happiness was released as a digital single only on June 12.
  2. mentioned together with Kim Seon-ho, Wi Ha-joon, Song Kang, Rowoon, Byeon Woo-seok

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