Yoon Chae-kyung

Yoon Chae-kyung (born July 7, 1996), is a South Korean singer and actress. Yoon began her career with debuted as a member of Puretty under DSP in Japan during 2012 and the group later disbanded in January 2014. Following the disbandment, Yoon appeared as a contestant in the 2014 Kara's reality show for searching a new member Kara Project. She also appeared in the reality show Produce 101 and later in the mockumentary series The God of Music 2 which she became a member of project group C.I.V.A and also joined the fan-made group of Produce 101, I.B.I both respectively in 2016. Yoon later was added as a member of the DSP girl group April in 2017 and participated in group activities until their disbandment in 2022.

In this Korean name, the family name is Yoon.
Yoon Chae-kyung
윤채경
Chaekyung in August 2018
Born
Yoon Chae-kyung

(1996-07-07) July 7, 1996
Incheon, South Korea
Occupations
  • Singer
  • actress
Years active
  • 2012–2014
  • 2016–present
AgentManagement A.M.9
Musical career
GenresK-pop
Instrument(s)Vocals
Labels
Formerly of
Korean name
Hangul
윤채경
Hanja
Revised RomanizationYun Chae-gyeong
McCune–ReischauerYun Ch'ae-kyŏng

Early life

Yoon Chae-kyung was born on July 7, 1996, in Incheon and grew up in Siheung. She graduated from Eungye Middle School and Hanlim Multi Art School.

Career

2012–14: Puretty and Kara Project
Main articles: Puretty and Kara Project

In September 2012, Yoon debuted as a member of DSP Media's Japan-based girl group Puretty, releasing the singles "Cheki Love" in 2012 and "Shwa Shwa Baby" in 2013 for the anime series Pretty Rhythm: Dear My Future. To coincide with the tie-in, the character Chae-kyung, based on her, appeared as part of the main cast. The group disbanded in 2014, with plans for its members to become part of other groups.[1]

In mid-2014, Yoon participated in Kara Project, a reality show in which seven trainees competed to become new members of the girl group Kara.[2]

2016: Produce 101, C.I.V.A and I.B.I
Main articles: Produce 101 and I.B.I

In early 2016, Yoon represented DSP Media on Produce 101, a show where the final 11 contestants formed the girl group I.O.I. In the final episode, she was ranked in 16th place. On May 1, she released a digital single in collaboration with April's Chaewon titled "Clock" (Korean: 시계).[3]

Chae-kyung on January 16, 2017.

In July 2016, she was cast as a trainee in Mnet's mockumentary series The God of Music 2 with a few other Produce 101 contestants and later formed the project girl group, C.I.V.A, which released the song "Why" featuring Miryo.[4]

In August 2016, she joined LOEN Entertainment's project group IBI. The group released the digital single "Molae Molae" (Korean: 몰래몰래) on August 18.[5] On November 11, it was revealed that she would be joining April, following the departure of one of its members.[6]

2017–2022: April
Main article: April (group)

Yoon debuted as a member of April with their third mini-album Prelude[7][8] and its title track, "April Story" (Korean: 봄의 나라 이야기), on January 4, 2017.[9] April officially disbanded on January 28, 2022.[10]

On April 22, 2022, Chaekyung decided to end her contract with DSP Media.[11] Later on April 25, 2022, Yoon signed a contract with Management A.M.9.[12]

Discography
For Chaekyung's work with Puretty, I.B.I and April, see Puretty § Discography, I.B.I § Discography, and April discography.

Collaborations
Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
"Clock" (시계)
(with Chaewon of April)		 2016 —[upper-alpha 1] Non-album singles
"Lovesome" (우리 꼭 사귀는 것 같잖아요)
(with Voisper)		 2019 — —
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released.

Promotional singles
Title Year Album
"Yellow"
(with Nam Tae-hyun, Giant Pink, Kanto)		 2018 Non-album singles
"Happy Now"
(with Kim Il-joong)		 2021

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Ref.
TBA Indream [14]

Web series
Year Title Platform Role Ref.
2022 Calming Signal YouTube Cha Do-hee [15]

Television shows
Year Title Network Role
2014 Kara Project MBC Music Contestant
2016 Produce 101 Mnet
The God of Music 2 Mnet Cast member
Plan Man tagTV, TRENDY Cast member (Episode 7-9)
We Will Eat Well JTBC Cast member
2017 Law of the Jungle SBS Cast member (Episode 283-287)
2020 Top 10 Student KBS2 Panel
People of Trot MBC TV Vice manager
2021 Jury 24 OBS Cast member

Theater
Year Title Role Ref.
2021–2022 Accompanying - Life is a picnic Angel in the underworld [16]

Notes
  1. "Clock" did not enter the Gaon Digital Chart, but peaked at number 166 on the Gaon Download Chart.[13]

References
  1. 퓨리티 소식 이건 뭐임? [Puretty News What is this?]. DC Inside. January 17, 2014. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
  2. Jun, Su-mi (May 12, 2014). 카라 소속사 "새 멤버 영입 결정, 영입 인원수 미정" [Kara's agency "Decision to recruit new members, number of recruits undecided"]. eNews24. CJ E&M. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
  3. Choo, Young-jun (July 25, 2016). '프로듀스101' 출신 윤채경, 젤리 광고모델 발탁 [Yoon Chae-kyung, from 'Produce 101', was selected as a jelly advertisement model]. Nate (in Korean). Retrieved August 20, 2016.
  4. Cho, He-jin (June 28, 2016). "New Girl Group CIVA Confirmed to Debut in July". Mnet. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  5. '데뷔' I.B.I 김소희, "'프듀' 생각나서 눈물 날 뻔" 벅찬 소감 ['Debut' I.B.I Kim So-hee, "I almost cried when I thought of 'Produce 101'"]. Naver (in Korean). MyDaily. August 18, 2016. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
  6. DSP 측 "윤채경, 에이프릴 합류..새 음반 준비中" [DSP side "Yoon Chae-kyung joins April... preparing for a new album"] (in Korean). Retrieved November 11, 2016 – via Naver.
  7. Lim, Jeong-yeo (December 21, 2016). "April to return with new members". Kpop Herald. Retrieved December 24, 2016.
  8. Lee, Bora (December 21, 2016). "April to Release First Album as 6 Member Group". CJ E&M enewsWorld. Retrieved December 24, 2016.
  9. Min, Susan (January 3, 2017). "[Video] April Releases Teaser Video for ′April Story′". Mwave. Archived from the original on January 9, 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  10. Lee, Seung-rok (January 28, 2022). [전문] 에이프릴, 전격 해체 발표 [[Full text] April announces disbandment] (in Korean). My Daily. Retrieved January 28, 2022 – via Naver.
  11. Oh, Yoon-ju (April 22, 2022). [전문] 에이프릴 출신 윤채경, 소속사 떠난다 [[Special] April's Yoon Chae-kyung leaves the agency] (in Korean). Sports Khan. Retrieved April 22, 2022 – via Naver.
  12. Kim, Ha-young (April 25, 2022). 에이프릴 출신 윤채경, 에이엠나인과 전속계약…윤균상과 한솥밥[공식] [Yoon Chae-kyung from April, signed an exclusive contract with A.M.9... Yun Gyun-sang and Hansotbap [Official]] (in Korean). Sports Kyunghyang. Retrieved April 25, 2022 – via Naver.
  13. 2016년 23주차 Download Chart [Week 23 of 2016 Download Chart]. Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). May 29 – June 4, 2016. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  14. Jeong Hee-yeon (March 4, 2022). "서효림-오지호-김승수-윤채경, 영화 '인드림' 캐스팅 [공식]" [Seo Hyo-rim - Oh Ji-ho - Kim Seung-soo - Yoon Chae-kyung, cast in the movie 'Indream' [Official]] (in Korean). Sports Donga. Retrieved March 4, 2022 – via Naver.
  15. Ahn Ha-na (February 14, 2022). "윤채경 출연확정, '카밍시그널 멍냥멍냥'서 작가 지망생으로 출연" [Yoon Chae-kyung confirmed to appear, appeared as an aspiring writer in 'Calming Signal] (in Korean). MBN. Retrieved February 14, 2022 – via Naver.
  16. Jeon Hyo-jin (November 12, 2021). "윤채경, 첫 연극 도전…'동행-인생은 소풍' 출연" [Yoon Chae-kyung, first play challenge... Appeared in 'Accompanying - Life is a picnic'] (in Korean). Sports Donga. Retrieved November 16, 2021 – via Naver.
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