Jung Jin-young

Jung Jin-young (; born November 18, 1991), professionally known as Jinyoung, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He was a member of boy group B1A4, being its former leader. He is currently managed by Management Run. He has also gained recognition with the television series Sweet Home, Love in the Moonlight (2016) and Police University (2021).

Career 2011–2018: B1A4

Jung was discovered on Cyworld through a photo of himself posted on the website. He trained for roughly two years on singing, composing and acting before joining B1A4.

Jung was the first member of B1A4 revealed to the public on April 11, 2011. The group made their debut stage on April 23, 2011, on MBC's Show! Music Core.

On June 30, 2018, WM Entertainment confirmed that Jung and Baro had left the agency following the end of their contracts. Their activities with the group remain in discussion. On November 16, WM Entertainment has announced that Jung and Baro will be leaving the agency, with the remaining three members – CNU, Sandeul, and Gongchan – to continue promoting as B1A4.

2012–present: Solo career Jung first gained attention for his composing skills with B1A4's comeback title track, "Baby I'm Sorry" (2012), where musical professionals praised him.

In 2013, he made his acting debut in tvN's drama She is Wow. The following year, he made his film debut in Miss Granny. He also wrote the ending song of the movie.

In 2015, he starred in Mnet's musical drama Persevere, Goo Hae-ra, where he drew praise for his acting. Later that year, he starred in the Hong sisters' romantic comedy drama Warm and Cozy.

Jung took part in producing the songs "In the Same Place" and "When Cherry Blossoms Fade" for Mnet's 2016 reality survival program Produce 101. This was the first time he composed songs for a girl group, and he received praise for his capabilities and versatility as a composer. He was named the "No.1 solo composer" of 2016. The same year, he starred in KBS's youth historical drama Love in the Moonlight. The drama was a hit and led to increased recognition for Jung as an actor. Jung reunited with Moonlight co-star Chae Soo-bin a year later in the two-episode drama special If We Were a Season (2017).

In October 2017, it was confirmed that Jung would star in upcoming body-swap comedy film The Dude in Me. The film was released in January 2019.

In 2018, Jung was cast in Netflix's youth romance drama My First First Love and the web drama Wind-Bell in October of the same year.

Also, in 2018, a book named "K-pop makers" about the k-pop musicians market-movers was released. Jung was featured as one of the eight hidden gems and hidden producers of South Korea, together with Big Hit Entertainment Pdogg, SM Entertainment London Noise, Mystic Story Postino, CNBLUE Jong Yong-hwa, Urban Zakapa Kwon Soon-il and Super Freak Records Jinbo.

On June 20, 2019, Jung enlisted in the military service and he returned to the industry on April 9, 2021. His first comeback drama was a well-received drama known as Police University (2021) which brought KBS drama viewership ratings back to a high of 8.5% at its highest and an average of 6.5% in the Mon-Tue 9:30 pm (KST) timeslot after the predecessor had a viewership rate hovering around 1–2%.

In January 2022, Jung dubbed the character Johnny in Sing 2 and Sing 2 was the Top movie released by Lotte Entertainment when the COVID-19 pandemic just started its slow recovery. Out of the 200 movies listed in the South Korea box office for 2022, it was ranked 25th, an impressive effort as it was on the initial tip of the curve of recovery.

On June 23, 2022, Jung launched his YouTube Channel and released a teaser video for Everything that inspires me, announcing that he would be releasing a series of no copyright music periodically so that people working in the creative works industry can use his music freely. Following that on June 25, 2022, he released It was a First Love, the first No Copyright Sound track.

On September 9, 2022, Jung participated in the Young Actors' Retreat aka Youth MT which was released on OTT Viu which is available in 16 markets. It was notable that Jung's No-copyright-music such as "It Was A First Love" and more were featured in the variety show.

Similarly, in the dating reality show, Love Alarm : If you like it, it will ring, where Jung was the MC of the show with 3 other hosts, his No-copyright-music were also used in the various episodes.

In March 2023, Jung was invited to be one of the 4 mentor/producers for the survival show Fantasy Boys. He was the Chief Mentor producer in the 3rd semester of the show where he guided the contestants to present a performance based on the cover of 4 songs by BTS, EXO, Winners and Stray Kids. in the semi-finals, he composed the music and lyrics and produced "Hold Tight" for his group "Flash" of 7 boys of average ranking from previous performances' result. In the end, 6 out of the 7 boys entered the finals after performing his song and 3 of the boys even emerged in the Top 12.

On August 31, 2023, Jinyoung and Yoona were appointed as the DB Insurance ambassadors who delivered the "Together Promise" message. It was a big advertisement campaign involving basketball stars and the song "Together Promise" (full version of the song) was written and produced by Jinyoung.

Discography

Soundtrack appearances + List of soundtrack appearances, showing year released, and name of the album Title Year Album"The Day I Meet You" 2015Persevere, Goo Hae Ra OST"Oh, My Love" "A Short Wait" "I'm in Love""She is smiling" "Station" "For this Love" 2016 100 Days My Prince OST Part 2"You're saying you are mine" 2019 Perfume OST Part 5"I'm into you, I mean I love you" (좋아해, 아니 사랑해) 2021 Yeonnom OST Part 4"You said you didn't know love" Morning Kiss at Tiffany's OST Part 2"You are the Apple of My Eye" 2025 You're The Apple of My Eye OST Part 2 (Korean version) "Timeless" (Chinese : 此刻永远 ） 2025The Photo from 1977 (那张照片里的我们） OST

Songwriting credits B1A4 Jinyoung is known for composing several title tracks and songs for B1A4's albums.

Song Year Album "Bling Girl" 2011 Let's Fly "Wonderful Tonight" It B1A4 "Baby I'm Sorry" 2012 Ignition "Feeling" "Wonderful Tonight (Unplugged Remix)" "Baby Good Night " Ignition: Special Ed. "너때문에 (Because of You)" "Beautiful Lie" 1 "Intro – In The Wind" In The Wind "Tried To Walk " "뭐 할래요 (What Do You Want To Do)" "What's Happening? " 2013 What's Going On "Good Love" "Intro – Prologue" 2014 Who Am I "Lonely " "사랑 그땐 [Feat.하림] (Love Then [Feat. Harim])" "Baby" "예뻐 (Pretty)" "Who Am I" "Solo Day" Solo Day "내가 뭐가 돼 (You Make Me a Fool)" "잘 돼가 (It's Going Well)" "물 한잔 (A Glass Of Water)" "You (feat. Sunmi)" "Tell Me Why" Solo Day -Japanese ver.- "Sweet Girl" 2015 Sweet Girl "You Are a Girl I'm a Boy" "After 10 Years (10년 후)" "Wait" |"モッポンゴヤ 〜見なかったことに... (I Didn't See It)" 2016 3 "白いキセキ (White Miracle)" "Happy Days" "Intro – Time" Good Timing "A Lie "|-

Do You Remember

2019

Others

(Korean version) 2022 Sing 2 Johnny (voice) Korean dub 2025 You Are the Apple of My Eye Goo Jin-woo The Photo from 1997 TKD Coach Kim 2026Mr. Shota's Last Business TripDaesung*

Television series Year Title Role Notes 2012 The Thousandth Man Cameo 2013 She Is Wow Gong Min-gyu 2023 My Perfect Stranger Hae-jun and Yoon-young's son Cameo (episode 16) 2024 Who Is She Daniel Han / Han Jun-hyeok 2025 Ms. Incognito Jeon Dong-min Summer Vacation Jo Yu-gyeom

Web series Year Title Role Notes 2015 Love Detective Sherlock K Geum Kang-san 2019 Wind-Bell Daniel My First First Love Seo Do-Hyun Season 1–2

Television shows Year Title Role Notes 2014 KBS Million Seller Contestant Composer Ep 1–2 ("Companion", 2nd place, youngest composer) 2016 God of Music 2 Cast member King of Mask Singer Contestant as "Don't Make Me Cry Coward Lion" (episode 85) 2017 Idol Drama Operation Team Music producer Master Key Season 1 Player Team Red, Ep 1 2019 우리동네 피터팬 My Neighbourhood Peter Pan Narrator Mangwon Market Tofu Shop, Chairman Kim Episode x 4 "The Spring of 100 Years" of the March 1st Independence Movement MC with Kim Yoo-jung (Independence Hall of Korea) 2021 76th Police Day Celebrations with a uniformed police lady 2022 77th anniversary ~ "600 Years of Road Opened" with Shin Ye-eun (Blue House) 2023 Fantasy Boys Producer Composed music and lyrics and produced for song "Hold Tight" for semi-finals 19th Jecheon International Music & Film Festival MC with Kim Ye-won 202532nd Hanteo Music AwardsMCwith Miyeon (from G-idle) 15-16 Feb

Web shows Year Title Role 2022 Young Actors' Retreat Cast member (Team LITM) Love Alarm: If you like it, it will ring! (좋아하면 울리는 짝!짝!짝! ) MC

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 APAN Star Awards 2025 Asia Star Award Jinyoung Asia Artist Awards 2018 Choice Award Love in the Moonlight Asia Model Awards 2025 Asia Star Award – Actor Jinyoung Baeksang Arts Awards 2017 Best New Actor – Television Love in the Moonlight Daejeon Over the Top Awards of the 2024 Daejeon Special Film Festival 2024 Global Star Award Sweet Home 2 Chungju Mideok Foundation Awards 2025 Virtue Award Jinyoung Director's Cut Awards 2019 Best New Actor The Dude in Me KBS Drama Awards 2016 Best New Actor Love in the Moonlight Netizen Award, Actor 2021 Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Police University Popularity Award, Actor Best Couple Award Jinyoung (with Cha Tae-hyun) Police University Korea Drama Awards 2017 Best New ActorLove in the Moonlight K-pop Idol Brand Awards 2018 Idol Actor of the Year Max Movie Awards 2015 Best Supporting Actor Miss Granny Minnesota WebFest Awards 2019 Best Dramatic Performance Wind-Bell Newsis K-Expo Cultural Awards 2022 President of the Council of Culture, Sports and Tourism Award Jinyoung Seoul International Youth Film Festival 2014 Best Male Actor Miss Granny