Park Ji-sung

Park Ji-sung (; born February 5, 2002), also known mononymously as Jisung is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, dancer and actor. He began his career as a child actor, model and dancer, as part of the Nam Hyun-Joon and Kids dance crew. He debuted as cameo actor with "Tree with Deep Roots" in 2011 and made more screentime as supporting role in "Go, Stop Murder" in 2013. After that, he became a trainee under SM Entertainment in 2013 and was part of its pre-debut trainee team SM Rookies. Jisung made his idol debut in August 2016 as a member of South Korean boy group NCT through the sub-unit NCT Dream.

Early life Park Ji-sung was born on February 5, 2002, in Seoul, South Korea. He graduated from Mia Elementary School and attended Gireum Middle School.

Career 2009–2013: Career beginnings In 2009, Jisung started learning popping from Nam Hyun-joon and continued to be active in his dance crew, until he was 11 years old. the drama Deep Rooted Tree, and films Crossbow War and Go, Stop, Murder (2014). In 2013, Jisung represented South Korea in the CCTV International Children's Concert held in China.

2013–2015: SM Rookies In 2013, Jisung participated in the Mnet dance program Dancing 9 As his mother was a fan of TVXQ and SHINee, he agreed to audition and successfully became a trainee under SM Entertainment.

From 2013 to 2015, Jisung participated in the "SMTown Week" and "SMTown Live World Tour IV" world concert tours together with his future NCT Dream teammates. In July 2015, he appeared in TVXQ's U-Know's music video for "Champagne".

2016–present: Debut with NCT Dream and solo activities On August 25, 2016, Jisung officially debuted as a member of NCT Dream with the single "Chewing Gum".

In May 2018, Jisung participated in JTBC's Why Not? The Dancer, In September 2018, Park participated as a contestant on the KBS2 dance survival show Dancing High.

In 2020, due to a knee injury, Jisung was not present for NCT 2020 Resonance promotions. With the release of 2021's Hot Sauce album, he became the youngest K-pop idol double-million album seller.

In January 2026, Jisung would join the main cast of Crash for the second season as Ji Dae-se, the TCI team's new recruit.

Discography

Charted songs + List of charted songs, with year of release, selected chart positions, and associated album Title Year Peak chart positions Album KOR Down. "Snow Dream 2021" 2021 83 2021 Winter SM Town: SMCU Express

Songwriting credits All credits are adapted from the Korea Music Copyright Association, unless cited otherwise.

Year Song Artist(s) Album Lyricist Composer 2018 "Dear Dream" NCT Dream We Go Up 2019 "Bye My First..." We Boom "Best Friend" 2021 "Rainbow" Hot Sauce 2022 "It's Yours..." Glitch Mode "Replay" "Never Goodbye" 2023 "Like We Just Met" ISTJ 2024 "Breathing" Dreamscape

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Note 2012 Turn the Earth Seong-won Short film 2013 Go, Stop, Murder Jeong-won

Music video appearances Title Year Artist(s) "샴페인 (Champagne)" 2015 U-Know

Radio Year Title Role Note 2025 ChinChinBang Radio Host 4 weeks