Yoon Doo-joon

Yoon Doo-joon (; born July 4, 1989), also known mononymously as Doojoon or Dujun, is a South Korean singer and actor. He is the leader of the South Korean boy group Highlight.

Early life Yoon Doo-joon was born in Goyang, South Korea on July 4, 1989. His dream of becoming a high school Physical Education teacher changed suddenly during his second year of high school after watching MTV's Big Bang Documentary. His parents and teachers did not agree with him at first, though he pleaded with them to register him for music school and he soon started auditioning to become a singer.

He then moved to Cube Entertainment and was featured as a rapper in AJ's "Wipe the Tears". He later debuted as the leader of Beast.

Yoon graduated from Kyung Hee Cyber University in post-modern musicology. He attended Dongshin University as a student majoring in Broadcast Entertainment, under a full scholarship, along with three other members of Beast.

Yoon enlisted for his mandatory military service as ROK Army on August 24, 2018, and was discharged on April 10, 2020.

Career Group career

Yoon debuted as a leader of Beast in 2009.

Solo career Before his debut with Beast, Yoon auditioned for High Kick Through the Roof and was offered a role in the sitcom, but he turned it down to focus on his music career. The show ended with its last broadcast on August 15, 2010.

Yoon was then chosen to model on an advertisement for premium jeans brand Buckaroo along with Shin Se-kyung. He was also featured for G.NA's song "I'll Back Off So You Can Live Better" music video along with fellow Beast member, Junhyung.

Yoon debuted as an actor when he was cast in MBC's daily sitcom More Charming By The Day and All My Love. On December 29, 2010, he was awarded with the Rookie Comedy Award from the 2010 MBC Entertainment Awards for his performance.

In 2013, he featured in spy action drama Iris II. The same year, he starred tvN's slice-of-life drama Let's Eat. He reprised his role in the second season, Let's Eat 2 which aired in 2015. The same year, he starred in the MBC drama special Splash Splash Love.

In 2018, Yoon starred in the romance drama Radio Romance. The same year, he reprised his role in the third season of the Let's Eat franchise.

On April 13, 2020, it was announced that he would be a part of the cast of TvN variety show, 4 Wheeled Restaurant.

On July 27, 2020, Yoon released his first solo mini album, Daybreak.

On May 1, 2021, Highlight's agency Around Us Entertainment announced, "Yoon Doojoon has been confirmed to appear in the drama There is No Goo Pil Soo, which will begin filming in July."

Discography

Extended plays Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales KOR Daybreak Released: July 27, 2020 Label: Around Us Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download, streaming 4 KOR: 30,946

Singles As lead artist Title Year Peak chart positions Album KORCircle Hot "Lonely Night" 2020 115 77 Daybreak

Collaborations Year Title Artist Album 2011 "Should I Hug or Not" (안을까 말까) Yong Jun-hyung, Lee Gi-kwang, Yoon Doo-joon Super Market – the Half (Shinsadong Tiger Project Album) "Loving U" Jang Hyun-seung, Yang Yo-seob, Yoon Doo-joon All My Love OST2015"Without You" Yang Yo-seob, Dongwoon, Yoon Doo-joonScholar Who Walks the Night OST

As featured artist Year Title Artist Album 2011 "Bon Appetit (Enjoy Your Meal)" (본 아뻬띠 (맛있게 드세요)) Yangpa feat. Yoon Doo-joon Elegy Nouveau "Kidult" (키덜트) Eluphant feat. Yoon Doo-joon Man on the Earth2020"Would you marry me?" (너,나,우리)Jung Yong-hwa feat. Lee Joon, Yoon Doo-joon, Hwang KwangheeReply Project Vol.1

Songwriting credits

Filmography

Film

Television series Year Title Role Note 2010 More Charming By the Day Yoon Doo-joon Recurring role 2010–2011 All My Love for You 2011 A Thousand Kisses Yoon Ki-joon CameoLiving Among the Rich Yoon Doo-joon 2013 Iris II: New Generation Seo Hyun-woo Supporting role 2013–2014 Let's Eat Goo Dae-young Lead role 2015 Let's Eat 2 Splash Splash Love King Lee-do 2 episode drama special 2016 Bring It On, Ghost Goo Dae-young Cameo 2017 Because This Is My First Life Oscar 2018 Radio Romance Ji Su-ho Lead role Let's Eat 3 Goo Dae-young 2022 Never Give Up Jung Seok

Reality show

Variety shows

Hosting

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref. 2010 MBC Entertainment Awards Rookie Comedy Award All My Love & More Charming By the Day 2015 tvN go Awards Rising Actor Award Let's Eat 2016 tvN10 Awards Romantic-Comedy King Let's Eat 2 Best Kiss Award (with Seo Hyun-jin) 2018 3rd Asia Artist Awards Popularity Award - Actor KBS Drama Awards Best Couple Award (with Kim So-hyun) Radio Romance