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Jung Chae-yeon
Jung Chae-yeon (정채연), known mononymously as Chaeyeon, is a South Korean singer and actress who debuted in 2015 with DIA and finished seventh on Produce 101 in 2016.
Jung Chan-woo (정찬우) (singer)
Jung Chan-woo (정찬우, CHAN), born 1998, is a South Korean singer and former child actor, sub-vocalist and maknae of iKON under 143 Entertainment; joined via MIX & MATCH, runs the YouTube channel Chanwoo Life, and completed Army service in November 2025.
Jung Eun-ji (정은지)
Jung Eun-ji (정은지), born 1993 in Busan, is the main vocalist of Apink, a solo singer-songwriter (Dream, Hyehwa, Summer, I), radio DJ, and actress who won a Baeksang award for Reply 1997.
Jung Il-hoon (정일훈)
Jung Il-hoon (정일훈, ILHOON), born 1994, is a South Korean rapper-songwriter who debuted in 2012 as BTOB's main rapper, left the group in 2020 after a marijuana conviction, and relaunched solo with The Adam (2025) and the RGB SGNL project.
Jung Jin-young (정진영) (singer)
Jung Jin-young (정진영, 鄭振永), stage name Jinyoung, born 1991 in Chungju, is a South Korean singer-songwriter, producer, and actor, leader and lead vocalist of B1A4 (debuted 2011 with Let's Fly), composer of Baby I'm Sorry, and distinct from the 1964-born actor of the same name.
Jung Joon-young (정준영)
Jung Joon-young (정준영), born 1989, South Korean rock singer who placed third on Superstar K4, debuted in 2013, then was convicted in 2020 of gang rape and illegal filming in the Burning Sun scandal and served five years.
Jung Wooyoung
Jung Wooyoung (정우영), stage name Wooyoung, born 1999, is a dancer and vocalist of the KQ Entertainment boy group ATEEZ (debuted October 24, 2018), a former BigHit trainee, and performed at Coachella 2024.
Jung Yeop
Jung Yeop (정엽), real name Ahn Jung-yeop, is a South Korean R&B and soul singer who debuted in 2003 with the vocal group Brown Eyed Soul.
Jung Yong-hwa (정용화)
Jung Yong-hwa (정용화, Jung Yong Hwa), born 1989, is a South Korean singer-songwriter and actor, leader, main vocalist and guitarist of CNBLUE, with solo albums One Fine Day (2015) and One Last Day (2025) and dramas including Sell Your Haunted House.
Jungwoo (김정우)
Jungwoo (김정우, Kim Jung-woo), born 1998, is a South Korean singer and dancer in SM Entertainment's NCT, its units NCT 127, NCT U, and NCT DOJAEJUNG; solo debut single SUGAR, 2025; enlisted December 2025.
Jurin Asaya (浅谷珠琳)
Jurin Asaya (浅谷珠琳), stage name JURIN, born 2002 in Chigasaki, Japan, is leader, main dancer, and lead rapper of XG; a former pro snowboarder and model, she debuted solo as JURIN ASAYA with PS118 (feat. Rapsody) in 2025. Not the Jurin AI company.
Jus2
Jus2 (저스투) is a South Korean duo of GOT7 members JB and Yugyeom, formed by JYP Entertainment, which debuted in 2019 with the EP Focus.
Just Music
Just Music (저스트뮤직) is a South Korean hip-hop record label founded in 2009 by the rapper Swings, whose roster included Giriboy, Nochang, Black Nut, C Jamm, and Vasco.
Justhis
Justhis (저스디스) is a South Korean rapper who debuted in 2015, broke through with the 2014 mixtape Money Vs. Love: Dream, and released the album LIT in 2025.
JYJ
JYJ is a South Korean trio (Kim Jaejoong, Park Yoochun, Kim Junsu) formed in 2010 by former TVXQ members after their landmark contract lawsuit against SM Entertainment, signed with C-Jes, and released The Beginning and In Heaven; two members later reunited as JX.
JYP Entertainment
JYP Entertainment, also JYPE, is a South Korean entertainment company founded by producer Park Jin-young (J.Y. Park) in 1996, distinct from peers SM, YG, and HYBE as the first Korean agency to adopt a multi-label system (2018), with artists including TWICE, Stray Kids, ITZY, DAY6, and NiziU and overseas subsidiaries in Japan, China, and the US.
K-ballad
K-ballad, known in South Korea simply as ballad (발라드), is a style of Korean popular music reshaping soul and R&B to Korean sentiment, popular since the 1980s.
K-indie
K-indie, also called Korean indie, is the independent popular-music scene of South Korea, anchored in Seoul's Hongdae district since the 1990s, with a 2000s surge and growing global streaming.
K-pop (케이팝)
K-pop (케이팝) is South Korean popular music built on an idol trainee system and five-phase agency production model (SM, YG, JYP, HYBE). Key facts: 1992 Seo Taiji and Boys origins, ~180 million Hallyu fans by 2024, seven of IFPI's 2025 top-10 albums, and China's 2016 entertainment ban.
K.Will
K.Will (케이윌), real name Kim Hyung-soo, born 1981, is a South Korean ballad and R&B singer under Starship Entertainment. Known for "My Heart Is Beating", "Please Don't...", and the Descendants of the Sun OST "Talk Love", with over 2 billion Melon streams.
K/DA
K/DA is Riot Games' virtual K-pop girl group of four League of Legends characters, Ahri, Akali, Evelynn, and Kai'Sa, debuted at Worlds 2018 with POP/STARS, released the ALL OUT EP in 2020, and returned with FIRESTARTER in 2026.
Kai (김종인) (entertainer, born 1994)
Kai (카이), born Kim Jong-in (김종인) 1994 in Suncheon, South Korea, is an SM Entertainment singer-dancer-actor, main dancer of EXO and member of SuperM. Solo since 2020: KAI (开), Peaches, Rover, Wait On Me.
Kakao M
Kakao M (카카오엠), formerly LOEN Entertainment and Seoul Record (founded 1978), was South Korea's largest music distributor and Melon operator; renamed 2018, merged with Kakao Page into Kakao Entertainment on March 1, 2021.
Kang Daniel (강다니엘)
Kang Daniel (강다니엘), born 1996, is a South Korean K-pop soloist who won Produce 101 Season 2 and debuted with Wanna One in 2017. His 2019 solo debut EP 'color on me' set first-week sales records for a K-pop soloist; he founded KONNECT Entertainment and now records under ARA Inc.
Kang Hye-yeon
Kang Hye-yeon (강혜연), also romanized Kang Hyeyeon, is a South Korean trot singer, nicknamed "Trot Squirrel," who debuted with EXID in 2012, led BESTie from 2013, and relaunched as a trot singer in 2018 with 왔다야, later finishing fifth on 현역가왕3.
Kang Hyewon
Kang Hyewon (강혜원) is a South Korean singer and actress born in Busan in 1999, who rose to fame in the girl group IZ*ONE through Produce 48 in 2018.
Kang Ji-young (강지영)
Kang Ji-young (강지영) names two Korean entertainers: a JTBC announcer born 1989, Indiana Kelley graduate who left Newsroom in 2026, and the KARA member-actress born 1994 who acted in Japan as JY.
Kang Mi-na
Kang Mi-na (강미나), born 1999, is a South Korean singer-turned-actress: Produce 101 season 1 ninth-place finisher, I.O.I and gugudan member, now with Story J Company, known for Hotel Del Luna, Welcome to Samdal-ri, and Twelve.
Kang Min-hyuk (강민혁)
Kang Min-hyuk (강민혁), drummer of CNBLUE since the band's 2010 debut, also an actor known for The Heirs, My Husband Got a Family, and Celebrity; credited songwriter on the 2026 album 3LOGY.
Kang Seung-yoon (강승윤)
Kang Seung-yoon (강승윤), born 1994 in Busan, is a YG Entertainment singer-songwriter, WINNER's leader via WIN: Who Is Next, and solo artist YOON (Page, Page 2), known for Superstar K2's 'Instinctively'.