Yoon Chae-kyung

This is a Korean name; the family name is Yoon.
Yoon Chae-kyung

Chae-kyung at Incheon Airport in September 2016
Background information
Born (1996-07-07) July 7, 1996
Incheon, South Korea
Genres K-pop
Occupation(s) Singer
Years active 2012–2014
2016–present
Labels DSP Media
Associated acts
Korean name
Hangul 윤채경
Hanja 尹彩暻
Revised Romanization Yun Chae-gyeong
McCune–Reischauer Yun Ch'aekyŏng

Yoon Chae-kyung (born July 7, 1996), also known by her stage name Chae-kyung, is a South Korean singer and actress. She was a member of Puretty. She also known as a contestant of Kara Project (2014) and Produce 101 (2016). She was member of project group C.I.V.A for the mockumentary series The God of Music 2 and LOEN Entertainment's project group I.B.I. On November 11, Chaekyung was revealed as a new member of April.

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

Chaekyung debued as a member of DSP Media girl group Puretty[1][2] with the release of Japanese single "Cheki☆Love" in 2012.[3] Puretty disbanded in 2014 with plans to reform into other groups.[4] The group made their stage debut on June 15, 2012 and were mainly active in Japan until they disbanded in 2014. In mid-2014, she appeared on the MBC Music survival show, Kara Project, competing with other female trainees to debut as a new member of the girl group Kara, where she finished in 3rd place.[5]

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

Main articles: Produce 101, I.B.I, and April (band)

In 2016, Chaekyung, together with fellow trainee Cho Shi-yoon, represented DSP Media on reality girl group survival show Produce 101 for the chance to debut in a Mnet girl group, where she finished in 16th place.

On June 1, she released a collaboration digital single with April's Chaewon titled Clock.[6]

In July 2016, she was cast in the mockumentary series The God of Music 2 with other Produce 101 contestants and later formed project group C.I.V.A.[7]

In August 2016, she was joining LOEN Entertainment's project group I.B.I with other Produce 101 contestants. The group released the digital single MOLAE MOLAE (몰래몰래) on August 18.[8]

On November 11, Chaekyung was revealed as a new member of April.[9]

Discography

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

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
KOR
"Clock"
(with Chae-won)		 2016 — non-album single
"Why"
(with Kim So-hee, Lee Soo-min)		 — non-album single

Filmography

TV series

Year Title Network Role Note
2014 Kara Project MBC Music Contestant Survival show to find KARA new member
2016 Produce 101 Mnet Contestant Survival show to find member for Mnet girl group
The God of Music 2 Mnet Cast with Produce 101 contestant as C.I.V.A
Plan Man tagTV, TRENDY Cast
Hello I.B.I JTBC cast with LOEN Entertainment's I.B.I member

References

  1. ↑ "카라 소속사 'DSP 걸즈', '프리티 리듬'으로 韓-日 동시 데뷔!". The Star (in Korean). 31 January 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  2. ↑ Kim, JiYeon (June 20, 2012). "DSP Media Unveils Its Newest Group- Puretty". enewsWorld. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
  3. ↑ "'DSP 걸그룹' 퓨리티, 日언론 관심 '차세대 카라'". MyDaily (in Korean). 20 June 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "퓨리티 소식 이건 뭐임?". 17 January 2014. DC Inside. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  5. ↑ http://www.soompi.com/2014/06/03/youngji-pips-sojin-to-win-first-round-of-kara-project/
  6. ↑ Choo, Young-jun (July 25, 2016). "'프로듀스101' 출신 윤채경, 젤리 광고모델 발탁". Naver (in Korean). Retrieved August 20, 2016.
  7. ↑ Cho, He-jin (June 28, 2016). "New Girl Group CIVA Confirmed to Debut in July". Mnet. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
  8. ↑ "'데뷔' I.B.I 김소희, "'프듀' 생각나서 눈물 날 뻔" 벅찬 소감". Naver (in Korean). MyDaily. August 18, 2016. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
  9. ↑ "DSP 측 "윤채경, 에이프릴 합류..새 음반 준비中"". Retrieved 2016-11-11.
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