Park Ji-hoon

Park Ji-hoon (born May 29, 1999) is a South Korean singer and actor.

He was initially active as a child actor and advertisement model.

Park Ji-hoon was born on May 29, 1999, in Masan Province in South Korea.

Although he comes from Gyeongsang Province, Park has lived in Seoul since he was seven years old.

He graduated from National Middle School of Traditional Arts, where he majored in musical theatre.

Park also appeared in SS501's reality show SS501 SOS (2006), although his face was blurred out through the episodes.

Park debuted as a child actor, participating in musicals like Peter Pan (2007–2009), The Harmonium in My Memory (2010), and Radio Star (2010–2011), and small stints in television dramas Jumong (2006–2007), The King and I (2007–2008), Kimchi Cheese Smile (2007–2008), Iljimae (2008), and more.

In 2007, he appeared in KM Idol War with Big Bang.

During his childhood, he continued to be active in musical theatre, television broadcasts, and film, and also worked as an advertisement model.

Less active in the entertainment industry in his teen years, Park began training to become an idol singer under SM Entertainment and Fantagio.

Due to a knee injury, he did not make it to the final line up of Fantagio's boy group Astro and subsequently transferred to Maroo Entertainment.

Park rose to fame in early 2017 as the second-place winner of the second season of the reality competition series Produce 101.

He is a former member of the show's resulting boy group Wanna One and is currently active as a solo artist and an actor.

Park began his solo career with his first fan-meet tour, and by releasing an EP, O'Clock, following the end of Wanna One's activities as a group.

In 2017, Park represented Maroo Entertainment in the second season of Produce 101.

He experienced a sudden rise in popularity after going viral as "wink boy ( ko: 윙크남)", after the introductory "It's Me (Pick Me)" stage on M Countdown, even before the show had started airing.

Consequently, Park's participation in the survival show received extensive media attention to the extent that his self-made aegyo catchphrase "save you in my heart ( ko: 내 마음 속에 저장)" trended on social media and was used by various companies for marketing purposes.

The phrase was later crowned as the best catchphrase of 2017 by KOCCA.

Furthermore, Park received offers from various companies to become their advertisement model while the show was still being aired, and it was later revealed that Park had signed an exclusive contract with Maroo Entertainment before the show had started.

He finished second, which made him a member of the project boy group Wanna One under YMC Entertainment.

Park majored in broadcasting arts at School of Performing Arts Seoul and graduated in January 2018.

Park was accepted into Chung-Ang University's Department of Theater for 2018.

Wanna One disbanded on December 31, 2018, and officially completed activities after their sold out 4-day final concert series 'Therefore' that ran from January 24 to 27 at Gocheok Sky Dome.

After Wanna One's disbandment on December 31, 2018, Park Jihoon started his solo career with Maroo Entertainment and he held his first ever fanmeeting 'PARK Jihoon 2019 ASIA FAN MEETING [FIRST EDITION]' on February 9 at Kyunghee University Grand Peace Palace in Seoul, followed by fanmeets in Taipei (March 2), Thailand (March 9), Philippines (March 15), Hong Kong (March 23), Macau (March 30) and Japan (April 10).

On March 26, Park released his debut EP as a soloist, O'Clock, with the lead single "L.O.V.E".

He also resumed his acting career and known for his roles in Flower Crew: Joseon Marriage Agency (2019), Love Revolution (2020), At a Distance, Spring Is Green (2021), and Weak Hero Class 1 (2022).

Park has remained active in variety and reality television shows and has also ventured into being a Radio DJ.

He has also been the advertisement model for several brands across skincare, cosmetics, and food.

Park Jihoon took his first-ever solo music show win with his debut album "L.O.V.E" on KBS Music Bank on April 5, 2019.

The same month, Park was cast in JTBC's historical drama Flower Crew: Joseon Marriage Agency, which was aired on September 16.

Park received praise for his great acting skills and got many positive reviews for his first drama since the start of his career as a soloist.

Park Jihoon, topping the list, ranked No. 1 in drama cast hot topic for 8 consecutive weeks (Good Data – Drama Actors Category and Racoi ranking) on his Flower Crew drama airing (2 months).

In December 2019, Park Jihoon kicked off his solo fan-meeting tour, titled "FANCON ASIA TOUR".

Beginning in South Korea, the tour was set to span cities in several countries including Seoul, Hyogo & Tokyo, Macau, Bangkok, Taipei and Jakarta.

On December 4, Park released his second EP, 360, and its lead single of the same name.

Park returned with his third EP, The W, with the title track "Wing", on May 26.

Park Jihoon made several appearances on radio shows for his 'The W' promotion including Cool FM KBS Radio Show, SBS Cultwo Radio Show, Noon Hope Radio Show and Sung Woon Late Night Radio Show.

Park Jihoon took his first lead role in the Kakao M's web drama Love Revolution, an adaptation of the popular webtoon of the same name.

The drama aired from September 1 to December 27, 2020.

The first episode of Love Revolution surpassed a million views in one day on KakaoTV and was No. 1 on the Top 10 weekly videos.