Yook Sungjae
| Yook Sungjae | |
|---|---|
 Sungjae at "Who Are You: School 2015" press conference | |
| Native name | 육성재 |
| Born |
Yook Sung-jae May 2, 1995 Yongin, Gyeonggi, South Korea |
| Occupation | |
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Musical career | |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Labels | Cube Entertainment |
| Associated acts |
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| Website |
Twitter |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 육성재 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 陸性材[1][2] |
| Revised Romanization | Yuk Seong-jae |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yuk Sŏng-chae |
Yook Sungjae (Hangul: 육성재; born May 2, 1995), simply known as Sungjae, is a South Korean singer, actor, and presenter. He is a member of the South Korean boy band BtoB. Sungjae is also known for his leading roles in Plus Nine Boys and Who Are You: School 2015.
Career
Pre-debut
Before debuting as a member of BtoB, Sungjae acted in jTBC’s 'Living In Chungdamdong' [3] as Invincible Chungdam No. 5 member, along with fellow members Seo Eunkwang, Lim Hyunsik, Jung Ilhoon, and former BtoB member Lee Minwoo (now ex C-Clown member T.K).
BTOB
Sungjae was debuted as member of BTOB. The group official debuted on March 22, 2012.[4] Sungjae along with Ilhoon and Lee Minhyuk took part in writing lyrics for their debut song “비밀(Insane)”.
Solo Activities
In July 2014, Sungjae became a presenter for the program, A Song For You with Kangin of Super Junior and Amber of f(x).[5][6] Later that year, Yook Sungjae was casted in variety series, Hitmaker as member of Hyundon and Defconn's parody project boy group, Big Byung. He was given a stage name of YookDuk and was also joined by Got7's Jackson, VIXX's N and Hyuk. The group released a music video for their single entitled Stress Come On on August 19, 2014.[7] He was also casted in the television drama Plus Nine Boys as a 19-year old Judo athlete named Kang Min-gu.[8] In late 2014, he became a cast in reality variety show Real Men and left on 2015.[9]
In January 2015, Big Byung made their comeback with "Ojingeo Doenjang" together with the Season 2 of Hitmaker. Sungjae received his biggest break when portrayed a leading role in the teen drama, Who Are You: School 2015 as Gong Tae-kwang who is an idiotic but problematic child of the Sekang High School's director. He acted alongside Kim So-hyun and Nam Joo-hyuk.[10][11][12] He also received a good feedback when he competed in a mystery music show, King of Mask Singer. He joined as Tired Bumblebee and reached the third stage of the competition with the song "Thanks" by Kim Dong-ryul. Currently, he is still on his virtual marriage on the season 4 of reality show We Got Married with Red Velvet's Joy.[13][14] He starred the horror-mystery drama The Village: Achiara's Secret as the male lead Park Woo-jaea.[15] His role is identified as police officer Park Woojae.
It was also revealed that after the television series, Who Are You: School 2015 ended, Yook Sungjae was able to land in a total of 4 solo endorsements including mobile app Cash Slide, clothing brand Black Yak with Jo In-sung, Hazzy's Accessories with his co-star in Who Are You: School 2015, Kim So-hyun, and lastly a shopping website named G-Market.[16]
By the year-end, Yook received multiple awards in KBS Drama Awards, SBS Drama Awards, and MBC Entertainment Awards. He received the Best Couple Award with Kim So-hyun for the teen drama Who Are You: School 2015[17] and New Star Award for the mystery drama The Village: Achiara's Secret.[18] He also won Best Couple Award with Red Velvet's Joy, and the Best Male Rookie (in Variety) for their appearance in the variety show, We Got Married.[19]
Discography
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Sales (DL) [20] |
Album |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR [21] | ||||
| 2014 | Curious (ft. CLC's Seunghee) | — |
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Plus Nine Boys OST Part. 4 |
| 2015 | That Day Long Ago | 30 |
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King of Masked Singer Special |
| Photograph (with Apink's Namjoo) | 14 |
|
A CUBE - For Season Blue Season 2 | |
| Love Song (ft. Park Hyesu) | 5 |
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Who Are You: School 2015 OST Part.8 | |
| Loving You Again | 43 |
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Scholar Who Walks The Night OST Part.3 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | ||||
Music Video Appearances
| Year | Song | Artist | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Stress Come On | Big Byung | YookDuk |
| 2015 | Ojingeo Doenjang | ||
| Cinderella Time | NC.A | Himself | |
| Photograph | Yook Sungjae and Kim Namjoo (Apink) | ||
Filmography
Television dramas
| Year | Network | Title | Role | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Mnet | Monstar | Arnold, Men in Black Member | Supporting role |
| tVN | Reply 1994 | Sooksookie | Supporting role | |
| 2014 | tVN | Plus Nine Boys | Kang Min-gu | Male lead |
| 2015 | KBS 2TV | Who Are You: School 2015 | Gong Tae-kwang | Male lead |
| SBS | The Village: Achiara's Secret | Park Woo-jae | Male lead |
Variety Shows
| Year | Network | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | SBS MTV | The Show | Host for Season 1 with co-member Minhyuk |
| 2014 | Mnet | Mnet Wide Custom News | Host |
| KBS | A Song For You Season 3 | Main host with Kangin and F(x)'s Amber | |
| MBC | Hitmaker Season 1 | Cast Member - YookDuk | |
| Real Men | Cast Member from episode 77-88[22] | ||
| 2015 | |||
| Hitmaker Season 2 | Cast Member - YookDuk | ||
| KBS | Invisible Man | Cast member[23] | |
| Happy Together | Appeared on February 26, 2015 | ||
| MBC | I Live Alone | Guest at Episode 92 | |
| King of Masked Singer | Contestant as Tired Bumblebee | ||
| We Got Married | With Joy (Red Velvet) | ||
| 2015-2016 | SBS | Inkigayo | Main host with Kim Yoo-jung and Got7's Jackson Wang |
| 2016 | |||
| MBC | My Little Television | Guests with Red Velvet's Joy | |
| The Capable Ones | Guest at Episode 10 | ||
| King of Masked Singer | Guest panel member | ||
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 8th Korea Drama Awards | Best New Actor | Who Are You: School 2015 | Nominated |
| 4th APAN Star Awards | Best New Actor | Nominated | ||
| KBS Drama Awards | ||||
| Best New Actor | Nominated | |||
| Popularity Award, Actor | Nominated | |||
| Best Couple Award (with Kim So-hyun) | Won | |||
| MBC Entertainment Awards | Best Male Newcomer Award (Variety) | We Got Married | Won | |
| Best Couple Award (with Red Velvet's Joy) | Won | |||
| SBS Drama Awards | New Star Award | The Village: Achiara's Secret | Won |
References
- ↑ In the We Got Married on 2015-08-08, Yook Sungjae reveal him Korean ID card, from the middle Han letter we can predict from the number of stroke, its 性 and not 星. 2015-08-08.
- ↑ '우결' 육성재, 조이 신분증 사진에 "예쁘다, 아나운서 같아" (in Korean). news1. 2015-08-08. Retrieved 2015-08-08.
- ↑ "Cube Entertainment’s new boy group completes a successful fictional debut".
- ↑ "BtoB makes an 'Insane' debut with 'Imagine' on M! Countdown". Allkpop. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ↑ "Amber, Kang In and Yook Sung Jae are the new MCs of A Song For You Season 3’". Soompi. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ↑ Jung, Ji Won (9 June 2014). "Kangin, Amber and Yook Sung Jae Selected to Host ‘A Song For You’". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2015-05-22.
- ↑ "[MV] Big Byung(빅병) _ Stress Come on! (스트레스 컴온!)". YouTube. 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2014-08-19.
- ↑ Go, Soo-jin (25 August 2014). "BTOB's Yook Sung Jae Shares Members' Response to Upcoming Drama". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
- ↑ Jeong, Jee Won (19 November 2014). "BTOB’s Yook Sung Jae, Lim Hyung Jun and Kim Dong Hyun to Re-Appear on ‘Real Man’". mwave. Retrieved 2015-05-22.
- ↑ Kwon, Ji-youn (22 April 2015). "'Who Are You' to deal with mysteries of youth". Korea Times. Retrieved 2015-05-22.
- ↑ Kim, Min-ji (31 March 2015). "Yook Sung Jae Confirmed as Male Lead of School 2015". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
- ↑ Chu, Yanchingsally (27 April 2015). "‘Who Are You: School 2015’ Released Greeting Video of Yook Sung Jae". BNTNews. Retrieved 2015-05-22.
- ↑ "Red Velvet Joy Revealed as BTOB Yook Sung Jae′s ′We Got Married′ Partner". Mnet. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
- ↑ "Sungjae's lucky 'bride' for 'We Got Married'? It's Red Velvet's Joy!". Retrieved 3 June 2015.
- ↑ "Moon Geun-young, Yook Sung-jae to star in mystery drama". The Korea Times. The Korea Times. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ↑ "BTOB's Sungjae revealed to have scored a total of 8 endorsement deals after 'School 2015'!". allkpop.com. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
- ↑ "KBS Drama Awards". allkpop. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
- ↑ "SBS Drama Awards". allkpop. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
- ↑ f(x)'s Amber, BTOB's Sungjae, and more pick up rookie awards at '2015 MBC Entertainment Awards'
- ↑ "Gaon Download Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
- ↑ "Gaon Digital Chart". Gaon Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ↑ an0ya. "BTOB’s Yook Sungjae and Actor Lim Hyung Joon Join Official Cast of "Real Men"". Soompi. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
- ↑ Sora Ghim (10 February 2015) "Yook Sung Jae Is Coming To ‘Invisible Man’" BNTNews
External links
- (Korean) Official website
- Yook Sungjae on Twitter
- Yook Sungjae on Instagram
- Yook Sungjae at HanCinema
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