Gongchan

Gongchan

Gongchan at WFMF concert in September 2016
Native name 공찬식
Born Gong Chan-sik
(1993-08-14) August 14, 1993
Suncheon, South Korea
Other names Gongchan
Occupation
  • Singer
  • actor
Musical career
Genres K-pop
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2011–present
Labels WM Entertainment
Associated acts B1A4
Korean name
Hangul 공찬식
Hanja
Revised Romanization Gong Chan-sik
McCune–Reischauer Kong Ch'an-sik

Gong Chan-sik (born August 14, 1993), better known by his stage name Gongchan, is a South Korean singer and actor. He is a member of the South Korean boy group B1A4.

Career

Pre-debut

Gongchan was discovered on Cyworld as a result of his winning of an "Eoljjang Challenge" when he was in middle school. He was also a runner-up of a cross-dressing contest, where he danced to a song by soloist Ivy. He then underwent a training period of two years.[1]

B1A4

After years of training, Gongchan joined as the vocalist and youngest of B1A4. On April 11, 2011, WM Entertainment revealed Gongchan as the third member to be revealed after releasing the news of B1A4 along with Jinyoung and Baro's pictures. Sandeul and CNU were revealed the next two day.[2][3][4][5][6]

On April 20, 2011, B1A4 released their debut Track "OK" and mini album "Let's Fly", making their debut on April 23, 2011 on MBC Show! Music Core.[7]

After their debut, B1A4 was invited to star in MTV's reality show Match Up with Block B.[8] As one of the projects for the show, B1A4 filmed a music video for "Only Learnt The Bad Things (못된 것만 배워서)."[9]

A Song For You

In 2015, Gongchan became a new MC on the fourth season of KBS A Song For You. He has appeared along with two other MC's f(x)'s Amber and Kangin.[10]

I Need Romance

It was announced in early 2017 that Gongchan would star as the first main character for the new mobile game, I Need Romance, developed by Take One Company.[11] The game, a first-person virtual reality simulation dating game, has Gongchan in the role of Eun Sehyun, a top-idol and leader of the boy group Don't Touch for 5 years who is known as the representative 'chic-idol' who interacts with the user, who plays the opposing main character.

Filmography

Dramas

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Delicious Love Park Sung-jun Lead role
Web-drama

Video Games

Year Title Role Notes
2017 I Need Romance Eun Se-hyun Main character
Virtual online dating simulation game

Variety shows appearances

Year Title Network Notes
2012 Special: B1A4's Selca Diary SBS MTV Regular with B1A4
Wide Entertainment News - B1A4's Sesame Player Mnet Guest
B1A4's Hello Baby Season 6 KBS Regular with B1A4
2014 B1A4's One Fine Day MBC Music Regular with B1A4
2015 Global Request Show: A Song For You 4 KBS World Host
2016 Celebrity Bromance MBig TV Cast with Hongbin (VIXX), Season 11, Episode 48-51

References

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