Jung Il-hoon

Jung Il-hoon

Ilhoon at a fansign in November 2016
Native name 정일훈
Born Jung Il-hoon
(1994-10-04) October 4, 1994
Seoul, South Korea
Occupation
Relatives Joo (older sister)
Musical career
Genres
Years active 2012 (2012)–present
Labels Cube Entertainment
Associated acts BtoB
Website btobofficial.com
Korean name
Hangul 정일훈
Hanja 鄭鎰勳[1]
Revised Romanization Jeong Il-hun
McCune–Reischauer Chŏng Il-hun

Jung Il-hoon (Hangul: 정일훈; born October 4, 1994), simply known as Ilhoon, is a South Korean rapper, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He is a main rapper of the South Korean boy group BtoB. He is well known for his multiple song featurings with artists such as Hyuna and G.NA and as an assistant MC in the variety show Weekly Idol. Ilhoon made his acting debut as he starred in the drama Webtoon Hero: Tundra Show in 2015.[2] He was also known for inventing and popularizing the gestures for "Gwiyomi Player".

Biography

Jung Ilhoon was born on October 4, 1994 in Seoul, South Korea. He graduated in Hanlim Multi Art School and attended Korea College of Media Arts with acting course.[3] He is the younger brother of singer Joo.[4]

Career

BtoB

Ilhoon debuted as the main rapper[5] of the boy group BTOB in 2012. The group made official debut on Mnet's M! Countdown on March 22.[6]

Solo Activities

Since 2012, Ilhoon has been continuously appearing on variety show Weekly Idol as a special MC/assistant MC together with Apink's Bomi. Ilhoon had his last broadcast in Weekly Idol on its 206th episode.[7] In 2012, he collaborated with 4minute's Gayoon with the song "My Love By My Side" that was for My Love By My Side Musical. He also featured in Hyuna's "Unripe Apple" which was a track from Hyuna's second EP Melting.[8]

In 2013, he was featured in 2YOON's Harvest Moon EP for the track "Nightmare" where he showed his impressive rapping skills. His featuring activities continued as he was later on revealed to be collaborating with G.NA for her title track "Oops!" of Beautiful Kisses EP.[9]

In 2015, Cube Entertainment announced Hyuna's title track for A+ will be featuring BtoB's Ilhoon. The track was entitled "Roll Deep" (Because I'm The Best). He also participated in the making of the album.[10] But he was only able to perform with Hyuna two times as there was a conflict with other BTOB schedules. He was replaced by Cube Entertainment's trainee, Kim Hyojong. Later in 2015, Ilhoon joined the line-up for Unpretty Rapstar 2's semi-finals episode as he performed with contestant Jiyoon for the track "This Ain't Me".[11]

He also made his acting debut on 2015 with "Webtoon Hero: Tundra Show" as Kim Sungmin.[2]

On May 24, 2017, it was revealed that Ilhoon will be releasing a self-composed track on May 30.[12] On May 26, it was revealed that Ilhoon's solo song is titled "Fancy Shoes".[13]

Discography

Songs

Title Year Peak chart position Sales

(DL)

 Album
KOR
[14]		 US
World
[15]
As lead artist
"Fancy Shoes" 2017 76 — Piece of BTOB Vol.2
Collaborations
"My Love By My Side" (with Heo Ga-yoon) 2012 — — N/A My Love By My Side Musical
As featured artist
"Unripe Apple" (Hyuna feat. Jung Il-hoon) 2012 70 — Melting
"Nightmare" (2YOON feat. Jung Il-hoon) 2013 — — Harvest Moon
"Oops!" (G.NA feat. Jung Il-hoon) 13 19 Beautiful Kisses
"Just Pass By" (Subin feat. Jung Il-hoon) 2014 — — N/A B.B.B
"2Limes" (Inoran feat. Minhyuk, Peniel, Ilhoon) 2015 — — Beautiful Now
"Roll Deep" (Hyuna feat. Jung Il-hoon) 13 3 A+
"This Ain't Me" — — N/A Unpretty Rapstar 2 Semi-Final Part 1
"Wind Clock" (Wax feat. Jung Il-hoon) — — Non-album single
"Chamisma" (CLC feat. Jung Il-hoon) 2016 — — Chamisma
"You Seem Busy" (Melody Day feat. Jung Il-hoon) 2017 — — KISS ON THE LIPS
Soundtrack appearances
"Bye Bye Love" (with Dongwoon, Yoseob, Changsub) 2013 35 — When a Man Falls in Love OST
"Goodbye Sadness" (with Changsub, Eunkwang) 2015 — — N/A Sweet, Savage Family OST
"For You" (with Changsub, Eunkwang, Minhyuk) 2016 — — Cinderella and Four Knights OST
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Filmography

Television Series

Year Title Network Role Notes
2015 Webtoon Hero: Tundra Show MBC Every 1 Kim Sung-min Innocent Family, Lead role.

Variety Shows

Year Show Network Notes
2012-2016 Weekly Idol MBC Every 1 Co-host with Apink's Bomi
Regular Guest, Assistant MC
2013 Gangnam Dance School MBC Music Regular Guest
2015 Unpretty Rapstar 2 Mnet Collaboration with Jiyoon for the semi-finals
I Can See Your Voice Tone-deaf Detective Team in episode 5 & 11.

References

  1. ↑ "BTOB每个人的中文正确名字正式公开(按照年纪大到小的排名顺序)". Retrieved March 28, 2012.
  2. 1 2 "BTOB's Ilhoon to make acting debut as lead of upcoming variety drama". Retrieved June 23, 2015.
  3. ↑ "BTOB Jung IlHoon accepted into Acting course in Korea College of Media Arts". Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "BtoB's Ilhoon and JOO confirmed to be siblings.". allkpop. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "비투비(BTOB), "'본 투 비트' 세계를 압도하는 그룹 될것"". Retrieved March 21, 2012.
  6. ↑ "BtoB makes an 'Insane' debut with 'Imagine' on M! Countdown". Allkpop. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  7. ↑ "BTOB's Ilhoon and A Pink's Bomi to leave 'Weekly Idol'". Retrieved June 30, 2015.
  8. ↑ "HyunA reveals additional photos + tracklist for 'Melting'". Retrieved October 17, 2012.
  9. ↑ "G.NA Beautiful Kisses (EP)". iTunes. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  10. ↑ "HyunA announces her title track featuring BTOB's Ilhoon!". Retrieved August 13, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Lee Soo Hyun, Basick, Ilhoon, and More to Also Collaborate With "Unpretty Rapstar 2" Contestants". Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  12. ↑ "큐브 측 "정일훈, 비투비 솔로 프로젝트 두번째 주자…자작곡 공개"" (in Korean). Retrieved 2017-05-26.
  13. ↑ "정일훈 커버 공개…비투비 솔로프로젝트 두 번째 주자". 2017-05-26. Retrieved 2017-05-26.
  14. ↑ Charted Songs:
  15. ↑ Charted Songs:
  16. ↑ "2017년 22주차 Download Chart". Gaon Chart. Korea Music Content Industry Association.
  17. ↑ "2012 Gaon Download Chart – Week 44".
  18. ↑ "2013 Gaon Download Chart – Week 4".
  19. ↑ Cumulative sales for "Oops!": "Gaon Download Chart – April, 2013".
  20. ↑
    Cumulative sales for "Roll Deep":
  21. ↑ "Gaon Download Chart – May, 2013".
Title Year Ref.
"Fancy Shoes" 2017 [1]
  1. ↑ United CUBE (CUBE Entertainment Official YouTube Channel) (2017-05-30), 정일훈 – 'Fancy Shoes' (Choreography Practice Video), retrieved 2017-05-30
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