Lee Jai-jin (musician, born 1979)

Lee Jai-jin
이재진
Background information
Born (1979-07-13) July 13, 1979
Origin South Korea
Genres
Occupation(s)
Years active 1997–2000
2001–present
Labels

Daesung Entertainment (1997-2000)

YG Entertainment
Associated acts Sechs Kies
Korean name

170122 Lee Jai-jin at Yellow Note Concert
Korean name
Hangul 이재진
Hanja 李宰鎮
Revised Romanization I Jae-jin
McCune–Reischauer I Chaejin

Lee Jai-jin (Korean:이재진, born July 13, 1979) is a South Korean singer and dancer.[1] Jai-jin is the sub rapper and main dancer of the South Korean boy group SechsKies, and served as the group's choreographer. SechsKies disbanded in 2000 but made a long-awaited reunion on 'ToToGa 2' special of 'Infinite Challenge' and signed with YG Entertainment in 2016.[2]

Career

1997–2000: SechsKies

He and Kim Jae-duck formed a dance crew called ‘’Quicksilver’’ in their hometown of Busan and had submitted an audition tape to Daesung Entertainment. It was revealed later that Kang Sung-hun, who had watched the audition tape, chose him as a member for his superior dancing skill and good looks.[3][4]

Lee Jai-jin debuted as a Sechs Kies member under Daesung Entertainment in 1997. Along with Kim Jae-duck, he created the choreography for most of SechsKies' music videos. Since he was timid, he spoke less in the TV programs. SechsKies achieved great success and became an icon of the 1990's Korean idol groups. However, SechsKies suddenly disbanded in 2000 after finishing their fourth album promotion.[5]

2000–2016: Solo career and other endeavors

After SechsKies disbanded, Jai-jin was the third member from SechsKies to begin a solo career. He released his first album, entitled S.Wing with a hit song Double J in 2001. He released the following album, 002 J2 with a title song Go back in 2003. However, it failed to see a great success compared to when he was performing as SechsKies. After 3 years of hiatus, he subsequently released his third album, entitled It's New with the hit song Charge in 2005.[6] In 2006, Jaijin entered the military and stopped his solo career.

After being released from the army, Jai-jin decided to leave the entertainment industry and study drawing in Japan.[7] In 2011, Jaijin participated in BigBang's Special Edition album, drawing illustrations for five members.[8] [9] In 2013, Jai-jin cooperated with his brother-in-law to open a new restaurant, School Food, in YG Entertainment-owned building.[10] In 2015-2016, he participated in group exhibitions, 상상연대 2 (Imagination Alliance 2) and 상상연대 3 (Imagination Alliance 3), in GALERIE GAIA under his pseudonym 한조(hanzo).[11]

2016: SechsKies reunion

In 2016, Jai-jin and his former SechsKies bandmates (except Ko Ji-yong) reunited on Infinite Challenge.[12] All members, except Ko Ji-yong, signed with YG Entertainment as a band while Jai-jing and Sanghun also signed solo contracts.[13]

SechsKies held a comeback concert on September 10 and 11 at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena and all 22,000 tickets for the concert sold out in only 5 minutes.[14] On October 7, Sechs Kies released their new digital single "Three Words " after 16 years. The single topped all 8 major Korean music charts shortly after release. It also ranked high in Asian music charts and iTunes charts in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and others.[15]

On August 19, Jai-jin joined SBS's variety show 'Flower Crew' with Eun Ji-won because of funny and frank performance in Infinite Challenge.[16] However, they left Flower Crew to focus on group promotions.[17]

On November 23, YG announced that SechsKies' new album will be released on December 1, 2016. The new album "2016 Re-ALBUM" contains 10 past hit songs of SechsKies that were rearranged and remastered by YG producers, and is prepared a special gift for fans.[18]

SechsKies continued the Yellow Note concert tour on December 10 in Daegu and on December 24–25 in Busan. On October 31, all SechsKies tour concert seats for December were sold out within a few minutes.

On December 16, YG announced SechsKies is to hold a "Yellow Note Final in Seoul" concert on January 21 and 22 at the Jamsil Indoor Stadium.[19] On December 22, all 13,000 tickets were sold out within three minutes.

At the end of the year, SechsKies won several awards including Click! Star Wars Awards Hall of Fame, the 6th Gaon Chart Music Awards The Kpop Contribution of The Year, the 8th Melon Music Awards Hall of Fame, the 31st Golden Disc Awards Best Male Group Performance and the 26th Seoul Music Awards Bonsang.

2017: The 20th Anniversary

On April 19, YG announced that SechsKies' new album The 20th Anniversary will be released on April 28, 2017. Along with the release of the album, two title tracks will be promoted are "Sad Song" and "Be Well". The album topped the charts in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Australia and United States. SECHSKIES’s album also topped Mnet, Bugs, Genie and Naver Chart. All the songs in the album made it to the top 100 on the Melon chart, which is remarkable and shows that SECHSKIES has a wide fan base. SechsKies album topped Gaon Chart and Hanteo real time chart, daily chart and weekly chart. "Be Well" also topped Gaon Digital Chart, Download Chart, BGM Chart and Mobile Chart for the 1st week of May. SechsKies held consecutive wins for the title track "Be Well" on MBC Music Core in May. They also won for the #1 spot on KBS Music Bank.[20][21][22]

On May 4, SechsKies held their first fansign event after 18 years at Time Square located in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul. The venue was filled with more than 3,000 fans gathered to see them.[23]

On May 12, YG announced that SechsKies' will debuting in Japan after 20 years debut in Korea. SechsKies' album "The 20th Anniversary" Japan Edition will be released on July 19. YG announced SechsKies' will held their first Japan Fan Meeting at the Yokohama Bay Hall in Kanagawa on July 23 and at the Namba Hatch in Osaka on September 3.[24]

Personal life

Family

Jai-jin's father died in 2006 due to pancreatic cancer, and his mother died in 2008.[25][26]

In March 2010, Jai-jin's sister, Lee Eun-ju (former SWi.T member), married Yang Hyun-suk, founder of YG Entertainment.[27] Eun-ju gave birth to a daughter in August 2010 and Jaijin looked after her.[28]

Yang Hyunsuk, the founder of YG Entertainment (also the company Jai-jin signed with) is Jai-jin's brother in law.

Military

In 2006, he worked in a game development company as a skilled industry personnel to fulfill his military duty but this was later cancelled by the Military Manpower Administration on the grounds of working in web design rather than designated fields, such as information processing or game software development. He went to court to appeal this decision but lost. [29] As a result, Jaijin entered the military again on August 25, 2008.[30] While serving, he was treated for psychiatric issues because of parents' death. He was granted a short vacation from duty on March 2, 2009. He was supposed to return on March 6, 2009, but he never reported back and cut off all contact with family and friends.[31]

On April 8, 2009, he was found by military police investigators in a Daegu motel which is located at the hometown of his parent. In June 2009, he was sentenced to two years of probation. After the trial, he was sent back to his unit and had to serve extra days to remedy for the period he went missing.[26] On August 10, 2010, he was released from the army.[32]

Discography

Albums

Album # Album information List
1st First Album《S.Wing》
2nd Second Album《002 J2》
3rd Third Album《It's New!》

VCD

VCD # VCD information List
1st 1st..Concert (실황라이브 콘서트) -VCD

Others

Music credits

Artist(s) Song Information
SECHSKIES
  • "Rigoletto (여자의 마음)" - Com` Back
Lee Jai-jin
  • "In The Name Of Love (사랑이란 이름으로)" - S.Wing
  • "Love Step" - 002 J2
  • "Profile" - 002 J2
The Glam
  • "6" - The Glam
  • "Made In U.S.A." - The Glam
  • "Wild Flower" - The Glam
  • "Rose" - The Glam
Airbag
  • "Poetree (열대야)" - Contact Us
Lee Jai-jin1
  • "Please (부디)" - Spy Girl OST (그녀를 모르면 간첩 OST)
  • "Reunion (재회)" - Spy Girl OST (그녀를 모르면 간첩 OST)
  • "Prologue" - Spy Girl OST (그녀를 모르면 간첩 OST)
  • "Happy Birthday (생일 축하합니다)" - Spy Girl OST (그녀를 모르면 간첩 OST)
  • "신얼짱 계순" - Spy Girl OST (그녀를 모르면 간첩 OST)
  • "골목길" - Spy Girl OST (그녀를 모르면 간첩 OST)
  • "진아의 등장" - Spy Girl OST (그녀를 모르면 간첩 OST)
  • "Love Theme" - Spy Girl OST (그녀를 모르면 간첩 OST)
  • "Taking Pictures (사진 찍기)" - Spy Girl OST (그녀를 모르면 간첩 OST)
  • "Spy Girl (여간첩 계순)" - Spy Girl OST (그녀를 모르면 간첩 OST)
  • "Hidden Story (숨겨온 이야기)" - Spy Girl OST (그녀를 모르면 간첩 OST)
  • "Girlfriend (여자친구)" - Spy Girl OST (그녀를 모르면 간첩 OST)

1Another artist with the same name.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role
1998 Seventeen: The Movie

See also

References

  1. ↑ "About the artist". Official SECHSKIES Facebook. YG. Lee Jaijin is the official English name.
  2. ↑ boxclub (2016-05-12). "Sechs Kies Receives Same Contract As BIGBANG From YG Entertainment". Soompi. Retrieved 2016-09-27.
  3. ↑ 이재진, 과거 자서전서 직접 밝힌 ‘생활고(苦)’ (in Korean). Now News. April 9, 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  4. ↑ 전종선 (June 2, 2016). "‘라디오스타’ 강성훈, 젝스키스 결성 비화 공개 "내가 원하는 멤버로 뽑았다"" ["Radio Star" Kang Sunghun Reveals the Secret behind SECHSKIES formation "I picked the members I wanted"]. 서울경제 (in Korean). Retrieved December 3, 2016.
  5. ↑ (in Korean)[연예가소식]인기댄스그룹 '젝스키스' 해체 발표 Sechskies announced disbandment]
  6. ↑ (in English)Lee Jae-jin (이재진)Artist Search
  7. ↑ e-NEWS - tvN E News Ep.1569: [결정적 한방] 단독포착! 젝스키스 이재진 레스토랑 CEO 변신 (in Korean). CJ E&M. January 30, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
  8. ↑ 'YG처남' 이재진, 알보고니 빅뱅 일러스트작가 (in Korean). JoongAng Ilbo. April 11, 2011. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  9. ↑ (in English)Sechskies' Lee Jaijin was the artist for Big Bang's new album
  10. ↑ (in English)Sechs Kies’ Lee Jaijin Becomes Restaurant Owner in YG Building
  11. ↑ (in Korean)"여전한 아이돌 포스"…젝키 강성훈·이재진, 훈훈한 우정
  12. ↑ (in English)SECHS KIES Joins YG with a Contract that Ensures Special Treatment Similar to that of BIGBANG
  13. ↑ (in English)Sechs Kies’ Jaijin and Sunghun sign solo contracts with YG Entertainment
  14. ↑ (in English)Sechs Kies to hold first solo concert in 16 years
  15. ↑ (in English)Sechs Kies releases new single, tops charts
  16. ↑ (in English)"Sechskies' Eun Jiwon and Lee Jaijin to join 'Flower Crew'". allkpop. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  17. ↑ (in English)WINNER's Kang Seung Yoon to join 'Flower Crew' after Sechskies' Lee Jaijin and Eun Jiwon leave
  18. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-11-24. Retrieved 2016-11-23. YG announced, "Rebirth of hit songs… SECHSKIES releases new album ‘Re-ALBUM’" (official announcement)
  19. ↑ Hit 90's band Sechs Kies to hold concert in Seoul
  20. ↑ [공식 '20주년' 젝스키스, 28일 컴백 확정..17년만에 신보 발표]
  21. ↑ ‘음악중심’ 젝키, 2주 연속 1위…트와이스·빅스 컴백
  22. ↑ ‘뮤뱅’ 젝스키스, 방송 출연 없이도 1위…이것이 ‘젝키 파워’다
  23. ↑ 젝스키스, 18년만의 팬사인회 3천명 운집..즉석 하이터치회까지
  24. ↑ 젝스키스, 데뷔 20년만에 日정식데뷔…7월 19일 앨범 발표
  25. ↑ "Sechskies Lee Jaijin Deals with A Sudden Death".
  26. 1 2 "Lee Jaijin Sentenced Two-year Probation".
  27. ↑ boxclub. "Yang Hyun-seok Engaged to Former SWi.T Member". KBS.
  28. ↑ boxclub. "Yang Hyun-suk and Lee Eun-ju Welcomes Baby Daughter". KBS.
  29. ↑ (in Korean)이재진, 결국 현역 재입대 판정...행정소송 패소
  30. ↑ "Sechkies Lee Jaijin Leaves the Army...".
  31. ↑ "Singer Fails to Return from Military Leave".
  32. ↑ [news] Lee Jai-jin, desertion from military service(이재진 제대,'군무이탈' 심경고백) (in Korean). Y-STAR 채널1 [news]. August 11, 2010. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
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