Eun Ji-won

Eun Ji-won is one of those figures who doesn't get nearly enough credit outside of Korea, and honestly that's a shame. As the leader of Sechs Kies — one of the original first-generation idol groups that were literally building K-pop before anyone called it K-pop — he was pushing hip-hop energy into a scene that mostly wanted clean pop, and that took guts. Born in Seoul, schooled in Hawaii, then planting himself firmly in the Korean entertainment world as a rapper, singer, actor, and songwriter: the guy has always moved on his own terms. The fact that Sechs Kies reunited decades later and still packed arenas tells you everything about how deep that bond with fans runs. I respect the longevity more than almost anything else here.

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Name (English)

Eun Ji-won

Name (Japanese)

ウン・ジウォン

Reading

うん・じうぉん

Born

June 8, 1978 (age 48)

Origin

Seoul, South Korea

Occupation

singer / actor / composer / songwriter / television actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Horse

University

Hawaii Pacific University

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/1_kyne_g1/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eun%20Ji-won
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A9%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q494851

Tags

• singer
• actor
• composer

Last updated

October 18, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.