Jang Woo-hyuk

What strikes me about Jang Woo-hyuk is how he sits right at the foundation of modern K-pop. Debuting in 1996 with H.O.T., he was part of the group that essentially wrote the template for the idol boy band before the world was paying attention. I find his second act just as telling: when the contract dispute broke up H.O.T., he didn't fade out but regrouped with jtL and then carved out a solo career across two albums and two EPs. He's a rapper who's also a choreographer and dancer, and that all-in-one skill set feels very much like the blueprint everyone copied later.

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Name (English)

Jang Woo-hyuk

Name (Japanese)

チャン・ウヒョク

Reading

ちゃん・うひょく

Born

May 8, 1978 (age 48)

Origin

Daegu, South Korea

Occupation

rapper / singer / choreographer / dancer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Horse

University

Kyonggi University

• Official sitehttp://www.whworld.org/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/woohyukjang/
• Xhttps://x.com/jangwoohyuk
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jang%20Woo-hyuk
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%83%92%E3%83%A7%E3%82%AF
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q497283

Tags

• rapper
• singer
• choreographer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.