Jun

Lee Jun-young, known simply as Jun, embodies the kind of restless ambition I admire. He debuted as a K-pop idol with U-KISS, fought his way to center and main vocalist through The Unit, then refused to coast and reinvented himself as a serious actor, earning wider recognition in Netflix's D.P. Plenty of idols dabble in acting; very few deliver in both lanes. What I respect most is that he keeps raising the stakes on himself rather than resting on a fanbase. I am genuinely curious where this hunger takes him next, because he clearly is not finished.

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Name (English)

Jun

Name (Japanese)

イ・ジュニョン

Reading

い・じゅにょん

Born

January 22, 1997 (age 29)

Origin

Seoul, South Korea

Occupation

singer / rapper / actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Ox

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/real_2junyoung/
• Xhttps://x.com/1ee_Jun_Yxxng
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee%20Jun-young
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A5%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49580130

Tags

• singer
• rapper
• actor

Last updated

November 2, 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.