Kim Dayeon

Kim Dayeon is one of those performers who makes you do a double-take when you find out how young she is — born in 2003 in Seoul's Dongjak District, she debuted with Kep1er through the Mnet survival show Girls Planet 999 while still a teenager, and the girl can dance. What stands out to me about Dayeon isn't just technique; it's her stage presence, which reads way older than her years — sharp, controlled, and genuinely compelling to watch. Kep1er was always pitched as a limited-contract group, which adds this bittersweet ticking-clock energy to everything they do, and Dayeon seemed to channel that into performing like every stage counts. She's the kind of idol who makes longtime K-pop watchers quietly say, "that one's going to have a long career."

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Name (English)

Kim Dayeon

Name (Japanese)

キム・ダヨン

Reading

きむ・だよん

Born

March 2, 2003 (age 23)

Origin

Dongjak District, South Korea

Occupation

singer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Goat

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/offical.kep1er/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim%20Da-yeon
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%83%A8%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109120276

Tags

• singer

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.