Kim Ji-woong

Kim Ji-woong is one of those guys who makes you believe in second chances. He debuted years before the spotlight found him — in the group INX as Jinam — only to watch that chapter close when they disbanded in 2017. Most people would have walked away, but he kept grinding, and when Boys Planet came around in 2023, audiences noticed. Landing 8th place out of a brutal field of 98 trainees is no fluke, and it earned him a spot in Zerobaseone, a group that hit the ground running. At 181 cm with genuine stage presence across singing, rap, and dance, he's not coasting on looks — the multi-hyphenate thing is real. I find his story genuinely compelling: the guy paid his dues quietly, then leveled up in front of millions. That kind of quiet persistence is easy to root for.

Name (English)

Kim Ji-woong

Name (Japanese)

キム・ジウン

Reading

きむ・じうん

Born

December 14, 1998 (age 27)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Tiger

Origin

Dangye-dong, South Korea

Height

181 cm

Occupation

actor / model / singer / dancer / rapper

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/official_kimjiwoong/
• Xhttps://x.com/nest_kimjiwoong
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim%20Ji-woong
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A6%E3%83%B3%20(%E6%AD%8C%E6%89%8B)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115933814

Tags

• actor
• model
• singer

Last updated

2026-06-02

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