My Take
Jinyoung is honestly one of the most quietly impressive figures to come out of the whole K-pop idol system — the guy didn't just ride the GOT7 wave, he clearly had ambitions that went well beyond the choreography. What gets me about him is how seriously he took the acting side of things; while plenty of idol-turned-actors coast on their fanbase, he kept picking projects that actually challenged him, building a real screen presence over time. And within GOT7 itself, as JJ Project with Jay B, he showed early on that he could hold his own in a duo format, which takes a different kind of confidence. Born in Changwon in 1994, schooled at Kyunggi and Howon University — there's something grounded and deliberate about his trajectory that I genuinely respect.
Overview
Park Jin-young (Korean: 박진영; born September 22, 1994), known mononymously as Jinyoung, and formerly as Jr. and Junior, is a South Korean singer, actor, and songwriter. He is a member of the South Korean boy band Got7 and duo JJ Project.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Park Jin-young
- Name (Japanese)
- ジニョン
- Reading
- じにょん
- Born
- September 22, 1994 (age 31)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Dog
- Origin
- Changwon, South Korea
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer / actor / television actor / dancer / songwriter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Kyunggi High School
- University
- Howon University
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://jinyoung0922.jp
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jinyoung_0922jy/
- Xhttps://x.com/JINYOUNG
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%20(GOT7)
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.