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My Take
When I look at Yeo One, what strikes me is how he never let the idol label box him in. Debuting as a vocalist in Pentagon back in October 2016, he could have stayed comfortably in his lane, but instead he kept reaching toward acting across television and web dramas. I find that kind of restlessness genuinely appealing. There's something about a Daejeon kid building a dual career as both singer and actor that signals real ambition rather than convenience. He still feels like an artist defining his ceiling rather than one who has hit it, and I'm curious to see how far the acting side carries him.
Overview
Yeo Chang-gu (Korean: 여창구; born March 27, 1996), better known by his stage name Yeo One, is a South Korean singer and actor. He debuted as a vocalist in a South Korean boy group Pentagon in October 2016. Aside from group activities as singer, he has also starred in various television and web dramas.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Yeo One
- Name (Japanese)
- ヨウォン
- Reading
- ようぉん
- Born
- March 27, 1996 (age 30)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Rat
- Origin
- Daejeon, South Korea
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Singer — see all → · Actor — see all → · More people from South Korea →
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.