Park Sung-jin (박성진; パク・ソンジン), mostly known by simply Sungjin, is a South Korean singer and guitarist under the JYP Entertainment agency. He's the main vocalist, guitarist and leader of DAY6.
Biography
Park Sung-jin was born on January 16, 1993 in Busan, South Korea. He has a older sister.
He got cast by JYP in 2010, where he was in high school, when he won the 8th Chinchin Music Festival Grand Prix.
On May 11, 2020, DAY6 released their 6th Korean mini-album The Book of Us : The Demon. On the same day, it was also announced that the band would be halting activities temporarily, as several members were showing symptoms of psychological anxiety. After a detailed examination, the medical advice was that they needed sufficient rest and stability, and they would be halting band activities in order to priorize their mental health.[1][2] It was later noticed (with DAY6 (Even of Day)'s debut) that Sungjin was one of the members.
On March 8, 2021, he announced through a VLIVE broadcast that he would be enlisting for his mandatory military service in the same day, temporarily halting his activities in the group again. He served as an active duty soldier.[3] He completed his duty on September 7, 2022.[4]
Profile
- Name: Park Sung-jin (박성진; パク・ソンジン)
- Nicknames: Leader[5], Bang Bang-i (방방이), Bang Sung-jin (방성진), Kam Sung-jin (감성진), Ajae (아재), Ajung Choi (아중최), Bob[6], Bear[7], Chorong Chorong
- Birth date: January 16, 1993 (age 32)
- Blood type: A
- Birth place: Busan, South Korea
- Height: 177 cm
- Education:
- Kyungnam High School (Graduated)
- Seoul National University of Arts
- Position: Leader, main vocalist, guitar
Music
- For a list of songs he wrote or/and produced for DAY6, see Category:Songs written by Sungjin, Category:Songs composed by Sungjin and Category:Songs arranged by Sungjin.
- Writing/Composition
- [2016] UP10TION - "Stuck On You" (lyrics, music)
Trivia
- He was born in Busan but later moved to Seoul.
- His hobbies are sport and games.
- He have a strong Busan dialect.
- He was part of the original formation of 5LIVE, which made their indie debut in 2014.
- He originally played a percussion instrument such as Cajón and Djembe. When 5LIVE was reorganized to DAY6, his instrument on the group changed to guitar.
- Nags the maknae line a lot.
- He is good friends with GOT7 member Jay B and B1A4 member Sandeul.
- He's friends with Sandeul since elementary school and also have a deep connection with B1A4. Before his debut, he went to concerts of the group.
- He was proud that even when he was not feeling well while writing a song, the song still turned out good.
- According to Jae, he looks like actor/singer Lee Min-ho.
- Is a really good dancer but he always does an ugly dance when asked to dance in broadcasts.
- Jae calls Sungjin "Bob" because Jae says he resembles Bob from the British cartoon Bob the Builder.
- Sungjin appeared in an episode of Hidden Singer in season two where he competed against Park Jin-young (JYP) himself to see who sounded most like JYP. He passed the first two rounds but was eliminated in the third round with most of the votes (to which who didn't sound like JYP).
- Young K called Sungjin the "Mosquito head hunter" in the group's first DJ VLive since he always kills mosquitoes.
- Used to share room with Wonpil. Now both members have their own rooms.
- Was on Weekly Idol episode 305 as a masked idol.
- Ideal type: "a girl like his mom".
- He had a personal Instagram account until 2016 when all personal accounts of the group were deactivated due to a social media scandal involving former member Junhyeok.
- On August 8, 2019, he opened a conceptual Twitter account @DAY6_BOBSUNGJIN, where the talks about his recommendation of food of the day.[8] On April 19, 2021, he opened another Twitter account @DAY6__SUNGJIN, where he uses to communicate with fans.[9]
- He was the first of the current band members to enlist in the military, consequently also being the first to be discharged.
- On September 7, 2022, the same day he was discharged from military, he opened a new personal Instagram account.[4]
See Also
References
- ↑ DAY6 Temporarily Suspends Team Activities To Focus On Mental Health
- ↑ JYP 측 “데이식스, 심리적 불안 증세 호소…팀 활동 일시 중단”(공식)
- ↑ DAY6’s Sungjin Enlists In The Military
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Soompi: DAY6’s Sungjin Discharged From Military Service + Launches Personal Instagram Account
- ↑ Given by member Young K during the early days of DAY6.
- ↑ Nickname given by Jae. He said Sungjin resembles the character from Bob the Builder.
- ↑ In 2016, on the TV show After School Club, Wonpil asked to Sungjin: "Are you a bear?". This later became his nickname among the fans and he later became a "bear".
- ↑ https://twitter.com/DAY6_BOBSUNGJIN/status/1159468861877448704
- ↑ https://twitter.com/DAY6__SUNGJIN/status/1387336610623234055
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