- For other people known as 'Cha Ni', see Chanhee.
Cha Ni (찬희) is a South Korean singer-songwriter, rapper and actor under FNC Entertainment. He is the maknae of the boy group SF9 and a former member of the pre-debut team i-Teen.
He is also the former member of the project group SHAX under the name Eunjo (은조).
Career
2009: Acting debut
He originally debuted as a child actor through the MBC drama Queen Seondeok.
2016: Debut with SF9
He debuted as a member of SF9 on October 5, 2016 with the group's first single album "Feeling Sensation".
2019–present: Show! Music Core
On February 14, 2019, Chani was announced as a new MC for the music show Show! Music Core.[1]
Personal life
Education
On February 8, 2018, he graduated from the School of Performing Arts of Seoul.[2]
Discography
Features
OSTs
- "True Beauty OST Part.5" ("Starlight") (2021)
- True Beauty OST ("How Do You Do") (2021)
- "Miracle OST Part.2" ("Shining Star") (2022)
- "Miracle OST Part.5" ("Forever Love") (2022)
- "Miracle OST Part.6" ("Milky Way" with Hwi Young & Kang Minah) (2022)
Producing and writing credits
- All credits adapted from KOMCA, unless stated.[3]
| Artist | Song | Album | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | ||||
| SF9 | "Intro" | Breaking Sensation | Writing | |
| "Poetry; 0:00" | Knights of the Sun | Writing, Composing | ||
| "Scold" | Writing | |||
| 2018 | ||||
| SF9 | "Dear Fantasy" | Mamma Mia! | Writing | |
| "Different" | Sensuous | |||
| 2019 | ||||
| SF9 | "Fall In Love" | Narcissus | Writing | |
| "RPM" | RPM | |||
| "Dreamer" | ||||
| 2020 | ||||
| SF9 | "Am I The Only One" | First Collection | Writing | |
| "Lullu Lalla" | ||||
| "Like The Hands Held Tight" | ||||
| "Fire" | ||||
| "Stop It Now" | ||||
| "Beautiful Light" | ||||
| "Into the Night" | 9loryUs | |||
| "My Story, My Song" | ||||
| 2021 | ||||
| SF9 | "Believer" | Turn Over | Writing | |
| "Off My Mind" | ||||
| "Fanatic" | ||||
| "Dreams" | Rumination | |||
| "Gentleman" | ||||
| "Scenario" | ||||
| "For Fantasy" | ||||
| 2023 | ||||
| SF9 | "New World" | The Piece OF9 | Writing | |
| 2024 | ||||
| SF9 | "Cruel Love" | Fantasy | Writing | |
Filmography
Movies
- Familyhood (2016)
- The King's Case Note (2017)
- The First Issue (2019)
- White Day (2020)
- Galatea (2025)
Television dramas
- Queen Seondeok (Young) (MBC, 2009)
- Three Brothers (Young) (KBS2, 2009)
- Listen to My Heart (Young) (MBC, 2011)
- Garden of Heaven (Channel A, 2011)
- To the Beautiful You (Young) (SBS, 2012)
- The Innocent Man (Young) (KBS2, 2012)
- The Queen's Classroom (Young) (MBC, 2013)
- Splendid Politics (Young) (MBC, 2013)
- Signal (Cameo) (tvN, 2016)
- Sky Castle (JTBC, 2018)
- Once Again (Cameo) (KBS2, 2020)
- True Beauty (tvN, 2020-2021)
- Imitation (KBS2, 2021)
Web dramas
- Click Your Heart (2016)
- Coffee House 4.0 (2018)
- Love In Your Taste (2019)
- Jinx (Kakao TV, 2021)
- Miracle (2022)
Music shows
- Show! Music Core (MBC, 2019–2021) - MC
Reality shows
- How Do You Play? (MBC, 2020) - guest (eps. 53, 65, 100)
Music video appearances
Trivia
- He has a brother who is six years younger than him.[4]
- His role models are SHINee's Taemin and CNBLUE's Jung Yong Hwa.[5]
- He decided to take up dancing because of Taemin.[5]
- Chani was a trainee for 7 years before debuting.
- He talks and walks very slowly.[4]
- He takes 40 minutes to shower.[4]
- His favorite color is red.
- He is a former Fantagio Music trainee.
- His hobbies are drawing, sleeping, and playing the piano.
- When he was young, he won a prize for his art.
- He was childhood friends with ASTRO's Moonbin and iKON's Chan.
Gallery
- Main article: Cha Ni/Gallery
References
- ↑ Soompi: SF9’s Chani And Stray Kids’ Hyunjin Appointed As New MCs For “Music Core”
- ↑ Soompi: Idols Graduate From School Of Performing Arts Seoul
- ↑ KOMCA: Searching Works (search 10016125 under Writers & Publishers)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Soompi: SF9’s Chani Discusses His Personality, Rap Style, Things He Wants To Do On A Break, And More
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Soompi: Taemin’s Idol Fans Compete For His Stage Outfit And Phone Number, Including NCT’s Jisung And Jeno, Kim Dong Han, And SF9’s Chani
Official links
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