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Jihoon (Korean:지훈;Japanese:ジフン) is a South Korean singer under YG Entertainment. He is a member of the boy group TREASURE and its subunit T5.
Career[]
2017: Stray Kids[]
In 2017, Jihoon appeared on the fifth episode of JYP Entertainment and Mnet's survival show Stray Kids as a YG trainee during the JYP vs YG battle.
2018–2019: YG Treasure Box and TREASURE 13[]
In 2018, Jihoon participated in YG Entertainment's new survival show, YG Treasure Box. At first he was not selected for the main group, TREASURE, however, on January 29, 2019, YGE announced that he would form a second group from the show, called MAGNUM, and he was one of the members. The groups would promote together as TREASURE 13, and also eventually separated as two units.
Unfortunately, due to scandals surrounding the agency, the debut was postponed.
2020: New debut plans, debut with TREASURE[]
On January 6, 2020, YGE posted a notice on their official website stating the group's future plans. This included re-organizing as a 12-member group and the integration of the two units, TREASURE and MAGNUM, into only one group named simply as TREASURE.
TREASURE officially debuted on August 7 with their first single album "The First Step : Chapter One".
2023: Debut with T5[]
On June 14, 2023, Jihoon was confirmed as the third member of TREASURE's sub-unit, T5.[2]
Personal life[]
Education[]
He dropped out of Hanlim Multi Art School as an applied music major.[1] However, he did pass the high school proficiency test where he got one question wrong in the verbal section.[1]
Filmography[]
Survival shows[]
- Stray Kids (Mnet, 2017) - cameo
- YG Treasure Box (JTBC2, 2018–2019) - contestant
Web reality shows[]
- Treasure - T.M.I (YouTube, 2020)
- Treasure Map (YouTube, 2020)
Music shows[]
- Inkigayo (SBS, 2021–2022) - MC
Trivia[]
- His MBTI personality type is ENTJ.[3]
- He appeared in an episode of Stray Kids (JYP vs YG battle).[4]
- He used to train as Nataraja Academy.[4]
- He used to wear clear braces.[4]
- His hobby is looking at different objects and scenery like animals and paintings.[4]
- His special talents is holding his breath for more than a minute and 30 seconds.[4]
- He performed “Song Goes Off” in his introduction video.[4]
Gallery[]
- Main article: Jihoon (TREASURE)/Gallery
References[]
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