Wonsik (Korean: 원식; Japanese: ウォンシク) is a South Korean singer under MyDoll Entertainment. He is a member of the male duo TMC and the collaborative project group ToTh6y. He is also the former leader of the boy group Apeace and its sub-unit JADE5.
Career[]
2011-2021: Apeace, sub-unit, G-EGG[]
Kim Won Sik (later Wonsik) debuted as a member of Apeace on March 14, 2012 with the group's first Japanese mini album We Are The One.
In 2020, he participated on the Japanese-Korean survival show G-EGG. Unfortunately, he was eliminated.
2022-present: New agency, TMC[]
On October 17, 2022, he signed an exclusive contract with MyDoll Entertainment.[1]
Trivia[]
- He has the same birth name as VIXX's Ravi.
- In Apeace, in addition to being part of the main group, he was also a member of the subunits JADE5 (which was one of the three original Apeace subunits) and DUTY★off (alongside Seunghyuk).
- His nickname is Chocolate Wonsik.[2]
- He joined Apeace in 2011, replacing one of the group's original members, Son Yu-chang (who left Apeace to study composition).[2]
- He is fluent in Japanese.[2]
- He's a Christian.[2]
- He is a Kendo black belt.[2]
- He is a huge fan of the famous American pop rock band Maroon 5.[2]
- In Japan, he hosted the Mnet Japan TV show History of Your Idol (an Mnet Japan exclusive TV show) alongside fellow former Apeace member Yun Jun-sik in which they revisit some of the most iconic K-pop stages that took place on M Countdown (Mnet's famous weekly music television show).[3]
- He studied at the same school as SUPER JUNIOR's Yesung (according to Wonsik, Yesung was his senior at this school).[4]