Yeonjung

Concept photo for As You Wish

Background

Birth name

Yoo Yeon-jung (유연정)

Birth date

August 3, 1999 (age 20)

Birth place

Gwangmyung, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea

Height

166 cm

Weight

52 kg

Blood type

A

Career

Occupation

Singer, dancer

Instruments

Guitar

Group debut

May 4, 2016 (I.O.I)
August 17, 2016 (WJSN)

Years active

2016–present

Agency

Starship Entertainment (Korea; 2016–present)
Yue Hua Entertainment (China; 2016–present)
YMC Entertainment (Korea; 2016–2017)

Associations

I.O.I
WJSN
Produce 101

SNS

Yeonjung (Korean: 연정; Chinese: 璉靜) is a South Korean singer under Starship Entertainment and Yue Hua Entertainment. She is the maknae of the girl group WJSN and a former member of the project girl group I.O.I.

Personal life

Education

Yeonjung graduated from Hanlim Multi Art School, Seoul on February 9, 2018 and was a student in the Practical Music Department.^[1]

Career

**2016: Produce 101, I.O.I and WJSN**

From January to April, she participated in Mnet's survival television show, Produce 101 as a trainee representing Starship Entertainment. She finished the survival in 11th place, becoming member of the girl group I.O.I. The group debuted on May 4, 2016 with Chrysalis. Later that year, she was added to the girl group WJSN and officially debuted with them on August 17, 2016 with the mini album The Secret.

Discography

Collaborations

"Vintage Box Vol.2" (with Yu Seung Woo) (2016)
"Marry Me" (with Maktub) (2017)

Features

DinDin - "Drive" (2017)

OSTs

"The Snow Queen 3: Fire and Ice OST" ("Fire & Ice" with Dawon) (2016)
"Seven Day Queen" ("Youre Dazzling") (2017)
"Love Playlist OST 2" ("Toy" with Brother Su) (2017)
"Melo Holic OST" ("Melo Holic") (2017)
"The Undateables OST" ("Your Name...") (2018)
"Where Stars Land OST" ("Stay With You") (2018)
"Melting Me Softly OST" ("Tell Me, Please") (2019)

Filmography

Dramas

A Korean Odyssey (tvN, 2017) - cameo

Reality shows

King of Mask Singer (MBC, 2016) - guest
Produce 101 (Mnet, 2016) - contestant
Produce 48 (Mnet, 2018) - ep. 13
V-1 (tvN, 2019) - contestant

Trivia

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She has a younger brother.
She is a former SM Entertainment trainee.
She is close friends with Red Velvet's Yeri.
She trained for 11 months, and if including Produce 101, it will be 1 year and 3 months.
During the course of Produce 101, she received the nickname "Cider Vocals" due to her high notes being perceived as refreshing, hence the cider.
- This was portrayed in the second evaluation of Produce 101 in which she managed to hit the high notes in her groups cover of Girls' Generation's "Into the New World".