Jeongyeon

Twice

Yoo Jeong-yeon (Hangul: 유정연, Suwon, Gyeonggi, November 1, 1996), better known in her artist career as Jeongyeon (Hangul: 정연), is a South Korean singer, dancer, model, songwriter and MC who debuted as a member of the musical group Twice in 2015, Occupation Singer, dancer, songwriter, model Years active 2015-present Pseudonym Jeongyeon View and edit data on Wikidata Gender K-Pop J-Pop Instrument Voice Voice type Mezzo-soprano View and edit data on Wikidata Record label JYP Entertainment Warner Music Republic Records Related artists Twice Member of Twice (since 2015,)Jeongyeon was born in Suwon, South Korea and was given the name Kyung-wan at birth. Because she was bullied as a child for sounding like a boy's name, she legally changed her name to Jeong-yeon in the third grade. Her father is Yoo Chang-joon, who works as a chef. Her mother's identity has not been revealed to the public. Jeongyeon has two older sisters, the eldest is known professionally as Gong Seung-yeon and is an actress, the second is named Yoo Seo-yeon and is an office worker. Jeong-yeon joined JYP Entertainment at JYP Entertainment's 6th open audition on March 1, 2010. Like Nayeon, Jihyo, and Sana, JYP originally planned for her to become a member of a girl group called 6MIX, but unfortunately her debut was cancelled. Jeongyeon made her breakthrough in 2015 as a contestant on the girl group survival reality show Sixteen and was eventually chosen as a member of Twice. In 2014, she appeared alongside Nayeon in Got7's "Girls Girls Girls" music video, and in 2015, she appeared in miss A's "Only You" music video. She and her sister hosted Inkigayo from July 3, 2016 to January 22, 2017. Jeongyeon won the Female Rookie Award at the 2016 SAF SBS Entertainment Awards. Height: 169 cm Weight: 60 kg Blood type: O Zodiac sign: Scorpio Chinese zodiac sign: Rat