Yook Sung-jae

Yook Sung-jae
Yook in 2018
Native name 육성재
Born Yook Sung-jae
(1995-05-02) May 2, 1995
Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
Occupation
Musical career
Genres
Years active 2012–present
Labels Cube Entertainment
Associated acts
Korean name
Hangul 육성재
Hanja 陸星材[1][2]
Revised Romanization Yuk Seong-jae
McCune–Reischauer Yuk Sŏng-chae

Yook Sung-jae (Hangul: 육성재; born May 2, 1995) is a South Korean singer, actor and host. He is a member of the boy group BtoB and its sub-group, BtoB Blue. Aside from his group's activities, Yook is known for acting in television dramas, Who Are You: School 2015 (2015), The Village: Achiara's Secret (2015) and Guardian: The Lonely and Great God (2016).

Early life and education

Sungjae was born on May 2, 1995, in Yongin, Gyeonggi, South Korea. He has one older sister and his father is a CEO of an IT company that deals with semiconductors.[3][4]

He briefly studied for a month each in England and the Philippines.[5] He attended Hanlim Multi Art School and graduated in 2014.[6] He then attended Dongshin University and is majoring in Practical Music.

Career

2012–2014: Debut with BTOB and solo activities

Yook made his official debut as a vocalist of BtoB with "Insane" and "Imagine" on March 21, 2012.[7][8]

In 2013, Yook appeared in the television series Reply 1994 as Sungjoon/Ssukssuk, Na-jung's little brother.[9][10]

In July 2014, Yook became a presenter for the program, A Song For You with Kangin of Super Junior and Amber of f(x).[11] He also participated in the program Hitmaker and became part of the program's project unit group, Big Byung, together with Got7's Jackson and VIXX members, N and Hyuk.[12] The same year, he received his first main acting role in Plus Nine Boys, playing a 19-year old Judo athlete.[13] He then joined the reality-variety program Real Men from 2014–2015.[14]

2015–present: Acting and rise in popularity

Yook in September 2016

Yook achieved breakthrough when he landed a leading role in the teen drama Who Are You: School 2015, alongside Kim So-hyun and Nam Joo-hyuk.[15][16][17] He also released an OST for the show, "Love Song" with Park Hye-soo.[18] After the series ended, he experienced a rise in popularity and landed several endorsement deals.[19] Yook then starred in the horror mystery series The Village: Achiara's Secret alongside Moon Geun-young in 2015.[20] He received the "New Star award" for his performance in The Village: Achiara's Secret,[21] and won "Best Couple award" with Kim So-hyun for Who Are You: School 2015.[22]

In 2015, Yook joined King of Mask Singer, competing under the alias Tired Bumblebee, and received a good feedback for his performance.[23] He then paired up with Red Velvet's Joy in the fourth season of reality show We Got Married.[24] The couple released a duet song titled "Young Love", with the pair contributing to the lyric composition of the song.[25][26] He received the "Best Couple award" with Joy and the "Best Male Rookie (in Variety) award" for his appearance in We Got Married.[27] In September 2015, he became one of the main host of the music-program Inkigayo and left the show in May 2016.[28][29]

In 2016, Sungjae was appointed as an ambassador of King Sejong Institution.[30][31] He also became part of BTOB's first sub-unit, BTOB Blue, and debuted in September 2016.[32][33]

From 2016-2017, Yook starred in the hit fantasy-romance drama Guardian: The Lonely and Great God.[34] He also joined the cast for the reality-documentary show Law of the Jungle filmed in Sumatra, Indonesia.[35] In August 2017, he participated in the digital single project, Piece of BtoB. He released the songs "Say It" and "Paradise", the latter having been personally composed and written by himself, on August 30.[36] In late 2017, he joined the cast of the reality show, All The Butlers.[37]

Discography

Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
[38]
As lead artist
"That Day Long Ago" 2015 55 King of Masked Singer Special
"말해" (Tell Me) 2017 36 Piece of BTOB Vol. 6
"Paradise" — —
"Confession"[41] 2018 34 Your BGM Vol. 2
Collaborations
"Stress Come On" (with N, Jackson and Hyuk as Big Byung) 2014 — N/A Non-album singles
"Ojingeo Doenjang" (with N, Jackson and Hyuk as Big Byung) 2015 —
"Photograph" (with Namjoo)[42] 29 A CUBE – For Season Blue Season 2
"Young Love" (with Joy) 2016 52 Non-album singles
"Playing With Fire" (with NC.A) 89
As featured artist
"On The Four Lane Road" (Geeks's Louie feat. Yook Sungjae)[46] 2016 — Hwang Moon Seob
Soundtrack appearances
"Past Days" (with Junhyung, Ha Yeon-soo, Minhyuk, Changsub, Hyunsik) 2013 56 Monstar OST
"After Time Passes" (with Junhyung, Minhyuk, Changsub, Hyunsik) 32
"First Love" (with Junhyung, Minhyuk, Changsub, Hyunsik) 61
"Curious" (궁금해) (with Oh Seung-hee) 2014 — N/A Plus Nine Boys OST
"Love Song" (feat. Park Hye-soo) 2015 8 Who Are You: School 2015 OST
"Loving You Again" 62 Scholar Who Walks The Night OST
"Ambiguous" (with Eunkwang, Hyunsik) 2017 37 Fight for My Way OST
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Filmography

Television series

Year Network Title Role Notes
2013 Mnet Monstar Arnold, Men in Black Member Cameo
SBS The Heirs Himself
tvN Reply 1994 Sung Joon
2014 Plus Nine Boys Kang Min-gu
2015 KBS2 Who Are You: School 2015 Gong Tae-kwang
SBS The Village: Achiara's Secret Park Woo-jae
2016-2017 tvN Guardian: The Lonely and Great God Yoo Deok-hwa

Variety show

Year Network Title Notes
2012 SBS MTV The Show Co-host with member Minhyuk
2014 Mnet Mnet Wide Custom News Host
KBS A Song For You Season 3 Co-host with Kangin and Amber
MBC Hitmaker Season 1 Cast member – YookDuk
Real Men Cast member (Episode 77-88)
2015 Hitmaker Season 2 Cast member – YookDuk
KBS Invisible Man Cast member[54]
MBC King of Masked Singer Contestant as Tired Bumblebee (Episode 5-6)
2015-2016 We Got Married Cast member with Joy (Red Velvet)
SBS Inkigayo Co-host with Kim Yoo-jung & Jackson Wang
2016 KBS Battle Trip Contestant with Seo Eun-kwang, Lim Hyun-sik (Episode 16)
2017 SBS Clenched Fist-Boat Horn Cast member[55]
MBig TV Celebrity Bromance Cast member with Boyfriend's Youngmin and Kwangmin[56]
SBS Law of the Jungle in Sumatra Cast member (Episodes 256–261)[57]
SBS All The Butlers Cast member

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2015 8th Korea Drama Awards Best New Actor Who Are You: School 2015 Nominated
4th APAN Star Awards Nominated
2015 KBS Drama Awards
Nominated
Popularity Award, Actor Nominated
Best Couple Award (with Kim So-hyun) Won [22]
MBC Entertainment Awards Best Male Newcomer Award (Variety) We Got Married Won [27]
Best Couple Award (with Red Velvet's Joy) Won
2015 SBS Drama Awards New Star Award The Village: Achiara's Secret Won [21]
2016 52nd Baeksang Arts Awards Best New Actor (TV) Who Are You: School 2015 Nominated
2017 Korea Cable TV Awards Rising Star Award Guardian: The Lonely and Great God Won [58]
10th Korea Drama Awards Best New Actor Won [59]
Star of the Year Award Won [60]
2018 Korea's First Brand Awards Male Acting Idol N/A Won [61]
2018 MTN Broadcast Advertising Festival CF Male Star Award Won [62]

References

  1. ↑ 2016-07-11 Sungjae、Hyunsik、Eunkwang Chinese autograph
  2. ↑ ［RADIO STAR］라디오스타 – Today's special DJ, Yook Sungjae 20160928 on YouTube
  3. ↑ "[spotlight] BTOB│③ 일훈, 성재's story". ize.co.kr (in Korean). 10 July 2013. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  4. ↑ Park, Ah-reum (28 May 2015). "육성재 父, 알고보니 IT회사 대표 반전스펙 "최시원급은 안되지만…"(라스)". Newsen (in Korean). Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  5. ↑ "Sungjae on Peniel's Vlog "Request Award Concert" (3:15)". YouTube. 7 May 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  6. ↑ Lee, Ji-hyun (11 February 2014). "비투비 육성재 "추억 많지않아 아쉬워" 졸업소감". Newsen (in Korean). Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  7. ↑ "비투비(BTOB), "'본 투 비트' 세계를 압도하는 그룹 될것"". Star FN News (in Korean). 21 March 2012.
  8. ↑ Park, Hyun-min (21 March 2012). "BTOB′s First Album Will Feature Two Title Songs". enewsWorld. Translated by Ju Ahn Lee. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  9. ↑ Hwang, Mi-hyun (29 October 2013). "'응답하라1994' 육성재 사진 공개..정체 궁금증 UP". OSEN.
  10. ↑ "응답하라 1994 캐릭터 소개". tvN. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  11. ↑ Jung, Ji Won (9 June 2014). "Kangin, Amber and Yook Sung Jae Selected to Host 'A Song For You'". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2015-05-22.
  12. ↑ Hong, Grace Danbi (13 August 2014). "[Video] ′Hitmakers′ Unveil Hilarious Teaser for ′Big Byung′". enewsWorld.
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  16. ↑ Kim, Min-ji (31 March 2015). "Yook Sung Jae Confirmed as Male Lead of School 2015". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
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  19. ↑ "BTOB′s Yook Sung Jae Appears in 8 Ads in 3 Months". enewsWorld. 24 September 2015.
  20. ↑ "Moon Geun-young, Yook Sung-jae to star in mystery drama". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  21. 1 2 "SBS Drama Awards". HanCinema. 31 December 2015.
  22. 1 2 "KBS Drama Awards". BNT News. 31 December 2015.
  23. ↑ "'복면가왕' 반전의 육성재 "비투비 막내가 이 정도라는 것을"". My Daily (in Korean). 10 May 2016.
  24. ↑ "Red Velvet Joy Revealed as BTOB Yook Sung Jae′s ′We Got Married′ Partner". enewsWave. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  25. ↑ "'우결' 측 "조이♥육성재, '어린애(愛)' 뮤비+음원 16일 공개"". Sports Donga (in Korean). 15 April 2016.
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  27. 1 2 "MBC연예대상2015 조이 뉴스타상 받고 육성재에게 "오빠 나 상 받았어"". Chic News (in Korean). 29 December 2015.
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    • "Past Days". Gaon Chart. May 19–25, 2013.
    • "After Time Passes". Gaon Chart. May 26 – June 1, 2013.
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    • "Photograph". June 6, 2015.
    • "Love Song". June 20, 2015.
    • "That Day Long Ago". June 27, 2015. Archived from the original on July 3, 2015.
    • "Loving You Again". August 1, 2015.
    • "Young Love". April 23, 2016.
    • "Playing With Fire". December 25, 2016.
    • "Ambiguous". June 17, 2017.
    • "Tell Me". Gaon Chart. August 27 – September 2, 2017.
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    • "Gaon Download Chart 2015 Week 28 (Domestic)". Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
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  41. ↑ "BTOB Yook Sungjae, 'Temptation of Wolves' OST remake 'Confession' releases today 6th" (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-09-06.
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  44. ↑ Cumulative sales of "Young Love":
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  46. ↑ "긱스 루이X비투비 육성재, 깜짝 콜라보 예고". 10Asia (in Korean). 16 April 2016.
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    • "Gaon Download Chart 2015 Week 33". Korea Music Content Industry Association. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
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    • "2017 Gaon Download Chart – Week 25". Retrieved 2017-06-29.
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  55. ↑ Park, Jin-young (27 December 2016). "[단독] 이상민·김종민·육성재, '주먹쥐고 뱃고동' 합류..1일 녹화". OSEN (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved 2016-12-28.
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  58. ↑ "[케이블대상] '도깨비' 대상 영예, 4관왕 꽃길 걸었다(종합)". [케이블대상] '도깨비' 대상 영예, 4관왕 꽃길 걸었다(종합) (in Korean). enews24. 10 March 2017.
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  60. ↑ "육성재, 2관왕 '올해의 스타상' 수상..."꿈을 좇는 배우 되겠다"(코리아드라마어워즈)" (in Korean). tenasia. 2 October 2017.
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