Yoon Doo-joon
Yoon Doo-joon (born July 4, 1989), better known mononymously as Doojoon, is a South Korean singer and actor. He is the leader of the South Korean boy group Highlight.
Yoon Doo-joon | |
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윤두준 | |
Born | Yoon Doo-joon July 4, 1989 Goyang, South Korea |
Other names | Dujun |
Education | |
Occupation |
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Musical career | |
Genres | K-pop |
Instruments | Vocals |
Years active | 2009–present |
Labels | |
Associated acts | Highlight |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 윤두준 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Yun Du-jun |
McCune–Reischauer | Yun Tujun |
Early life
Yoon Doo-joon was born in Goyang, South Korea on July 4, 1989.[1] His dream of becoming a high school Physical Education teacher changed suddenly during his second year of high school after watching MTV's Big Bang Documentary. His parents and teachers didn't agree with him at first. However, he pleaded them to register him for music school and he soon started auditioning to become a singer.[2]
Doojoon then became a trainee of JYP Entertainment and was featured in the Mnet documentary Hot Blooded Men, a reality program that shows the preparation for their debut, with 2AM and 2PM, but he was eliminated along the course of the show.[3]
He then moved to Cube Entertainment and was featured as a rapper in AJ's "Wipe the Tears".[4] He later debuted as the leader of Beast.[4] Their journey leading up to debut was showcased in their MTV documentary MTV B2ST.[5]
He graduated from Kyung Hee Cyber University in post-modern musicology. He currently attends Dongshin University as a student majoring in Broadcast Entertainment, under a full scholarship, along with 3 other members of Beast.[6][7]
Career
Highlight (formerly known as Beast)
Doo-joon debuted as a leader of Beast in 2009.[4] In 2016, he left label Cube Entertainment along with several other members. They have since reformed to promote as Highlight under Around Us Entertainment.[8]
Solo career
Before his debut with Beast, he auditioned for High Kick Through the Roof and was offered a role in the sitcom, but he turned it down to focus on his music career.[3] A month after debut, he became a member of the reality-variety series Danbi, a segment part of MBC's Sunday Sunday Night line-up.[9] The show ended with its last broadcast on August 15, 2010.[10]
Doojoon was then chosen to model on an advertisement for premium jeans brand Buckaroo along with Shin Se-kyung.[11] Doojoon was also featured for G.NA's album title song "I'll Back Off So You Can Live Better" music video along with fellow Beast member, Junhyung.[12]
Doojoon debuted as an actor when he was cast in MBC's daily sitcom More Charming By The Day and All My Love.[13] On December 29, 2010, Doojoon was awarded with the Rookie Comedy Award from the 2010 MBC Entertainment Awards for his performance.[14]
In 2013, he featured in spy action drama Iris II.[15] The same year, he starred tvN's slice-of-life drama Let's Eat.[16] He reprised his role in the second season, Let's Eat 2 which aired in 2015.[17][18] The same year, he starred in the MBC drama special Splash Splash Love.[19]
In 2018, Doojoon starred in the romance drama Radio Romance.[20] The same year, he reprised his role in the third season of the Let's Eat franchise.[21][22]
On 13 April 2020, it was announced that he would be a part of the cast of TvN variety show, 4 Wheeled Restaurant.[23]
Military enlistment
Yoon enlisted for mandatory military duty on August 24, 2018.[24][25] He was discharged on April 10, 2020.[26]
Discography
Songwriting credits
Year | Album | Artist | Song | Lyrics | Music | ||
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Credited | With | Credited | With | ||||
2009 | Beast Is the B2ST | BEAST | "Beast Is the B2ST" | Yes | BEAST | No | Shin Sa Dong Tiger, Choi Gyu Seong |
"Bad Girl" | Yes | BEAST, Lee Sang Ho, Shin Sa Dong Tiger | No | Lee Sang Ho, Shin Sa Dong Tiger | |||
2010 | My Story | BEAST (Doojoon & Dongwoon) | "When the Door Closes" | Yes | Son Dong-woon | No | Rado |
Singles
Year | Title | Artist | Album |
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2011 | "본 아뻬띠 (맛있게 드세요)"
("Bon Appetit (Enjoy Your Meal)") |
Yangpa feat. Yoon Doojoon | Elegy Nouveau |
"안을까 말까" ("Should I Hug or Not") | Junhyung, & Kikwang, himself | SUPER MARKET – the Half
(Shinsadong Tiger Project Album) | |
"Loving U" | Jang Hyunseung, Yang Yoseob, himself | 몽땅 내 사랑 (All My Love) OST | |
"키덜트" ("Kidult") | Eluphant feat. Yoon Doojoon | Man On The Earth | |
2015 | "Without You" | Yoseob, Dongwoon, himself | Scholar Who Walks the Night OST |
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role |
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2012 | Marrying the Mafia 5 – Return of the Family | Jang Young-min |
2013 | IRIS 2: The Movie | Seo Hyeon-woo |
Television series
Year | Network | Title | Role | Note |
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2010 | MBC | More Charming By the Day | Yoon Doo-joon | Recurring role |
2010–2011 | MBC | All My Love | ||
2011 | A Thousand Kisses | Yoon Ki-joon | Cameo | |
JTBC | Living Among the Rich | Yoon Doo-joon | ||
2013 | KBS2 | Iris II: New Generation | Seo Hyun-woo | Supporting role |
2013–2014 | tvN | Let's Eat | Goo Dae-young | Lead role |
2015 | Let's Eat 2 | |||
MBC | Splash Splash Love | King Lee-do | 2 episode drama special | |
2016 | tvN | Hey Ghost, Let's Fight | Goo Dae-young | Cameo[27][28] |
2017 | Because This Is My First Life | Oscar | ||
2018 | KBS2 | Radio Romance | Ji Su-ho | Lead role |
tvN | Let's Eat 3 | Goo Dae-young |
Variety show
Year | Network | Title | Role | Notes |
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2009 – 2010 | MBC | Only One Secret Danbi | Cast | |
2015 | SBS | Law of the Jungle - Samoa | Episode 186-193[29] | |
tVN | Let's Eat with Friends | Season 2[30] | ||
2016 – 2018 | KBS2 | Battle Trip | Contestant | with Sul Min-seok (Episode 1) with Dongwoon (Episode 52-53) with Gikwang (Episode 81-82)|[31] |
2017 | tVN | Mr. Baek: The Homemade Food Master 3 | Cast | |
MBC | Living Together in Empty Room | with Lim Ju-eun and DinDin (Episodes 20–22)[32][33] | ||
2018 | KBS2 | Ball Show Lee Young Pyo | ||
2020 | tvN | 4 Wheeled Restaurant | Season 4[34] |
Hosting
Year | Title | Network | Notes |
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2016 | Hello Friends: Special | KBS | one part episode |
2017 | Raid the Convenience Store | tvN | Co-hosted along with Lee Soo-geun[35] |
Awards and nominations
See also List of awards and nominations received by Highlight
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2010 | MBC Entertainment Awards | Rookie Comedy Award | All My Love & More Charming By the Day | Won | [14] |
2015 | tvN go Awards | Rising Actor Award | Let's Eat | Won | |
2016 | tvN10 Awards | Romantic-Comedy King | Let's Eat 2 | Nominated | |
Best Kiss Award (with Seo Hyun-jin) | Nominated | ||||
2018 | 3rd Asia Artist Awards | Popularity Award - Actor | N/A | Nominated | |
KBS Drama Awards | Best Couple Award (with Kim So-hyun) | Radio Romance | Nominated |
References
- Mark Russell (April 29, 2014). K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution. Tuttle Publishing. p. 52. ISBN 978-1-4629-1411-1.
- "BEAST's Yoon Doojoon "I want to be a singer after seeing "BIGBANG DOCUMENTARY"". Newsen (in Korean). October 22, 2009.
- "Doojoon almost starred in 'HighKick". Newsen (in Korean). November 2, 2009.
- "'Big Bang-2PM Elimination' Jang Hyunseung-Yoon Doojoon, Ready to Debut on July". Newsen (in Korean). May 21, 2009.
- "'AJ & Eliminated Big Bang Member Joins Together to Form the 6 Member Boy Band B2ST'". Korea Economic Daily (in Korean). August 25, 2009. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012.
- "4 members of 6-member group BEAST enter DongShin University together on March 2". Star News (in Korean). March 1, 2010.
- "K-pop stars scholarships irk students". The Korea Times. July 18, 2011. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
- "윤·용·양·이·손, 新그룹명은 하이라이트 [공식입장 전문]". Naver (in Korean). Retrieved February 24, 2017.
- Baek Ji-eun (November 25, 2009). "Beast Yoon Doojoon went hiding? He's actually filming in Africa". Sports Chosun (in Korean).
- "'일밤-단비' 15일 종영, 가을개편 뒤 부활 검토 중". Newsen (in Korean). August 6, 2010.
- "BEAST's Yoon Doojoon was chosen to model jeans with Shin Sae Kyung". Arts News (in Korean). January 13, 2010.
- "Beast's Yoon Doojoon's first try in acting as 'lovers' with Gina's (previously in Five Girls) music video". Newsen. July 9, 2010.
- "BEAST's Yoon Doojoon "I feel assured with Jo Kwon & Gain," revealing his thoughts on acting". Sports Chosun (in Korean). October 25, 2010.
- "Beast's Yoon Doojoon Wins Rookie Comedy Award at the MBC Entertainment Awards". Newsen (in Korean). December 19, 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
- "엠블랙 이준 "비스트 윤두준이 라이벌? 사실은…"". e2news.com (in Korean). February 8, 2013.
- Hong, Grace Danbi (November 11, 2013). "Posters for Yoon Du Jun's Drama Let's Eat Revealed". enewsWorld.
- Hong, Soo Jung (January 23, 2015). "Let′s Eat 2 Confirms Cast with B2ST′s Yoon Du Jun, Seo Hyun Jin and More". eNewsWorld. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
- "'Let's Eat' actors playing just the right roles". The Korea Times. April 20, 2015.
- "Yoon Doo-joon to appear in 'Pongdang Pongdang LOVE'". Kpop Herald. December 9, 2015.
- "Yoon Doo-joon confirms lead role in 'Radio Romance'". Kpop Herald. November 9, 2017.
- "[SBS Star] Yoon Du Jun to Return on 'Let's Eat Season 3' as the Male Lead". SBS News. April 11, 2018.
- "Yoon Doo-joon hints at 'Let's Eat 3: Begins'". Kpop Herald. July 10, 2018.
- "'현지에서 먹힐까' 측 "윤두준, 국내편 출연 확정…편성은 미정" [공식입장]". Naver (in Korean). April 13, 2020.
- "Fans shocked: Yoon Doo-joon suddenly heads for military duty". The Korea Times. August 23, 2018.
- "Yoon Doo-joon must report for duty Friday". Korea JoongAng Daily. August 23, 2018.
- "윤두준, 오늘(10일) 육군 만기 전역..하이라이트 첫 군필돌". Star News (in Korean). April 10, 2020.
- "Yoon Doo-joon makes cameo on "Let's Fight, Ghost"". Kpop Herald. August 31, 2016.
- "Yoon Doo-joon to show loyalty in tvN's "This Life Is Our First Life"". Hancinema. Osen. September 11, 2017.
- "BEAST′s Yoon Du Jun and Yong Jun Hyung Confirmed for ′The Jungle′ in Samoa". Mwave. September 23, 2015.
- "'Let's Eat 2' spin-off to premiere Wednesday". Kpop Herald. August 4, 2015.
- "HIGHLIGHT Yoon Dujun & Lee Gi Kwang in Manchester, England! [Battle Trip]". KBSWORLD. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- Lee Ah-young (August 10, 2017). "윤두준·딘딘·임주은, '발칙한 동거' 합류…"현재 촬영 중" (공식입장)". Xports News (in Korean). Retrieved August 11, 2017.
- Park Hye-mi (August 11, 2017). "[단독] 윤두준X딘딘X임주은 '발칙한 동거' 시작 "9일 첫촬영"". Asia Economic Daily (in Korean). Retrieved August 11, 2017.
- [단독]샘킴·안정환·윤두준·정세운, '현지에서 먹힐까' 국내편 출연
- "TV shows turn to conversation, introspection". The Korea Herald. January 2, 2017.
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