Hero
Kim Jae-joong (Korean: 김재중; born January 26, 1986), also known mononymously as Jaejoong in South Korea and Jejung/J-Jun (ジェジュン) in Japan, is a South Korean singer-songwriter, actor and director. He is a member of the Korean duo JX, a former member of JYJ and was one of the original members of boy band TVXQ!, where he was formerly known by the stage name Hero Jae-joong (영웅재중). Since 2013, he has expanded his range of activities as a solo artist, and in 2023, he formed his own agency iNKODE where he serves as the Chief Strategy Officer.
Born in Gongju, South Chungcheong Province, he moved to Seoul as a teenager to audition for SM Entertainment. From 2003 to 2010, he was the lead vocalist of South Korean boy band TVXQ. Later, he sued SM Entertainment along with Park Yoo-chun and Kim Jun-su and together they separated from TVXQ to form JYJ. As a solo artist, he has released four Korean studio albums, WWW (2013), No.X (2016), Born Gene (2022) and Flower Garden (2024). The first two reached number one on the Gaon Music Chart. In Japan, his three studio albums Flawless Love (2019), Love Covers (2019), and Love Covers II (2020) all peaked at number one on the Oricon Albums Chart. His fourth Japanese Fallinbow was released in November 2022. He has toured extensively in South Korea and Japan.
Kim has acted in TV dramas including Sunao ni Narenakute (2010), Protect the Boss (2011), Dr. Jin (2012), Triangle (2014), SPY (2015), Manhole (2017) and Bad Memory Eraser (2024); and in films such as Heaven's Postman (2009) and Jackal is Coming (2012). He has branched into hosting with season 1 and 2 of Lifetime Korea's Travel Buddies (2020, 2021), BS SKY PerfecTV's Jaejoong J! (2021) and has a documentary about his life and career called Jaejoong: On the Road (2021), directed by John H. Lee.
Olimpo
- 2021-05-05T00:00:00.000000Z
Sunrise
- 2020-12-03T00:00:00.000000Z
We All We Got
- 2020-02-14T00:00:00.000000Z
Black Tape
- 2019-12-27T00:00:00.000000Z
2: You
- 2018-05-20T00:00:00.000000Z
No Hometown
- 2018-04-17T00:00:00.000000Z
Fading
- 2024-06-01T00:00:00.000000Z
Chosen Ones
- 2020-07-10T00:00:00.000000Z
High Ki
- 2020-03-13T00:00:00.000000Z
Leader
- 2020-02-08T00:00:00.000000Z
On the Clock
- 2020-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z
Tabernacle
- 2019-11-10T00:00:00.000000Z
Son Is a Beast
- 2019-11-08T00:00:00.000000Z
She Wanna Roll
- 2019-09-25T00:00:00.000000Z
Stay the Night
- 2019-09-24T00:00:00.000000Z
Han Solo Dolo
- 2019-09-20T00:00:00.000000Z
Time 2day
- 2019-08-06T00:00:00.000000Z
Party Tonight
- 2019-06-07T00:00:00.000000Z
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