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Kim Jae-kyung
김재경
Kim Jae-kyung in K-POP World Festival on October 10, 2013
Born
Kim Jae-kyung

(1988-12-24) December 24, 1988 (age 35)
Occupations
RelativesKim Jaehyun (Brother)
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
Years active2009–present
Labels
Websiteblog.naver.com/jaekyung_k
Korean name
Hangul
김재경
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGim Jae-gyeong
McCune–ReischauerKim Chaegyŏng

Kim Jae-kyung (born December 24, 1988) is a South Korea singer, dancer, actress and television personality. She is a member and leader of the South Korean girl group Rainbow.[1]

Biography

Jae-kyung was born in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, South Korea on December 24, 1988. She studied at Deungchon High School and Dongduk Women's University, where she majored in Fashion Design. She was a trainee at JYP Entertainment before switching to DSP Media. Her brother is N.Flying's Jaehyun.

Career

Pre-debut

While under DSP Media, in 2007 she was asked if she wanted to debut as a member of Kara. Jaekyung turned the offer down because she thought she would be happy with her Rainbow members.[2] In 2007 Jaekyung was asked to join SM Entertainment, hinting at the possibility that she may have joined Girls' Generation.[2] In 2008, she appeared in SS501's song "A Song Calling For You" music video before debuting as a Rainbow member.

Rainbow

Jae-kyung debuted as leader of girl group Rainbow. On November 12, 2009, Rainbow's released mini album "Gossip Girls". The group's first broadcast performance of "Gossip Girls" was held at MBC's music show Show! Music Core on November 14, 2009 .

Rainbow Blaxx

Jaekyung, Woori, Seungah, and Hyunyoung debuted as Rainbow Blaxx, the second official sub-unit of Rainbow, was formed in 2014. The group released their first mini-album titled RB Blaxx on January 20, 2014.

Solo activities

In the year 2010, she became a cast member in the variety television show Honey Jar.[3] In same year, She also became a cast member in the school variety show 100 Points Out of 100.

On March 31, 2012, her major leading role, she portrayed Na Yoo-mi in the JTBC's drama Monster.[4] In the year 2012, she became a cast member in the variety television show Law of the Jungle W.[5][6]

In December 2013, she was confirmed for tvN's new reality program, The Genius: Rule Breaker, with 12 other representative figures from different fields of work such as TV personalities, politicians, gamblers, and more. She was the second person eliminated.[7]

She was then cast in a supporting role in the 2014 drama Inspiring Generation. In 2014, she has also been a main in God's Quiz 4.[8] On January 12, 2014, She was a guest on Running Man.

In 2015, she entered the main cast of tvN's Always Cantare 2.[9]

Discography

Rainbow

Solo artist

Year Song Title From Album Duration Artist
2010 I Love You, I Like You Secret Agent Miss Oh OST 3:28 With Cho Hyun-young
2011 You and I City Hunter OST 3:35 Solo

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes
2010 Heartbeat Cameo

Television dramas

Year Title Network Role Notes
2010 Dae Mul SBS Herself (Rainbow) Cameo on Episode 5
2012 Monster JTBC Na Yoo-mi Leading role
Family KBS2 Yoon Yoo-mi Cameo
2013 Reply 1994 tvN Jun Ji-hyun Cameo on Episode 18
2014 Inspiring Generation KBS2 Meiling
God's Quiz Season 4 OCN Im Tae-kyung Leading role
Turning Point MBC Maeng Ran-young
My Lovely Girl SBS Radio DJ Cameo on Episode 16
2016 Madame Antoine JTBC Jyoo Ni Supporting role

Web drama

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Noble, My Love Cha Yoon-seo Leading role

Television series

Year Title Network Notes
2010 Honey Jar MBC main cast
2010–2011 100 Points Out of 100 KBS2 main cast
2012 Law of the Jungle W SBS main cast
2013–2014 The Genius: Rule Breaker tvN contestant
2014 Running Man SBS guest on episode 179-180
2015 Get It Beauty OnStyle co-host
2015 Always Cantare 2 tvN main cast

Music video appearances

Year Song title Artist Role
2008 A Song Calling For You SS501
2009 Dynamite A'st1
2009 Love Like This SS501
2013 Crazy A-Jax

References

  1. ^ "Rainbow's biography at Universal Music Japan website" (in Japanese). Universal Music Japan. Retrieved June 19, 2012.
  2. ^ a b http://www.allkpop.com/article/2014/02/jaekyung-reveals-she-also-turned-down-an-offer-to-join-sm-entertainment
  3. ^ Kim, Hyun-rok (29 July 2010). "'꿀단지' 미녀 3인방 '주목!'" (in Korean). starnews. Retrieved 2015-08-17. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ 레인보우 재경, 종편 드라마로 연기자 데뷔 (in Korean). Nate. March 14, 2011. Retrieved June 19, 2012.
  5. ^ "Rainbow's Kim Jae Kyung is all over pork belly after shooting Law of the Jungle W". Korea.com. 3 November 2012. Retrieved 2015-08-17. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ "Rainbow's Jaekyung shows her bare face on 'Laws of the Jungle W'". allkpop. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 2015-08-17. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ Kim, Ka-young (3 December 2013). "'더지니어스2' 재경 "출연진 보고 내 부족함 느껴…우뇌 사용할 것"" (in Korean). TV report. Retrieved 2015-08-17. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  8. ^ Jeon, Su-mi (30 April 2014). "Super Junior's Donghae Says Ryu Deok Hwan was a Huge Help in Acting for God's Quiz 4". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  9. ^ Ghim, Sora (9 June 2015). "Will The Members Of 'Always Cantare' Season 2 Be Successful?". bntnews. Retrieved 2015-08-17. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)