Kim Jae-kyung

Korean name
Hangul	김재경
Hanja	金栽經
Revised Romanization	Gim Jae-gyeong
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Chae-gyŏng

Kim Jae-kyung
Kim Jae-kyung
김재경
	Kim Jae-kyung in K-POP World Festival on October 10, 2013
Born	Kim Jae-kyung; December 24, 1988 (age 35); Seoul, South Korea
Occupations	Singer; actress;
Relatives	Kim Jae-hyun (brother)
	Musical career
Genres	K-pop
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	2009–present
Labels	DSP Media
Website	Naver

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Template:Contains Korean text Kim Jae-kyung (born December 24, 1988) is a South Korea singer, dancer, actress and television personality. She was 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 Girl". 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]

In 2016, she became a host on Beauty Bible, alongside Jessica Jung.

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
2014	Maybe	God's Quiz 4 OST	3:32	Solo
2015	Is It the Start?	Noble, My Love OST	3:35	With Sung Hoon

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
2012	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
2016	Beauty Bible	KBS	co-host with Jessica Jung

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

^ "Rainbow's biography at Universal Music Japan website" (in Japanese). Universal Music Japan. Retrieved June 19, 2012.
^ ^a ^b http://www.allkpop.com/article/2014/02/jaekyung-reveals-she-also-turned-down-an-offer-to-join-sm-entertainment
^ 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)
^ 레인보우 재경, 종편 드라마로 연기자 데뷔 (in Korean). Nate. March 14, 2011. Retrieved June 19, 2012.
^ "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)
^ "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)
^ 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)
^ 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.
^ 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)

External links

[positions-1] "Rainbow's biography at Universal Music Japan website" (in Japanese). Universal Music Japan. Retrieved June 19, 2012.

[allkpop.com-2] ttp://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)

[monster-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)

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v t e Rainbow
Go Woo-ri Oh Seung-ah Kim Jae-kyung No-eul Jung Yoon-hye Kim Ji-sook Cho Hyun-young
Studio albums	Rainbow Syndrome Over the Rainbow
Extended plays	Gossip Girl So Girls Innocent Prism Over the Rainbow
Singles	"A" "Mach" "Hoi Hoi" "Gonna Gonna Go!"
Related topics	DSP Media

v t e The Genius
Seasons	Rules of the Game Rule Breaker Black Garnet Grand Final
Winners	Hong Jin-ho (Rules of the Game) Lee Sang-min (Rule Breaker) Jang Dong-min (Black Garnet) Jang Dong-min (Grand Final)