Yoon Chae-kyung

Yoon Chae-kyung
Chae-kyung at Incheon Airport in September 2016
Background information
Born	July 7, 1996 Incheon, South Korea
Genres	K-pop
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	2012–2014 2016–present
Labels	DSP Media
Associated acts	April I.B.I C.I.V.A Puretty
Korean name
Hangul	윤채경
Hanja	尹彩暻
Revised Romanization	Yun Chae-gyeong
McCune–Reischauer	Yun Ch'aekyŏng

Yoon Chae-kyung (born July 7, 1996), also known by her stage name Chae-kyung, is a South Korean singer and actress. She was a member of Puretty. She also known as a contestant of Kara Project (2014) and Produce 101 (2016). She was member of project group C.I.V.A for the mockumentary series The God of Music 2 and LOEN Entertainment's project group I.B.I. On November 11, Chaekyung was revealed as a new member of April.

Early life

Yoon Chae-kyung was born on July 7, 1996 in Incheon and grew up in Siheung. She graduated from Eungye Middle School and Hanlim Multi Art School.

Career

2012–14: Puretty and Kara Project

Chaekyung debued as a member of DSP Media girl group Puretty^[1][2] with the release of Japanese single "Cheki☆Love" in 2012.^[3] Puretty disbanded in 2014 with plans to reform into other groups.^[4] The group made their stage debut on June 15, 2012 and were mainly active in Japan until they disbanded in 2014. In mid-2014, she appeared on the MBC Music survival show, Kara Project, competing with other female trainees to debut as a new member of the girl group Kara, where she finished in 3rd place.^[5]

2016: Produce 101, C.I.V.A, I.B.I and April

In 2016, Chaekyung, together with fellow trainee Cho Shi-yoon, represented DSP Media on reality girl group survival show Produce 101 for the chance to debut in a Mnet girl group, where she finished in 16th place.

On June 1, she released a collaboration digital single with April's Chaewon titled Clock.^[6]

In July 2016, she was cast in the mockumentary series The God of Music 2 with other Produce 101 contestants and later formed project group C.I.V.A.^[7]

In August 2016, she was joining LOEN Entertainment's project group I.B.I with other Produce 101 contestants. The group released the digital single MOLAE MOLAE (몰래몰래) on August 18.^[8]

On November 11, Chaekyung was revealed as a new member of April.^[9]

Discography

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		KOR
"Clock" (with Chae-won)	2016	—	non-album single
"Why" (with Kim So-hee, Lee Soo-min)		—	non-album single

Filmography

TV series

Year	Title	Network	Role	Note
2014	Kara Project	MBC Music	Contestant	Survival show to find KARA new member
2016	Produce 101	Mnet	Contestant	Survival show to find member for Mnet girl group
	The God of Music 2	Mnet	Cast	with Produce 101 contestant as C.I.V.A
	Plan Man	tagTV, TRENDY	Cast
	Hello I.B.I	JTBC	cast	with LOEN Entertainment's I.B.I member

References

1. "카라 소속사 'DSP 걸즈', '프리티 리듬'으로 韓-日 동시 데뷔!". The Star (in Korean). 31 January 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
2. Kim, JiYeon (June 20, 2012). "DSP Media Unveils Its Newest Group- Puretty". enewsWorld. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
3. "'DSP 걸그룹' 퓨리티, 日언론 관심 '차세대 카라'". MyDaily (in Korean). 20 June 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
4. "퓨리티 소식 이건 뭐임?". 17 January 2014. DC Inside. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
5. http://www.soompi.com/2014/06/03/youngji-pips-sojin-to-win-first-round-of-kara-project/
6. Choo, Young-jun (July 25, 2016). "'프로듀스101' 출신 윤채경, 젤리 광고모델 발탁". Naver (in Korean). Retrieved August 20, 2016.
7. Cho, He-jin (June 28, 2016). "New Girl Group CIVA Confirmed to Debut in July". Mnet. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
8. "'데뷔' I.B.I 김소희, "'프듀' 생각나서 눈물 날 뻔" 벅찬 소감". Naver (in Korean). MyDaily. August 18, 2016. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
9. "DSP 측 "윤채경, 에이프릴 합류..새 음반 준비中"". Retrieved 2016-11-11.

External links

• Yoon Chae-kyung on Instagram