This Birthday Spotlight This Time Will Review About Sungjae Which Has A Birthday Today, Saturday, May 2, 2020. This BTOB member is 25 years old according to international calculations.
The Birthday Spotlight rubric has returned to accompany the weekend of WowKeren loyal readers. This time, the editorial team will review Sungjae's handsome idol career that has a birthday on Saturday, May 2, 2020.
Sungjae was born on May 2, 1995 in Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. Sungjae is widely known after his debut as a BTOB member in 2012. This Cube Entertainment care artist is known as a singer, dancer, actor to the MC. No need for long, let's just take a peek as Sungjae's career journey since before debut until now.
1. Pre debut
Sungjae was born into a wealthy family. His father is a CEO of an IT company. Sungjae is the youngest of two siblings. He has an older sister named Yook Sung Young.
Sungjae studied at Seowon Elementary and Middle School and then continued his education at Hanlim Arts High School. After graduating from high school, Sungjae was accepted to Dongshin University majoring in Practical Music. In addition, he also briefly attended an English class in Cebu, Philippines.
To achieve his dream of being an idol, Sungjae had to go through a long, winding road. When he was a teenager, Sungjae had auditioned as a singer at JYP Entertainment. But he had to experience failure until finally shelter under Cube Entertainment.
Before his debut as a member of BTOB, Sungjae had a role in the drama "Living in Chungdamdong" as a member of Invincible Chungdam No. 5. In this drama he collided acting with several other idols such as Eunkwang, Hyunsik, Ilhoon and Lee Minwoo ex C-Clown.
2. Debut
After undergoing a trainee period for three years, Sungjae finally debuted as a BTOB member in 2012. The seven-member group first performed the songs "Insane" and "Imagine" on "M! Countdown". Their debut mini album "Born to Beat" was released later, precisely on April 3, 2012.
The response of netizens when BOTB debuted was not so good because at that time there were many new idol groups who also started their careers in the same year. However, BTOB is able to survive amid fierce competition in the South Korean entertainment industry.
A year after its debut, BTOB won its first award at the "Golden Disc Awards 2013" for the Next Generation Star category. After that various trophies were successfully taken home by Sungjae and BTOB, starting from the Best Vocal Group, Best Male Group, Bonsang Award, Ballad Award and many more. In 2014, BTOB debuted in Japan by releasing a song called "Wow" under the Japanese agency Kiss Entertainment.
3. Career Peak
In addition to receiving music awards with BTOB, Sungjae won several individual awards. Some of the honors that Sungjae won were for her talent in acting. In 2015 he starred in the drama "School 2015" and played Kong Tae Gwang.
Through the drama, Sungjae won the "KBS Drama Awards 2015" for the Best Couple Award category with actress Kim So Hyun. In the same year, Sungjae won two awards at the "MBC Entertainment Awards" for the Best Male Newcomer Award and Best Couple Award with Joy Red Velvet. He got this award for his participation in the "We Got Married" program. Also in 2015, Sungjae also won the New Star Award at the "SBS Drama Awards 2015" for his role in the drama "The Village: Achiara's Secret".
The highlight of Sungjae's career continued in 2017 after he starred in the hit series "Goblin". In the "Korea Cable TV Awards 2017" he won the Rising Star Award. Because of "Goblin" as well, Sungjae successfully brought home two trophies in the "10th Korea Drama Awards" for the Best New Actor and Star of the Year Award categories. Not only that, because in 2017 Sungjae also won the Male Acting Idol award in the "2018 Korea's First Brand Awards" event.
4. Solo Activities
Although in 2012 Sungjae was already hosting the show "The Show", his solo activities have been smoother since 2013. He starred in the drama "Monstar" as Arnold, then appeared on the tvN hit series "Reply 1994" as Sooksookie.
In 2014, Sungjae hosted the "A Song For You" program with Kangin Super Junior and Amber f (x). He has also been a member of the hit programs "Real Men" and "Hitmaker". Also this year, Sungjae was the main actor in tvN drama "Plus Nine Boys".
His acting career became more brilliant in 2015 when he starred in the dramas "School 2015" and "The Village: Achiara's Secret" which earned him a number of awards. In 2015 he also briefly hosted "Inkigayo" with Kim Yoo Jung and Jackson GOT7.
In 2016, Sungjae's success in acting was repeated through his role as Yoo Duk Hwa in the drama "Goblin". In 2017, Sungjae began to become a permanent member of the SBS hit program "Master in the House" with Lee Seung Gi, Yang Se Hyung and Lee Sang Yoon.
Unfortunately, Sungjae decided to resign from "Master in the House" in February. The reason for Sungjae's departure was because he wanted to focus on the release of the special album, the process of shooting the latest drama "Mystic Pop Up Bar" to the preparations for the military.
Besides being active in dramas and variety shows, the temporary leader of BTOB also released several solo and duet songs. Like the songs "Loving You Again", "Paradise", "Tell Me" and many more. On March 2, Sungjae released his debut solo album and special titled "Yook O'clock". This mini album consists of seven songs with the main single titled "Come with the Wind".
5. Controversy
During his career, Sungjae was involved in several controversies. First is the matter of the controversy and Joy relating to the "We Got Married" program. As you know, both of them became virtual partners in this program in 2015. Sungjae and Joy became one of the "We Got Married" couples who had extraordinary chemistry and great success making viewers baper.
But after their photos were shot during the shoot, many Korean netizens believed that what they showed on the screen was just acting. In the photos circulating, Sungjae and Joy were seen walking very close to the roadside. But one fan who was on the set said that the two looked very awkward and not close like what was seen on the screen.
In addition to the controversy with Joy on "We Got Married", Sungjae also experienced unpleasant experiences in early 2019. Sungjae and a number of other idols namely Kikwang, Yoon Doo Joon, Hyunseung, Eunkwang, Yong Jun Hyung and traditional singer Choo Ga Yeol are said to have special treatment at their campus, Dongshin University. He and other celebrity students were marked to attend even though they were not in class. Instead, they only need to watch the lecture broadcast video as proof of attendance.
Because of this special treatment, the Ministry of Education in South Korea made a surprising announcement. The Ministry decided to revoke their bachelor's degree. Dongshin University had filed an objection to the Ministry of Education's decision. But the Ministry of Education remained in its decision to cancel the title of the idols.
But something slightly different happened to Sungjae because he was still a student. The title will not be canceled even if all credits passed must be removed.
"Because Sungjae is still a student, all the credits he has received so far will be canceled. His title will not be canceled," said a source from the Ministry of Education. "As for the six other singers, all their academic records will be deleted."
6. Future Projects
Sungjae will soon be acting comeback through the JTBC drama titled "Mystic Pop Up Bar". This is Sungjae's first drama in three years after "Goblin" which he starred in 2016-2017. In this drama he will compete acting with beautiful actress Hwang Jung Eum to actor Choi Won Young.
"Mystic Pop Up Bar" itself tells a variety of stories centered around the mysterious pojangmacha (outdoor drinking area) which only opens at night on the roof of the building. The customers of the drinking places consist of dead people and normal humans.
In this drama Sungjae will play Han Kang Bae. He is described as an employee at the Gab Eul Mart customer service center and works part time at Pojangmacha. Han Kang Bae has the strange ability to make people confess their secrets when he makes physical contact with them.
The plan, "Mystic Pop Up Bar" will begin airing on 20 May. Later this drama will fill the slot on Wednesday and Thursday nights of JTBC. If you are a big fan of Sungjae, don't miss it to watch it.
