Jang Wooyoung, known mononymously as Wooyoung (Hangul: 우영), was born on April 30, 1989. He is a singer in 2PM, a 6-member boy band that is active in South Korea and managed by JYP Entertainment.
History
Wooyoung was born in Busan and has an older sister. He attended Seoul School for the Arts with a dance major.
Predebut
He was selected to be a JYP trainee through MGoon's JYP auditions. He won first place in this audition against 5000 other candidates.
He once filled in as a dancer partner with Wonder Girls member Kim Yubin when T.O.P from Big Bangfainted the day before the special performance with the Wonder Girls during the 2007 MBC Music Awards.
Debut
On September 4, 2008, Wooyoung, along with 6 other members, debuted as 2PM with their first single "10점 만점에 10점" ("10 Points out of 10 Points") from their single album "Hottest Time of the Day."
Solo Contributions
Wooyoung, along with Taecyeon formally hosted SBS's music show Inkigayo, from July 26, 2009 till July 11, 2010.
On February 2, 2010, he was officially the sub-MC in Kim Seung Woo's talk show KBS Win Winalongside Girls' Generation’s Taeyeon, Kim Shin Young, and Choi Hwa Jung. He received high praise for his very natural MC-ing and exceptional wit. He was always curious about everything, so he constantly began his sentences with, "I’m curious about something…" thus, earning the nickname, 'Curious Wooyoung'. He left the show on August 3, 2010.
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