Na Jae-min

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In this Korean name, the family name is Na.
Na Jae-min
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Na Jae-min at the 25th DREAM CONCERT
Born (2000-08-13) August 13, 2000 (age 21)
Jeonju, North Jeolla, South Korea
NationalityKorean
EducationIncheon Cheong-il Elementary School
Korean Middle School Graduation Equivalency Examination
Korean High School Graduation Equivalency Examination
Occupation
  • Rapper
  • singer
  • dancer
  • songwriter
  • actor
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
Years active2014–present
Labels
Associated acts
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationNa Jae-min
McCune–ReischauerNa Chaemin

Na Jae-min (Korean: 나재민; born August 13, 2000), known mononymously as Jaemin, is a South Korean rapper, singer, dancer, songwriter and actor. He is a member of the South Korean boy group NCT,[1] primarily promoting with fixed sub-unit NCT Dream.[2]

Early life[]

Na Jaemin was born in Jeonju, South Korea on August 13, 2000.[3] He grew up in Seoul and studied at Incheon Cheong-il Elementary School; he also attended at Incheon Haewon Middle School and went to School of Performing Arts Seoul (SOPA).[3]

Jaemin became a trainee under SM Entertainment in 2013, at the age of 13, after being street-cast by staff while handing out posters and collecting trash as a volunteer with his mom at an event.[4]

Career[]

2014–2016: Pre-debut and SM Rookies[]

In 2014, he began to feature in several events of SM Entertainment's pre-debut training team SM Rookies.

From August 2014, he with SM Rookies participated in the SM Town Live World Tour IV. He appeared in several SM Rookies videos.

In October 2014, he made his first broadcast appearance on Exo 90:2014, a reality TV Show, starring labelmate Exo, alongside fellow NCT members, where they get to do dance performances to 90s K-Pop songs.[5]

On April 22, 2015, he was officially announced as a member of SM Rookies.[6]

On July 9, 2015, SM announced that Mark alongside other SM Rookies members will star as Mouseketeers in a Korean revival of The Mickey Mouse Club, which will air on Disney Channel Korea. The revival would include musical performances, games, and skits, as same as the original one in the US. [7] The show aired from July 23 to December 17, 2015, hosted by Leeteuk of Super Junior,.[8]

2016-2017: Debut and hiatus[]

See also: NCT (group) and NCT Dream

On August 20, 2016, Jaemin was confirmed as the third member of the boy group NCT, in the third sub-unit, NCT Dream, he officially debuted with NCT Dream's digital single, "Chewing Gum" released on August 24.[9] [10]

On February 2, 2017, prior to the group's second release "My First", it was announced that Jaemin had been placed on hiatus to recover from a long-standing herniated disc.[11] This hiatus continued on for the rest of the year.

2018: Return to NCT[]

Jaemin made his return as part of NCT 2018, a special project involving all 18 members of NCT at the time.[12][13] On March 4, 2018, he made his comeback with NCT Dream with the single "Go", which was promoted as part of NCT's first album, NCT 2018 Empathy. This marked his first comeback since the unit's debut.[14] He also took part in the NCT 2018 single "Black on Black" of the same album, which was released in April 2018 that same year.[15]

Later that year, Jaemin joined the cast for the second season of tvN's "My English Teen 100 Hours", an educational variety show where cast members studied English intensively for 7 hours each day over a period of 2 weeks. The cast was then sent abroad to test their lessons of English studying in real life. The variety show began airing May 20.[16]

Jaemin participated in the lyric-writing of track "Dear Dream" of NCT Dream's second EP We Go Up. The album was released on September 3, 2018.[17] He has also written lyrics for several tracks on NCT Dream's subsequent albums.[18][19]

2019–present: Acting debut, solo activities, and NCT U Debut[]

On March 13, 2019, Jaemin, alongside fellow NCT Dream members Jeno and Jisung, represented K-pop stars at the "K-Wave & Halal Show" in Malaysia. The friendship event between South Korea and Malaysia, was attended by President Moon as part of his three-day state visit to the country.[20]

In April 2019, Jaemin made his acting debut as the role of Han Dae-gang, the male lead character, for JTBC's short web-drama "Method to Hate You", based on a popular webtoon of the same name.[21]

Jaemin appeared on the gaming variety show Do You Want To Play? GG, where celebrities formed a team to play against high school students in a variety of games. The show began airing in May 2019.[22]

In October 2020, Jaemin officially made his debut as a member of NCT U with the song “Make A Wish (Birthday Song)” on M.Net's music broadcast show M Countdown.[23] While he had participated in NCT U's special stage “Kick and Ride” in June 2020, this release marked his first official release with the unit.

In October 2021, he appeared on the cover of WWD Korea magazine's Special Edition No.02, released in collaboration with Tom Ford and photographer Adam Katz Sinding.[24]

Philanthropy[]

In November 2018, Jaemin joined UNICEF Korea Special Representative Siwon Choi in Vietnam for UNICEF's World Children's Day celebration campaign against school violence.[25] In March 2019, Jaemin attended UNICEF Korea committee's event "For Every Child" as a youth representative, meeting with Queen Mathilde of Belgium and former President of International Criminal Court Song Sang-hyun.[26][27] In May of the same year, Jaemin, along with fellow NCT Dream member Jeno, visited children living in slums in Indonesia with South Korea-based non-governmental organization, Good Neighbors.[28]

Filmography[]

Television series[]

Year Title Channel Role Note
2018 A-TEEN Naver TV Cast Jae-min Cameo (Ep. 20)
2019 Method to Hate You JTBC4 Han Dae-gang Web Series

TV shows[]

Year Title Television Network Role Note
2014 EXO 90:2014 Mnet SM Rookies Member Pre-debut
2015 The Mickey Mouse Club Disney Channel Korea
2018-2019 My English Puberty 100 Hours tvN Cast Member Season 2
2019 Wanna Play? GG! Channel A

Songwriting credits[]

Year Song Album Artist With Ref.
2018 "Dear Dream" We Go Up NCT Dream Baek Geum-min, Lee Soo-jung, Jisung, Jeno, Mark [29]
2019 "119" We Boom Baek Geum-min, Lee Soo-jung, Jeno
"Bye My First..." Ryu Da-som, Kim Eun-joo, Jeno, Jisung
"Best Friend" Le'mon, Jeno, Jisung
2020 "Puzzle Piece" Reload Hwang Yoo-bin, Jeno
2021 "Rainbow" Hot Sauce Jo Yoon-kyung, Jisung, Jeno, Mark

Awards and nominations[]

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2020 Seoul Webfest Awards Best Actor (Korean) "Method to Hate You" Won [30]

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