Kim Sung-joo (entertainer)

Kim Sung-joo
김성주
Kim Sung-joo at Centro Cultural Hallyu in São Paulo, June 27, 2016
Born	(1994-02-16) February 16, 1994 (age 30) Incheon, South Korea
Education	Global Cyber University[1]
Occupations	Singer actor
Children	1
Musical career
Genres	K-pop
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	2014–present
Labels	Yuehua
Member of	Uniq
Korean name
Hangul	김성주
Hanja	金聖柱
Revised Romanization	Kim Seong-joo
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Sŏngchu
Musical artist

Kim Sung-joo (Korean: 김성주; born February 16, 1994) is a South Korean singer and actor. Kim debuted as a member of South Korean-Chinese band UNIQ in 2014. Kim made his television debut in the romantic Chinese drama Magical Space-time (2016) and his film debut in MBA Partners (2016). He is best known for his supporting roles in Live Up to Your Name (2017) and My Secret Terrius (2018).

He joined YG Entertainment as a trainee. He was part of the original lineup for Winner, but that didn't work out. He's still close friends with Jinwoo and Seungyoon.

A new opportunity arose and he ended up joining UNIQ, a Korean-Chinese group under Yuehua. He still continued to train at YG Entertainment since the two companies were collaborating with this new group. He trained for a total of 5 years before his official debut.^{[2][3][4][5][unreliable source?]}

Kim debuted in 2014 with the South Korean-Chinese boy band group Uniq with the song "Falling in Love".

Kim promoted with Uniq for a few years, where he landed his first acting role in 2016, together with his band mates in the Chinese film, MBA Partners, where Kim and Wang Yibo playing the lead roles, while Zhou Yixuan, Li Wenhan and Cho Seung-youn making cameos.^{[6][unreliable source?]}

Kim then starred in the Chinese drama, Magical Space-time before his second film in Kill Me Please.

Kim was cast in The Liar and His Lover where he played "Yoo Si-hyun", the leader and vocalist of the popular band "Crude Play" in the series. He also starred in the tvN's drama Live Up to Your Name.

In September 2018, it was reported that Kim would be joining MBC's drama, My Secret Terrius, where he will play Ra Do-woo, a genius hacker who is rebellious.^{[7][unreliable source?]}>^{[8][unreliable source?]}

Kim enlisted for his mandatory military service on 9 March 2020.^{[9][unreliable source?]} Kim completed his military service and has been discharged as of 16 September 2021.

On March 2, 2024, Kim revealed that he is married and the father of a child.^[10]

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