# Yoon Chae-kyung

Yoon Chae-kyung (Korean: 윤채경; born July 7, 1996), is a South Korean actress and singer. Yoon began her career with debuted as a member of Puretty under DSP in Japan during 2012 and the group later disbanded in January 2014. Following the disbandment, Yoon appeared as a contestant in the 2014 Kara's reality show for searching a new member Kara Project. She also appeared in the reality show Produce 101 and later in the mockumentary series The God of Music 2 which she became a member of project group C.I.V.A and also joined the fan-made group of Produce 101, I.B.I both respectively in 2016. Yoon later was added as a member of the DSP girl group April in 2017 and participated in group activities until their disbandment in 2022.

## 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

On September 5, 2012, Chaekyung debuted in the girl group Puretty, which was a South Korean group based in Japan. They were planning to debut in South Korea as well. Puretty had their first performance at the 2012 Tokyo Toy Show and sang the song "Check it Love" which is the theme song for the anime Pretty Rhythm: Dear My Future. The group disbanded in January 2014 without making their Korean debut.
In mid-2014, Yoon participated in Kara Project, a reality show to competed become new members of the girl group Kara.

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

In early 2016, Yoon represented DSP Media on Produce 101, a show where the final 11 contestants formed the girl group I.O.I. In the final episode, she was ranked in 16th place. On May 1, she released a digital single in collaboration with April's Chaewon titled "Clock" (Korean: 시계).
In July 2016, she was cast as a trainee in Mnet's mockumentary series The God of Music 2 with a few other Produce 101 contestants and later formed the project girl group, C.I.V.A, which released the song "Why" featuring Miryo.
In August 2016, she joined LOEN Entertainment's project group IBI. The group released the digital single "Molae Molae" (Korean: 몰래몰래) on August 18. On November 11, it was revealed that she would be joining April, following the departure of one of its members.

### 2017–present: April and acting career

Yoon debuted as a member of April with their third EP Prelude on January 4, 2017 The group officially disbanded on January 28, 2022.
In February 2022, Yoon was confirmed as being cast on web-drama Calming Signal, played role of Cha Do-hee.
On April 22, 2022, Yoon decided to end her contract with DSP Media. Later on April 25, 2022, Yoon signed a contract with Management A.M.9.
In November 2023, Yoon starred in the KBS historical drama Korea-Khitan War with played the character Queen Wonhwa.

## Discography
### Collaborations

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales | Album |
| Title | Year | KOR | Sales | Album |
| "Clock" (시계) (with Chaewon of April) | 2016 | — | KOR: 10,343 | Non-album singles |
| "Lovesome" (우리 꼭 사귀는 것 같잖아요) (with Voisper) | 2019 | — | N/A | Non-album singles |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart. |||||

### Promotional singles

| Title | Year | Album |
| "Yellow" (with Nam Tae-hyun, Giant Pink, Kanto) | 2018 | Non-album singles |
| "Happy Now" (with Kim Il-joong) | 2021 | Non-album singles |

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
| 2023 | In Dream | Seo Yoon-kyeong | |

### Television series

| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
| 2023–2024 | Korea–Khitan War | Queen Wonhwa | |

### Web series

| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
| 2021 | Time to Be Together 1:11 | Song Yeo-wool | |
| 2022 | Calming Signal | Cha Do-hee | |

### Television shows

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2014 | Kara Project | Contestant | |
| 2016 | Produce 101 | Contestant | |
| 2016 | The God of Music 2 | Cast member | |
| 2016 | Plan Man | Cast member | Episode 7–9 |
| 2016 | We Will Eat Well | Cast member | |
| 2017 | Law of the Jungle | Cast member | Episode 283–287 |
| 2020 | Top 10 Student | Panel | |
| 2020 | People of Trot | Vice manager | |
| 2021 | Jury 24 | Cast member | |

## Theater

| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
| 2021–2022 | Accompanying - Life is a picnic | Angel in the underworld | |