Lucas Jung

**Lucas Jung** is a South Korean dancer and rapper formerly under **Spark Entertainment** and former member of the boy group **NXT**. He is the co-founder and co-CEO of **Sunrise Entertainment**.

## **Career**

### **Pre-Debut**

Lucas' family moved to Oakland, California when he was two years old. While visiting his relatives in South Korea with his family, both Lucas and his younger brother Taehyun were scouted and recruited by a **Spark Entertainment** casting agent. However, due to Taehyun's age at the time, their parents only allowed Lucas to move back home and begin his professional training in 2017. Later that year, he would be revealed to the public in dance practice videos released by the company on their KTube channel along with **Jason**. Like **Jason**, he would later make it into the final lineup in early 2019 as the second member in **Spark Entertainment's** upcoming boy group.

### **2019: Debut with NXT**

On September 4, 2019, he made his debut in NXT as the Lead Dancer and Rapper with their first digital single, *Hello*.

### **2020: *Inkimana***

On March 29, KSBS announced Lucas would be one of the MCs for *Inkimana*. He would be an MC until early 2021, when he would be replaced by Jiwon from Night Girls.

### **2029: Departure from NXT**

In December 2029 after *Shout It Loud* promotions ended with the group, Spark Entertainment announced he and Jason would be leaving the group. He would be the first to depart, officially leaving the company before the month ended, with Jason to follow suit in a few weeks. While he did receive numerous offers from other companies, he decided to depart for military service first before deciding on his path.

### **2030 - Present: Return from Military, Sunrise Entertainment**

Once he returned from his service in 2030, many fans thought he would be leaving the industry as he did not sign with any companies, instead choosing to spend time with his family and supporting his brother Taehyun's upcoming debut in Blueflame. Due to rising tensions between Raina Kim and Serenity Park, he would later start Sunrise Entertainment with Kim in June 2031.

In May 2032, **K-Pop Story Dispatch** released photos of Lucas with a female who fans later reveal is Chinese American actress Mina Chen. While it has not been confirmed by either Lucas or Mina's agency, the two have continued to be seen together, including at the premiere of her most recent movie.

## **Trivia**

* His favorite treat is pizza, which was the first thing he got for himself when he left Spark Entertainment. Occasionally he and Jason would have a Twitter war over Jason not being invited to get pizza with him.
* His family ran in similar social circles as Jason's, so the two already formed a friendship prior to joining Spark Entertainment due to their paths crossing once in awhile. Lucas wasn't aware Jason was in the same company as him until they began training together for dance practice videos released to K-Tube.
* Lucas also wasn't aware Jason had recommended him to join the NXT lineup.
* He and Jason would often get into little fights on Twitter, much to the fans' amusement, but they have a close bond as much of their training time was together.
* As trainees, he was roommates with Jason and Kai. They would continue being roommates when they debut until he got his own apartment.
* Although he likes to tease Minjae constantly, he adores the NXT maknae and frequently likes to check up on Minjae to make sure he's doing okay. Fans guess this was why he actively worked to terminate Minjae's contract with Spark Entertainment and is possibly working on paying out the contract termination fee, but this has not been confirmed.
* Taehyun is the only person he allows to call him "Lukie," which began when they were kids.