Jeongyeon

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**Yoo Jeong-yeon** (Hangul: 유정연, originally named **Yoo Kyung-wan**) better known by her first name, **Jeongyeon** (Hangul: 정연) is a South Korean singer. She is a member of the girl group, Twice, as a lead vocalist of the group.

## Life and career

Jeongyeon was born on November 1, 1996 in Suwon, South Korea and was given the name Kyung-wan, at birth, due to being teased as a child, for this sounding like a boy's name, she legally changed her name to Jeong-yeon in the third grade. Her father is Yoo Chang-joon, who works as a chef for former president Kim Dae-jung, her mother's identity has not been revealed to the public. Jeongyeon has two older sisters, the eldest one is known professionally as Gong Seung-yeon and is an actress, the second eldest is named Yoo Seo-yeon and is an office worker.

Jeongyeon trained to become a singer from a young age, and also learnt to play the trumpet and saxophone.

Jeongyeon joined JYP Entertainment in JYP Entertainment's 6th Open Audition on March 1, 2010. Like Nayeon, Jihyo and Sana, JYP originally planned her to become a member of a girl group named 6Mix, but their debut was unfortunately cancelled.

Jeongyeon made her breakthrough in 2015 as a contestant on the reality girl group survival show Sixteen and was finally chosen as a member of Twice.

In 2014, she appeared with Nayeon in the music video of Got7's "Girls Girls Girls" and, in 2015, appeared in miss A's "Only You" music video. She and her sister were the hosts of Inkigayo from July 3, 2016 to January 22, 2017. **Jeongyeon** won the Female Rookie Award at the 2016 SAF SBS Entertainment Awards.

## Filmography

### Music video appearances

* GOT7 - "Girls Girls Girls" (2014)
* Jun. K - "No Love" (2014)
* miss A - "Only You" (2015)
* Park Jin Young - "Fire" (feat. Conan O'Brien, Steven Yeun, & Jimin Park) (2016)

## Discography

### Soundtrack

* Participated in JYP Nation concert theme song - ENCORE. (2016)
* Gong Seung Yeon + Jeongyeon - Like a Star ("My Dream Class" movie)

## Credits

◯ = *Participates as writing/composer/producer*, ✖ = *Not participated as writing/composer/producer*

## Video Gallery

* Teasers
* Twice TV
* TW-Log
* Other

TWICE(트와이스) "OOH-AHH하게(Like OOH-AHH)" Teaser Video 7. JEONGYEONTWICE(트와이스) "TT" TT FILM - JEONGYEONTWICE "LIKEY" VIDEO - JEONGYEONTWICE "Feel Special" TEASER JEONGYEONJEONGYEON 129 SecondsTWICE- Seize the Light - ALL ABOUT JEONGYEONTWICE "MORE & MORE" CONCEPT FILM JEONGYEONWanna have MORE JEONGYEON? - TWICE "MORE & MORE"TWICE "Eyes wide open" CONCEPT FILM JEONGYEONTWICE JAPAN 8th SINGLE『Kura Kura』Teaser JEONGYEON『Kura Kura』The Special Contents Teaser JEONGYEONTWICE JAPAN 10th SINGLE『Hare Hare』 -JEONGYEON-TWICE 5TH WORLD TOUR ‘READY TO BE’ in JAPAN Teaser -JEONGYEON-장난꾸러기 O형 소녀! ♪ -정연 Blood Type O Prankster Girl! ♪ -JEONGYEON -ONCE -TWICE -ONCE 4TH GENERATION

TWICE TV "What is Love?" EP.02TWICE TV "YES or YES" EP.02TWICE TV "FANCY" EP.02TWICE TV "Feel Special" EP.02JEONGYEON TV "Cooking video of Doggy snack!"JEONGYEON TV "Cooking video of Doggy snack! 2"JEONGYEON TV "Cooking video of Doggy snack!" BEHIND SELF-CAMTWICE TV “Finding TWICE’s MBTI” EP. JEONGYEON

JEONGYEON’s TW-LOG with SECRET FRIENDTW-LOG @ 4th WORLD TOUR 'Ⅲ' ep.JEONGYEON-2TW-LOG @ 5TH WORLD TOUR ‘READY TO BE’ ep.JEONGYEON-2

TWICE(트와이스) SPECIAL VIDEO 'I' JEONGYEONTWICE "Feel Special" M V Monitoring Clip 2마리끌레르 트와이스 정연 이 찍은 ‘최애’ 셀카는?마리끌레르 트와이스 정연 화보 촬영!The way of JEONGYEONTWICE “MORE & MORE” 60 Seconds Speed Interview JEONGYEON『TWICE in Wonderland』 OFFICIAL GOODS Making -JEONGYEON-TWICE JEONGYEON "Alcohol-Free" Dance VideoTWICE JEONGYEON x Esquire Behind the Scenes🐶- I Got The Feels!💡-GetTheFeelsWithTWICE -TWICE -트와이스 -TheFeelsIncoming call from JEONGYEON on tour📞💕Celebration message to myself -JEONGYEON--TalkthatTalk sketch video with JEONGYEON🐶TWICE "MOONLIGHT SUNRISE" M-V CAM (JEONGYEON ver.)SET -JEONGYEON FREE🗝-TWICE -트와이스 -READYTOBE -SETMEFREE-SETMEFREE Challenge -JEONGYEON -TWICE -트와이스 -READYTOBETWICE「Hare Hare」Dance JEONGYEON verTWICE 8TH ANNIVERSARY MD Behind - JEONGYEON