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## Facts

**HyunJin** (Hangul: 현진) is a South Korean singer. She is the second revealed member of LOONA and a member of its first sub-unit, LOONA 1/3. She is also a member of Loossemble and serves as the group’s leader.

She was born as **Kim Hyun-jin** (Hangul: 김현진) on November 15, 2000 in Dunchon-dong, Gangdong District, Seoul, South Korea.

She debuted on October 28, 2016 as a member of LOONA and subsequently released her solo single album *HyunJin* on November 17, 2016.

## History

### Early life (2000–2016)

HyunJin was born in Seoul, South Korea, as the youngest and only daughter of three siblings. Her brothers are ten and eleven years older than her. One of her brothers was in a band called “Bi-o-ne,” and the other is an actor.

HyunJin attended Baeksa Elementary School and Baeksa Middle School in Incheon. She transferred to Shinnam Middle School and later Hansung Girls’ Middle School, both in Seoul. In seventh grade, HyunJin was ranked first in her school in Korean language. She was an athletic student, participating in her school’s soccer, table tennis, basketball, tennis, and badminton clubs. HyunJin also claims to have been so well-known for her looks that by eighth grade, both male and female classmates “would go stand in the halls to see [her].”

In 2013, when she was thirteen years old, HyunJin appeared on the 40th episode of *Three Idiots*. She was introduced as a natural beauty, and demonstrated her talent in skipping rope.

### 2016: Reveal, solo debut

HyunJin was scouted by Polaris Entertainment after her appearance on *Three Idiots* and became a trainee in 2013. She later transferred to BlockBerry Creative to take part in the LOONA Project, most likely in early 2016, and was eventually chosen as the second member of LOONA. HyunJin accompanied HeeJin during the latter’s trip to Paris for filming.

On October 23, 2016, the first “Who’s Next Girl?” teaser was posted, and HyunJin was fully revealed as the next member of LOONA on October 28. She released her solo single album *HyunJin* on November 17, 2016 and debuted as a member of LOONA.

### 2017: MIXNINE, LOONA 1/3

On January 12, 2017, a collaboration with HeeJin was teased. The song was included in the single album *YeoJin*. The song was released 4 days later, with its own music video.

In October 2017, HyunJin, along with fellow LOONA members HeeJin and HaSeul, auditioned for the survival reality show *MIXNINE*. After passing the audition, she became a contestant as a representative of her agency and idol group. HyunJin made it until the final episode, but was eliminated and did not make it into the final lineup.

She was revealed to be a member of LOONA’s first sub-unit, LOONA 1/3, on February 14, 2017.

### 2018: Debut in LOONA

On August 20, 2018, HyunJin officially debuted as a member of the completed group LOONA. They released the mini album *[+ +]*, along with title track “Hi High”.

### 2019: School graduation

On January 7, 2019, HyunJin graduated from Hansung Girls’ High School alongside HeeJin.

### 2020: *King of Masked Singer*

On September 27, 2020, HyunJin appeared on *King of Masked Singer* as Jade Bead. She sung the song “Lady in the Rainy Night”, where she ended up not succeeding.

### 2022: Dating rumors

On July 11, 2022, celebrity gossip YouTube channel Sojang posted a video claiming that HyunJin is dating rapper A–FLOW, who is 23 years older than her. BlockBerryCreative denied the dating rumors and said they will take a strong legal response to the malicious rumors from YouTube.

### 2023: Legal disputes, CTDE&M, debut in Loossemble, dating rumors

On February 3, 2023, HyunJin and ViVi filed lawsuits to terminate their contracts with BlockBerryCreative.

On May 9, HyunJin and ViVi won their injunctions against BlockBerryCreative and terminated their exclusive contracts. The next day, it was announced HyunJin would be returning to Fab on May 11, after her previous contract ended on February 11.

On June 12, HyunJin and ViVi officialy signed with CTDE&M, a newly formed company founded by Yoon Doyeon, BlockBerryCreative’s former planning division director.

On August 2, HyunJin was revealed as a member of Loossemble. On August 8, HyunJin appeared at the Kiwoom Heroes KBO baseball game against Lotte Giants and threw the ceremonial pitch.

On September 15, Loossemble debuted with their self-titled mini album *[Loossemble*.

On November 17, rumors spread on X that HyunJin and Wooyoung of ATEEZ are dating. A user discovered that Wooyoung’s profile picture on his so–said alternate Instagram account showed two cats, one of them much resembling Paldo, HyunJin’s cat. They also pointed out some similarities between these two. However, the next day it turned out to be false, because Wooyoung doesn’t even own a cat.

## Discography

### Mini albums

* *[Loossemble]* (with Loossemble) (2023)

### Collaborations

* “The Carol” (with HeeJin and HaSeul) (2016)
* “My Sunday” (with HeeJin) (2017)

### Other

* “Like A Star (이 밤이 지나면)” (as Excellent Vibe) (2018)
* “OMG (어머나/OMONA)” (as Universe) (2018)

## References

1. ↑ orrery\_nim “And my height! … I’m actually 163.7cm.” translation from 220305 VLIVE. Twitter. 2022.03.05
2. ↑ /çjʌ̹nˈ.t͡ɕin/, *HYUHN-jeen* or *hee-YUHN-jeen*
3. ↑  Orbit Japan Official Book Vol. 1 - Translation by Team Subbits
4. ↑ loona-trans. “HyunJin’s newsAde Interview.” (Orig) Tumblr. 2017.03.14
5. ↑ loona-trans. “All Natural Beauty.” (Orig) Tumblr. 2017.03.12
6. ↑ Orrery/nim (@orrery\_nim) “(EN) TMI News, part 9.” Twitter. 2020.03.11
7. ↑ loonathworld. “**LOONA TV #95.**” **YouTube. 2017.04.05**
8. ↑ Orrery/nim (@orrery\_nim) “(EN) TMI News, part 8.” Twitter. 2020.03.11
9. ↑ tvN. “지금은 이달의 소녀 현진! 데뷔 전 모습! (LOONA HyunJin pre-debut! Three Idiots #40)” YouTube. 2018.09.20
10. ↑ loonatheworld. “LOONA TV #1.” 2016.10.12
11. ↑ YeoJin (single)#Tracklist
12. ↑ Soompi:LOOΠΔ Releases Teaser For HeeJin And HyunJin’s “My Sunday”
13. ↑ Soompi:LOOΠΔ’s HeeJin And HyunJin Reunite For Sweet Duet “My Sunday”
14. ↑ [MV] 이달의 소녀/희진, 현진 (LOONA/HeeJin, HyunJin) “My Sunday”
15. ↑ *MIXNINE* Episode #1. 2017.10.29
16. ↑ *MIXNINE* Episode #14. 2018.01.26
17. ↑ C. Hong. “Girl Group Member Captivates With Her Clear And Bright Vocals On “The King Of Mask Singer””. Soompi. 20.09.27
18. ↑ Im Chae—ryeong. “'복면가왕' 불꽃놀이VS옥구슬, 불꽃놀이 승리...옥구슬은 이달소 현진”. Naver TV. 20.09.27
19. ↑ “'복면가왕' 부뚜막 고양이 新 가왕 등극, 숨은그림찾기 정체는 김정은”. Nate News. 20.09.27
20. ↑ Sophie–Ha. “Sojang alleges LOONA's Hyunjin was caught dating a 44-year-old rapper”. allkpop. 2022.07.11
21. ↑ Ron Kim. “BlockBerry Creative Firmly Denies LOONA Hyunjin’s Dating Rumors”. Koreaboo. 2022.07.12
22. ↑ “LOONA’s ViVi & HyunJin also file lawsuit to terminate contracts”. Team Subbits. 2023.02.02
23. ↑ “LOONA ViVi and HyunJin to also leave Blockberry… Legal battle victory”. Team Subbits. 2023.05.09
24. ↑ “On May 11, Hyunjin's fab starts (again)”. Fab. 2023.05.10
25. ↑ “LOONA’s HyunJin And ViVi Sign With New Agency Founded By Former BlockBerry Creative Employee”. Soompi. 2023.06.12
26. ↑ “LOONA's Vivi and Hyunjin sign with new agency CTD E&M”. allkpop. 2023.06.10
27. ↑ @orrery\_nim. “#Hyunjin will be throwing the ceremonial pitch at the Kiwoom Heroes KBO game against Lotte Giants today”. Twitter. 2023.08.08
28. ↑ @toooyong. “우영아
너 인스타 비계 프사 속 고양이
누구집 고양이야?”. X. 23.11.17
29. ↑ @jhjbit. “i’m sorry i’ve been celebrating like it’s christmas and u mean to tell me that man doesn’t even have a f— cat??????”. X. 23.11.18