MJ (South Korean singer)

Kim Myung-jun (; born March 5, 1994) known professionally as MJ (엠제이), is a South Korean singer, actor, and model managed under the label of Fantagio. He debuted in 2016 as the main vocalist of the South Korean six-member boy group Astro. In August 2020, he debuted as one of the five members of an idol trot group named Super Five through MBC's reality trot show "Favorite Entertainment". Astro MJ also had his debut as a Musical Actor in 2020 as Jamie in the musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie.
Life and career.
2012–2015: Pre-debut.
MJ was a contestant in the 2012 JYP Entertainment X HUM Audition and won a one-year scholarship from Seoul Arts College.
MJ took part in Fantagio's iTeen, a rookie talent development program managed under the label of Fantagio. He and other members of Astro were known as iTeen Boys.
MJ along with the other members of Astro starred in a web drama series named "To be Continued" which featured the members as themselves.
2016–Present: Debut with Astro and solo activities.
MJ officially debuted as a member of Astro on February 23, 2016.
During Astro's 2nd ASTROAD To Seoul "Starlight" concert which was held on December 22–23, 2018, MJ performed his solo trot stage "Cheok Cheok". It was included in the DVD of the concert which was released in June 2019.
In February 2019, MJ sang his first OST titled "You're My Everything" for the Korean drama, "My Only One".
Also in February 2019, MJ along with Jin Ju, Hyomin, Heo Kyung-hwan, Kang Tae-oh travelled to Nha Trang for the Korean travel show "Have To Go to Know".
In March 2019, MJ and Jinjin took part in the travel/variety show project of Celuv TV - "Go Together, Travel Alone". The show was filmed in Saipan and includes Tony Ahn, Han Seung-yeon, Jin Jin and Kim So-hye. It was later on released in a DVD format.
In June 2019, he co-hosted Insane Quiz Show Season 2, also abbreviated as "이세퀴" and "IQS S2", with BtoB's Illhoon and Loona's Chuu.
In July 2019, MJ and Yoon San-ha were confirmed to be the MCs of the tVn D's variety talk show Blanket Kick at Night.
In August 2019, MJ appeared in "King of Masked Singer" as Driver Kim.
2020–present: Musical debut and Super Five.
In April 2020, MJ sang another OST for the Korean drama, "Eccentric! Chef Moon" titled "Sweet Spring".
In that same month of April 2020, it was confirmed that MJ, together with 2AM's Jo Kwon, NU’EST's Ren, and Shin Joo Hyup were cast for the Korean version of the musical "Everybody's Talking About Jamie". This is originally a British musical based on a true story of a teenager named Jamie, who aspires to become a drag queen. The musical was scheduled from 4 July to 11 September at LG Arts Center in Gangnam. On the September 11, 2020, MJ successfully finished his last show for the musical as Jamie.
In July 2020, MJ was cast in MBC's "Favorite Entertainment". He was selected as one of the five members of the idol trot group formed by Jang Yoon Jung. The project boy group debuted on MBC's Music Core on August 22, 2020 under the name Super Five (다섯장). MJ promoted with Super Five using his real name Kim Myung Jun. The group consists of Pentagon's Lee Hoe-taek, A.cian's Chu Hyeok-jin, Park Hyeong-seok and Ok Jin-wook. The group debuted with the songs "Hello" and "All Eyes on You".