All You Need to Know About Joo Hak-nyeon!
Do you know about one of members of the South Korean boy-group The Boys‘, Joo Hak-nyeon? He was also one of the contestants of Mnet’s survival show; Produce 101 Season 2! Joo Hak-nyeon was still underrated when he joined Produce 101 and didn’t have the popularity he now enjoys. Let’s find out more about Joo Hak-nyeon and discover how he got where he is today.
Full Profile of Joo Hak-nyeon
- Real Name : Joo Hak-nyeon (주학년)
- Stage Name : Joo Hak-nyeon (주학년)
- Birth : Jeju, South Korea, March 9, 1999
- Zodiac : Pisces
- Weight : 58 kg
- Height : 174 cm
- Blood Type : B
- Education : Hanlim Art School
- Agency : Cre.Ker Entertainment
- Name of the Group : The Boyz (더보이즈)
- Position : Dancer
- Profession : Idol, Singer
- Official Sites : Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/official_theboyz/?hl=id)
Interesting Facts About Joo Hak-nyeon
- Joo Hak-nyeon has a younger sister, an older sister and both parents as his family members
- His nickname is Jeju Boy, since he has the ability to speak in the Jeju dialect
- He’s half Chinese and half Korean
- He lived in Hong Kong for a long time, before he debuted as an idol
- Joo Hak-nyeon’s real name has a meaning. It translates as Joo (주) meaning ‘Around’, Hak (학) meaning ‘Crane’, and Nyeon (년) meaning ‘Year’
- He came to Seoul to enter Anyang Arts High School as a major in the Theater and Film department. Soon after he finished the entrance exam, he was cast to be an Idol
- He can speak both Mandarin and Cantonese
- His hobbies are playing badminton and going skiing
- He’s also pretty fluent in English
- His favorite color is White
- He likes almost any kind of food, but he especially loves macaroons, and his favorite flavor is Matcha (Green Tea)
- He doesn’t really like pork
- He loves to eat Baskin Robbins ‘strawberry that fell in love’ ice cream
- He doesn’t like horror movies
- His most precious possession is a camera that his father gave him
- When he sleeps, he wears a Totoro onesie
- He learned b-boying by himself and cooked something then made it looks good
- Sun-woo is the group member he feels closest to, while he took the longest time to be close to Kevin
- He’s is really confident about making new friends
- He’s in charge of deciding the menu eat at the dorm
- Most of the time, The Boyz’ stylist chooses the members outfits, but Joo Hak-nyeon also picks his own outfits when he can
- He wanted to go to Europe when he hits 50 years old
- He has a pig, and he named it Ggul
- Joo Hak-nyeon’s family actually has a pig farm, and his mother gave him an award for taking care of the pigs by feeding them
- His best friend is Euiwoong, who was another contestant of Produce 101 season 2, and has been good friends with ex-member of JBJ, Lungguo, since they were roommates back when they still trainees at Cre.Ker Entertainment
- Back in the trainee days, he once went to Lotte World with Golden Child’s Bong Jae-hyun instead of practicing in the studio
- He graduated with UP10TION’s Xiao from Hanli Multi Arts High School in February, 2018
- He’s also close with LOONA’s Chu, ever since they took the same development activity class during their school days
- His role model is Rain
- Joo Hak-nyeon and his fellow member, Hyun-jae, appeared on Melody Day’s M/V titled You Seem Busy
- Joo Hak-nyeon and Hyun-jae used to be roomates
- He was a trainee for two years, plus a month
- Joo Hak-nyeon was a contestant on Mnet’s Produce 101 season 2, and got eliminated on Episode 11
- Joo Hak-nyeon did a radio broadcast on V-Live and named it Tangerine Radio