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Yoon Bo-mi (Korean: 윤보미; born August 13, 1993), known mononymously as Bomi, is a South Korean singer, actress and host. She is best known as a member of the South Korean girl group Apink. Yoon made her acting debut with a cameo role in the 2012 television series Reply 1997, she then starred in various television series such as Because This Is My First Life (2017), Please Don't Date Him (2020), and gained attention through her supporting role in Queen of Tears (2024).

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Yoon Bo-mi
Yoon in January 2020
Born	(1993-08-13) August 13, 1993 (age 31) Gwonseon-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggi, South Korea^[1]
Alma mater	Korean Arts High School
Occupations	Singer actress host
Years active	2011–present
Musical career
Genres	K-pop
Instrument	Vocals
Labels	IST Choi Creative Lab
Member of	Apink


Korean name
Hangul	윤보미
Hanja	尹普美
Revised Romanization	Yun Bo-mi
McCune–Reischauer	Yun Pomi

Early life and education

Yoon Bo-mi was born in Gwonseon-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea on August 13, 1993.^[1] She has one older sister and a younger brother.^[2] She was trained in the martial art of Taekwondo from the age of five and is a holder of a third degree black belt.^[3] She attended Youngshin Girls High School and later on, Korean Arts High School; from where she graduated in February 2012. Upon graduation from high school, she decided to postpone her further studies in college to concentrate on her music career.^[4]

Career

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2011: Apink

Yoon was formally introduced as a member of Apink through the group's reality show, Apink News.^[5] Yoon debuted with Apink on Mnet's M! Countdown performing their songs "I Don't Know (몰라요; Mollayo)", and "Wishlist" which were included on their debut EP Seven Springs of Apink.^[6]

On April 28, 2023, IST Entertainment announced that Yoon did not renew her contract with the company but will still be part of Apink.^[7] On the same day, Yoon signed an exclusive contract with Choi Creative Lab.^[8]

2012–present: Solo activities, ChoBom, and raising popularity

In 2012, Yoon, along with Apink co-member Chorong had a cameo role in the television series Reply 1997, where she portrayed the teenage version of Moon Jeong-mi, the deceased mother of Yoon Yoon-jae.^[9]

Yoon was an MC on the variety show Weekly Idol from July 17, 2013,^[10] to July 8, 2015.^[11] In late 2013, she appeared in K-Hunter's "Marry Me" music video and was featured in hip-hop group M.I.B's song "Let's Talk About You".^[12]^[13]

In 2014, she joined the cast of the variety show The Human Condition.^[14]

In early 2015, Yoon was cast in MBC's Real Men female special.^[15]^[16] On May 11, she was featured in David Oh's debut song "I Know, I Know".^[17] and on June 16, she released a duet with Im Seulong titled "Lovely" for variety show Some Guys, Some Girls.^[18] On September 24, she was featured in Yoon Hyun-sang's digital single "Let's Eat Together", she also starred in the music video.^[19] In September 2015, she was cast in KBS' 10-episode web television series Love Profiler K as top star Yuna,^[20] which aired in November on Naver.

In January 2016, Yoon and fellow member Kim Nam-joo became the new MCs of Shikshin Road 2.^[21] She then joined the fourth season of We Got Married along with actor Choi Tae-joon who serves as her virtual husband on the show.^[22]

In 2017, Yoon was cast in a supporting role in the romantic comedy television series Because This Is My First Life.^[23]

In March 2020, Yoon was a lead cast member in the web television series Oppa Will Date Instead.^[24] In October, she joined the cast of the television series Please Don't Date Him, which stars Song Ha-yoon and Lee Jun-young. The multi-part television series aired on South Korea's MBC network on November 10, 2020.^[25]

In June 2022, Yoon along with Chorong formed Apink's new sub-unit called "ChoBom", they released their first single album Copycat on July 12.^[26] In August 2022, Yoon made her musical debut in Wonder Ticket.^[27]

In February 2024, Yoon was cast in tvN's series Queen of Tears portraying the role of Secretary Na.^[28] The series later became the highest viewership in tvN's history with 24.9% in the last episode,^[29] and also gained global popularity with 400 millions accumulative views on Netflix.^[30]

Personal life

In April 2024, reports from Dispatch have mentioned that Yoon Bo-Mi was dating Rado from Black Eyed Pilseung since 2017.^[31] Both agency confirmed the news on 23 April 2024.^[31]

Discography

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Singles

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Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
Title	Year	KOR Gaon ^[32]	Album
As featured artist
"Let's Talk About You" (M.I.B featuring Yoon Bo-mi)	2013	38	The Maginot Line
"Let's Eat Together" (Yoon Hyun-sang featuring Yoon Bo-mi)	2015	61	Non-album single
"Pretty Girl" (Mighty Mouth featuring Yoon Bo-mi)	2018	—^[A]	Non-album single
Collaboration
"I Know I Know" (Yoon Bo-mi with David Oh)	2015	96	Non-album single
"Our Night Is More Beautiful Than Your Day" (Yoon Bo-mi with various artists)	2016	89	Summer11 Project
"Vaccine" (Woo Tae-woo and I-One featuring Yoon Bomi)^[34]	2021	—	Non-album single
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart

Soundtrack appearances

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Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
Title	Year	KOR Gaon ^[35]	Album
"Lovely" (Yoon Bo-mi with Lim Seul-ong)	2015	64	Some Guys, Some Girls OST
"Without You"	2016	—^[B]	Cinderella with Four Knights OST
"I Pray 4 You" (Yoon Bo-mi with Kim Nam-joo)	2017	—	School 2017 OST
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart

Composition credits

All song credits are adapted from the Korea Music Copyright Association's database unless stated otherwise.^[37]

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List of songs, showing year released, artist name, and name of the album
Title	Year	Artist	Album
"Dear (Whisper)"	2016	Apink	Dear
"Lost Piece"	2016		Dear
"Thank You" (고마워)	2021		Non-album single