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Yoon Chae-kyung
South Korean actress (born 1996) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yoon Chae-kyung (Korean: 윤채경; born July 7, 1996), is a South Korean actress and singer. Yoon began her career with debuted as a member of Puretty under DSP in Japan during 2012 and the group later disbanded in January 2014. Following the disbandment, Yoon appeared as a contestant in the 2014 Kara's reality show for searching a new member Kara Project. She also appeared in the reality show Produce 101 and later in the mockumentary series The God of Music 2 which she became a member of project group C.I.V.A and also joined the fan-made group of Produce 101, I.B.I both respectively in 2016. Yoon later was added as a member of the DSP girl group April in 2016 and participated in group activities until their disbandment in 2022.
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Early life
Yoon Chae-kyung was born on July 7, 1996, in Incheon and grew up in Siheung. She graduated from Eungye Middle School and Hanlim Multi Art School.[1]
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2012–14: Puretty and Kara Project
On September 5, 2012, Chaekyung debuted in the girl group Puretty, which was a South Korean group based in Japan. They were planning to debut in South Korea as well.[2] Puretty had their first performance at the 2012 Tokyo Toy Show and sang the song "Cheki Love"[3][unreliable source?] which is the theme song for the anime Pretty Rhythm: Dear My Future.[4][unreliable source?] The group disbanded in January 2014 without making their Korean debut.[5]
In mid-2014, Yoon participated in Kara Project, a reality show to competed become new members of the girl group Kara.[6]
2016: Produce 101, C.I.V.A and I.B.I
In early 2016, Yoon represented DSP Media on Produce 101, a show where the final 11 contestants formed the girl group I.O.I. In the final episode, she was ranked in 16th place. On May 1, she released a digital single in collaboration with April's Chaewon titled "Clock" (Korean: 시계).[7]
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In July 2016, she was cast as a trainee in Mnet's mockumentary series The God of Music 2 with a few other Produce 101 contestants and later formed the project girl group, C.I.V.A, which released the song "Why" featuring Miryo.[8]
In August 2016, she joined LOEN Entertainment's project group IBI. The group released the digital single "Molae Molae" (Korean: 몰래몰래) on August 18.[9] On November 11, it was revealed that she would be joining April, following the departure of one of its members.[10]
2017–present: April and acting career
Yoon debuted as a member of April with their third EP Prelude on January 4, 2017[11][12][13] The group officially disbanded on January 28, 2022.[14]
In February 2022, Yoon was confirmed as being cast on web-drama Calming Signal, played role of Cha Do-hee.[15]
On April 22, 2022, Yoon decided to end her contract with DSP Media.[16] Later on April 25, 2022, Yoon signed a contract with Management A.M.9.[17]
On November 19, 2023, Yoon starred in the KBS historical drama Korea-Khitan War with played the character Queen Wonhwa.[18]
On March 27, 2025, it was reported that Yoon would not renew her exclusive contract with Management AM9, which was scheduled to expire on April 25.[19]
On November 3, 2025, PA Entertainment announced via their official Instagram that Yoon had signed with the agency.[20]
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