Jo Kwon Profile

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JO KWON'S PROFILE

Name : Jo Kwon (조권)
Nickname: Kkap-kwon, Ballengie, J-kwon

Birthdate : August 28, 1989 (age 22)

Birthplace : Suwon, South Korea
Star sign: Virgo
Position: Leader, Lead Vocalist, Face of The Group
Profession: Singer and actor
Specialty: Singing and dancing

Blood Type : A

Religion : Christian

Height : 173cm

Weight : 53kg

Education : Kyung Hee University

Languages : Korean, Chinese, Japanese

Hobbies : Watching movies, listening music, singing, internet

Favorite Singers : JYP, Im Jung Hee, Rain, Usher, Beyoncé
Talent agency: JYP Entertainment

Jo Kwon (조권) is the leader of South Korean Boyband 2AM. Beside singer, Jo Kwon is also an actor. He was chosen as the last members of Park Jin Young's "99% Challenge Project" along with Wonder Girls Sunye. Jo Kwon is the longest serving male trainee in JYP entertainment, having trained for 2567 days; exactly 7 years and 10 days since joining JYP. Jo Kwon debuted with 2AM on July 11, 2008.

Jo Kwon had appeared as a guest star on various shows like "Star King", which is popular for its gags is fun and frivolous dance. Jo Kwon was part of Dirty Eyed Girls on an episode of 2PM's variety show "Wild Bunny", performing a parody of popular Brown Eyed Girls song Abracadabra. In September 2009, Jo Kwon with Super Junior Shindong, SS501 Kim Hyung Joon, and former Fly To The Sky Brian Joo was MCs for SBS's environmental variety show "Find it! Green Gold". October 3, 2009 Jo Kwon and Brown Eyed Girls Ga In joined the cast of We Got Married as coupled. In 2010,  Jo Kwon became a permanent cast member of Family Outing 2. He is also currently acting in the sitcom All My Love with co stars Park Min Sun, Kim Gab Soo and fellow idol and 'wife' Brown Eyed Girl Ga In.

On February 5, 2009 Jo Kwon sang with 2AM Changmin titled 'Graduation' (졸업), 2AM Jinwoon in May Doni's 'Molla-ing' (몰라-ing), and Baek Jiyoung's 'All Night' (밤새도록). He released a digital single with his wife in We Got Married Brown Eyed Girls Ga in on December 16, 2009 titled 'We Fell in Love' (우리 사랑하게 됐어요). On March 24, 2010 Jo Kwon participated in Wax's repackaged album Unplugged Side A. He sang a duet with her titled 'Farewell Song' (이별이야기). On June 30, 2010, Jo Kwon released his first solo digital single titled 'The Day I Confessed' (고백하던 날).

In 2011, Jo Kwon appeared on an episode of Variety Show '2PM Show' along with 2AM Seulong. In 2012, Jo Kwon and 2PM Wooyoung announcement of both solo albums. They are reported to be releasing solo albums in middle of 2012. 2PM Wooyoung and Jo Kwon, who are both born in 1989, were trainees at JYP Entertainment for a long time, and have shown a close friendship.