Namjoo/ Kim Nam Joo (Apink)

Namjoo (남주) is a South Korean singer, rapper, lyricist and designer under Choi Creative Lab. She is a member of the girl group Apink and their sub-units Apink BnN and Apink JooJiRong.

As a soloist, she goes by her full name Kim Nam Joo. She debuted as a member of Apink in April 21, 2011. She made her solo debut on September 7, 2020 with her first single "Bird".

Stage Name: Namjoo (남주)

Birth Name: Kim Nam Joo (김남주)

Position: Lead Vocalist, Lead Dancer, Rapper

Birthday: April 15, 1995

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Height: 165 cm (5’5″)

Weight: 46 kg (101 lbs)

Blood Type: B

Sub-units: Apink BnN; JooJiRong

Twitter: @Apinkknj

Instagram: sarangdungy

Youtube: 남주세끼

Agency:

Choi Creative Lab (2023–present)

IST Entertainment (2011–2023)

Group debut:

April 19, 2011 (Apink)

June 27, 2014 (Apink BnN)

Solo debut:

September 7, 2020

2011: Debut with Apink

She debuted as a member of Apink on April 19, 2011 with the group's first mini album Seven Springs of Apink.

2019: Sugar Please

On February 14, 2019, Namjoo launched her own fashion line, Sugar Please.

2023: Departure from IST Entertainment, new agency

On April 28, IST Entertainment announced that Chorong, Bomi, Namjoo, and Hayoung decided not to renew their contracts but will still maintain their activities as members of Apink.

On that same day, it was announced that she, alongside Chorong, Bomi and Hayoung, had signed exclusive contracts with Choi Creative Lab. The agency detailed plans of supporting their individual activities and as well as the future of Apink.

Education

She attended Seoul Performing Arts High School, graduating in February 13, 2014. In 2015, she was accepted to Sungkyunkwan University's Department of Performing Arts.

Single albums:

"Bird" (2020)

Collaborations:

"'A Cube' For Season # White" (with Jang Hyunseung & Eunji) (2013)

"'A Cube' For Season # Blue Season 2" (with Yook Sungjae) (2015)

"Merry Summer" (with Bomi, Chaeyeon, LE, Seo In Young, Lee Seok Hoon, Woo Tae Woon, Yang Da Il, BrotherSu, Chancellor & Kang Min Hee) (2016)

"Destiny (from Cool Summer Project)" (with Niel & Nam Do Hyon) (2020)

"Summer Memories (from Cool Summer Project)" (with Ravi & Kang Seung Sik) (2020)

OSTs

"I Wanna Hear Your Song OST Part.1" ("Stay With Me" feat. Park Junho) (2019)

"The Stairway of Time OST Part.2" ("Last Trip") (2021)

Musical <Midnight Sun> Original Soundtrack ("A Melody Called You" with Onew) (2022)

Other releases:

Two Yoo Project - Sugar Man Part. 1 ("Did You Forget" with Bomi) (2015)

Dramas:

Investigator Alice (Naver TV Cast, 2015–2016)

Bad Boys Detective (Naver TV, 2017–2018)

Variety shows:

Shikshin Road 2 (k-star, 2016)

The Show Fan PD (SBS funE, 2017)

Musical theater:

Midnight Sun (2022)

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Namjoo Facts:

– Her birthplace is Seoul, South Korea.

– Education: Dongmyung Kindergarten, Wonmyung Elementary School, Seoul Middle School, Seoul School of Performing Arts, Sungkyunkwan University

– She is an only child.

– Her mother and cousin are fluent in English.

– She can speak better Chinese than Naeun even though Naeun’s the one who’s learning the language.

– She is called the “Tireless Energizer“.

– She calls herself Beyoncé.

– she has been a big SHINee Onew fangirl since pre debut and has also chosen him as her ideal type.

– She has a very bright and active personality.

– She’s good at impersonations.

– She loves eating spicy food and pork and kimchi stew made by her mother.

– Her favorite colors are pink and purple.

– Her favorite number is 3.

– She has known HyunA since elementary school.

– She was part of the girl dancing crew in BEAST/B2ST‘s “Beautiful“.

– Namjoo acted in the drama “Investigator Alice” (2015), “Akdong Detectives” (2017 – Web Drama)

– Namjoo made her debut as musical actress 2017 as Juliet in musical “Romeo and Juliet”.

– Namjoo had a duet with Phantom, they sang “Seoul Lonely”.

– She is part of the duo Pink BnN, alongside Bomi.

– Namjoo wrote the lyrics of the song “Forever Star” in Apink’s 7th mini-album One and Six.

– She debuted as a soloist on September 7, 2020 with a single album “Bird”.

– Namjoo’s ideal type: a man with no double eyelids and who has a good facial expression. Someone who is pure and innocent but also sexy (a rural sexy type of guy).

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