Biography
Kim Ji Woong (김지웅; born in December 14, 1998) is a South Korean singer, actor, and model under NEST Management.
He was a former member of the boy group INX under the stage name Jinam (지남). After INX disbanded in 2017, he re-debuted in 2018 through the boy group ATEEN with the new stage name King (킹). The group eventually disbanded in 2019. He joined a pre-debut group in the same year named B.I.T., but the group only became active until 2020 and never officially debuted.
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He temporarily stopped being an idol and became an actor under his birth name Kim Ji Woong. He officially debuted through the web series The Sweet Blood (2021). He is also best known for portraying Kim Jun-ho in the Boys Love (BL) web series Kissable Lips (2022).
On February 2, 2023, he participated in the Mnet survival show BOYS PLANET. He placed eighth in the final episode of the show which led him to debuting as a member of ZEROBASEONE.
After a two-year hiatus, he returned to his acting career with a special guest appearance in the JTBC drama Surely Tomorrow.
He released a special solo single entitled "CLOSER" on July 14, 2026.
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.