Wen Junhui facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Wen Junhui
文俊辉
Wen in March 2023
Born	(1996-06-10) June 10, 1996 (age 27) Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Other names	Jun
Occupation	Singer actor dancer songwriter
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Musical career
Genres	K-pop Mandopop
Instruments	Vocals piano
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Pledis
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	文俊輝
Simplified Chinese	文俊辉
Hanyu Pinyin	Wén Jùnhuī
Korean name
Hangul	문준휘
Revised Romanization	Mun Junhwi
McCune–Reischauer	Mun Chunwi
Stage name
Hangul	준
Revised Romanization	Jun
McCune–Reischauer	Chun
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Wen Junhui (Chinese: 文俊辉; Hangul: 문준휘; born June 10, 1996), professionally known by his stage name Jun (Hangul: 준), is a Chinese singer, dancer, and actor based in South Korea and China. He is a member of the South Korean boy group Seventeen and its subunit Performance Team. Before debuting as a member of Seventeen, Jun was a child actor who starred in multiple films including The Pye Dog (2006), for which he won the Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild's Best New Actor Silver Award, and The Legend Is Born: Ip Man (2010). He released his first solo single "能不能坐在我身旁" ("Can You Sit By My Side?") on 14 December 2018.

Early life

Wen Junhui was born on June 10, 1996, in Shenzhen. He has a younger brother named Fengjun who is ten years younger than him. As a child, Jun began starring in commercials at the age of two and worked as a child actor on TV shows and movies in Hong Kong and Mainland China.

Career

Early career and debut

In October 2012, Jun moved to South Korea to undergo training under Pledis Entertainment. From 2013 to 2015, he appeared on Seventeen TV and Seventeen Project: Big Debut Plan as a trainee alongside the future members of his band. He debuted as a member of Seventeen on 26 May 2015 under the stage name Jun. The group's first EP 17 Carat was released three days later, on May 29, 2015.

In 2018, Jun and group member The8 participated in the Chinese music reality show Chao Yin Zhan Ji (Chinese: 潮音战纪). Jun won the first solo stage competition on the show with his performance of Wo Ming Bai (Chinese: 我明白), a Chinese cover of Seventeen's Thanks. He wrote the Chinese lyrics for the cover. From October to December 2018, he co-hosted the Chinese music ranking show called YO! BANG (Chinese: 由你音乐榜样).

Solo music

Jun released his first solo song, and the special single album Can You Sit By My Side (Chinese: 能不能坐在我身边), which he wrote lyrics for, on 14 December 2018. In 2020, he participated in the soundtrack of The King: Eternal Monarch with the song "Dream".

On 5 February 2021, Jun released the single "Crow" (乌鸦), which debuted on and later repackaged it into his second single album Silent Boarding Gate (寂寞号登机口) released on 14 February. His single "Crow" made its mark on the Billboard World Digital Songs Sales chart after less than one week of its release, marking Jun's debut as a solo artist on the Billboard charts.

On 23 September 2022, Jun released his third digital single "Limbo" with 2 versions in Korean and Chinese. In China, he sold 29,000 copies of the digital album containing both tracks on Tencent/QQ Music within the first week of release. The Korean version peaked at 26 on the Bugs Real-Time chart and became his first song to chart on the platform. On Melon, the track entered the daily chart for 23 September at 723, an improvement from Crow which had ranked at 948. On the Melon latest 24h (1 week) chart, Limbo Korean Ver peaked at 14.

On 4 July 2023, Jun released his fourth digital single "Psycho". Five days later on 9 July, Jun would perform solo at the Tencent Music Awards.

Acting

Jun's acting career started at the age of two when he was cast in a commercial. He has appeared in numerous television series, including Flying Dragon – the Special Unit (Chinese: 特警飞龙) at the age of five. He made his film debut in 2007 in The Pye Dog [zh], for which he won the Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild's Best New Performer Silver Award and was nominated for the Best New Performer Award of the 27th Hong Kong Film Awards in 2008 for the same film. In 2010, he played the young Ip Man in The Legend Is Born: Ip Man.

In 2014, he was cast in the Chinese web drama Intouchable. He filmed a music video for the NetEase mobile game A Dream of Jianghu in July 2019. In October 2021, in Wuxi, China, he began filming for the Chinese web drama Exclusive Fairytale. He plays the male lead role Ling Chao.

Personal life

Jun learned wushu as a child and participated in competitions. During a match, he suffered an injury which progressed into Pott disease, from which he has since recovered. He also plays the piano and has performed arrangements of Seventeen's songs.

His looks have garnered him the nicknames of "The Miracle of Mainland" (大陸の奇跡) in Japan and "Big Beautiful" (Chinese: 大漂亮) in China. He is also known to fans as the "Little Prince of Shenzhen Subway" (Chinese: 深圳地铁小王子) because a promotional ad he filmed for the Shenzhen Metro in middle school is still being aired on certain trains.

Discography

Singles

Soundtrack appearances

Other songs

Released on the Chinese digital music platforms QQ Music, KuGou Music and Kuwo Music unless otherwise specified.

Songwriting credits

Credits are adapted from the Korea Music Copyright Association unless otherwise specified.

Year	Song	Artist	Album	Lyrics		Music
				Credited	With	Credited	With
2016	"Highlight" (Performance Team)	Seventeen	Going Seventeen		Bumzu, Hoshi, Dino, The8, Lee Yoo-jung		N/A
2017	"My I" (Jun and The8)		Al1		Bumzu, The8		N/A
	"Hello"		Teen, Age		Bumzu, DK, Mingyu		N/A
2018	"Wo Ming Bai" (我明白)	Wen Junhui	Non-album release		Bumzu, Woozi, Hoshi		N/A
	"Can You Sit By My Side"		Can You Sit By My Side		Song Bingyang		N/A
2019	"Home" (Chinese Version)	Seventeen	Non-album release		Bumzu, The8, Tina Wang, Woozi		N/A
2021	"Wave"	Seventeen	Your Choice		Bumzu, Woozi, Dino, Hoshi, The8		N/A
2022	"Limbo"	Self	Single		Glenn, JOZU		Beomhun Lee, Glenn, JOZU
2023	"Psycho"	Self	Single		Glenn, PonyZhang		Glenn, BuildingOwner

Filmography

Film

Television series

Television shows

Music videos appearances

Awards and nominations

See also

In Spanish: Wen Junhui para niños