Wen Junhui facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Wen Junhui
文俊辉
Jun at a UNESCO forum in November 2023 with Seventeen
Born	(1996-06-10) June 10, 1996 (age 28) Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Nationality	Chinese
Other names	Jun
Occupation	Singer Actor Dancer Songwriter
Years active	2002–present
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Musical career
Genres	K-pop Mandopop
Instruments	Voice Piano
Years active	2015–present
Labels	Pledis Entertainment
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
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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 Performance Team subunit.

Before debuting as a member of Seventeen, Jun was a child actor who starred in multiple films including The Pye Dog (2007), for which he won the 2nd Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild's Best New Actor Silver Award, and The Legend Is Born: Ip Man (2010). In 2023, Jun returned to acting with a lead role in iQIYI's Exclusive Fairytale (Chinese: 独家童话).

Alongside his work with Seventeen, he has released multiple songs in his native language, including "Limbo" and "Psycho", the former of which garnered him an award at the Tencent Music Entertainment Awards for New Singer-Songwriter of the Year.

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

Acting

In 1998, Jun began his acting career at the young age of two when he was cast in his first 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. In July 2019, he filmed a music video for the NetEase mobile game A Dream of Jianghu (Chinese: 一梦江湖).

Jun made an acting comeback as the male lead (Chinese: 凌超) in the 2023 drama, "Exclusive Fairytale" (独家童话). He won the Rising Star of the Year Award at the 2023 Asia Content Awards & Global OTT Awards.

Debut with Seventeen

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. His training period involved rigorous practice and preparation, in which he developed his skills in dancing and singing. 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", for which he wrote the lyrics. 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 special single album Can You Sit By My Side (Chinese: 能不能坐在我身旁), which he co-wrote lyrics for, on 14 December 2018. In 2020, he participated in the soundtrack of The King: Eternal Monarch with the song "Dream" in Chinese.

On 5 February 2021, Jun released the single "Crow" (Chinese: 乌鸦); it was later repackaged onto his second single album Silent Boarding Gate (Chinese: 寂寞号登机口) released on 14 February. His single "Crow" entered the Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart at number 14 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 two versions in Korean and Chinese. In China, he sold 29,000 copies of the digital album containing both tracks on 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". On 9 July, he attended the Tencent Music Awards, where he won the "New Singer-Songwriter of the Year" award, and performed both as a solo artist, presenting stages of "Psycho" and "Limbo", and as a member of Seventeen.

Other ventures

In February 2024, Jun was announced by iTravel Shenzhen as a travel ambassador for Shenzhen, his hometown. In April, he was announced as the ambassador for skincare brand Filorga. In May, he was announced as the ambassador for bubble tea store Chapanda.

Personal life

Jun learned wushu since he was young, dreaming of becoming a martial arts actor like Jackie Chan. 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 Metro" (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

OSTs

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		KOMCA Works Code
				Credited	With	Credited	With
2016	"Highlight" (Performance Team)	Seventeen	Going Seventeen		Bumzu, Hoshi, Dino, The8, Lee Yoo-jung		N/A	100001489458
2017	"My I" (Jun and The8)		Al1		Bumzu, The8		N/A	100001586543
	"Hello"		Teen, Age		Bumzu, DK, Mingyu		N/A	100001731909
2018	"Wo Ming Bai" (我明白)	Wen Junhui	Non-album singles		Bumzu, Woozi, Hoshi		N/A	N/A
	"Can You Sit By My Side" (能不能坐在我身旁)				Song Bingyang		N/A	100002735634
2019	"Home" (Chinese Ver.)	Seventeen			Bumzu, The8, Tina Wang, Woozi		N/A	N/A
2021	"Wave"		Your Choice		Bumzu, Woozi, Dino, Hoshi, The8		N/A	100003457441
2022	"Limbo" (Korean/Chinese Ver.)	Wen Junhui	Non-album singles		Glenn, JOZU		Beomhun Lee, Glenn, JOZU	100004515003
2023	"Psycho"				Glenn, PonyZhang		Glenn, BuildingOwner	100005190169
	"경음악의 신" (God of Light Music)	Seventeen			Bumzu, S.Coups, Woozi, Vernon, Mingyu		N/A	100005501175

Filmography

Films

Television and web drama series

TV and web variety shows

Awards and nominations

See also

In Spanish: Wen Junhui para niños