Jeongyeon

Jeongyeon (정연; じょんよん) is a South Korean singer under JYP Entertainment. She is the Lead Vocalist of girl group TWICE and the 2nd oldest member. She debuted with the with the group after ranking second on the survival show SIXTEEN that formed them.

Jeongyeon was born as Yoo Kyung-wan (Korean:유경관) (later changed to Yoo Jeongyeon) in Suwon, Gyeonggi, South Korea. She was born on Nov 1, 1996 and has 2 older sisters.

Early Life
Jeongyeon was born on NOvember 1, 1996 in Suwon, Gyeonggi, South Korea. SHe was born to 2 sisters as well, one being the famours actress Gong Seung-yeon. Her father was a chef who worked for the former president of South Korea, Kim Dae-jung. She took aerobics classes at a young age where she started to be interested in singing and dancing.

Pre-debut
Jeongyeon was rejected from JYP earlier as a child but succeededat the open audition in March. From 2013-2015, Jeongyeon along with other TWICE members Jihyo (formerly Jisoo), Nayeon, Sana, and SIXTEEN contestants Minyoung and Euna Kim. THe group was planned to be named 6Mix but never ended up being formerd. In 2015 Jeongyeon competed on a suvival show called SIXTEEN, along with 15 other girls. She made it into the final line-up and debuted with TWICE in The Story Begins.

Debut with TWICE
Jeongyeon made her official debut with TWICE in their first song "Like Ooh-Ahh" as their Lead Vocalist. On June 22, 2016 it was revealed that Jeongyeon, along with her sister Gong Seung-yeon, and Kim Min-suk would all be MC's for SBS's Inkigayo. On June 8, 2020 Jeongyeon revealed she had been dealing with a neck injury during a V Live broadcast, and she doesn't talk about it a lot. During the shooting of More & More, Jeongyeon had felt numbness in her neck that stemmed all the way to her ear. On AUgust 6, JYP announced that Jeongyeon would perform their live concert TWICE: World in A Day seated due to the injury.

Trivia

 * Her insecurity are her hands, she says they are wrinkly
 * KARD's Jeon Somin is a distant relative of Jeongyeon
 * She has a neck injury
 * She changed her name to Yoo Jeongyeon, as it originally was Yoo Kyung-wan
 * On Section TV, Jeongyeon revealed that the Dance the Night Away choreography was so difficult she need a private session to master it
 * Jeongyeon is left handed
 * Her favorite foods are Tteokbokki, meat and sdjk
 * She wrote the lyrics for Sweet Talker along with Chaeyoung