(김재중) Jaejoong’s Basic Profile

Real Name: Kim Jaejoong (김재중)

Stage Name(s): Hero / YoungWoong JaeJoong(영웅재중/英雄在中), Jejung (ジェジュン)

Vocal Position: Lead

Group Position: Mother

Birthday: January 26th, 1986 (Real Birthday is February 4, 1986, confirmed by his mother)

Height: 180cm

Weight: 63kg

Blood Type: O

Birth Family: Mom, Dad, Younger Sister & Younger Brother

Adoptive Family: Mom, Dad, & 8 Sisters

Hobbies: Cooking, Weight Training, and Composing

Religion: Christian

Education: Graduated from high school, but no information as to university.

Close Friends: Kim Hyun Joong (SS501), BoA , TOP (Big Bang)

Favorite Number: 2, 7, and 333333333333… (infinite)

Favorite Food:—

Favorite Singers/Celebs: KangTa, Yoo Young Jin, Fany, WheeSung, Yumi, Yolanda Adams, HOT

Favorite Sport: Badminton

Favorite Colors: Black and red

Dog: Vick [“Vi-sual Sho-ck”]

Cat(s): Jiji & Yoyo

Bird(s): Dda Dda & La La

Car(s): BMW Z4 LEXUS ES350 AUDI R8

Perfume: CK Be For Men Eau De Toilette Spray(2007)

* Biography *

Hero was born as Han Jaejoon (한재준, 韓在俊) in Gongju, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea. At a young age, Hero was given up for adoption by his birth mother to the Kims and his name was changed to Kim Jaejoong. When he was sixteen, he moved to Seoul by himself in order to take part in the auditions held by SM Entertainment. Life in Seoul proved to be hard for Hero and he had to take various odd jobs to come up with the ₩150,000 needed for the rent. He once took on a role as a soldier in the movie Taegeukgi Hwinallimyeo (태극기 휘날리며); with the money he acquired from the job he used the money to buy gum, which he sold to a female employee at a supermarket.

On December 26, 2003, he debuted with TVXQ at a BoA and Britney Spears showcase under the name a fortune teller foretold years before: YoungWoong JaeJoong. Youngwoong means “hero” in Korean, hence his international name, Hero. Jaejoong also had picked the name Hero because he wanted to be the hero of the music industry. Jaejoong was selected from an audition of 5000 people. Jaejoong won first place, both in best looking and best vocals. That made him the main vocal of TVXQ.

Born in 1986, he was born with the blood-type O and has the personality of someone with the blood type. Is the main vocal of the group, and is carrying out the role of the “big brother” with Yunho. He gives the most criticisms to the members regarding music. Has deep thoughts and talks straight-forwardly. His neat and tidy personality is portrayed in the dorm they live in. Cleaning every corner of the house is blatantly a part of this trait, but he also is interested in cooking and feeds everyone in the group. Is the ‘mother’ of the group. Exceptional cooking skills and can prepare 15 kinds of dishes easily. Won the best looking award from SM and is a pretty boy, but his hobby is weight training — he has a great, masculine body in contrast to his feminine face. Is interested in people’s relationships and likes to love.

YoungWoong Jaejoong has good cooking skills. Right now he cooks for his members. He improved his cooking skills while preparing for his debut also his parent’s contribution was the biggest. Jaejoong’s parents own a restaurant in ChoongNam KwangJoo. JaeJoong went through lots of hardship. He did lots of part-time jobs from working in a convenience store, delivering chicken, newspaper delivery, manual labor, theres nothing he has never done. YoungWoong also appeared in the movie ‘Taeguki wa Hweenalli myuh’ (waving the korean flag) as an extra. But its really difficult to find him in the movie. He appeared as one of the chinese soliders.

JaeJoong’s special talent is his husky voice. But the one thing he likes the most is his eyebrows. Jaejoong said when Song SuHun sees his eyebrows he is going to bow. When he was young his dream was to be a supermarket owner; because you can eat a lot of cookies all you want.

* Injury *

In September 2005, while rehearsing the dance steps for “Rising Sun”, Hero ruptured his cartilage in his knee and was admitted to a hospital in Seoul. He underwent surgery on the same day to repair the tissue.

* Suspension *

On April 7, 2006 at 1:20 AM, Hero was pulled over in his father’s friend’s BMW by a police officer on his way home from the Renaissance Hotels. He was ordered to take a breath test and his level of alcohol was revealed to be 0.071%. After spending 20 minutes at the police station, he was released. Due to violating traffic laws, Hero was temporarily suspended from all TVXQ activities and had his license taken away for 100 days.

* Custody battle over Hero JaeJoong *

On November 21, 2006, a man with the surname Han filed a lawsuit against Hero’s guardians. Han claimed he was Hero’s biological father, and thus wanted parental rights.
Han cited the reason for the lawsuit against Hero’s legal guardians as “for not going through the proper procedures before registering Hero in [the legal guardians’ custody.”He divorced Hero’s biological mother in late 1980s, and gave up his custody over his child, leaving him under Mrs. Han’s custody. However, he had found out some years ago Hero had been raised by a third party, not his biological mother. A DNA test was to be performed in order to prove validity of Han’s claim. Many legal consultants comment that since the adoption had taken place correctly according to the corresponding law, no legal change will be involved regardless of the outcome.

The first hearing was to be held in Hero’s hometown, Gongju, on November 29, 2006. But on November 22, Han dropped the charges against Hero’s legal guardians.Han said that he originally intended to resolve his biological son’s military duty conflicts after being informed of dual citizenship by Ministry of Military Affairs, which involved verifying the fact that he is the biological father. He did not expect his intention to lead to such a scandal, and states that he was scarred by speculations that he wanted to take advantage of Hero’s fame.

In reaction to the matter, Hero uploaded a journal entry on his official fan club website, and said that he was informed of the existence of separate biological parents by his mother two or three years ago, and it had been quite a shock to him. With his current mother’s support, his biological mother has been able to keep in touch with him, and to meet occasionally, but whereabouts of his father had been unknown.

He vigorously expressed his will to live by the name of “Kim Jaejoong,” not by his birth name Han Jaejoon (한재준), and promised to be loyal to all four of his parents. He also said he did not want his family history exposed to the public due to this incident.

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Kim Jaejoong’s Profile

Date of Birth: January 26th, 1986
Place of Birth: Gongju, Chungcheong Southern Province
Body Measurements: 180cm/63kg
Debut: TVXQ’s single ‘Hug’ (04)
Blood Type: O
Hobbies: Playing games, listening to music
Twitter: mjjeje, around 400,000 followers

Kim Jaejoong’s Favorite…
Food: Spicy food
Alcohol: Whiskey, soju
Coffee: Americano
Drink: Sprite
Color: Black
Number: 3
Mobile phone start-up screen: TVXQ
Speed Dial #1: None
Number of Contacts on phone: around 150
Accessory: Necklace, ring
Vacation spot: Anywhere in Korea
Bag: Backpack
Pet: Cat (JiJi)
Game: Smartphone application games