Jaejun (IN A MINUTE) Profile, Bio, & Facts

Jaejun (재준), also known as Marcus, is a South Korean singer-songwriter and actor under Jwin Entertainment. He is a member of the boy group IN A MINUTE. He is a former member of TAN, TREI, C-Clown and the duo JT&MARCUS.

Jaejun (IN A MINUTE) Profile

Jaejun (IN A MINUTE) Facts:

Early Life

– Jaejun was born in Heungdeok-gu, Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea.
– He studied at Gyeongdeok Elementary School and Heungdeok High School.
– He attended Chungbuk National University College of Education.
– He started learning ballet at the age of 6 because of his older sister who was enrolled in a dance academy and learned ballet until the age of 8.
– In 2004, his mother later enrolled him in hiphop dance classes at the age of 8 after he saw Rain’s performance and became interested.

Personal Life

– He later earned a bachelor’s degree in Film Studies from Cheongju University’s College of Arts.
– His name used to be “Myeongwoo” but it got changed to “Jaejun” when he was 10 years old.
– His Chinese zodiac sign is Ox.
– Juntae and Hyunyeop gave him the nickname “tagalog king” because his diction and pronunciation in tagalog is really good. (Oppa is Life Q&A)
– He has two sisters, one of whom was born in 1994.
– He loves seongsu bagels, especially cream cheese flavor.
– His favorite fruits include melon, strawberry and watermelon.
– He learned swimming, piano, basketball, ballet, taekwondo, soccer, and kendo.
– His MBTI was previously INFP and ISTJ.
– He doesn’t like desserts including chocolate.
– He said the last thing he’d ever want to eat is the world’s most expensive dish.
– His favorite foods include ramen and chicken, salty food and rich flavor foods.
– He used to like drinking caramel macchiato but now drinks Iced Americano.
– He also practiced acrobatics but can only perform them on a mat.
– He doesn’t drink coffee after 5pm or else he can’t sleep at night.
– He likes black among all colors.
– He would like fans to call him “흑돌”, meaning “dark-skin idol.”
– Jay Park is his role model.

Career

– Jaejun is the leader of IN A MINUTE.
– He also works as a music producer.
– He participated on the survival show Extreme Debut: Wild Idol in 2021, where he placed 5th and debuted in TAN. The group concluded activities in 2024.
– He was part of the duo JT&MARCUS (2020-2024) under the stage name Marcus, and C-CLOWN (2012-2015) under the stage name Maru.
– He has a training period of nine years.
– He was also in the group TREI (2017-2020).
– He took part in MIXNINE (2017-2018) and reached the final round, ranking 16th.
– He appeared in the BL drama CityBoy_Log (2023) and Tale of Nine-Tailed 1938 (2023).
– In 2024, he helped produce and compose the OST for Jazz for Two.
– He is active in the music crews DIPBLU and WEHOT.
– He appears in the vlog-style web drama CityBog_Log.
– He used to train under Banana Culture.

SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES
Instagram: @jjun_0925
TikTok: @cbl_iam_jaejun

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