Yoon Doo-joon


Yoon Doo-joon, better known mononymously as Doojoon, is a South Korean singer and actor. He is the leader of the South Korean boy group Highlight.

Early life

Yoon Doo-joon was born in Goyang, South Korea on July 4, 1989. His dream of becoming a high school Physical Education teacher changed suddenly during his second year of high school after watching MTV's Big Bang Documentary. His parents and teachers didn't agree with him at first. However, he pleaded them to register him for music school and he soon started auditioning to become a singer.
Doojoon then became a trainee of JYP Entertainment and was featured in the Mnet documentary Hot Blooded Men, a reality program that shows the preparation for their debut, with 2AM and 2PM, but he was eliminated along the course of the show.
He then moved to Cube Entertainment and was featured as a rapper in AJ's "Wipe the Tears". He later debuted as the leader of Beast. Their journey leading up to debut was showcased in their MTV documentary MTV B2ST.
He graduated from Kyung Hee Cyber University in post-modern musicology.
He currently attends Dongshin University as a student majoring in Broadcast Entertainment, under a full scholarship, along with 3 other members of Beast.

Career

Highlight (formerly known as Beast)

Doo-joon debuted as a leader of Beast in 2009. In 2016, he left label Cube Entertainment along with several other members. They have since reformed to promote as Highlight under Around Us Entertainment.

Solo career

Before his debut with Beast, he auditioned for High Kick Through the Roof and was offered a role in the sitcom, but he turned it down to focus on his music career. A month after debut, he became a member of the reality-variety series Danbi, a segment part of MBC's Sunday Sunday Night line-up. The show ended with its last broadcast on August 15, 2010.
Doojoon was then chosen to model on an advertisement for premium jeans brand Buckaroo along with Shin Se-kyung. Doojoon was also featured for G.NA's album title song "I'll Back Off So You Can Live Better" music video along with fellow Beast member, Junhyung.
Doojoon debuted as an actor when he was cast in MBC's daily sitcom More Charming By The Day and All My Love. On December 29, 2010, Doojoon was awarded with the Rookie Comedy Award from the 2010 MBC Entertainment Awards for his performance.
In 2013, he featured in spy action drama Iris II. The same year, he starred tvN's slice-of-life drama Let's Eat.
He reprised his role in the second season, Let's Eat 2 which aired in 2015. The same year, he starred in the MBC drama special Splash Splash Love.
In 2018, Doojoon starred in the romance drama Radio Romance. The same year, he reprised his role in the third season of the Let's Eat franchise.
On 13 April 2020, it was announced that he would be a part of the cast of TvN variety show, 4 Wheeled Restaurant.

Military enlistment

Yoon enlisted for mandatory military duty on August 24, 2018. He was discharged on April 10, 2020.

Discography

Songwriting credits

Singles

Filmography

Film

Television series

Reality show

Variety show

Hosting

Awards and nominations

See also List of awards and nominations received by Highlight
YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2010MBC Entertainment AwardsRookie Comedy AwardAll My Love & More Charming By the Day
2015tvN go AwardsRising Actor AwardLet's Eat
2016tvN10 AwardsRomantic-Comedy King Let's Eat 2
2016tvN10 AwardsBest Kiss Award Let's Eat 2
20183rd Asia Artist AwardsPopularity Award - Actor
2018KBS Drama AwardsBest Couple Award Radio Romance