Yoon Jae-chan

In this Korean name, the family name is Yoon.
Yoon Jae-chan
Born (1999-11-30) November 30, 1999
South Korea
Occupations
  • Actor
  • singer
Years active2020 (2020)–present
Agents
  • Major9
  • Golden Moon
Musical career
GenresHip-hop
InstrumentVocals
Years active2020 (2020)–2022 (2022)
Formerly ofXro
Korean name
Hangul
윤재찬
RRYun Jaechan
MRYun Chaech'an
Websitewww.goldenmoon.co.kr/actors/yoon-jae-chan/

Yoon Jae-chan (Korean: 윤재찬; born November 30, 1999[1]) is a South Korean actor and singer. He made his acting debut in 2022, and best known for his roles in Twinkling Watermelon (2023) and The Winning Try (2025). Before pursuing his acting career, he participated on the reality competition shows Produce 101 season 2 (2017) and Extreme Debut: Wild Idol (2021). He is a former member of the duo Xro.

Career

Yoon made his first television appearance in 2017, by participating on Mnet's reality competition series Produce 101 season 2 as one of the four The Vibe Label trainees but failed to debut and placed 55th overall.[2][3] He then made his idol debut as a member of the duo Xro on July 16, 2020, with the single album Welcome to My Jungle.[4][5] In 2021, Yoon joined Extreme Debut: Wild Idol as contestant number 28 but eliminated and made his acting debut on KakaoTV's Fly Again.[6][7][8] In 2022, Yoon was cast for HBO Max's Além do Guarda-Roupa and Playlist's Dowdy Guys, with the former released the next year.[9][10] In 2023, he continue his acting career by playing in the first episode of tvN X TVING project O'PENing 2023 titled "Summer, Love Machine Blues", tvN romantic fantasy coming-of-age drama Twinkling Watermelon, and Playlist's Oh My, Oh My God!.[11][12][13] Yoon got his first nomination at the 2023 APAN Star Awards for portraying Park Seung-pil in Dowdy Guys.[14] In 2024, Yoon signed with Golden Moon.[15] He then cast in MBC TV psychological thriller crime drama Doubt and tvN romantic comedy Love Your Enemy.[16][17] He also star in Shortcha's b-boying drama Ready to Beat.[18] In 2025, Yoon joined the cast of SBS TV sports drama The Winning Try, has been cast in the horror film A Place to Kill, which would make his big screen debut, and SBS TV romantic comedy workplace Sold Out on You.[19][20][21] Yoon won his first Best New Actor Award for portraying Ko Se-ho in Doubt at the 7th Daejeon Special FX Festival's DFX OTT Awards, which was held on November 28, 2025.[22]

Filmography

Key
† Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Film

Film appearances
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
TBA Salmokji: Whispering Water † Sung-bin Post-production [20]

Television series

Television series appearances
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2023 Além do Guarda-Roupa Chul-woo [9]
O'PENing 2023 Kim Jang-hwan Episode: "Summer, Love Machine Blues" [11]
Twinkling Watermelon Kang Hyun-yul [12]
2024 Seoul Busters Nam Jung-hyun [23]
Doubt Ko Se-ho [16]
Love Your Enemy Yoo Hong-jae [17]
2025 The Winning Try Do Hyung-sik [19]
2026 Sold Out on You † Hwang Ki-hong [21]

Web series

Web series appearances
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2021 Fly Again Kim Geon [8]
2022 Miracle Zen [15]
Dowdy Guys Park Seung-pil [10]
2023 Oh My, Oh My God! Jeong Hyeon-gyu [13]
2024 Ready to Beat Do-hyun [18]

Reality shows

Television show appearances
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2017 Produce 101 Contestant Season 2; Placed at rank 55 [2][3]
2021 Extreme Debut: Wild Idol Eliminated in episode 7 [6][7]

Web shows

Web show appearances
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2017 Wanna One Go: Zero Base himself Appeared in episode 4 [24]

Awards and nominations

Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination
Award ceremony Year Category Nominee / Work Result Ref.
APAN Star Awards 2023 Excellence Award, Actor in a Webseries Dowdy Guys Nominated [14]
DFX OTT Awards 2025 Best New Actor Doubt Won [22]

References

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