Moon Bin

Moon Bin (Korean: 문빈; born January 26, 1998), known professionally as Moonbin, is a South Korean singer, actor and model under the label of Fantagio. He is a member of the South Korean boy group Astro.

Moon Bin
Moon Bin during the 2019 S/S Hera Seoul Fashion Week on October 19, 2018
Born (1998-01-26) January 26, 1998
Alma materHanlim Multi Art School
Occupation
  • Singer
  • actor
  • dancer
  • model
Musical career
GenresK-pop
InstrumentsVocals
Years active2009–present
LabelsFantagio
Associated acts
  • Astro
  • Astro - Moonbin & Sanha
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationMun Bin
McCune–ReischauerMun Pin

Early life

Moon Bin was born on January 26, 1998, in Cheonju, Chungbuk Province. He has a younger sister, Moon Sua, who was a former YG Trainee and finalist of the second season of rap competition Unpretty Rapstar.[1]

He attended and graduated from Hanlim Multi Art School, with focus in Practical Music.[2]

Career

2006–2015: Pre debut

Under the influence of his mother, Moon Bin debuted as a child model and ulzzang in 2004. His first known appearance was in 2006, where he appeared in TVXQ's music video for their song "Balloons" portraying a mini U-Know Yunho.[3]

In 2009, he had his first acting role in the Korean drama Boys over Flowers where he played the younger version of Kim Bum's character.[4]

Moon Bin was a trainee of Fantagio since he was in the fifth grade, becoming a full-fledged trainee in his middle school years. He participated in the company's boy group project iTeen, and was the second trainee to be introduced with the Fantagio iTeen Photo Test Cut.[5]

Prior to making his debut with Astro, Moon Bin along with the rest of the group starred in a web-drama, titled To Be Continued.[6]

2016–2019: Debut with Astro, solo activities and Hiatus

Moon Bin debuted as part of the six-member boy group Astro on February 23, 2016. Their debut extended play, Spring Up, contained five songs; including the lead single "Hide & Seek".

On September 7, 2018, Moon Bin was announced to be part of The Ultimate Watchlist of Latest Trends for the first two seasons.[7][8]

On January 17, 2019, Moon Bin had been confirmed to have been cast in Moments of Eighteen, where he played the character of Jung Oh-je.[9]

On November 12, 2019, Fantagio reported that due to health reasons, Moon Bin would be absent from their upcoming promotions for their Blue Flame EP release.[10]

2020–present: Return from hiatus and unit debut

On February 14, 2020, Moon Bin appeared in a Vlive broadcast with the other Astro members, ending his hiatus.[11]

On March 4, 2020, Moon Bin along with band-mate Yoon San-ha and Verivery's Kangmin were announced to be the new hosts of the Korean music show Show Champion.[12] On March 12, 2020, he was confirmed to play the lead role in the web-drama The Mermaid Prince, a role which he reprised for a second season.[13][14]

On May 26, 2020, Moon Bin joined the eco-friendly cooking program Food Avengers.[15]

On September 2020, Moon Bin was announced as one of Nerdy Cafe's model.[16] On September 14, 2020, Moon Bin and band-mate Yoon San-ha debuted as Astro's unit, Moonbin&Sanha, with the release of their debut EP, In-Out along with its lead single, "Bad Idea".[17] The unit received their first music show win from The Show eight days later.,[18] becoming the fastest sub unit to receive a first win.

Discography

Title Year Peak chart positions Sales Album
KOR
[19]
Collaborations
"Language Test"
(with Weki Meki Ji Su-yeon)
2018 N/A FM2018_12Hz

Filmography

Television series

Year Network Title Role Ref
2009 KBS2 Boys Over Flowers Young So Yi-jung
2019 JTBC Moment of Eighteen Jung Oh-je [20][21]

Web series

Year Network Title Role Notes Ref
2015 MBC Every 1 To be Continued Himself [6]
2016 Naver TV Cast My Romantic Some Recipe Cameo appearance; episode 6
2017 Idol Fever Cameo appearance [22]
Oksusu Sweet Revenge' Moonbin (himself)
2019 Naver TV Cast Soul Plate Angel Muriel [23]
2020 Lifetime Korea The Mermaid Prince Woo Hyuk Two seasons [13][14]
Naver TV Cast No Going Back Romance Cameo appearance [24]

Variety show

Year Title Role Network Notes Ref.
2018–2019 The Ultimate Watchlist of Latest Trend Cast member XtVN Two seasons [25][26]
2020 Food Avengers Olive TV [27]

Hosting

Year Title Network Notes Ref.
2018 Incheon K-Pop Concert [28]
2020–present Show Champion MBCM [29]
2020 Gangnam Festival K-Pop Concert

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2020 Brand of the Year Awards 2020 Male Actor Idol of the Year The Mermaid Prince Nominated
1st APAN Music AwardsEntertainer of the Year – MaleN/ANominated[30]

References

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