Park Ji-sung

Biography

Park Ji-sung (Korean: 박지성; born February 5, 2002), also known mononymously as Jisung is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, dancer and actor. He began his career as a child actor, model and dancer, as part of the Nam Hyun-Joon and Kids dance crew. He debuted as cameo actor with "Tree with Deep Roots" in 2011 and made more screentime as supporting role in "Go, Stop Murder" in 2013. After that, he became a trainee under SM Entertainment in 2013 and was part of its pre-debut trainee team SM Rookies. Jisung made his idol debut in August 2016 as a member of South Korean boy group NCT through the sub-unit NCT Dream.

Early life

Park Ji-sung was born on February 5, 2002, in Seoul, South Korea. He graduated from Mia Elementary School and attended Gireum Middle School.

2009–2013: Career beginnings

In 2009, Jisung started learning popping from Nam Hyun-joon and continued to be active in his dance crew, until he was 11 years old. He also worked as a child actor and appeared in various television dramas, films, and commercials.
In addition to performing with dance crews and as a backup dancer for artists, Jisung also appeared as a child actor in many TV dramas, films, and commercials, including the 2010 KBS2 children's program TV Kindergarten Funny Funny, the drama Deep Rooted Tree, and films Crossbow War and Go, Stop, Murder (2014). In 2013, Jisung represented South Korea in the CCTV International Children's Concert held in China.

2013–2015: SM Rookies

In 2013, Jisung participated in the Mnet dance program Dancing 9 and was subsequently scouted by an SM Entertainment talent agent. As his mother was a fan of TVXQ and SHINee, he agreed to audition and successfully became a trainee under SM Entertainment. On December 17, 2013, he was publicly revealed as part of SM Entertainment's pre-debut trainee team SM Rookies.
From 2013 to 2015, Jisung participated in the "SMTown Week" and "SMTown Live World Tour IV" world concert tours together with his future NCT Dream teammates. In July 2015, he appeared in TVXQ's U-Know's music video for "Champagne". In 2015, he was a cast member of Disney Channel Korea's The Mickey Mouse Club during his time as an SM Rookies member. In 2016, he appeared in the reality show NCT Life in Bangkok, which partly documented the 2016 SMRookies pre-debut showcase "SMRookies Show in Bangkok".

2016–present: Debut with NCT Dream and solo activities

On August 25, 2016, Jisung officially debuted as a member of NCT Dream with the single "Chewing Gum".
In May 2018, Jisung participated in JTBC's Why Not? The Dancer, filming took place in Los Angeles, America, with his seniors, Eunhyuk and Taemin from SM Entertainment and Lee Gi-kwang. In September 2018, Park participated as a contestant on the KBS2 dance survival show Dancing High.
In 2020, due to a knee injury, Jisung was not present for NCT 2020 Resonance promotions. With the release of 2021's Hot Sauce album, he became the youngest K-pop idol double-million album seller.
In January 2026, Jisung would join the main cast of Crash for the second season as Ji Dae-se, the TCI team's new recruit.

Songwriting credits

All credits are adapted from the Korea Music Copyright Association, unless cited otherwise.