Wen Junhui

Biography

Wen Junhui (Chinese: 文俊辉; pinyin: Wén Jùnhuī; born 10 June 1996), known professionally as Jun (Korean: 준), is a Chinese singer, actor, and dancer working in South Korea and China. Managed by Pledis Entertainment, he is a member of the South Korean boy band Seventeen and its performance team.
Before debuting as a member of Seventeen, Jun was a child actor who starred in multiple films including The Pye Dog (2007), The Legend Is Born: Ip Man (2010), and Chinese web drama Intouchable (2015). In 2023, he returned to acting with a lead role in iQIYI's Exclusive Fairytale. In 2025, he returned to films with a supporting role in The Shadow's Edge.
Alongside his work with Seventeen, he has released multiple songs in his native language, including "Limbo×LIMBO23 September 2022 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1LIMBO (Chinese Version)3:102LIMBO (Korean Version)3:10" and "Psycho×PSYCHO3 July 2023 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1PSYCHO2:17", the former of which garnered him an award at the Tencent Music Entertainment Awards for New Singer-Songwriter of the Year.

Early life

Wen Junhui was born on 10 June 1996. He grew up in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, and attended Buji Senior High School. He learned wushu since he was young, with aspirations of becoming a martial arts actor like Jackie Chan. He also learned the piano and has performed arrangements of Seventeen's songs.

1998–2012: Early career in China

Jun entered the entertainment industry as a child. He was scouted at the age of two and appeared in his first advertisement alongside Hong Kong actor Nick Cheung. He later recalled that he began working as a child actor in China at around the age of three. He appeared in numerous television series, including SWAT Dragon (特警飞龙) at the age of five, and the ATV dramas Cross Border Daddy (爸爸两边走) and its sequel Go! Go! Daddy (爸爸向前走).
In 2007, Jun appeared as Lin Zhihong in the Hong Kong film The Pye-Dog. His performance earned him a nomination for Best New Performer at the 27th Hong Kong Film Awards.
During this period, Jun also trained in martial arts. He later said that he had studied martial arts for approximately two years before beginning his trainee career, while later reporting described his childhood training as including traditional Chinese martial arts. In 2010, he portrayed the young Ip Man in the martial-arts film The Legend Is Born: Ip Man.
Jun continued working as an actor near the end of this period. He appeared in the film My Mother (我的母亲), portraying the protagonist's teenage son. The film was released in China on September 17, 2013.

2012–2015: Pledis trainee and early activities

In 2012, Jun was scouted by Pledis Entertainment while at a convenience store in China.In October 2012, Jun moved to South Korea to undergo training under Pledis Entertainment.
As a trainee, Jun appeared in Seventeen TV, an online program broadcast through Ustream that documented the development and training process of Pledis's planned boy group, Seventeen. During the show seasons, he was also shown preparing performances for the Like Seventeen concerts alongside the other trainees. In August and September 2014, he also participated in WAPOP Show 2.
In December 2014, Pledis announced that Jun had been cast in the Chinese web drama Intouchable (男神执事团), which aired the following year.
During the final months before Seventeen's debut, the group continued its online broadcasting activities. On February 20, 2015, Seventeen aired a Lunar New Year pilot titled Hoshi and Seungkwan's Andromeda (호시, 승관의 안드로메다) through AfreecaTV. The program continued as a means of communication between Seventeen and their fans.
By 2015, Jun had been selected as one of Seventeen's thirteen members. In April, Pledis publicly introduced the finalized lineup through a series of individual teasers ahead of Seventeen Project: Big Debut Plan. The MBC reality series began airing on May 2 and followed the thirteen-member lineup through a series of missions leading to their official debut. The MBC show premiered on May 2, followed the finalized lineup as they completed a series of missions in preparation for their official debut.

2015–present: Debut with Seventeen

He debuted as a member of Seventeen on 26 May 2015 under the stage name Jun. The group's first EP 17 Carat was released three days later, on 29 May 2015.
In 2018, Jun and group member The8 participated in the Chinese music reality show Chao Yin Zhan Ji (潮音战纪). Jun won the first solo stage competition on the show with his performance of "Wo Ming Bai" (我明白), a Chinese cover of Seventeen's "Thanks", for which he wrote the lyrics. From October to December 2018, he co-hosted the Chinese music ranking show called Yo! Bang (由你音乐榜样).

2018–present: Solo career and other ventures

Jun released his first solo song and special single album Can You Sit By My Side (能不能坐在我身旁×能不能坐在我身旁14 December 2018 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1能不能坐在我身旁3:38), which he co-wrote lyrics for, on 14 December 2018. In July 2019, he filmed a music video for the NetEase mobile game A Dream of Jianghu (一梦江湖). In 2020, he participated in the soundtrack of The King: Eternal Monarch with the song "Dream" in Chinese.
On 5 February 2021, Jun released the single "Crow" (乌鸦); it was later repackaged onto his second single album Silent Boarding Gate (寂寞号登机口) released on 14 February. His single "Crow" entered the Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart at number 14 after less than one week of its release, marking Jun's debut as a solo artist on the Billboard charts.
On 23 September 2022, Jun released his third digital single "Limbo×LIMBO23 September 2022 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1LIMBO (Chinese Version)3:102LIMBO (Korean Version)3:10" with two versions in Korean and Chinese. In China, he sold 29,000 copies of the digital album containing both tracks on QQ Music within the first week of release. The Korean version peaked at 26 on the Bugs Real-Time chart and became his first song to chart on the platform. On Melon, the track entered the daily chart for 23 September at 723, an improvement from "Crow" which had ranked at 948. On the Melon latest 24h (1 week) chart, "Limbo" (Korean Ver.) peaked at 14.

Jun made an acting comeback as the male lead in the 2023 drama, Exclusive Fairytale (独家童话). He won the Rising Star of the Year Award at the 2023 Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards during the Busan International Film Festival.
On 4 July 2023, Jun released his fourth digital single "Psycho×PSYCHO3 July 2023 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1PSYCHO2:17". On 8 July, he attended the Tencent Music Entertainment Awards and won the "New Singer-Songwriter of the Year" award. The next day, he performed "Limbo" and "Psycho" as a solo artist at the TMEA Music Festival, and also performed as a member of Seventeen.
On 12 August 2024, it was announced that Jun would be taking a break from group activities in South Korea in favor of acting activities in China, and would therefore be absent from the group's scheduled performances at Lollapalooza Berlin in early September, music show performances for Spill the Feels, and the Right Here World Tour. Over the next seven months, he took on roles in two films—Blades of the Guardians (镖人：风起大漠) and The Shadow's Edge (捕风追影)—and one television series, The Whimsical Return (云归喜事).
On 16 August 2025, The Shadow's Edge was released in mainland China, and subsequently screened in 19 countries and regions worldwide. Starring alongside Jackie Chan and Tony Leung Ka-fai, Jun played the role of Hu Feng, a member of a theft ring. His performance earned him a nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the 38th Hundred Flowers Awards in August 2026.

Ambassadorships

In February 2024, Jun was announced by iTravel Shenzhen as a travel ambassador for Shenzhen, his hometown. In April, he was announced as the ambassador for skincare brand Filorga. In May, he was announced as the ambassador for bubble tea brand ChaPanda.

Public image

His looks have garnered him the nicknames by fans: "The Miracle of Mainland" (大陸の奇跡) in Japan and "Big Beauty" (大漂亮) in China. He is also known to fans as the "Little Prince of Shenzhen Metro" (深圳地铁小王子) because a series of public service announcements he filmed for the Shenzhen Metro in middle school are still being aired on certain trains.

Songwriting credits

Credits are adapted from the Korea Music Copyright Association unless otherwise specified.