Yoon Jae-chan
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Yoon Jae-chan | |
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| Born | November 30, 1999 South Korea |
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| Years active | 2020–present |
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| Genres | Hip-hop |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 2020–2022 |
| Formerly of | Xro |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 윤재찬 |
| RR | Yun Jaechan |
| MR | Yun Chaech'an |
| Website | www |
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.
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
Film
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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| 2026 | Salmokji: Whispering Water | Sung-bin | Big screen debut | [20] |
Television series
| † | Denotes series that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Além do Guarda-Roupa | Chul-woo | Brazilian TV series | [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
| 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
| 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
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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| 2017 | Wanna One Go: Zero Base | himself | Appeared in episode 4 | [24] |
