:Park Junyoung

{{Short description|South Korean singer (born 1982)}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Park Junyoung

| image = Park Junyoung - Higashimatsuyama - 20130602.JPG

| caption = Park Junyoung at a promotional event in Japan, June 2013

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|3|12|df=y}}

| origin = Busan, South Korea

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| occupation = Singer

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| label = King Records

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| website = {{URL|http://www.go-go-juny.com}}

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Park Junyoung ({{Korean|hangul=박준영}}; born 12 March 1982) is a South Korean singer from Busan who debuted in Japan in March 2012 with the single {{Nihongo|"Ai – Que Sera Sera"|愛・ケセラセラ}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000088368|script-title=ja:パク・ジュニョン、「チャラ」発売記念全国47都道府県巡業ツアーをスタート|trans-title= Park Junyoung starts tour of all 47 prefectures to mark release of "Chara"|date= 14 March 2013|work= Barks|publisher= Global Plus, Inc.|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 2 June 2013}}

Career

Park was a member of two different K-pop bands in South Korea, but they both disbanded.{{cite web |url= http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2013/03/14/kiji/K20130314005392640.html|script-title=ja:山本譲二の目にとまった韓国人歌手パク・ジュニョン 47都道府県巡業開始|trans-title= Korean singer Park Junyoung first spotted by George Yamamoto starts tour of 47 prefectures|date= 14 March 2013|work= Sponichi Annex|publisher= Sports Nippon Newspapers|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 2 June 2013}}

He was subsequently spotted by Japanese enka singer {{Interlanguage link|George Yamamoto|ja|3=山本譲二}} while performing as an independent musician in western Japan. His Japanese debut single, {{Nihongo|"Ai – Que Sera Sera"|愛・ケセラセラ}}, was released on 7 March 2012 on the King Records label, and reached number 109 on the Oricon music chart.{{cite web |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/556522/products/music/952213/2/|script-title=ja:愛・ケセラセラ|trans-title= Ai – Que Sera Sera|year= 2012|work= Oricon profile|publisher= Oricon, Inc.|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 2 June 2013}}

Park's second Japanese single, {{Nihongo|"Chara"|チャラ}}, was released on 13 March 2013, and reached number 44 on the Oricon music chart.{{cite web |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/556522/products/music/1006551/2/|script-title=ja:チャラ|trans-title= Chara|year= 2013|work= Oricon profile|publisher= Oricon, Inc.|location= Japan|language= Japanese|accessdate= 2 June 2013}} On the same day, Park embarked on a tour of all 47 prefectures of Japan to promote the single.

Discography

=Singles=

  • {{Nihongo|"Ai – Que Sera Sera"|愛・ケセラセラ}}, (7 March 2012)
  • {{Nihongo|"Chara"|チャラ}}, (13 March 2013)

See also

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