Kan Jong-woo
{{short description|South Korean singer and songwriter (born 1982)}}
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| birth_place = South Korea
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| genre = K-pop
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| years_active = 2009–present
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Kan Jong-woo ({{korean| 간종우}}; born April 11, 1982) is a South Korean singer and songwriter. He is a twin brother of singer Kan Jong-wook. They have formed a K-pop vocal duo called J2 ({{korean|제이투}}) in 2010.{{cite web|title='J2' 가수 간종욱과 간종우 쌍둥이 형제 듀오|publisher=Donga News|url=http://news.donga.com/3/all/20100621/29262326/1|accessdate=2019-03-14|date=21 June 2010|language=Korean|archive-date=2019-04-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411211350/http://news.donga.com/3/all/20100621/29262326/1|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=간종욱 쌍둥이형 간종우와 남성듀오 J2 전격결성|publisher=매일 제|url=https://www.mk.co.kr/news/culture/view/2010/06/323788/|accessdate=2019-04-05|date=21 June 2010|language=Korean|archive-date=2019-05-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502170220/https://www.mk.co.kr/news/culture/view/2010/06/323788/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title='쌍둥이' 제이투, 솔로서 듀엣으로..'행방불명' 발매|publisher=매일경제|url=https://m.entertain.naver.com/read?oid=081&aid=0002095093|accessdate=2019-03-05|date=1 July 2010|language=Korean|archive-date=2024-01-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126153635/https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/081/0002095093|url-status=live}} Their first single "Missing" was used as the title track for movie Man of Vendetta.{{cite web|title=J2 행방불명인가보다 패러디 폭소만발..네티즌화제|publisher=아시아경제|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010121711583474125|accessdate=2019-03-10|date=5 July 2010|language=Korean|archive-date=2023-10-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024054833/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2010121711583474125|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=J2, '파괴된 사나이'와 함께 신곡 '행방불명' 인기↑|publisher=nownews|url=http://nownews.seoul.co.kr/news/newsView.php?id=20100705603122|accessdate=2019-03-10|date=5 July 2010|language=Korean|archive-date=2023-10-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024055534/https://nownews.seoul.co.kr/news/newsView.php?id=20100705603122|url-status=live}} Kan has written over 60 lyrics including major South Korean national TV shows' OSTs like Apgujeong Midnight Sun, Royal Family, Princess Aurora, Pink Lipstick, Bravo, My Love!, and Gloria.{{cite web|title=IMDb|publisher=IMDb.com|url=https://m.imdb.com/name/nm10906666/|accessdate=2019-09-05|date=10 August 2019|language=English|archive-date=2019-09-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905165149/https://m.imdb.com/name/nm10906666/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title='쌍둥이 듀오 '제이투' MBC 주말드라마 '글로리아' OST 맡아|publisher=Busan Ilbo|url=http://www.busan.com/view/busan/view.php?code=20100811000193|accessdate=2019-01-08|date=12 August 2010|language=Korean|archive-date=2024-01-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126153751/https://www.busan.com/view/busan/view.php?code=20100811000193|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title='사랑아 눈물아' 네티즌 심금 울리며 최고 OST 등극|publisher=마이데일리 뉴스|url=http://m.mydaily.co.kr/new/read.php?newsid=201110260855211112|accessdate=2019-04-08|date=26 October 2011|language=Korean|archive-date=2024-01-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126153732/https://ow.pubmatic.com/setuid?bidder=amx&uid=cba5a8d0-ab13-497f-9b97-43d6e188cbce&do=m.mydaily.co.kr#_DYAD|url-status=live}}{{cite interview|title=[쿠키人터뷰] 쌍둥이 남성듀오 J2 “피를 나눈 종신계약…해체란 없다”|publisher=쿠키뉴스|url=http://www.kukinews.com/news/article.html?no=99831|accessdate=2019-05-02|date=15 July 2010|language=Korean|archive-date=2024-01-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126153751/http://www.kukinews.com/newsView/kuk201007150028|url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=woo [제이투] |publisher=maniadb |url=http://rcs.maniadb.com/artist/359830 |accessdate=2019-04-23 |language=Korean |archive-date=2019-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511025146/http://rcs.maniadb.com/artist/359830 |url-status=live }}
Personal life
Kan graduated from Pratt Institute,{{cite web|title=Daum 인물백과|publisher=Daum|url=http://100.daum.net/encyclopedia/view/33XXXX541472|accessdate=15 January 2019|date=7 December 2018|language=Korean|archive-date=11 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411211348/http://100.daum.net/encyclopedia/view/33XXXX541472|url-status=live}} both undergraduate and graduate school, and has BFA in Interior Design{{cite web|title=간종욱 엄친아 쌍둥이형, 'J2'로 가수 데뷔|publisher=Star News|url=http://star.mt.co.kr/stview.php?no=2010062111295537368|accessdate=17 March 2016|date=21 June 2010|language=Korean|archive-date=26 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126153815/https://www.starnewskorea.com/stview.php?no=2010062111295537368|url-status=live}} and Masters in communication design. He currently lives in New York City working as a designer.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}
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Category:South Korean male singers