Jang Won-young Profile, Age, Height, Weight, Affairs, Biography & More

Jang Won-young known mononymously as Wonyoung, is a South Korean singer and model. She is a member of Ive under Starship Entertainment and is also a former member of project girl group Iz*One after finishing first in Mnet’s girl group survival reality television show Produce 48.

Jang Won-young was born on August 31, 2004.

After starting Iz*One’s activities, Off the Record announced Jang and her parents’ intention to home-school in April 2019. She subsequently left Yonggang Middle School and took the qualification exam. Jang passed with a perfect score in Korean, English, and mathematics. Jang is currently a student at School of Performing Arts Seoul (SOPA).

From June 15 to August 31, 2018, Jang represented Starship Entertainment alongside An Yu-jin and Cho Ka-hyeon on the girl group survival reality television show Produce 48. She eventually placed first and debuted with Iz*One.

Iz*One’s Korean debut extended play (EP) Color*Iz was released on October 29, 2018, under Off the Record label, with “La Vie en Rose” serving as its title track. Both the EP and its lead single received immediate commercial success, allowing the group to receive the New Artist of the Year award at several awards ceremonies, including Golden Disc Awards and Seoul Music Awards.

The group’s Japanese debut single, “Suki to Iwasetai”, was released on February 6, 2019, under UMG’s EMI Records label. Along with the group’s Japanese debut promotion, Jang was selected alongside the Japanese member Sakura Miyawaki to center a collaboration stage between Nogizaka46, Keyakizaka46 and AKB48 on FNS Music Festival. At the start of September 2019, Jang was chosen to walk the runway on 29th Tokyo Girls Collection 2019 Autumn/Winter held at Saitama Super Arena, marking her runway debut. She reappeared, in the same year, on the runway for 29th Tokyo Girls Collection 2019 Autumn/Winter held in Kitakyushu.

After Iz*One’s disbandment on April 29, 2021, Jang returned to be a trainee under Starship Entertainment along with group mate and label mate An Yu-jin. In September 2021, she was announced as the new host for Music Bank with Enhypen Sung-hoon. Her contract as a host with Music Bank was extended in September 2022, with changes in co-host to Lee Chae-min. On November 4, 2021, Starship Entertainment revealed Jang as one of the six members in their new girl group Ive.

On December 1, 2021, Jang officially debuted as of member of Ive with the release of their single album, Eleven, led by the single of the same name and “Take It”. She was chosen to host for 2021 Asia Artist Awards on December 2 along with Leeteuk. On July 15, 2022, Jang was once again selected to host the 2022 Asia Artist Awards held in Japan on December 13 with Leeteuk. In the same year, she was revealed to host the 2022 KBS Song Festival on December 16 with Na In-woo and Kim Shin-young.