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JAEHYUN
Personal information
Birth name	Jeong Jae-hyun (정재현)
Other names	Jeong Yuno (정윤오) (legally changed) Jay (English name)
Nicknames	Woojae, Jeffrey, J, Jeong Jaeyuk, Valentine Boy, Umchinah, Bbang Jae, Memory Manipulator, Peaches, Nation's first love, Jayhyen, Cha Minho, Jae, Yoonoh, Jay Hun, Heart Guy
Birth date	February 14, 1997 (1997-02-14)
Birth place	Seoul, South Korea
Body statistics	180 cm (5 ft 11 in) (height) 63 kg (139 lb) (weight)
Blood type	A
MBTI	ESFP
Zodiac sign	♒ aquarius
Chinese zodiac sign	🐂 ox
Other information
Current residence	NCT 127 dorm, Seoul, South Korea
Education	Shindong Elementary School (Graduated) Shindong Middle School (Graduated) Apgujeong High School (Transferred) School of Performing Arts Seoul (SOPA) (Broadcasting Arts) (Graduated)
Languages	Korean English
Instruments	Piano Guitar
Hobbies	Playing Sports Watching movies/videos Listening to music Reading Fashion Magazines
Likes	Musical movies Pokémon Thriller and horror movies
Dislikes	Raisins Trot music Being late or tardy
Career
Unit(s)	NCT U (2016–present) NCT 127 (2016–present)
Active	2016–present
Occupation	Singer, Rapper, Dancer, Actor
Members
Previous	DOYOUNG (NCT 127) TEN (NCT)
Next	JUNGWOO (active NCT 127 member) WINWIN (NCT)

• "Valentines/Peachzens" is JAEHYUN's solo fandom name created by his fans.
• Official emoji: 🍑 (peach)

Pre Debut

Training/childhood

• JAEHYUN was a trainee for 4 years.
  • He was accepted to SM Entertainment through a street cast in South Korea.
  • He was cast into SM Entertainment when he was in eighth grade.
  • JAEHYUN was introduced as an SMROOKIES member, along with Irene and Lami, on December 10, 2013.
  • JAEHYUN joined in 2012 and debuted in 2016.
• When he was younger, he dreamed of becoming an architect.

Casting story

• JAEHYUN was given the cleaning job at school that day and stayed late and ran into the casting directors in front of his school. He was born in South Korea but lived in Connecticut, USA for 4-5 years and came home to South Korea to continue his studies. He changed his name from Jung JAEHYUN to Jung Yoon Oh. He auditioned with the song MAMA by EXO by practicing the song in front a mirror window in his home at the time.

Personality

• JAEHYUN's MBTI personality type is ESTP/ESFP.
  • He retook the test and the got the latter twice.
• MARK says that JAEHYUN is good at taking care of NCT's younger members.
• When he was younger, he would have a talkative personality at home, but at school he was very shy.

Nicknames

• Bbang Jae
• Cha Minho
• Heart Guy
• J
• Jae
• Jay Hun
• Jayhyen
• Jeffrey
• Jeong Jaeyuk
• Memory Manipulator
• Nation's first love
• Peaches
• Umchinah
• Valentine Boy
• Woojae
• Yoonoh
• One of his nicknames, “Casper", was given to him because of how white his face was and how he looked like a cartoon character.

Relationships

• He shares a birthday with Lee Haeri (Davichi), Cream (M.I.B), Yujeong (Laboum), Jota (MADTOWN), and Junghoon (OMEGA X/ENOi, formerly) among others.

Famous Friends

• JAEHYUN is in a group chat with GOT7‘s Bambam and Yugyeom, BTS‘ Jungkook, SEVENTEEN‘s Mingyu, The8 and DK, and ASTRO‘s Cha Eunwoo (the ’97 liners).
• JAEHYUN and Seventeen’s DK went to the same school. In a radio interview, DK said that back then he didn’t dare to speak to JAEHYUN because he was too handsome.

Likes

• Musical movies
• Pokémon/Pikachu/Charmander
• Thriller and horror movies
• He collects vinyl records.

Favorites

• Foods: Meat, spicy pork, peach, kimchi, and green tea ice cream
• Drinks: Café Americano
• Accessory: Bracelets
• Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio
• Aroma: Lavender
• Author: Agatha Christie
• Avenger: Captain America
• Basketball Player: Michael Jordan
• Book: Courage to be Disliked by Fumitake Koga and Ichiro Kishimi
• Book Genre: Fantasy
• Color: White and Blue
• Flower: Rose
• Holiday: Christmas
• Movie: Beauty and the Beast
• Movie Genre: Thriller
• Music Genre: Hip-Hop/R&B
• Musician: IU and Cigarettes After Sex
• Season: Spring
• Sport: Basketball
• Variety Show: The Return of Superman
• Weather: Snowy
• His favorite sports team when he was young used to be the LA Lakers.

Dislikes

• Raisins
• Trot music
• Being late or tardy

Other

• He speaks fluent English because he lived in Connecticut, USA for 4-5 years.
• He is good at studying.
• When he falls asleep, he always sleeps sideways and never facing up.
• He sleeps while hugging his blanket, not a pillow.
• He spent a lot of time alone at school when he was younger.
• He wants to travel around the world.
• He is the member who has the best alcohol tolerance, up to three bottles of Soju.
• He sets the highest bowling score in the '2019 Idol Star Athletics Championship (ISAC)' in just 3 weeks of practicing. He also impressed viewers by having six consecutive strikes and ultimately having the highest score with 243.
  • His bowling segment recorded the highest viewer rating on the first day of the '2019 Idol Star Athletics Championship (ISAC)', which hit up to 7.2%.
• He was a radio DJ alongside JOHNNY in NCT Night Night (from March 20, 2017 to January 27, 2019).
• He says his body secret is that he has lots of hair.
• He eats a lot (and sometimes he steals other members food too).
• JAEHYUN is the one who actually raised a hedgehog, but only lasted for a month as it was too untamed than he first thought it would be.
• When asked who he would like to switch bodies with, he said he wouldn't switch bodies with anyone.
• He has been roommates with TAEYONG, HAECHAN, and JUNGWOO before.
• His favorite word is "believe" because it is important to believe in yourself.
• His Harry Potter house would be Slytherin.
• JAEHYUN said when there is a schedule, he usually drinks 3 cups of coffee a day, but when there isn't one he would drink one.
• Specialty: Singing, Rap, Guitar, Piano, Basketball
• Ideal Type: Women with straight and long hair.