Choi Hyo-jung (; born on July 28, 1994), better known mononymously as Hyojung is a South Korean singer. She is the leader of the South Korean girl group

Oh My Girl Oh My Girl (, stylized in all caps or OMG) is a South Korean girl group formed by WM Entertainment. The group is composed of six members: Hyojung, Mimi, YooA, Seunghee, Yubin and Arin (singer), Arin. Originally an eight-piece group, JinE left t ...

Early life

Hyojung was born on July 28, 1994, in

Anyang Anyang ( zh, s=安阳, t=安陽; ) is a prefecture-level city in Henan, China. Geographical coordinates are 35° 41'~ 36° 21' north latitude and 113° 38'~ 114° 59' east longitude. The northernmost city in Henan, Anyang borders Puyang to the eas ...

Gyeonggi Province Gyeonggi Province (, ) is the most populous province in South Korea. Seoul, the nation's largest city and capital, is in the heart of the area but has been separately administered as a provincial-level ''special city'' since 1946. Incheon, ...

, South Korea.

Career

2015–2018: Debut with Oh My Girl & other activities

On April 20, 2015, Hyojung made her debut as a member of

with their first extended play, ''

.'' In February 2017, she competed on ''

King of Mask Singer ''The King of Mask Singer'' () is a South Korean singing competition program presented by Kim Sung-joo, with introductions by voice actor . It airs on MBC on Sunday, starting from April 5, 2015 as a part of MBC's '' Sunday Night'' programming ...

'' under the name "Moon," appearing in episode 98. In April 2018, alongside

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and Binnie, she debuted in Oh My Girl's first sub-unit, ''Oh My Girl Banhana.''

2019–present: Solo activities

In August 2019, it was confirmed that Hyojung would be taking part in '' Queendom''. She also started running her YouTube channel "JJung2eonni" since May 28 of the same year. In January 2020, she became a DJ for Naver Now's "Avenger Girls". In September 2020, she was announced to be a host for OnStyle's ''Get It Beauty''. Hyojung participated in the OST for SBS' ''Hyena'' with "Today, Just Like Yesterday ()", released on March 21, 2020. On February 22, 2021, Hyojung was chosen by Walt Disney Company Korea to sing the Korean version of "Lead The Way" for

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's animated film, ''

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''.

Discography

Singles

Composition credits

All song credits are adapted from the

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's database, unless otherwise noted.

Filmography

Television shows

Web shows

Radio shows

References

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