Jinho

Jo Jin-ho (조진호), mononymously known as Jinho, is a South Korean singer, lyricist, dancer, composer and member of South Korean boy group Pentagon under Cube Entertainment. He is a former SM Entertainment trainee and member of the project group SM the Ballad.

Jinho
진호
Born	Jo Jin-ho (1992-04-17) April 17, 1992 Daejeon, South Korea
Other names	Jino
Occupation	Singer lyricist dancer composer
Musical career
Genres	K-pop electronic dance-pop
Years active	2010–present
Labels	SM Cube
Associated acts	Pentagon SM the Ballad United Cube
Korean name
Hangul	조진호
Hanja	趙珍虎
Revised Romanization	Jo Jin-ho
McCune–Reischauer	Cho Chinho
Stage name
Hangul	진호
Hanja	珍虎
Revised Romanization	Jin-ho
McCune–Reischauer	Chinho

Personal Life

Jinho was born in Daejeon, South Korea, on April 17, 1992. At the age of 15, he lived in Qingdao, China, for eight months due to family and work.[1][2]

Career

2008–2014: Everysing win and SM the Ballad

In 2008, Jinho won first place in the SM Everysing Contest. He later became a trainee through SM Entertainment's casting system in the same year.

In November 2010, Jinho made his debut as a member of SM the Ballad alongside Super Junior's Kyuhyun, Shinee's Jonghyun, and TraxX's Jay. Despite the great reception, with the group's debut EP reaching number one on the charts,[3] Jinho did not participate in any further activities with the agency after promotions for the group concluded that year.

2015–present: Departing SM Entertainment, debut with Pentagon and musical roles

Main article: Pentagon (South Korean band)

In 2015, Jinho left SM Entertainment and began working as a singing tutor at Modern K Academy.[4] Modern K Academy encouraged Jinho to audition at Cube, their CEO has close connections with Cube Entertainment and had a hand in creating Pentagon, being in charge of talent development.[5] In February, he was part of a vocal project group, Seorin-dong Children (서린동 아이들) with Hui and another female singer. They released a remake of Lee Won-jin and Ryu Keum-deok's 1994 classic "For All the New Lovers". The group wasn't originally supposed to consist of them, but after receiving a good response from Cube Artist Development for the recorded guide, the company decided to release it on streaming sites.[6]

Making it through the audition process, Jinho participated in Pentagon Maker making it to the final lineup and debuting with the group on October 10, 2016.[7][8]

In 2017, Jinho started a personal project titled "Magazine Ho" releasing covers in various genres and languages on the last of each month. With this project he has worked with and featured other artists such as CLC's Sorn, (G)I-dle's Jeon So-yeon, HYNN, and band mates Hongseok, Shinwon, Hui, Kino, and Yeo One.

On March 17, 2018, Jinho held his first mini live concert which is a part of his 'Magazine Ho' cover songs project.[9]

In September, it was announced that Jinho would star in the musical Iron Mask as Raul, the son of Athos who admires his father and dreams of becoming a royal general. The musical ran from September 13 to November 18 at the Kwanglim Art Center, Seoul. He rotated the role with musical actor, Shin Hyun-mook and actor Yoo Hyun-seok.[10]

On December 17, 2018, Cube announced his second mini live concert "Magazine Ho Vol.2 - Ready Ho" would be on the 19th of January 2019 at Ilchi Art Hall, and it sold out in seconds.[11] Members Hongseok and Kino were present as special guests during the concert.[12]

Jinho was cast in his fourth musical, Goddess is Watching You.[13] He played as the role of an innocent and pure North Korean soldier Ryu Soon Ho, who overcomes his trauma due to war with the belief in a goddess. The musical ran from November 14, 2019 to February 26, 2020 at the Daehangno Arts Theater in Seoul.[14]

Jinho held his 3rd solo mini live concert, "Magazine Ho Vol.3 - Off Stage" on January 11, 2020.[15] Due to high demand from fans, Cube entertainment added an additional date to the concert. Jinho is set to open the first performance on January 10 to meet more fans.[16][17] He sang an unreleased song, "Gravity" together with member Kino which was composed and written by Kino.[18] Members Hui, Hongseok and Yeo One were also present as special guest.[19][20] In March, Jinho appeared on Mnet's music talk show Studio Music Hall 2. He was introduced as "high note terminator" performing a duet of Kim Kwang-seok's "At About Thirty".[21]

As part of his mandatory military service, Jinho enlisted as an active duty soldier on May 11, 2020.[22]

Discography

See also: Pentagon discography and SM the Ballad § Discography

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Sales (DL)	Album
		KOR [23]
Collaborations
"시작되는 연인들을 위해" (서린동 아이들 (with Hui & Yongjoo)	2015	—	N/A	시작되는 연인들을 위해
"Happy Winter Song" (with Hui)	2016	—		United Cube Project Part 2
"You Are" (with Hui, Hongseok, Shinwon, Yeo One, Yan An, Kino)		—		Pentagon
"Thank You" (with Hui)	2017	—		Ceremony
"All My Heart" (진심) (with Hui) [24]	2019	—		MBC What Is The First Place? Part 1
As featured artist
"Perception " (K.SHIN feat. 황성대, Mush (Jinho as Mush)	2016	—	N/A	Seed of Love
"Always" (Jung Il-hoon feat. Jinho)	2018	—	N/A	Big Wave
Soundtrack appearances
"Just A Little Bit More" (조금만 더) (with Rothy)	2018	—	N/A	'What's Wrong with Secretary Kim OST
"Miss U" (with Hui and Kino)	2019		N/A	On The Campus OST
"How Can I Do" (with Hui and Wooseok)			N/A	Welcome to Waikiki 2 Part 4 OST[25]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Writing and production credits

All credits are adapted from the Korea Music Copyright Association, unless stated otherwise.[26]

Year	Artist	Song	Album	Lyrics		Music
				Credited	With	Credited	With
2016	Pentagon	"Find Me (나를 찾아줘)"	Non-album release	Yes	E'Dawn	Yes	E'Dawn, Hongseok, Park Jae Sun, Tiger JK
		"UP"	Non-album release	No	–	Yes	Yeo One, Shinwon, Yan An, Wooseok
2017		"To Universe"	Ceremony	Yes	Kang Dong-ha, E'Dawn, Adachi Yuto, Wooseok	Yes	Kang Dong-Ha
		"One More Night"	Demo 01	Yes	Ferdy, E'Dawn, Adachi Yuto, Wooseok	Yes	Ferdy
		"All Right"	Demo 02	Yes	Son Young-jin, E'Dawn, Adachi Yuto, Wooseok	Yes	Son Young-jin
2018		"Think About You"	Positive	Yes	Kang Dong-ha, E'Dawn, Adachi Yuto, Wooseok	Yes	Kang Dong-Ha
2019		"Can't forget (忘れられない) "	Shine (Japan ver.)	Yes	藤田リュウジ	Yes	Kang Dong-Ha
		"Round 1" (Bonus track)	Genie:us	Yes	Hui, Hongseok, Shinwon, Yeo One, Yanan, Yuto, Kino, Wooseok	Yes	Hui, Hongseok, Shinwon, Yeo one, Yanan, Yuto, Kino, Wooseok, MosPick
		"SUMMER!"	Sum(me:r)	Yes	Wooseok	No	–
		"Round 2" (Bonus track)		Yes	Hui, Hongseok, Shinwon, Yeo one, Yanan, Yuto, Kino, Wooseok	Yes	Hui, Hongseok, Shinwon, Yeo one, Yanan, Yuto, Kino, Wooseok, MosPick
2020		"Talk"	Universe: The Black Hall	Yes	Wooseok	No	–

Filmography

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	Hello, My Twenties! 2	Cameo	member of idol group Asgard [27]

Variety shows

Year	Title	Network	Notes
2016	Pentagon Maker	Mnet-M2	Contestant
2019	King of Mask Singer	MBC	Contestant as "Young Master", Seollal Idol Special ep [28]
	Rewriting The Chart Show, Number 1 Now Is?	MBC	Contestant [29]
2020	Studio Music Hall 2	Mnet, Mystic Tv	with Hui, episode 10[21]

Theater

Year	Title	Original title	Role	Notes
2013–2014	Summer Snow		Lee Suhyun
2017–2018	All Shook Up (musical)	올슉업	Dean Hyde	Korean Ver.[30]
2018	Iron Mask	아이언 마스크	Raul	[10]
2019–2020	Goddess is Watching You	여신님이 보고 계셔	Ryu Soon Ho	[13]

Concerts

Date	City	Country	Events	Venue	Attendance	Ref.
March 17, 2018	Seoul	South Korea	Mini Live Magazine Ho	Hana Tour V Hall		[9]
January 19, 2019			Mini Live Magazine Ho Vol.2 - Ready Ho	Ilchi Art Hall		[11]
January 10, 2020			Mini Live Magazine Ho Vol.3 - Off Stage	Nodeul Live House	900	[31]
January 11, 2020					900	[32]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
2019	I'm CELUV's 100th Special Awards	Fatal Attraction (손해배상)	Won	[33][34]

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2. "토요일 밤에". vlive. 2016-04-28. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
3. "Gaon Album Chartpublisher=Gaon Music Chart" (in Korean).
4. "모던K 졸업생 후이(이회택), 강사 진호(조진호) 큐브엔터테인먼트 소속그룹 펜타곤 데뷔". Modern K. 11 October 2016.
5. "대표소개". Modern K.
6. "실력파 혼성 보컬그룹 등장! 서린동 아이들, 90년대 리메이크 프로젝트 발동". TenAsia. 2015-02-27. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
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13. "'여신님이 보고 계셔' 공연 배우들의 프로필 사진 전격 공개" ['God is watching' performance actors' profile pictures revealed]. Hankyung (in Korean). 15 October 2019.
14. "펜타곤 진호, 뮤지컬 '여신님이 보고 계셔' 출연···북한군 류순호 役". TenAsia (in Korean). 20 September 2019.
15. "펜타곤 진호, 1월 단독콘서트 '미니 라이브 매거진호 VOL.3 - OFF STAGE -' 개최" [Pentagon Jinho to hold solo concert Mini Live Magazine VOL.3-OFF STAGE -` in January]. WowTv. December 24, 2019.
16. "펜타곤 진호, 단독콘서트 '미니 라이브 매거진호 VOL.3' 전석 매진" [Pentagon Jinho sells all solo concerts 'Mini Live Magazine Ho VOL.3']. OSEN. December 31, 2019.
17. "펜타곤 진호, 팬들의 뜨거운 성원 힘입어 단독콘서트 1회 추가 오픈 결정" [Pentagon Jinho decides to open a solo concert once more thanks to fans' support]. Seoul Economic Daily. January 1, 2020.
18. Jin-hee Byun (January 10, 2020). "[Z현장] 펜타곤 진호 "키노가 쓴 'Gravity', 성숙함 뿌려야겠다 생각"". Zenith News.
19. "[Z현장] 펜타곤 여원 "진호 형과 커버? '오르막길' 부르고파"". Zenith News. January 10, 2020.
20. "[Z현장] 펜타곤 후이 "놀랄 만한 일 있어… 오래 걸리지 않을 것"". Zenith News. January 10, 2020.
21. "펜타곤 진호X후이 '음악당' 출격, #만능돌 #작곡천재 #절대고음". XSportsNews. March 20, 2020.
22. "비투비 육성재·임현식→펜타곤 진호, 오늘(11일) 나란히 입대" [BTOB Yook Sungjae, Lee Hyunsik & Pentagon Jinho enlisted together today, the 11th]. Daum (in Korean). May 11, 2020. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
23. Charted Songs:
24. "MBC `지금 1위는?` Part.1". www.melon.com. March 30, 2019.
25. "'으라차차 와이키키2' 네 번째 OST 펜타곤 후이×진호×우석 참여 [공식]". Sports Donga (in Korean). 2019-04-15.
26. "Songs Registered Under JINHO (진호/조진호) (10012815)". Korea Music Copyright Association (in Korean).
27. "[단독]펜타곤, '청춘시대2' 출연…안우연과 아이돌 그룹 결성". Chosun (in Korean). 13 August 2017.
28. "'복면가왕' 세배도령은 펜타곤 진호, "할머니가 보고 힘 냈으면"". TenAsia (in Korean). 10 February 2019.
29. "첫방 '차트쇼' 조성모 불안한 왕좌, 신효범X박보람 출구조사 8점[종합]". XSportsNews (in Korean). 22 March 2019.
30. "펜타곤 진호, 뮤지컬 '올슉업' 캐스팅 '서신애와 호흡'". Newsen (in Korean). 13 October 2017.
31. "[스테이지리뷰] 펜타곤 진호, '폭넓은 스펙트럼의 보컬, 새해의 경쾌감성 되다' (종합)" [[Stage Review] Pentagon Jinho, 'Vocalist of Broad Spectrum Becomes New Year's Lightness' (Official)]. RPM9. January 10, 2020.
32. Hong Sung-hoon (January 14, 2020). "펜타곤 진호, 세 번째 단독콘서트 '미니 라이브 매거진호 VOL.3 - OFF STAGE -' 성료". NBN News.
33. "[Replay][I'm Celuv] 100회 특집, 특별 시상식 (Celuv.TV)". 셀럽티비 CeluvTv Official Youtube (in Korean). 24 July 2019.
34. "셀럽티비 '아임셀럽', 오늘(24일) 100회 맞이 어워즈 연다" (in Korean). 24 July 2019.