# Is GOT7's Jinyoung the same Park Jin-young as JYP's J.Y. Park? GOT7's debut date, members, Jinyoung's movies and TV shows — and 2026

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Two people in K-pop share the name Park Jin-young: GOT7's Jinyoung, a singer and actor born in 1994, and J.Y. Park, the founder of JYP Entertainment. This page tells them apart and covers GOT7's debut date and members, the group after JYP, and Jinyoung's dramas, films and October 2026 activities, drawn from 27 press sources.

The Park Jin-young on this page is a singer and actor born on September 22, 1994 — Jinyoung of the boy group GOT7 — and he is a different person from Park Jin-young, the singer-producer known as J.Y. Park who founded JYP Entertainment. Jinyoung began acting in 2012 in KBS's Dream High 2 and debuted as a singer in January 2014 as one of the seven members of JYP Entertainment's GOT7. He has been with BH Entertainment since 2021, and as of October 2026 he is the male lead of tvN's 100 Days of Deception.

GOT7 debuted with a showcase on January 15, 2014 and a first broadcast stage on Mnet's M Countdown on January 16, followed by its first EP, Got It?, on January 20. The members are JAY B, Mark, Jackson, Jinyoung, Youngjae, BamBam and Yugyeom. After their JYP contracts ended in January 2021 they kept the group name and released full-group EPs in 2022 and 2025. Common questions are answered below, with a source number on every claim.

| Work | Year / format | Role and reported details |
|---|---|---|
| Dream High 2 | 2012 / KBS2 series | His acting debut, before his debut with GOT7. [4,9] |
| He Is Psychometric | 2019 / tvN series | His first lead role. [8,18] |
| When My Love Blooms | 2020 / tvN series | Played the younger Jae-hyun, opposite Jeon So-nee. [5,8] |
| The Devil Judge | 2021 / tvN series | Played Kim Ga-on, alongside Jisung, Kim Min-jung and Park Gyu-young. [5,8,11] |
| Yumi's Cells seasons 1–2 | 2021–2022 / tvN series | Played Bobby (Yoo Babi), Yumi's boyfriend. [5,9,18] |
| Yaksha: Ruthless Operations | 2022 / film | Cast member. [5,9] |
| Christmas Carol | 2022 / film | Played both twin brothers, Il-woo and Wol-woo. Released December 7, 2022. [5,15] |
| The Witch | 2025 / Channel A series | Lead role as Lee Dong-jin. [5,18] |
| High Five | 2025 / film | Directed by Kang Hyeong-cheol. Played Young-chun, his first villain role. Released in May 2025. [5,16,17] |
| Our Unwritten Seoul | 2025 / tvN series | Lead role as Lee Ho-su, opposite Park Bo-young. Ended June 29, 2025. [5,17,18] |
| Still Shining | 2026 / JTBC series | Lead role as subway train operator Yeon Tae-seo, opposite Kim Min-ju. Ten episodes; also on Netflix worldwide. [5,19,20] |
| 100 Days of Deception | 2026 / tvN series | Male lead as interpreter Sato Hideo (Kim Tae-woong). Premiered October 10; episode 1 drew 5.3% nationwide and episode 2 7.6%. [5,21,22,23] |

## Which Park Jin-young? GOT7's Jinyoung and JYP founder J.Y. Park

In Korean entertainment, "Park Jin-young" refers to two people. One is the subject of this page: Jinyoung, born on September 22, 1994, a member of GOT7 and an actor. The other is Park Jin-young, known as J.Y. Park, the singer-producer who debuted as a singer in 1994 and founded JYP Entertainment. Jinyoung debuted at that very company, and GOT7's debut single, "Girls Girls Girls," was written and produced by J.Y. Park himself. Because of the shared name, Jinyoung debuted under the stage name Jr. (Junior). In a January 2014 debut interview the members explained that leader JAY B (then JB) and Junior "had no choice because of their real names" — Im Jae-bum and Park Jin-young. On August 16, 2016 Jinyoung announced, "From today I will be active as Jinyoung, not Junior," switching to a stage name taken from his given name. In drama and film credits he appears under his full name, Park Jin-young. The simplest way to tell them apart is birth year and affiliation: if the profile says born 1994, GOT7 or BH Entertainment, it is Jinyoung; if it says founder or producer of JYP Entertainment, it is J.Y. Park. [1,3,4,5,24]

## When did GOT7 debut?

GOT7 first performed in public at a garage showcase in Seongsu-dong, Seoul, on Wednesday, January 15, 2014. The Korea Times reported that the group officially debuted the next day, Thursday, January 16, on Mnet's M Countdown. Its first EP, Got It?, came out on January 20. It was JYP Entertainment's first new boy group in six years, since 2PM. January 16 is the date marked as the anniversary: on January 16, 2025 the members posted selfies on the group's official social media to thank fans on the 11th anniversary of their debut. [1,2,7,13]

## Who are the members of GOT7?

GOT7 has seven members: JAY B (JB at debut), Mark, Jackson, Jinyoung (Jr. at debut), Youngjae, BamBam and Yugyeom. At debut the Korea Herald noted that Jackson is from Hong Kong, Mark from the United States and BamBam from Thailand. JB and Jinyoung had previously worked together as the duo JJ Project. The seven-member line-up has stayed the same since the group left JYP in 2021, and all seven took part in the January 2025 EP Winter Heptagon. [1,6,12]

## Did GOT7 leave JYP, and where does the group stand now?

The GOT7 members' contracts with JYP Entertainment ended on January 19, 2021; on January 11 the agency said the two sides had agreed not to renew, "hoping for a new future." The members moved to different companies but kept the group name. The following year, 2022, they signed with Warner Music Korea as a group and released the EP GOT7. On January 20, 2025 they released Winter Heptagon, their first full-group EP in about three years, to mark their 11th anniversary; Kakao Entertainment handled the album's planning and production. On military service, JAY B and Jinyoung completed theirs in November 2024. Yugyeom enlisted in late September 2025 and is due to finish in March 2027, and Youngjae began his service on November 27, 2025 and is due to finish in August 2027, according to reports. The 2026 reports checked for this page do not mention a new full-group album or concert date; in 2026 the members are working individually. [6,10,11,12,14]

## How old is Jinyoung, and how did he start?

Jinyoung (Park Jin-young) was born on September 22, 1994, which makes him 32 as of October 2026. He started acting first, in KBS's Dream High 2 in 2012, worked with JB in the duo JJ Project, then debuted with GOT7 in January 2014. Korea JoongAng Daily describes him as a GOT7 vocalist who also actively takes part in composing choreography with fellow member Yugyeom. [1,4,5,9,18]

## What are Park Jin-young's (Jinyoung's) movies and TV shows?

After debuting in Dream High 2 in 2012, he took his first lead role in tvN's He Is Psychometric in 2019. He played Kim Ga-on in tvN's The Devil Judge in 2021 and Bobby, Yumi's boyfriend, in seasons 1 and 2 of tvN's Yumi's Cells (2021–2022). On film he appeared in Yaksha: Ruthless Operations (2022), and in Christmas Carol, released that December, he played both twin brothers, Il-woo and Wol-woo. After his discharge, Channel A's The Witch, director Kang Hyeong-cheol's film High Five — his first villain role — and tvN's Our Unwritten Seoul (as Lee Ho-su) were all released in 2025. In 2026 he led JTBC's Still Shining (as Yeon Tae-seo) and tvN's 100 Days of Deception (as Sato Hideo). The table above lists each work with its year and role. [5,8,9,15,16,17,18,19,22]

## What agency is he with, and has he finished military service?

Jinyoung signed with the acting agency BH Entertainment in January 2021, when GOT7 left JYP; BH Entertainment also announced his Asia tour in September 2026. He entered basic training on May 8, 2023 to serve as an active-duty soldier and was discharged on November 7, 2024 after 18 months in the Army. That evening he held a livestream on BH Entertainment's official YouTube channel. [7,8,9,10,21]

## Solo music and concerts

Jinyoung released his first solo album, Chapter 0: With, in January 2023. On May 13, 2026 he released his second EP, Said & Done, his first in about three years: five tracks, including the lead single "Everlove," for which he wrote the lyrics, and "17," whose lyrics he co-wrote with Day6's Wonpil. In September 2026 he announced his first solo concert tour, Code#, opening in Seoul on November 7–8 before stops in Osaka, Tokyo, Manila, Taipei, Bangkok and Macao. [9,18,20,21]

## What is he doing now? As of October 2026

Jinyoung is the male lead of 100 Days of Deception, tvN's 16-episode 20th-anniversary drama. Set in Gyeongseong (Seoul) in 1932, it is an espionage romance about a pickpocket, Lee Ga-kyung (Kim You-jung), who goes undercover inside the Japanese Government-General of Korea, and an elite interpreter. Jinyoung plays that interpreter, Sato Hideo (Kim Tae-woong), the adopted son of the colonial government's director-general of political affairs. It is directed by Yoo In-sik and written by Rhyu Bo-ri. The series premiered on October 10, 2026 and also streams on Netflix. According to Nielsen Korea (paid platforms), episode 1 drew 5.3% nationwide, and episode 2, aired on October 11, drew 7.6% nationwide (peaking at 8.5%) and 8.3% in the Seoul metropolitan area (peaking at 9.4%). On November 7–8 he opens his first solo tour, Code#, in Seoul. [21,22,23]

## Who is the other Park Jin-young, J.Y. Park?

J.Y. Park is a singer and producer who debuted as a singer in 1994 and had hits such as "Honey" (1998) and "I Have a Girlfriend" (2001); he held a 30th-anniversary concert, Still JYP, in 2024. Reports differ on when he founded JYP Entertainment: the Korea Herald says 1996, while the Korea Times and Korea JoongAng Daily say 1997, the Korea Times adding that the company he founded in 1997, Tae-Hong Planning, was later renamed JYP Entertainment. He launched acts including g.o.d., Rain, Wonder Girls, 2PM, Twice and Stray Kids. On September 9, 2025 he was appointed co-chair, a ministerial-level post, of the presidential Committee on Popular Culture Exchange; presidential chief of staff Kang Hoon-sik described him as 53 in the briefing announcing the appointment. At the March 26, 2026 shareholders' meeting he did not seek reappointment as an inside director of JYP Entertainment, but he remains its largest shareholder with a 15.82% stake and continues as chief creative officer and producer. He is more than 20 years older than GOT7's Jinyoung. [24,25,26,27]

## Where can I watch his work?

100 Days of Deception airs on tvN and streams worldwide on Netflix, and Still Shining likewise aired on JTBC and streams on Netflix. Availability of his other work varies by country and over time, so searching each service by title is the most reliable way to check. [19,22]

## How to read this page

This explainer only repeats what press reports and the Cine21 film magazine's person database have published; the numbers at the end of sentences refer to the sources below. Ratings are the Nielsen Korea paid-platform figures quoted in press reports. Where reports disagree (JYP's founding year), the page says so. It will be updated when new roles or GOT7 group activities are announced.

## Sources

1. 코리아헤럴드, "JYP’s GOT7 debuts with ‘Girls Girls Girls’", 2014-01-16 — https://www.koreaherald.com/article/3650474
2. 코리아타임스, "New face from JYP", 2014-01-16 — https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/others/20140116/new-face-from-jyp
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