Son Dong-woon

Son Dong-woon
Son Dong-woon
손동운
	Dongwoon in 2017
Born	Son Dong-woon; June 6, 1991; Busan, South Korea
Occupations	Singer; songwriter; actor;
	Musical career
Genres	K-pop; dance; R&B;
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	2008–present
Labels	Around Us; Cube;
Korean name
Hangul	손동운
Hanja	孫東雲
Revised Romanization	Son Dong-un
McCune–Reischauer	Son Tong'un

Son Dong-woon (Korean: 손동운; born June 6, 1991), known mononymously as Dongwoon, is a South Korean singer. He is a member of the boy group Highlight (formerly known as Beast).

Biography

Son Dong-woon was born in Busan, South Korea, on June 6, 1991.[1] His father, Son Il-rak, is a professor at Cheongju University. Dong Woon stated in an interview and in the KBS show Win Win that he studied in Santa Rosa, Laguna, Philippines. Dong Woon was a trainee from JYP Entertainment for two years, and was the last member chosen to join Beast. He is the youngest of the group.

Dong Woon attended Hanyoung High School and graduated from Dongguk University on 16 February 2017.[2]

On May 9, 2019, Son began his mandatory military service as a conscripted policeman.[3] He was discharged on December 8, 2020.[4]

Career

Beast/Highlight

The group has released eight Korean mini-albums and various singles. Dong Woon is a vocalist of Highlight.

Solo career

In December 2010, Son released a digital single album Udon together with Davichi's Kang Min Kyung.[5] However, it is said by the composers of 'Udon' that the title of the song is in Japanese, hence the main three broadcasting networks confirmed that they would not be showing on television.[6]

In April 2012, Son released "In the Cloud" for Shinsadong Tiger's 'Supermarket_another Half'.[7]

On May 22, 2015, Cube Entertainment revealed that Son will release his first solo album Kimishika on July 1 before officially beginning his Japanese debut promotions.[8]

On February 2, 2017, Son released Universe, a digital single album in collaboration with composer Yoo Jae-hwan.[9]

On July 18, 2018, Son released his first digital single album, Prelude: Voice.[10]

On April 22, 2019, Son released his first mini album, Act 1: The Orchestra.[11]

On June 6, 2022, Son released his second mini album, Happy Birthday.[12]

In 2022, Son appears in the SBS drama Today's Webtoon, marking his terrestrial television debut.[13]

Personal life

On June 27, 2023, Son announced he would marry his non-celebrity girlfriend in September.[14]

Discography

Extended plays

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions		Sales
Title	Album details	KOR [15]	JPN [16]	Sales
Korean
Act 1: The Orchestra	Released: April 22, 2019 Label: Around Us Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download Track listing "In the Silence" (편해지자) "Natasha" "Snowy Night" (雪夜 (눈 오는 밤)) "Intermission" "Thirty" (서툰 어른) "Decrescendo" "A Dark Change" (암전) "Curtain Call"	7	—	KOR: 6,504+[17]
Happy Birthday	Released: June 6, 2022 Label: Around Us Entertainment Formats: CD, digital download Track listing "Today's Weather" (우리 날씨 맑음) "Rainy Season" (장마) "Letter" (편지) "Moderato" "Happy Birthday to Me"	19	—	KOR: 19,090[18]
Japanese
Kimishika	Released: July 1, 2015 Label: Universal Music Formats: CD, DVD, digital download Track listing "Preludio" "Kimi Shika" (キミしか / Only You) "Kimi wa Shiranai" (君は知らない / You Don't Know) "Amasugiru You" (アマスギルYou / Too Sweet You) "Tsuyoku Omou" (ツヨク想う / Thinking Strongly) "Hoshi ni Natte" (星になって / Become A Star) (with Yoon Doo-joon & Yang Yo-seob)	—	5	JPN: 15,207+[19]
"—" denotes album did not chart or was not released in that region.

Soundtrack appearances and solo performances

Year	Title	Artist	Album
2010	"우동" ("Udong/Udon")	Kang Minkyung and Son Dongwoon	우동
2011	"꿈을 꾼다" ("Dreaming")>	Yong Junhyung, Yang Yoseob, and Son Dongwoon	나도, 꽃! (I'm A Flower Too!)
2012	"In the Cloud"	Son Dongwoon	SUPER MARKET – another Half (Shinsadong Tiger Project Album)
2013	"Bye Bye Love"	Yang Yoseob, Son Dongwoon and BTOB	When a Man Falls in Love OST
2015	"Without You"	Yoon Doojoon, Yang Yoseob and Son Dongwoon	Scholar Who Walks the Night OST
2017	"Dreaming Now"	Son Dongwoon	Innocent Defendant OST
	"Universe"	Yoo Jaehwan, Yang Yoseob and Son Dongwoon	Universe
	"The Alchemist"	Yoo Jaehwan and Son Dongwoon
	"첫 이별" ("First Disturbance")	Yoo Jaehwan and Son Dongwoon
2018	"There's No Eternity	Son Dongwoon	Prelude : Voice
	"Still, Today"
	"Crescendo"
	"Color Me"	Son Dongwoon, Seoryeong	Non-album single

Songwriting credits

Year	Album	Artist	Song	Lyrics		Music
Year	Album	Artist	Song	Credited	With	Credited	With
2009	Beast Is the B2ST	BEAST	"Beast Is the B2ST"	Yes	BEAST	No	Shin Sa Dong Tiger, Choi Gyu Seong
2009	Beast Is the B2ST	BEAST	"Bad Girl"	Yes	BEAST, Lee Sang Ho, Shin Sa Dong Tiger	No	Lee Sang Ho, Shin Sa Dong Tiger
2010	My Story	BEAST (Dongwoon & Doojoon)	"When the door closed"	Yes	Yoon Doo-joon	No	Rado
2015	Kimishika	Son Dongwoon	"Preludio"	Yes	—	No	Good Life
			"Kimi Shika"	Yes		No	Good Life
			"Amasugiru You"	Yes		No	Good Life, Davii
		Son Dongwoon, Yang Yoseob and Yoon Doojoon	"Hoshi ni Natte"	Yes		No	Rado
2016	Highlight	BEAST (Dongwoon Solo)	"I'll Give You My All"	Yes		Yes	Good Life, Davii
	Non album-singles	Son Dongwoon	"Let's Have a Drink"	Yes	Jinri	Yes	Jinri, Shin Yosung
	Non album-singles	Kwon Nayoon	"Nothing Is Late"	Yes	Kim Donghyuk	Yes	Yoo Jaehwa
2017	Universe	Son Dongwoon, Yoo Jaehwa and Yang Yoseob	"Universe"	Yes	Hyesung	No	Yoo Jaehwa, Shin Sungjin
		Son Dongwoon & Yoo Jaehwa	"The Alchemist"	Yes	Curious	Yes	Curious
		Son Dongwoon & Yoo Jaehwa	"First Disturbance"	Yes	—	Yes	Yoo Jaehwa
2018	Prelude: Voice	Son Dongwoon	"There's No Eternity"	Yes		Yes	—
			"Still, Today"	Yes		Yes	Curious
			"Crescendo"	Yes		Yes	—
	Outro	HIGHLIGHT	"Wind" (Yoseob & Dongwoon)	Yes	Yang Yo-seob, Gyuberlake	Yes	Yang Yo-seob, Gyuberlake
2021	The Blowing	HIGHLIGHT	"Surf"	Yes	—	Yes	Shin Sungjin
2022	Daydream	HIGHLIGHT	"Our Eyes"	Yes	—	Yes	Lee Yonggyu, Shin Sungjin

Filmography

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2022	Today's Webtoon	Oh Yoon	Debut in terrestrial drama	[20]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Note	Ref.
2021	The Guys I Want to Catch	Dongwoon	Dingo Music	[21]

Television shows

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2017	Battle Trip	Contestant	with Doojoon; Episode 52–53
2017	Battle Trip	Special MC	Episode 73
2018	Amor Feti	Cast Member
2022	Is the parting will be a recall?	Judge		[22]
2022	The Listen: The Voice We Loved	Cast Member		[23]

Web shows

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2018	I Will Give You a Universe	Cast Member
2022	Delivery 2	Host	with Yang Yo-seob	[24]

Hosting

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
2018	School Attack	with Eun Ji-won and JooE
2018	GOT YA! GWSN	with Kim Shin-young, Sojin and DinDin

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012–2013	Catch Me If You Can	Frank Abagnale Jr.	Lead Role
2016	The Great Gatsby [RE:BOOT]	Gatsby
2017–2018	Hourglass	Baek Jae-hee
2018–2019	Altar Boyz	Abraham

References

Mark Russell (April 29, 2014). K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution. Tuttle Publishing. p. 52. ISBN 978-1-4629-1411-1.
"[TF사진관] 손동운, '동국대 졸업… 학사모를 써도 훈내 폴폴~'". The Fact. February 16, 2017. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
"[공식입장] 손동운, 논산 훈련소로 입소 완료 "성실+최선 다짐"". Naver (in Korean). Retrieved August 6, 2020.
기자, 김현록. "하이라이트 손동운, 8일 전역→팬들과 소통…"평범한 일상이 소중" 소감[공식]". entertain.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved January 30, 2022.
"Will 'Udon' Surpass the Popularity of 'Naengmyun'?". Newsen (in Korean). December 18, 2010. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
"Kang Minkyung and Son Dongwoon's song 'Udon' won't be heard on the mainstream media networks". Star News (in Korean). December 10, 2010. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
"B2ST's Dongwoon releases "In the Cloud" for Shinsadong Tiger's 'Supermarket_another Half'". Star News (in Korean). April 23, 2012. Archived from the original on June 15, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
"BEAST's Dongwoon to Make Solo Debut in Japan This July". Soompi. May 21, 2015. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
"'아티스트 행보 걷는' 손동운, 유재환과 2일 0시 'UNIVERSE' 깜짝 발매". BEFF Report (in Korean). Retrieved August 6, 2020.
"손동운, 첫번째 디지털 싱글 앨범 'Prelude : 목소리' 공개". GNA (in Korean). July 13, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
"손동운 軍 입대 전 마지막 앨범, 포토-카드-포스터 다채로운 구성". Hankyung (in Korean). Retrieved August 6, 2020.
"하이라이트 손동운, 3년만 솔로 컴백…6월6일 미니 2집 발매". Newsen (in Korean). Retrieved May 24, 2022.
Yoo Byung-chul (June 7, 2022). "손동운, SBS '오늘의 웹툰'으로 지상파 드라마 데뷔" [Son Dong-woon, SBS 'Today's Webtoon' debut as a terrestrial drama] (in Korean). Korea Economy TV. Retrieved June 7, 2022 – via Naver.
Choi Yun-na (June 27, 2023). "하이라이트 손동운, 비연예인과 9월 결혼 발표 [전문]" [Highlight Son Dong-woon announces marriage to non-celebrity in September [Full text]] (in Korean). Sports Donga. Retrieved June 27, 2023 – via Naver.
"Gaon Album Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart.
- "Act 1: The Orchestra charting". Retrieved May 2, 2019.
- "Happy Birthday charting". Retrieved June 16, 2022.
"週間アルバムランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon.
- "Kimishika charting". Retrieved May 2, 2019.
"2019년 04월 Album Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
"Album Chart 2022.06". Circle Chart (in Korean). Retrieved July 7, 2022.
"週間 CDアルバムランキング 2015年07月13日付". Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on July 10, 2015. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
Kang, Seon-ae (June 7, 2022). "하이라이트 손동운, '오늘의 웹툰'으로 지상파 드라마 데뷔…훈남 웹툰 작가 변신" [Highlight Son Dong-woon, terrestrial drama debut with 'Today's Webtoon'... Transformed into a handsome webtoon writer] (in Korean). SBS Entertainment News. Retrieved June 7, 2022 – via Naver.
Son Bong-seok (July 8, 2021). "딩고뮤직, 웹드라마 '잡고 싶은 녀석들' 제작…하이라이트 손동운- 틴탑 니엘- 펜타곤 우석- 빅톤 세준 캐스팅 [공식]" [Dingo Music, web drama 'The Guys I Want to Catch'... Highlight Son Dongwoon- Teen Top Niel- Pentagon Wooseok- Victon Sejun Casting [Official]] (in Korean). Sports Kyunghyang. Retrieved July 8, 2021 – via Naver.
Jang Ah-reum (June 28, 2022). "성유리 MC 복귀 '이별도 리콜이 되나요?'…손동운·그리·최예나 고정 패널" [Sung Yuri's return as MC 'Will the breakup be a recall?'... Dongwoon Son·Gree·Yena Choi fixed panel] (in Korean). News1. Retrieved June 28, 2022 – via Naver.
Kim Ye-eun (October 12, 2022). "허각→김희재 출연 '더 리슨: 우리가 사랑한 목소리', 29일 첫 방송" [Huh Gak → Kim Hee-jae's appearance in 'The Listen: The Voice We Loved', first broadcast on the 29th] (in Korean). X-ports News. Retrieved October 12, 2022 – via Naver.
Choi Ji-yoon (June 2, 2022). "양요섭·손동운, 사연 배달…'무엇이든 딜리버리2' MC" [Yoseob Yang and Dongwoon Son, story delivery... 'Delivery Anything 2' MC] (in Korean). NEWSIS. Retrieved June 2, 2022 – via Naver.

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[Russell2014-1] Mark Russell (April 29, 2014). K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution. Tuttle Publishing. p. 52. ISBN 978-1-4629-1411-1.

[2] "[TF사진관] 손동운, '동국대 졸업… 학사모를 써도 훈내 폴폴~'". The Fact. February 16, 2017. Retrieved February 16, 2017.

[3] "[공식입장] 손동운, 논산 훈련소로 입소 완료 "성실+최선 다짐"". Naver (in Korean). Retrieved August 6, 2020.

[4] 기자, 김현록. "하이라이트 손동운, 8일 전역→팬들과 소통…"평범한 일상이 소중" 소감[공식]". entertain.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved January 30, 2022.

[5] "Will 'Udon' Surpass the Popularity of 'Naengmyun'?". Newsen (in Korean). December 18, 2010. Retrieved December 18, 2010.

[6] "Kang Minkyung and Son Dongwoon's song 'Udon' won't be heard on the mainstream media networks". Star News (in Korean). December 10, 2010. Retrieved December 22, 2010.

[7] "B2ST's Dongwoon releases "In the Cloud" for Shinsadong Tiger's 'Supermarket_another Half'". Star News (in Korean). April 23, 2012. Archived from the original on June 15, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2012.

[8] "BEAST's Dongwoon to Make Solo Debut in Japan This July". Soompi. May 21, 2015. Retrieved May 28, 2015.

[9] "'아티스트 행보 걷는' 손동운, 유재환과 2일 0시 'UNIVERSE' 깜짝 발매". BEFF Report (in Korean). Retrieved August 6, 2020.

[10] "손동운, 첫번째 디지털 싱글 앨범 'Prelude : 목소리' 공개". GNA (in Korean). July 13, 2018. Retrieved August 6, 2020.

[11] "손동운 軍 입대 전 마지막 앨범, 포토-카드-포스터 다채로운 구성". Hankyung (in Korean). Retrieved August 6, 2020.

[12] "하이라이트 손동운, 3년만 솔로 컴백…6월6일 미니 2집 발매". Newsen (in Korean). Retrieved May 24, 2022.

[13] Yoo Byung-chul (June 7, 2022). "손동운, SBS '오늘의 웹툰'으로 지상파 드라마 데뷔" [Son Dong-woon, SBS 'Today's Webtoon' debut as a terrestrial drama] (in Korean). Korea Economy TV. Retrieved June 7, 2022 – via Naver.

[14] Choi Yun-na (June 27, 2023). "하이라이트 손동운, 비연예인과 9월 결혼 발표 [전문]" [Highlight Son Dong-woon announces marriage to non-celebrity in September [Full text]] (in Korean). Sports Donga. Retrieved June 27, 2023 – via Naver.

[gaon_album_chart-15] "Gaon Album Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart.
"Act 1: The Orchestra charting". Retrieved May 2, 2019.

"Happy Birthday charting". Retrieved June 16, 2022.

[16] "Act 1: The Orchestra charting". Retrieved May 2, 2019.

[17] "Happy Birthday charting". Retrieved June 16, 2022.

[oricon_albums_chart-16] "週間アルバムランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon.
"Kimishika charting". Retrieved May 2, 2019.

[19] "Kimishika charting". Retrieved May 2, 2019.

[17] "2019년 04월 Album Chart" (in Korean). Gaon Music Chart. Retrieved May 10, 2019.

[18] "Album Chart 2022.06". Circle Chart (in Korean). Retrieved July 7, 2022.

[19] "週間 CDアルバムランキング 2015年07月13日付". Oricon News (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on July 10, 2015. Retrieved May 2, 2019.

[20] Kang, Seon-ae (June 7, 2022). "하이라이트 손동운, '오늘의 웹툰'으로 지상파 드라마 데뷔…훈남 웹툰 작가 변신" [Highlight Son Dong-woon, terrestrial drama debut with 'Today's Webtoon'... Transformed into a handsome webtoon writer] (in Korean). SBS Entertainment News. Retrieved June 7, 2022 – via Naver.

[21] Son Bong-seok (July 8, 2021). "딩고뮤직, 웹드라마 '잡고 싶은 녀석들' 제작…하이라이트 손동운- 틴탑 니엘- 펜타곤 우석- 빅톤 세준 캐스팅 [공식]" [Dingo Music, web drama 'The Guys I Want to Catch'... Highlight Son Dongwoon- Teen Top Niel- Pentagon Wooseok- Victon Sejun Casting [Official]] (in Korean). Sports Kyunghyang. Retrieved July 8, 2021 – via Naver.

[22] Jang Ah-reum (June 28, 2022). "성유리 MC 복귀 '이별도 리콜이 되나요?'…손동운·그리·최예나 고정 패널" [Sung Yuri's return as MC 'Will the breakup be a recall?'... Dongwoon Son·Gree·Yena Choi fixed panel] (in Korean). News1. Retrieved June 28, 2022 – via Naver.

[23] Kim Ye-eun (October 12, 2022). "허각→김희재 출연 '더 리슨: 우리가 사랑한 목소리', 29일 첫 방송" [Huh Gak → Kim Hee-jae's appearance in 'The Listen: The Voice We Loved', first broadcast on the 29th] (in Korean). X-ports News. Retrieved October 12, 2022 – via Naver.

[24] Choi Ji-yoon (June 2, 2022). "양요섭·손동운, 사연 배달…'무엇이든 딜리버리2' MC" [Yoseob Yang and Dongwoon Son, story delivery... 'Delivery Anything 2' MC] (in Korean). NEWSIS. Retrieved June 2, 2022 – via Naver.