Oh Jong-hyuk (; born February 16, 1983) is a South Korean singer and member of South Korean boy band
Click-B
Click-B (클릭비) is a South Korean boy group and band formed in August 1999 under DSP Media. Click-B started out as a band combining rock and dance beats in their music. They became a four member group in 2002, with several member changes ove ...
.
Personal life
Oh was educated at Dankook University High School, and graduated from
Kyonggi University
Kyonggi University (KGU; ) is an accredited, private higher education institution, established in 1947. KGU has over 17,000 students in majors in undergraduate and graduate programs on two campuses. The main campus is in Suwon, located 30 miles f ...
.
Oh began his
mandatory military service
Conscription (also called the draft in the United States) is the state-mandated enlistment of people in a national service, mainly a military service. Conscription dates back to antiquity and it continues in some countries to the present day un ...
in 2011. He served as an active duty officer after his six weeks of basic military training at the Pohang Marine Corps Training Center. He was discharged in 2013.
In September 2013, it was revealed that Oh had been dating
T-ara
T-ara (; ko, 티아라) are a South Korean girl group formed by MBK Entertainment in 2009, consists of four members: Qri, Eunjung, Hyomin and Jiyeon. T-ara's career is marked by hook-heavy dance-pop music, a result of their close partner ...
member
Soyeon for the past three years. After six years of dating, the relationship came to an end in 2016.
In April 2021, Oh announced that he would marry on April 12, 2021 to his non-celebrity girlfriend. As planned, Oh will get married from May 2020, which has to be postponed because of
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...
. On December 2, 2021, Oh announced through his social media that his wife is pregnant. On July 7th, 2022 his wife gave birth to their first child, a daughter.
Career
In 1999, Oh debuted as a member of the group Click-B. He later debuted as a soloist in September 2006 with the album ''Issue'' under the stage name ''OJ''.
Oh was a cast member in the variety show ''
Law of the Jungle
"The law of the jungle" (also called jungle law) is an expression that has come to describe a scenario where "anything goes". The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' defines the Law of the Jungle as "''the code of survival in jungle life'', now usual ...
'' in 2013 and 2014,
and appeared in
MBC's
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 ...
in 2015, under the alias "Lonely Man Leon"
In August 2021, Oh signed with Bless Ent following the expiration of his contract with the former agency.
Discography
Studio albums
* OJ Issue (2006)
* He's Story Vol. 2 'Cry' (2009)
EPs
* OK, I'm Ready (2008)
* Heartbreak (2009)
Singles
* Love is Like That (사랑이 그래요) (2007)
* OJ (2010)
* Run To You, Fly With Cloud (2011)
* Time Is... (시간은...) (2011)
* Love Fades (시들어) feat.
Kim Ji-sook (2016)
Filmography
Film
Television series
Television shows
Theater
References
External links
*
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1983 births
Living people
South Korean male singers
South Korean male television actors
South Korean male film actors
South Korean male musical theatre actors
South Korean television personalities
Singers from Seoul
Male actors from Seoul
Kyonggi University alumni
DSP Media artists
Republic of Korea Marine Corps personnel
South Korean pop singers
South Korean male idols