Yoon Bo-mi (Korean: 윤보미; born August 13, 1993), known mononymously as Bomi, is a South Korean singer and actress. She is best known as a member of the South Korean girl group Apink.
Yoon Bo-mi was born in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea on August 13, 1993. She has one older sister, Yoon Sun-mi, and a younger brother, Yoon Jong-jin.[1] She was trained in the martial art of Taekwondo from the age of five and is a holder of a third degree black belt.[2] She attended Youngshin Girls High School and later on, Korean Arts High School; from where she graduated in February 2012. While studying, she decided to put off college to concentrate on music.[3]
Yoon, along with fellow members, was formally introduced as a member through the group's reality show, Apink News.[4] Yoon debuted with Apink on Mnet's M! Countdown performing their songs "I Don't Know (몰라요; Mollayo)", and "Wishlist" which were included on their debut EP Seven Springs of Apink.[5]
2012–present: Acting career and variety shows[edit]
In 2012, Yoon, along with Apink co-member Chorong had a cameo role in the drama Reply 1997, where she portrayed the teenage version of Moon Jeong-mi, the deceased mother of Yoon Yoon-jae.[6]
Yoon was an MC on the variety show Weekly Idol from 17 July 2013[7] to 8 July 2015.[8] She also joined the cast of the variety show The Human Condition in 2014[9] and has appeared in MBC's Real Men female special in early 2015.[10][11]
In September 2015, she was cast in KBS' 10-episode web drama Love Profiler K as top star Yuna,[12] which aired in November on Naver.
In March 2020, Yoon was a lead cast member in the web drama Oppa Will Date Instead.[16] In October, she joined the cast of the drama Please Don't Date Him, which stars Song Ha-yoon and Lee Jun-young. The multi-part drama aired on South Korea's MBC network on November 10, 2020.[17]
On April 28, 2023, IST Entertainment announced that Yoon did not renew her contract with the company but will still be part of the group.[18] On the same day, Yoon signed an exclusive contract with Choi Creative Lab.[19]
In late 2013, she appeared in K-Hunter's "Marry Me" music video and was featured in hip-hop group M.I.B's song "Let's Talk About You".[20][21] In 2015, she was featured in David Oh's debut song "I Know, I Know", released on May 11,[22] and on June 16, released a duet with Im Seulong titled "Lovely" for variety show Some Guys, Some Girls.[23] She was later featured in Yoon Hyun-sang's digital single "Let's Eat Together", released on September 24, 2015; she also starred in the music video.[24]
^Park Ji-ryeon (August 3, 2014). 윤보미 박은지 ‘인간의조건’ 탈모-피부 정복 미션합류 (in Korean). Newsen. Archived from the original on February 3, 2015. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
^Lee, Tae-soo (April 28, 2023). 에이핑크, 정은지만 남고 소속사 IST 떠난다…"팀 활동 유지" [Apink, Jung Eun-ji will leave the agency IST... "Keeping the Team Active"]. Yonhap News (in Korean). Retrieved April 28, 2023 – via Naver.
^Lee, Nam-kyung (April 28, 2023). 박초롱·윤보미·김남주·오하영 전속계약, 초이크리에이티브랩과 체결 “앞으로도 에이핑크”(전문)[공식] [Cho-rong Park, Bo-mi Yoon, Nam-joo Kim, and Ha-young Oh signed exclusive contracts with Choi Creative Lab.]. MBN Star (in Korean). Retrieved April 28, 2023.
^Hwang Soo-yeon (May 3, 2023). "에이핑크 윤보미, '제발 그 남자 만나지 마요' 출연 확정..금사빠 문예슬役" [[Exclusive] Bomi Yoon joins 'Queen of Tears'... Breathing with Kim Soo-hyun and Kim Ji-won] (in Korean). X-ports News. Retrieved May 3, 2023 – via Naver.
^Han, Ah-jin (June 24, 2022). "몬스타엑스 민혁-형원-주헌 등 K팝 주역 한 자리에…'X: 신세계' 화제!" [MONSTA X’s Minhyuk, Hyungwon, Jooheon, and other K-pop protagonists in one place… 'X: New World' topic!] (in Korean). fnnews. Retrieved June 24, 2022 – via Naver.
^Yoon Sung-yeol (March 14, 2022). "마마무 휘인→에이핑크 윤보미·오하영 '꿈꾸라' 스페셜 DJ [공식]" [Mamamoo's Wheein → Apink's Bomi Yoon, Hayoung Oh, 'Dream' Special DJ [Official]] (in Korean). MT Star News. Retrieved March 14, 2022 – via Naver.
^Kim, Hyeon-jeong (August 10, 2022). "윤도현→윤보미·유회승 '원더티켓', 오늘(10일) 티켓 오픈" [Yoon Do-hyun → Yoon Bomi and Yoo Hoe-seung 'Wonder Ticket', tickets open today (10th)] (in Korean). X-ports News. Retrieved August 10, 2022 – via Naver.
^"2020 브랜드 고객충성도 1위 브랜드". BCLI KCFORUM (in Korean). April 27, 2020. Archived from the original on April 27, 2020. Retrieved April 27, 2020.