Jackson Wang (traditional Chinese: ???; born 28 March 1994) is a Hong Kong rapper, singer and dancer based in South Korea. He is a member of the South Korean boy group Got7 under JYP Entertainment, and is known for his appearances on Korean reality television, notably Roommate. He is also active in China as a solo artist and TV host. Jackson speaks fluent English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Shanghainese, Japanese and Korean.
Born and raised in Hong Kong, Jackson was a sabre fencer for Hong Kong's fencing team. He was ranked eleventh in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, and won first place at the Asian Junior and Cadet Fencing Championships in 2011. After passing a music audition, he moved to Seoul, South Korea in July 2011 to pursue a career in K-pop. In January 2014, after over two years of training, Jackson debuted as a member of Got7 with the single "Girls Girls Girls."
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Early life
Jackson was born in Kowloon Tong, British Hong Kong on March 28, 1994. His father, Wang Ruiji, was a member of China's national fencing team and an Asian Games gold medalist. His mother, Sophia Chow, was an Olympic gymnast from Shanghai, China. His maternal grandfather, Zhou Yongchang, was the pioneer of ultrasound diagnostic medicine of mainland China, who died in 2017. Under the guidance of his father and other professional coaches, Jackson started his fencing training at the age of ten. He went on to win multiple awards as part of the Hong Kong national fencing team, including first place at the Asian Junior and Cadet Fencing Championship in 2011. He attended the American International School Hong Kong.
In December 2010, Jackson auditioned for the South Korean talent agency JYP Entertainment in Kowloon. He was offered a scholarship to Stanford for fencing, but turned it down after passing his auditions. In July 2011, Jackson moved to Seoul, South Korea for his K-pop training. He made an appearance on the reality survival program WIN: Who Is Next two years later, which aired on Mnet on September 6, 2013. The program was a competition between YG Entertainment trainees (who have now debuted as members of Winner and iKON), and JYP trainees. Jackson appeared alongside fellow trainees Mark, Yugyeom, and BamBam, now all members of Got7.
Debut with Got7
Jackson made his official debut as a member of Got7 with the debut single "Girls Girls Girls", released on January 16, 2014, from the group's first EP Got It?.
On April 29, 2016, Got7 held their first concert in Seoul, where Jackson performed his self-composed songs "I Love It" and "WOLO (We Only Live Once)" with his group members Yugyeom and BamBam. On November 15, 2017, the group released its second Japanese extended play "Turn Up"; however, Jackson didn't participate in due to health concerns and conflicting schedules.
Solo appearances
In 2014, Jackson joined his first variety show, SBS's Roommate, as a member in its second season. Jackson's individual popularity rose after he appeared on the series, and because of it he was eventually awarded the Newcomer Award at the 2014 SBS Entertainment Awards. He subsequently appeared on several other Korean variety shows such as Star King, Law of the Jungle, Happy Together, Radio Star, Problematic Men, Our Neighborhood Arts and Physical Education, SNL Korea, A Look At Myself, and others. On May 12, 2015, Jackson was appointed as a new MC for SBS's music show Inkigayo, following the departure of ZE:A's Kwanghee.
In December 2015, Jackson made his Chinese television debut as one of the presenters (alongside He Jiong) on the Chinese version of the show Please Take Care of My Refrigerator, called Go Fridge, which was well received. He also wrote the lyrics, composed and arranged the theme song for the show in seasons 2 and 3. In March 2016, Jackson was appointed as MC for Fresh Sunday, a show on Hunan TV. Later in 2016, he starred in the show Fighting Man alongside Jam Hsiao, Wang Kai, Jing Boran, Bai Jingting, and Yang Shuo.
In December 2016 Jackson's first solo commercial for Midea was released in China.
On June 26, 2017, JYP Entertainment announced the upcoming release of Jackson's first solo album in China, as long as the establishment of a dedicated management team named Team Wang Jiaer Studio for his activities in the country. His first single, an English track titled "Papillon", was released on August 26; moreover, on August 30, he released "Novoland: The Castle in the Sky" (Chinese: ?????), the theme song for iOS game Novoland: The Castle in the Sky 3D, breaking away from hip-hop and making a first try with melodious and classical music.
Jackson attended the 2017 MTV Europe Music Awards as an Ambassador of Great China on November 12. On November 13, he was appointed as Alibaba Group Tmall Global's Chief Wonderful Goods Officer. On November 30, he released its second solo single, "Okay": similar to "Papillon", he wrote the lyrics, and composed and arranged the song together with BOYTOY.
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