5 k-pop idols who started their careers in childhood

It’s not news that some people start working when they’re still children. Still, what some fans new to the world of K-pop may not imagine is that the idols whose voices are so well known to them started their careers when they were still young.

With these cases in mind, in celebration of Children’s Day, RECREIO put together a list to present the past of these artists whose careers began before their 12th birthday, when they could finally be considered teenagers.

1. BoA

Kwon Bo-ahbetter known as Goodbegan developing as an idol at the age of 11, when he became a trainee at SM Entertainment. After about two years of training, she made her debut, with the year 2000 as her debut, achieved at the age of 13.

2. G-Dragon

Rapper and songwriter, G-Dragon He started in the group Little Roo’Ra when he was 6 years old and two years later he became an SM trainee. After 5 years in the company he debuted Good, G.D. He switched to YG Entertainment and debuted with BIGBANG in 2006.

3. Moonbin

Even though his voice has been immortalized in several ASTRO songs, Moonbin He didn’t start his career in music, but rather as a model. Among one of the idol’s oldest works is a participation in TVXQ’s music video for “Balloons”, playing the young version of U-Know Yunho in 2006, when he was just 8 years old.

4. Jeonghwa

Like this Moonbin, Jeonghwafrom EXID, began to take the path towards the spotlight in another artistic sector. It turns out that the idol is an actress, and her first work was in the 2004 drama series “Three Wives”, where, at just 10 years old, she played the daughter of the main characters.

Due to her career on the small screen, she was called by JYP Entertainment to be a trainee at the age of 12, where she perfected her singing, dancing and performance skills for 5 years, and can be seen in videos by the label’s artists such as Wonder Girls, for example, that she appears in the MV for “Tell Me”.

5. Krystal

Krystal She began her career at the age of 7 as a child celebrity, and at twice her age she made her debut as an idol through the group f(x), after two years as a trainee at SM Entertainmente.