Who is Wonpil (Day6)?
Kim Won Pil was born in Incheon, South Korea, on 28 April 1994 – his zodiac sign is Taurus and he holds South Korean nationality. He is a singer and a dancer, perhaps best known for being a member of the boy group DAY6.
Early life, education and family
Wonpil was raised in Incheon alongside his older sister, by their father who is an engineer, and their mother who is a housewife, while she worked as a cleaning lady in the past. Wonpil began attending Jinsan Elementary School at the age of six, and his singing talent was noticed by his teacher who advised his parents to enroll him at a school for the performing arts. He subsequently enrolled at Jinsan Middle School before progressing to Incheon Science High School, where he became physically active as he played both soccer and tennis, and was also practicing dance, singing and playing the guitar.
Upon matriculation in 2012, Wonpil enrolled at Daekyeung University from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2016, but instead of working in his field of studies, Wonpil focused on becoming a famous singer.
Career as a singer and the band Day6
It was announced in 2014 by JYP Entertainment that they would be launching a boy group – 5LIVE – which would be made up of Sungjin, Wonpil, Junhyeok, Young K and Jae.
The boys appeared in the reality survival show “Who is Next: Win” in the second half of 2014 to promote their group, and just a day later, 5LIVE released the song “Lovely Girl”, which became the soundtrack of the South Korean romantic comedy series “Bel Ami”.
In July 2015 the band welcomed their new drummer, Dowoon, and was renamed to what it is called today – DAY6.
On 7 September 2015, the boys released “The Day”, their debut extended play (EP), with the song “Congratulations” as its lead single, and which reached #2 on the Billboard World Album Chart a week after it came out. On 21 and 22 November, DAY6 sang at their first concerts called “D-Day” held at YES24 MUVhall – besides their own songs, the boys also covered many other popular South Korean songs.
In December, their first fan meeting was held at the Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre in Singapore. In February 2016, Junhyeok decided to leave the group for unknown reasons, making DAY6 a five-boy group once again. Their second EP came out on 30 March 2016 entitled “Daydream”, with the song “Letting Go” as its lead track, and just a day later they competed in the show “M Countdown”.
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On 28 and 29 May, DAY6 performed at their second concert “Dream” at the same place as the first time, while they also performed at the Thunder Dome in Bangkok, Thailand.It was announced on 29 December 2016 that DAY6 would start working on their project “Every DAY6”, which meant they would be releasing two songs on the 6th every month, their first two songs coming out on 6 January 2017 entitled “of I W
” and “Goodbye Winter”, followed by “You Were Beautiful” and “My Day” on 6 February. On the 6thMarch the boys released “How Can I Say” and “I Would”, followed by “Say Wow” and “I’m Serious” on 6 April. On 8 May (two days later than promised), they released “Man in a Movie” and “Dance Dance”.
Their debut studio album “Sunrise” came out in June 2017, 14 songs which consisted of previously released songs from January to May 2017 with two new songs called “I Smile” and “Lean on Me”.
They continued to release two songs on the 6th with “Hi Hello” and “Be Lazy” having been released in July, followed by “Whatever!” and “What Can I Do” on 7 August. In September, “I’ll Remember” and “I Loved You” came out, followed by “When You Love Someone” and “I Need Somebody” in October.
On 20 October they began their American tour starting in Los Angeles, California, and ending on 29 October in Toronto, Canada. In November, they released the songs “Pouring” and “All Alone”, followed by the JYP Entertainment’s announcement that the boys would be touring around the world in 2018, called “Every DAY6 Concert Nationwide Tour”. Instead of two new songs in December, the boys released their second studio album “Moonrise”. Their worldwide tour began on 20 January 2018 in Busan, South Korea and ended in Daejeon, South Korea on 10 February.
On 3 March 2018, DAY6 performed at the Olympic Hall in a concert called “Every DAY6 Finale Concert – The Best Moments”, and on 14 March they made their Japanese debut with their Japanese song “If –Mata Aetara“, which was eventually chosen as the theme song for the series “Repeat”. Their second Japanese song “Stop the Rain” came out on 25 July, while their first Japanese album was released in June called “The Best Day” – by the end of June, DAY6 released their third EP – “Shoot Me: Youth Part 1” – with the song “Shoot Me” as its lead single. The second part of the EP “Remember Us: Youth Part 2” came out on 10 December 2018, and its lead song was “Days Gone By”. From 22 June 2018 to 29 January 2019, the boys were on their world tour called “Youth” visiting 24 cities.
Their fifth EP “The Book of Us: Gravity” was released on 15 July 2019, after which they embarked on their new world tour on 9 August called “Gravity”. Their third South Korean full-length album came out on 22 October entitled “The Book of Us: Entropy”, and was followed by their compilation album “The Best Day2” on 4 December. JYP Entertainment announced in April 2020 that the boys would be releasing their fourth album – “The Book of Us: The Demon” – on 11 May, however, due to problems with the coronavirus, the release was postponed just a day before it was supposed to come out, however, their mini album was still released on the same day, with the song “Zombie” as its lead single. It became popular in Asia reaching #1 on Melon Realtime Chart and #2 on Bugs.
DAY6 has won two awards – a Band Music Award for their song “Shoot Me” at Genie Music Awards in 2018 and a Best Band Performance for their song “Time Of Our Life” at Genie Music Awards in 2019. They have been nominated for around 15 other awards, including three Seoul Music Awards and seven Mnet Asian Music Awards.
Relationships and girlfriend
Wonpil hasn’t commented on any girls he might have dated since he debuted with DAY6, and this is one of the reasons why many of his fans believe that Wonpil might be gay. However, he has talked about the type of girls he likes, that she has to know what she wants in life, and has to be brave enough to go in pursuit of it. His girlfriend would have to be either cute or sexy (or both) and should be taller than him, which shouldn’t be that hard as Wonpil is the shortest member of DAY6.
Some of his fans have claimed to have seen Wonpil spending time with an unknown girl whom he allegedly met during one of DAY6’s live performances, and according to these rumors, the two dated for several months in 2019 before people stopped seeing them together.
As of July 2020, Wonpil is single, hasn’t married and doesn’t have children.
Hobbies and interests
Wonpil’s main hobby is collecting action figures – he has over 100 of them, and is also interested in collecting a variety of other things.
He is keen on cooking and has tried it many times, but has admitted that he is not very good at it.
He is also keen on using Musical Instrumental Digital Interface also known as MIDI.
Wonpil is a huge lover of travelling, and his dream travel destination has been Iceland in Europe, ever since he saw the pictures which his friend from DAY6, Jae took while he was there.
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His favorite ‘color’ is white, which is why he often wears white clothes.
He can imitate a monkey which is one of the reason why his group members are often teasing him.
Wonpil tattooed a shell and a bone on his left hand’s ring finger which is representing his heart which he cannot see and it is there to remind him that he is alive and still breathing.
Before he ever found himself on a ‘plane, Wonpil believed that its windows could be opened when in the air.
Age, height, eyes and net worth
Wonpil is 26 years old, has black hair and his eyes are brown. He is around 5ft 9ins (1.76m) tall and weighs around 132lbs (60kgs). As of July 2020, his net worth is estimated at around $2 million, while DAY6’s net worth is estimated at around $10 million.
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