Bang Jae-min (; born March 26, 1999), is a South Korean actor and rapper. He debuted as an actor on Top Management (2018). He also participated in the first two seasons of Mnet's rap competition show, High School Rapper.
Career 2017–2019: High School Rapper and acting debut Bang participated in the first season of Mnet's rap competition show, High School Rapper, in February 2017. He was eliminated at the regional competition round, but was brought back by the judges after barely surviving the revival match. He finished at the semi-final round, losing at 1:1 match.
In 2018, Bang participated once again on High School Rapper franchise in its second season. Eventually, he finished for the second time at the semi-final round.
On April 23, 2018, Amoeba Culture revealed that Bang had signed an exclusive contract with them since last year, having previously turned down offers from major agencies such as SM Entertainment and YG Entertainment. Two days later, Bang was confirmed to have his acting debut on Youtube Red's original series, Top Management. He also contributed to the series' OST by releasing "Me In (Feat. Chancellor)", which was a rearranged version of the song included in the EP of S.O.U.L, the series' fictional band.
On April 30, 2019, Bang terminated his exclusive contract with Amoeba Culture because of health reasons.
2021-present: Acting endeavors On February 21, 2021, after two years of hiatus, Bang released his debut EP Fairy Tale: Lingering with "Snow Man" as the lead single. The EP was started to be prepared by him from February 2020.
Bang signed an exclusive contract with PLVL Entertainment on December 17, 2021. He released the EP Shape: Alteration as his first work under the agency with "Dot" as the lead single on January 8, 2022.
Exactly a month later, on February 8, 2022, PLVL confirmed that Bang would appear on TVING's Dear X Who Doesn't Love Me as Kim Do-bin, one of the main role's love interests. On October 19, PLVL announced that he would play as a high school student named Heo Jae-hoon on Genie TV's Summer Strike. He also participated in the drama's OST as a feature to tearliner's song "We Swim in Dreams", which released on December 6.
Discography Extended plays + List of extended plays, showing selected details Title Details Fairy Tale: Lingering Released: February 21, 2021 Label: GOL Inc Formats: Digital download, streaming Shape: Alteration Released: January 8, 2022 Label: PLVL Entertainment Formats: Digital download, streaming
Filmography Television series Year Title Role Notes 2022 Summer Strike Heo Jae-hoon Support role
Web series Year Title Role Notes 2018 Top Management Jang I-rip Main role 2022 Dear X Who Doesn't Love Me Kim Do-bin Support role
Television shows Year Title Role Notes 2017 High School Rapper Contestant Eliminated at semi-final round 2018 High School Rapper 2 Eliminated at semi-final round
Music video appearances Year Song title Artist 2021 "Your Song" Piano Man 2023 "Honestly" LimeLight
References
External links Bang Jae-min at PLVL