Introduction
Yoon Bo-mi (born August 13, 1993), better known by the mononym Bomi, is a South Korean singer, songwriter and actress. She is best known as a member of the South Korean girl group Apink.
Early life and education
Yoon Bo-mi was born in Suwon, Gyeonggi, South Korea on August 13, 1993. She has one older sister, Yoon Sun-mi, and a younger brother, Yoon Jong-jin. She was trained in the martial art of Taekwondo from the age of five and is a holder of a third degree black belt. She attended Youngshin Girls High School and later on, Korean Arts High School; from which she graduated in February 2012. She decided to put off college to concentrate on music.
Career
2011: Apink
Bomi along with fellow members were formally introduced as a member through the group's reality show, Apink News. Bomi 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.
2012–present: Acting career and variety shows
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. In September 2015, she was cast in KBS' 10-episode web drama Love Profiler K as top star Yuna, which aired in November on Naver.
Yoon has been an MC on the variety show Weekly Idol from 17 July 2013 to 8 July 2015. She was also in the cast of the variety show The Human Condition in 2014 and has appeared in MBC's Real Men female special in early 2015. Yoon, along with Apink groupmate Namjoo appeared on Sugar Man as Apink BnN on October 20. On the last episode for Weekly Idol in 2015, she became the fourth guest MC following MC Jeong Hyeong-don's hiatus.
In January 2016, Yoon and fellow member Kim Namjoo became the new MCs of Shikshin Road 2. She has been appearing on the reality show We Got Married since episode 209 along with actor Choi Tae-joon who serves as her virtual husband on the show.
Other works
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". In 2015, she was featured in David Oh's debut song "I Know, I Know", released on May 11, and on June 16, released a duet with Im Seulong titled "Lovely" for variety show Some Guys, Some Girls. 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.
Discography
Apink BnN
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Sales (Download) |
Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KOR Gaon |
KOR Hot 100 |
||||
| "My Darling" | 2014 | 22 | 17 |
|
Pink Luv |
Filmography
Television dramas
| Year | Title | Role | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Reply 1997 | Moon Jung-mi (Cameo, Ep. 9) | tvN |
| 2015 | Love Detective Sherlock K | Yoo-na | KBS Naver TV Cast |
Reality shows
| Year | Title | Network | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013–2016 | Weekly Idol | MBC Every 1 | Co-host with BTOB's Ilhoon Special MC (Episode 231, 243–244, 260) |
| 2015 | Real Men |
|
Cast Member (Female Special) |
| 2016 | King of Mask Singer | Under the alias of “Bunny Bunny" | |
| 2016–2017 | We Got Married | Along with Choi Tae-joon; Episode 341–363 |
Discography
| Year | Title | Album | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | "Let's Talk About You" | The Margin Of Life | with M.I.B |
| 2015 | "I Know I Know" | Singing Begins | with David Oh |
| "Lovely" | Some Guys, Some Girls OST | with Im Seulong | |
| "Let's Eat Together" | WAVE | with Yoon Hyun-sang | |
| 2016 | "Our Night Is More Beautiful Than Your Day" | Summer11 Project | with various artists |
| "Without You" | Cinderella and Four Knights OST | solo |