Kun
쿤 錢錕
NCT
- Birth Name: Qian Kun (錢錕)
- Stage Name: Kun (쿤)
- Birthday: January 1, 1996 (28 yrs western, 29 Korean)
- Position: Leader (WayV), Vocalist, Rapper, Dancer
- Nationality: Chinese
- Height: 178 cm (5'10")
- Specialties: Piano
- Unit: NCT U, WayV (NCT China)
Kun (Simplified Chinese: 锟; Korean: 쿤), born Kun Qian (Simplified Chinese: 钱锟), is a Chinese singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is the leader and main vocalist of the Chinese male idol group WayV. He is one of the members of the South Korea-based male idol group NCT and its sub-unit NCT U, introduced to the group during the NCT 2018 project. He is also part of WayV's first sub-unit WayV-KUN&XIAOJUN.
He was born and raised in Taining County, Fujian, though he is said to have lived in Taiwan for two years as a child. He studied at Taining Experimental Primary School in elementary school, Taining No. 1 Middle School in middle school.
In 2015, he entered college as a pop vocal major at Beijing Contemporary Music Academy. For the whole stay in the university, he shared a dormitory room with Zhu Xingjie, also known as J. Zen (who at the time was also debuting as a singer). Kun passed SM Entertainment's Guangzhou auditions in the same year and became a trainee.
On January 5, 2016, he was introduced as a member of SMROOKIES. Before his debut as a member of NCT, however, he had participated in many group activities. On April 9, 2016, he attended the 16th Annual Music Awards with NCT U, where he sang the Chinese version of the new single "WITHOUT YOU" with the other NCT U members. On the 10th, the single was officially released, which was also Kun's first officially released song. On May 9th of the same year, he appeared in the NCT group variety show "NCT Life in Seoul" as a trainee.
The formation of WayV was announced through the group's official Weibo account on December 31, 2018, though the group's existence had been alluded to during the NCT 2018 promotions. Kun debuted with WayV as the group's leader and main vocalist on January 17, 2019, with the digital release The Vision.
