Park Yeon Jae

Other Name: 박연재

Age: 22

Birthday: July 26, 2002

Nationality: South Korean

Gender: Male

Park Yeong Jae, known professionally as Dylan or Dylan Park, is a South Korean singer, dancer, actor and former member of D-CRUNCH (디크런치). He was born in New Zealand but returned to South Korea to enroll in elementary school. He graduated from Seoul Performing Arts High School and later obtained a bachelor's degree in Theater and Film at Suwon University. He made his debut in August 2018 as the group's vocalist, visual, rapper and maknae with their first single album "0806". The group enjoyed some initial success by winning the Focus Award at the 2018 Asia Artist Awards and also began international tours to Japan and the Middle East. The members were involved in songwriting and choreography and, in an unusual trend, were a hip-hop oriented idol group. In early 2020, all members terminated their contracts with All-S Company (올에스컴퍼니) and moved to AI Grand Korea (아이그랜드코리아). In October 2021, he began suffering symptoms of anxiety disorder and his health deteriorated. The following month, the agency announced he was taking a break from all group-related activities to focus on his mental health. Unfortunately, he never fully recovered and, in October 2022 (one month before D-CRUNCH's disbandment), he left the group. In mid-2023, he began his career as a musical and theatrical actor with roles in "Jesus Christ Superstar", "Peter Pan", "Dead Poet's Society", among others. (Source: MyDramaList).