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Jae Park was born on September 15, 1992, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. When he was 5 years old his family moved to South Korea, and after 2 years shifted to Cerritos, California.

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Jae studied at the ‘Cerritos High School’ and formed a debate club in his school. After
graduating, he joined the California State University, Long Beach, and chose to study political science.

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He left his studies and moved to South Korea when he got selected in the preliminary auditions of South Korean reality competition TV series, SBS’s ‘K-pop Star.’ In this worldwide audition, 3 major entertainment agencies of South Korea scouted for potential K-pop stars.

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Jae participated in the series and made it to the list of final 6 contestants before getting
eliminated on April 1, 2012. However, he was signed on by ‘JYP Entertainment’ to an exclusive contract, along with another contestant Baek A-yeon and the winner, Park Ji-min.