Eun Ji-won

Eun Ji-won (born June 8, 1978)[1] is a South Korean rapper, singer, host, dancer, composer and leader of the first generation idol group Sechs Kies (젝스키스).[2] After the group's disbandment in 2000, Eun pursued a solo career in 2001 with his first single ("A-Ha") and has mainly focused on hip hop since. In addition to his music career, he has appeared on hit shows like 2 Days & 1 Night, Reply 1997, New Journey to the West and Kang's Kitchen.

Eun Ji-won
Eun in January 2018
Born	June 8, 1978 South Korea
Occupation	Rapper singer actor
Years active	1997–present
Musical career
Genres	K-pop hip hop R&B
Instruments	Vocals
Labels	Daesung GYM YG
Associated acts	Sechs Kies, Movement, Clover, HOTSechgodRG
Korean name
Hangul	은지원
Hanja	殷志源
Revised Romanization	Eun Ji-won
McCune–Reischauer	Ŭn Chiwŏn

On April 14, 2016, Sechs Kies held a reunion concert for fans 16 years after their disbandment through the popular program Infinite Challenge. They have since returned to promote as a group and have signed a contract with YG Entertainment.

Early life

Eun attended Hawaiian Mission Academy, from Grade 9 to 12. He was schoolmates with fellow Sechs Kies member, Kang Sung-hun.[3]

Eun's great-uncle and his aunt on his father's side, Park Chung-hee and Park Geun-hye, served the country as President of South Korea. His aunt, however, was impeached not long after shes served.[4] His mother used to be part of a girl group called "Lily Sisters".

Eun's nickname in Sechs Kies was "Soy Sauce" (깜시) because of his dark skin. "Eun Choding" ("Kid Eun") was a later nickname on the reality-variety show Happy Sunday: 1 Night 2 Days because of his childish on-screen persona.

Career

1997–2000: Sechs Kies

Eun Ji-won and Kang Sung-hoon were discovered by a Daesung Entertainment president, Lee Ho Yeon, who was vacationing in Hawaii. Lee formed a six-member group in which Eun became the leader, main rapper and sub-vocalist.

The group debuted in 1997, and disbanded in 2000. Eun described his time with Sechs Kies as hectic, recalling that members would retreat to their parents' homes to avoid the demanding schedule. They disappeared about two weeks, so they blew off a lot of schedule. Kim Jae-duck said "We were arrogant at that time".[5][6] Eun Ji-won said the group's record label planned many of their media appearances without consulting the members. On the other hand, he said that it was the way to catch up with the H.O.T.. At the Korean variety show Happy together on March 10, 2011, Eun Ji-won said that Sechs Kies had to maintain a very tight schedule to close the gap on its rival H.O.T.. During this time, the group's popularity rivaled that of H.O.T..

On May 18, 2000 Sechs Kies announced their departure from the K-pop scene at a press conference, where a few members were tearful. Lee Jai-jin later said that the group originally intended to leave their record label without disbanding. Eun Ji-won, on the other hand, said that the members had decided it would be best to disband at the peak of their career.[7] They had an opportunity to talk about the disbandment all together during an interview on October 17, 2016. Eun Ji-won stated that the disbandment was decided upon agreement by a majority of the members, though Lee Jai-jin was one of the members that stood against the disbandment.[8]

After the press conference a last music video, "Thanks", was released after their final concert. He said he had not seen bandmate Ko Ji-yong for seven years; Ko moved to the United States to study, and has not returned.[9]

Although Sechs Kies disbanded in 2000, in 2002 Eun performed with former member Kang Sung-hun and J-Walk Kim Jae-duck and Jang Su-won. In 2007, he performed with J-Walk on a number of music shows, including KBS' Yoon Do Hyun's Love Letter (where they performed the SechsKies song, "Couple") and Music Bank (performing Eun's "Adios" and J-Walk's "Light Storm"). Eun and J-Walk performed "Couple" at Lee Soo-geun's wedding on March 2, 2008. Eun was featured on the third J-Walk album's title track, "My Love" and in its music video.

2000–2004: Solo debut and breakthrough

Eun began his solo career in 2000 with an EP including "A-Ha" on October 27, 2000. He wrote all the songs on his first solo album, G Pop, which was released on March 29, 2001. After his successful first album, Eun refined his style and experimented with his music on his second album, Heavy G.

Eun Ji-won changed his management to Waltz Music Entertainment in 2003.[10] Eun's third album, Drunk on Hip Hop (with the single "Drunk on Melody"), was released on September 6, 2003.[11] He later reissued his third album, including a "winter version" of "To Mi Casa" and "Never Ever" from his first solo album. "Drunk on Melody" won Eun the Hip Hop Award at the 2003 SBS Gayo Awards and the KMTV Korean Music Awards. He has performed the song twice on stage with Tiger JK of Drunken Tiger on KBS' Yoon Do Hyun's Love Letter.

2004–2006: Screen debut and hip hop crew

Eun starred in the romantic comedy Marrying a High-School Girl (여고생 시집가기) with Lim Eun-kyung by first-time director Oh Deok-hwan, which was released on December 23, 2004. He played Park Ondal, a transfer student to the school attended by Pyung-gang (Lim). The film was about a high school girl who must marry a boy named "Ondal" before her sixteenth birthday, and have a baby within a year; otherwise, she would die.

Eun went on hiatus from the industry in mid-2006, but appeared once again when The Movement (무브먼트) (a group of rappers and hip-hop artists throughout Korea) staged a concert on May 13, 2006. Many Movement artists have been featured on Eun's albums including Drunken Tiger, Tasha (Yoon Mi Rae), Dynamic Duo and Bobby Kim.

2007–2010: Return after two-year hiatus and GYM Entertainment

Eun returned with a single, "Adios", after a hiatus from the music industry; his album Love, Death, Introspection (사랑 死랑 思랑) was released on October 30, 2007 with four new tracks and an instrumental version of "Adios". Mr. Tyfoon, Baek Ji-young and Sat Byul (샛별) were featured on the album. "Adios", a Latin hip hop song, was composed by Keeproots with lyrics by Mr. Tyfoon. Tiger JK from Drunken Tiger, Mr. Tyfoon and Eun produced the album.[12][13] Eun is part of 13 Creative Unit, a subsidiary of Eyagi Entertainment (which also produces singer Hwang Bo and actress Park Si Yeon).

In mid-2007, Eun appeared on the KBS reality-variety show Happy Sunday: 1 Night 2 Days. He replaced Kim Jong Min (who left for military service) on MBC's Come To Play (놀러와). Eun was a cast member of SBS' Jihwaza (작렬! 정신통일) before the show's cancellation in September 2007.

For his fifth album, Eun selected 20 of over 100 songs. In 2007, he performed at the DKNY Party. Eun appeared on Starship Entertainment label-mate Moon Ji-eun's debut EP (released on April 10, 2008), rapping on "Fox" and appearing in its music video after Moon appeared in Eun's 2003 music video for "Suddenly" (문득).[14] In June 2008, Eun collaborated with J-Walk on a song for J-Walk's album, "My Love". Later that year Eun released G Code; its single was "Dangerous", a sample of Kardinal Offishall featuring Akon's version of "Dangerous".

In early 2009 Eun left CH Entertainment and started his own company, GYM Entertainment. The first artist to be released in his company was singer-rapper Gilme; Eun appeared on Gilme's debut song, "Love Cuts", and has performed the song on stage with her.[15]

After a year's hiatus from the music scene Eun released his fifth full-length studio album, Platonic. The lead track, "Siren", is an electronic dance song with hip-hop rhythms. Eun collaborated with Mr. Tyfoon, Gilme and 2 Days & 1 Night member Lee Su-geun on the album. The album was jointly released by GYM Entertainment and Starship Entertainment.

2011–2013: Clover project and HotSechgodRG

On March 31, 2011, Eun, Gilme and Mr. Tyfoon formed Clover, which received much attention as Eun Ji-won's new group after 10 years since Sechs Kies' disbandment.[16] They performed "La Vida Loca", from their mini-album Classic Over, on a number of musical shows.[17] "La Vida Loca" was well-received, topping the Cyworld Music Chart even two weeks after the release.[18] On September 29, 2011, Clover released another digital single, "A Guy Who I Know (아는 오빠)".[19] In January 2012, Clover received Hip-Hop/Rap Award at the 21st Seoul Music Awards.[20] On August 14, 2012, Clover released its second digital single, "Pork Soup (돼지국밥)".[21] On November 18, 2013, Clover's third digital single, "Trickling (주르륵)" was released.[22]

In 2013, Eun, Chun Myung-hoon, Tony An, Moon Hee-joon and Danny Ahn appeared on a new show on QTV called Handsome Boys of the 20th Century.[23] Handsome Boys of the 20th Century was created by Moon Hee-joon who invited five celebrities, all of whom were born in the same year (1978), from three other first generation idol groups to start a reality show version of the TV series "Reply 1997".[24] He presented the idea that they would meet up casually to chat and reflect on topics from their past which they were not allowed to touch on back then.[25] The show starred Moon Hee-joon and Tony An, Chun Myung-hoon, Eun Ji-won, and Danny Ahn. The five members named themselves HotSechgodRG — a portmanteau of each member's previous idol group names.

The first season was aired from April 16, 2013 to July 9, 2013.[26] The show received much attention and HotSechgodRG appeared on many entertainment programs both mainstream and cable, such as Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend, Happy Together and Hwasin – Controller of the Heart (화신). The second season of the “Handsome Boys of the 20th Century” was aired from August 27, 2013 to November 19, 2013.[27] HotSechgodRG announced that they were preparing for a Christmas concert (Legend Back). Unfortunately, Tony encountered some legal trouble and had to withdraw from the group as he was temporarily banned from broadcast appearances. The concert was canceled as they felt they could not go on without Tony. The third season was aired from November 26, 2013 to December 26, 2013 under the name "Handsome Boys Communication (미소년 통신)". The program consisted of "EunHee Clinic (은희상담소)" starring Moon Hee-joon and Eun Ji-won and "DJ GodRG (DJ 갓알지)" starring Danny Ahn and Chun Myung Hoon.

In May 2014, it was announced that HOTSechgodRG would return for a new show in July. Moon Hee-joon, Eun Ji-won, Danny Ahn, and Chun Myung Hoon starred in a new show called W.I.S.H. (Where is My Super Hero?), which was aired on OnStyle from July 19, 2014 to August 9, 2014.[28][29]

Danny Ahn, Tony An and Chun Myung-hoon made an appearance on Eun's travel reality show Plan Man and the foursome travel to Jeju Island. Their trip was broadcast over three episodes, beginning on July 31, 2016.[30] Tony An had previously appeared on another episode with Brian Joo of Fly to the Sky.[31]

With the reforming of Danny Ahn's group g.o.d in 2014 and Eun's group Sechs Kies in 2016, their appearances with the five-man group have been limited due to busy schedules.

2016: Sechs Kies reunion

161119 Eun Ji-won at 2016 Melon Music Awards

170119 Eun Ji-won at Seoul Music Awards

On May 11, Sechs Kies signed a contract with YG Entertainment after their reunion on Infinite Challenge, except for Ko Ji-yong.[32] Sechs Kies held a comeback concert on September 10 and 11 at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena. After Infinite Challenge aired, SechsKies earned many more fans, and their comeback concert tickets were sold out in only five minutes.[33]

On October 7, SechsKies released a new digital single "Three Words (세 단어)" which topped all 8 major music charts shortly after release, achieving all-kill status. It also ranked high in Asian music charts and global iTunes in Taiwan and is among top tracks on iTunes charts in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and others.[34]

On August 19, Eun joined SBS's variety show 'Flower Crew' with fellow Sechs Kies member, Lee Jai-jin.[35] However, they left Flower Crew to focus on group promotions.[36]

On November 23, YG announced that Sechs Kies' new album will be released on December 1, 2016. The new album "2016 Re-ALBUM" contains 10 past hit songs of SechsKies that were rearranged and remastered by YG producers, and is prepared a special gift for fans.[37]

Sechs Kies continued the Yellow Note concert tour on December 10 in Daegu and on December 24–25 in Busan. On October 31, all SechsKies tour concert seats for December were sold out within a few minutes.

On December 16, YG announced Sechs Kies is to hold a "Yellow Note Final in Seoul" concert on January 21 and 22 at the Jamsil Indoor Stadium.[38] On December 22, all 13,000 tickets were sold out within three minutes.

At the end of the year, Sechs Kies won several awards including Click! Star Wars Awards Hall of Fame, the 6th Gaon Chart Music Awards The Kpop Contribution of The Year, the 8th Melon Music Awards Hall of Fame, the 31st Golden Disc Awards Best Male Group Performance and the 26th Seoul Music Awards Bonsang.

2017–2018: The 20th Anniversary

On February 16, TvN announced that Eun Ji-won will be joining their new variety show The Dynamic Duo.[39] On March 18, Eun announced the re-opening of his official fan club '1KYNE'. On March 28, Eun Ji-Won launched his official fanclub, at 12 KST it's opened for registration. Over 30,000 fans logged onto the website at once caused the site to crashed and remained down for approximately an hour before fans were able to register.[40]

On April 19, YG announced that Sechs Kies' album The 20th Anniversary would be released on April 28, 2017. Along with the release of the album, two title tracks will be promoted are "Sad Song" and "Be Well". The album topped the charts in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Australia and United States. Sechs Kies' album also topped Mnet, Bugs, Genie and Naver Chart. All the songs in the album made it to the top 100 on the Melon chart, which is remarkable and shows that Sechs Kies has a wide fan base. SechsKies album topped Gaon Chart and Hanteo real time chart, daily chart and weekly chart. "Be Well" also topped Gaon Digital Chart, Download Chart, BGM Chart and Mobile Chart for the 1st week of May. SechsKies held consecutive wins for the title track "Be Well" on MBC Music Core in May. They also won for the #1 spot on KBS Music Bank.[41][42][43]

On April 25, Eun released 'Love Song' for OCN drama ‘My Secret Romance’ OST.[44] On May 4, SechsKies held their first fansign event after 18 years at Time Square located in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul. The venue was filled with more than 3,000 fans gathered to see them.[45] On May 12, YG announced that SechsKies' will debuting in Japan after 20 years debut in Korea. SechsKies' album "The 20th Anniversary" Japan Edition will be released on July 19. YG announced Sechs Kies will held their first Japan Fan Meeting at the Yokohama Bay Hall in Kanagawa on July 23 and at the Namba Hatch in Osaka on September 3.[46] On August 7, YG announced Sechs Kies is to hold "20th Anniversary Concert" on September 23 at the Gocheok Sky Dome. On August 22, all tickets were sold out within a few minutes.[47] On August 16, YG announced Eun Ji Won has officially signed individual contract with YG Entertainment.[48]

2019: Solo comeback

On June 6, 2019, it was revealed Eun would make a solo return to the music scene for his sixth album G1 on June 27. The lead single "I'm On Fire", featuring female vocalist Blue.D, was produced by YG producer Future Bounce and label-mate Winner's Mino, with lyrics written by Mino and Eun Ji-won himself.

Personal life

2010: Marriage

In February 2010 Eun announced that he would marry his first love, a woman two years his senior. They knew each other since 1994 in Hawaii, but broke up later when Eun returned to South Korea to start Sechs Kies.[49] Eun and Lee Sooyeon were reunited 13 years later, and engaged in a steady relationship. Eun's fiancée was sister-in-law by marriage to soccer player Lee Dong-Gook.[50][51] On April 7 Eun left for Hawaii to prepare for the wedding ceremony,[52] scheduled for April 20.[53] Although filming for 1 Night 2 Days was postponed due to the ROKS Cheonan sinking, Eun and his parents returned to South Korea on April 22[54] and he was interviewed on SBS's One Night’s TV Entertainment; he said it was like filming a commercial with his wife.[55] On April 29 the first photo of the wedding ceremony was leaked to the public, in which the couple is walking down the aisle with family and friends congratulating them.[56]

2013: Divorce announcement

On February 28, 2013, Eun announced that he and his wife divorced in August 2012. A statement from his management said, "Eun Ji-won wed his wife Ms. Lee Sooyeon in April 2010, but the two decided to part ways in August 2012. They decided to go their separate ways so that they could lead new lives following difficulties in getting along due to differences in personality".[57]

Criticism

Eun is the only member of Sechs Kies to face criticism since the disbandment for changing his musical genre from pop music to hip hop and rap.[58][59]

Discography

Albums

• 2001: G Pop
• 2002: Money
• 2003: Eun Ji-won Best
• 2003: Drunken in Hip Hop
• 2005: The 2nd Round
• 2009: Platonic
• 2019: G1

Music credits

Artist(s)	Song Information
Sechs Kies	"Fake-G (절대자)" - Road Fighter "Run Away" - Road Fighter "비(悲)" - Com` Back "Bye..." - Blue Note "Back Hug (백허그)" - Another Light
Eun Ji-won	"One, Two, Three" - G Pop "Beautiful Times (아름다운 시절)" - G Pop "U & Me" - G Pop "Beautiful Days (은지원 고고)" - G Pop "Memory" - G "A.D 2050" - G "A-Ha" - G "Eun Ji Won Go! Go!" - Eun Ji Won 2 "DT.G.Zine" - Eun Ji Won 2 "Get Down" - Eun Ji Won 2 "Monologue" - Eun Ji Won 2 "Reload (Feat. Tyfoon, Gan-D, Juvie Train)" - The 2nd Round "Gotta Go (Feat. Gary, Double K)" - The 2nd Round "So Gone (Feat. T)" - The 2nd Round "8t. Truck" - The 2nd Round "Deep Blue (Feat. 샛별)" - 사랑사랑사랑 "Kill Me (Dangerous PartⅡ) (Feat. Gilme)" - G Code "Only You (너 하나) (Feat. Baby-G)" - G Code "Dangerous" - G Code "Soulmate (Feat. Gilme)" - TRAUMA "Excuse (Feat. Jeremy)" - TRAUMA "What U Are (Feat. Gilme)" - TRAUMA
Clover	"La Vida Loca" - Classic Over "Better Day" - Classic Over "ICE TRIM (ICE트림)" - Classic Over "A Guy Who I Know (아는 오빠)" - A Guy Who I Know (아는 오빠) "Trickling (주르륵)" - Trickling (주르륵)
Gilme	"Shut ur MOUTH" - 2 Face "Me First (내가 먼저) (Feat. Eun Ji-won)" - Me First (내가 먼저)
Epik High	"Open M.I.C. (Feat. Eun Ji-won, Dynamic Duo, TBNY, Tweak)" - High Society
Drunken Tiger	"Stubborn Person (고집쟁이)" - One Is Not a Lonely Word (하나하면 너와 나)
K.Will	"Present (선물) (Feat. Eun Ji-won)" - Present (선물)
Fin.K.L	"Your Memory (너의 기억)" - Special
Lee Soo-geun	"Let's Go As Far As We Can (갈때까지 가보자) (Feat. Eun Ji-won)" - Let's Go As Far As We Can (갈때까지 가보자) "Beautiful Lady (Feat. Eun Ji-won)" - Icontact
R.ef	"You Don't Seem to Know Love (사랑을 모르나봐) (Feat. Eun Ji-won)" - It`s R.ef
Moon Ji Eun	"Yeouga (Feat. Eun Ji-won)" - Vivid
Stay	"Your Scent, Lips And Eyes (너의 향기와 입술과...눈빛) (Feat. Eun Ji-won)" - Thank You

Filmography

Solo career

Year	Title
2001	MurMur (내게 오는 길)
2003	Drunken in Melody (만취 In Melody)
2005	All Famy/Owl (올빼미)
	Love Theory
2007	Adios
2008	Dangerous
2009	Siren
2010	While Buzzed (술김에)
2015	What U Are
	Trauma (트라우마)
2019	I’M ON FIRE (불나방)

Film

Year	Title	Role
1998	Seventeen	Kim Joon-tae
2004	Marrying a High-School Girl	Park Ondal
2009	The Missing Lynx	Lynx (dubbing)
2018	Sechskies Eighteen	Eun Jiwon

Dramas

Year	Network	Title	Character	Notes
2001	MBC	Nonstop	Eun Ji-won	Special Guest
2002
2003
2007		New Heart	New Resident	Cameo
2012	tvN	Reply 1997	Do Hak-chan
2013		Reply 1994		Cameo
2016	JTBC	Listen to Love

Host

Year	Network	Show	Partner Host
2008-2009	SBS	SBS Inkigayo	Huh E-jae
2009	MBC	Lord of the Rings (반지의 제왕)	Lee Soo-geun, Marco
2010	KBS	Idol League	Moon Hee-joon
2012	tvN	Three Idiots (세 얼간이)	Lee Soo-geun, Kim Jong-min
	Mnet	Show Me the Money, Season 1
2013		Show Me the Money, Season 2
	QTV	Handsome Boys Communication - EunHee Clinic (미소년통신-은희상담소)	Moon Hee-joon
	KBS	Immortal Songs 2
		Vitamin	Lee Hwi-jae, Park Eun Young
2014	JTBC	Same Age (동갑내기)	Kim Gu-ra, Moon Hee-joon, Brian Joo
2018	Channel A	Coming Soon
	SBS funE	School Attack 2018	Son Dong-woon, JooE
	MBN	Cart Show 2 (카트쇼 2)	Lee Soo-geun, Lee So Ra, Boom
2019	MBN	Hunmanjeongeum	Joon Park
	JTBC	Stage K	Jun Hyun-Moo, Joon Park, Sandara Park, Kim Yu-bin (musician)
	tvN	High School Lunch Cook-off	Baek Jong-won, Moon Se-yoon, Naeun (April)

Variety Shows

Year	Network	Title
2003	MBC	Parody Theater Rooftop Room Snake (패러디극장 옥탑방 구렁이)
		Match Made in Heaven (강호동의 천생연분)
2005		Imagination Summer Expedition (상상원정대 여름특집)
2006	SBS	Truth & False (있다! 없다?)
2007	KBS	1 Night 2 Days (2007-2012)
	MBC	Come to Play (놀러와)
	SBS	Jiwhaza (작렬! 정신통일)
	KBS	Are You Ready? (해피선데이: 준비됐어요)
	SBS	Quiz Showdown! (퀴즈!육감대결)
2009		Intimate Note Season 2 (절친노트 2)
	MBC	School Mobile World Card (스쿨 문자지존)
	MBC Every1	Monarch of the Ring (반지의 제왕)
2010	KBS	Star Golden Bell season 2
	MBC Every1	Midnight Idol (오밤중의아이들)
	SBS	Sweet Potato (고구마)
2011	KBS	Escape Crisis No.1 (위기탈출 넘버원)
	MBC	Star King
2012	MBC	Jewelry House
2013	SBS	Hwasin: Controller of the Heart
	SBS	Barefoot Friends (start at ep 10)
	MBC	Star Gazing (별바라기)
	SBS	Thank You (땡큐)
	tvN	The Genius 2
	QTV	Handsome Boys of the 20th Century (20세기 미소년)
	KBS	Beauty and the Beast (미녀와 야수)
2014	KBS	Million Seller
	MBC	World Changing Quiz Show
	OnStyle	W.I.S.H. (Where is My Super Hero?)
	SBS	Magic Eye (TV series)
	tvN	First Day of Work
2015	SBS	Law of the Jungle - Episode 166 - 170
	tvN go	New Journey to the West
	KBS	The Human Condition 2
	MBC	The Capable Ones (능력자들)
	JTBC	Mari And I
2016	tvN	New Journey to the West, Season 2
	TRENDY	Plan Man
	JTBC	Strong Man (천하장사)
	SBS	Flower Crew
	MBC	My Money Partners - Next-door CEOs
	KBS	Please Look After Me (청년! 대한민국 잘 부탁합니다)
		Gura Cha Cha Time Slip
2017	tvN	New Journey to the West, Season 3
	NaverTV	Plan Man: New Beginning
	tvN	The Dynamic Duo (공조7)
		New Journey to the West, Season 4
		Kang's Kitchen
2018	Channel A	Coming Soon
	MBC	Unexpected Q
	tvN	New Journey to the West Season 5
	tvN	New Journey to the West Season 6
	SBS funE	School Attack 2018
	MBN	Cart Show 2 (카트쇼 2)
	JTBC	Carefree Travellers Season 2
2019	tvN	Kang's Kitchen Season 2
	tvN	Kang's Kitchen Season 3
	MBC	Radio Star (TV series) Ep. 626
	TVN	Amazing Saturday Ep. 62
	Channel A	The Fishermen and the City Ep. 83
	O'live	Everyone's Kitchen Ep. 9
	JTBC2	Idol Room Ep. 58
	Olleh TV	Sechskies What Happen in Bali
	JTBC	Stage K
	MBN	Hunmanjeungeum
	TVN	High School Lunch Cook-off
	JTBC	Perfect Combi
	MBN	Naturally
	tvN	New Journey to the West Season 7
	tvN	Three Meals in Iceland
	Channel A	Cabin Crew Season 2
2020	tvN	Friday Joy Package
	MBC	Birds Of A Feather
	tvN	New Journey to the West Season 8
	tvN	Seol Min-seok's Bared World History

Endorsement

Year	Company Name	Brand Name	Item	Co-star
1997	Mr Hammer	Snack	Food	Sechs Kies
1998	Elite	Clothing	Uniform
2008	Nepa	Nepa	Clothing	MC Mong
	BHC	BHC Chicken	Food
	Noonnoppi	Noonnoppi	Education
	New Era	Snap Back Hat	Hat
2009	Home Plus	Mall	Mall	Kang Ho-dong, Lee Soo-geun, MC Mong, Lee Seung-gi, Kim C
	Villain	Clothing	Pants
2011–present	KRT	Travel Agency	Travel Agency
2012	WOW	Game	NPC
	LG	Computer	Ultrabook
2016	GS25	Retail	Retail
2017-2018	Guinness	Guinness	Beer	Ahn Jaehyun
2019	Samlip	Samlip Hobbang	Food	Lee Soo-geun
2019	DH Games	Idle Heroes	Online Game

Radio career

Eun was the first DJ on MBC FM4U (친한 친구), from 2002 to 2003.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award-Giving Body	Category	Result
2001	SBS Gayo Daejeon	Netizen Popularity Award	Won
2003	SBS Gayo Daejeon	Hip Hop Award	Won
2003	KMTV Korean Music Awards	Hip Hop Award	Won
2010	KBS Entertainment Awards	Best Entertainer	Won
2011	KBS Entertainment Awards	Best Entertainer	Nominated
2011	KBS Entertainment Awards	Daesang (awarded to all the 1 Night 2 Days Members)	Won
2018	MBC Entertainment Awards	Top Excellence in Music & Talk	Nominated

References

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2. "About the artist". Official SECHSKIES Facebook. YG. Eun Jiwon is the official English name.
3. (in Korean)멤버중 은지원과 강성훈이 이곳 하와이 미션 아카데미를 다녀 고향을 찾은 셈이 되었다
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10. (in English) The Latest on Hip Hopper Eun Jiwon KBS World. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
11. (in English) Eun Jiwon Shows off Hip-hop Style KBS World. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
12. (in English) Rapper Eun Returns with Latin Hiphop Archived 2008-12-05 at the Wayback Machine KBS Global. Retrieved October 30, 2007.
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14. (in Korean) 은지원, 문지은 데뷔곡 '여우가' 피처링 참여...6년 우정 과시 Chosun. April 8, 2008. Retrieved April 10, 2008.
15. (in English) Eun Jiwon Backs a New ArtistKBS world.July 9, 2009. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
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17. (in English) Eun Jiwon To "Debut" His Group Clover KBS World. March 8, 2011. November 6, 2016.
18. (in Korean)"은지원 클로버, 차트 1위 역주행! '1박2일' 효과?", 백지은 기자, 스포츠조선, 2011년 4월 15일
19. (in Korean)클로버, '아는오빠'로 어장관리녀 풍자...'라비다로카'인기 잇나, 황미현 기자, OSEN, 2011년 9월 29일
20. (in Korean)<포토뉴스> 클로버, ‘서울가요대상’ 힙합상 수상!, 송재원 기자, 헤럴드 경제 2012년 1월 19일
21. (in Korean)<새음반> 클로버 '돼지국밥', 연합뉴스 2012년 8월 14일
22. (in Korean)은지원, 클로버로 가수 복귀…신곡 ‘주르륵’ 공개, 오세훈 기자, 스포츠동아, 2013년 11월 18일
23. (in English)New variety show, Handsome Boys of the 20th Century is about to air
24. (in Korean)‘해피투게더’ 핫젝갓알지 특집 “예능판 응답하라 1997”
25. (in Korean)[취중토크 ①] '20세기 미소년' 핫젝갓알지 "너희들, 우리 알지?"
26. (in English)Korean legend idols from 90s gather together
27. (in English)20th Century Flower Boys Project is back, in Season 2
28. (in Korean)핫젝갓알지 예능 ‘위시’ 대박 조짐? 첫 녹화 은지원 ”화장실 앞에서 귀신 봤다”
29. (in Korean)핫젝갓알지 '위시', 오늘(9일) 종영…"다시 오겠다"
30. "'플랜맨' 토니안-데니안-천명훈-은지원의 제주도 첫 여행기". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). July 29, 2016.
31. (in Korean)‘플랜맨’ 측 “핫젝갓알지 제주도 여행기 10회 제작, 31일 첫방송”
32. (in English)SECHS KIES Joins YG with a Contract that Ensures Special Treatment Similar to that of BIGBANG
33. (in English)Sechs Kies to hold first solo concert in 16 years
34. (in English)Sechs Kies releases new single, tops charts
35. (in English)"Sechskies' Eun Jiwon and Lee Jaijin to join 'Flower Crew'". allkpop. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
36. (in English)WINNER's Kang Seung Yoon to join 'Flower Crew' after Sechskies' Lee Jaijin and Eun Jiwon leave
37. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-11-24. Retrieved 2016-11-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) YG announced, "Rebirth of hit songs… SECHSKIES releases new album ‘Re-ALBUM’" (official announcement)
38. Hit 90's band Sechs Kies to hold concert in Seoul
39. Lee Gi Kwang, Eun Ji-won, And Kwon Hyuk Soo Join New tvN Variety Show
40. Eun Ji Won’s Official Fanclub Launches and Crashes Immediately
41. [공식] '20주년' 젝스키스, 28일 컴백 확정..17년만에 신보 발표
42. ‘음악중심’ 젝키, 2주 연속 1위…트와이스·빅스 컴백
43. ‘뮤뱅’ 젝스키스, 방송 출연 없이도 1위…이것이 ‘젝키 파워’다
44. [단독] 젝키 은지원, 드라마 OST 도전…'프듀' 이수현과 호흡
45. 젝스키스, 18년만의 팬사인회 3천명 운집..즉석 하이터치회까지
46. 젝스키스, 데뷔 20년만에 日정식데뷔…7월 19일 앨범 발표
47. [공식]젝스키스, 9월 23일 고척돔서 20주년 콘서트 개최
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49. (in Korean) '영화같은' 은지원, 만남서 결혼까지 Star News. February 17, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2010.
50. (in Korean) 은지원, 4월 첫사랑과 하와이서 결혼 Nate News. February 17, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2010.
51. (in Korean) Eun Jiwon: 'I will marry my first love' KBS Global. February 18, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2010.
52. (in English) Singer and "1 Night 2 Days" Star Eun Jiwon Leaves For His Wedding In Hawaii April 7, 2010. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
53. (in Korean) 은지원, 오늘(20일) 하와이서 결혼 Star News. April 20, 2010. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
54. (in Korean) 은지원 몰래 귀국현장 포착..편안한 옷차림 ‘새신랑 맞네’ Newsen. April 23, 2010. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
55. (in Korean) 은지원 결혼소감 "CF 찍는 기분" Star Today. April 23, 2010. April 23, 2010.
56. (in Korean) Kim, Myung Shin. `품절남` 은지원, 결혼 사진 전격 공개! Han Kyung. April 29, 2010. Retrieved April 29, 2010.
57. Eun Jiwon Officially Announces He Divorced His Ex-Wife in August 2012 CJ E&M enewsWorld. February 28, 2013. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
58. (in Korean) 하드보일드 매치, 맞짱 문희준 VS 은지원 1부 Archived 2008-12-26 at the Wayback Machine YTN Star. Retrieved January 4, 2008.
59. (in Korean) 하드보일드 매치, 맞짱 문희준 VS 은지원 2부 Archived 2008-12-26 at the Wayback Machine YTN Star. Retrieved January 4, 2008.

External links

• Eun Ji-won at YG Entertainment