GOT7's Junior changes his stage name to his legal name

By beansss Tuesday, August 16, 2016 262,048 39,516 103

Attention, iGOT7! GOT7's Junior will now be known not by his former stage name, but by his legal name!

The idol uploaded a post on his Twitter account on August 16, letting fans know, "Starting today I will be promoting as Jinyoung, not Junior. I will become a Jinyoung who gives more effort. I ask for your abundant support! Thank you!!!"

On Naver, Junior's name has already been updated to Jinyoung. Fans suspect that Junior had a difficult time going by his former stage name, due to the fact that some people made the mistake of calling him J.R, and as a result, the label decided to officially change his stage name to his legal name.

Remember, it's GOT7's Jinyoung from now on, not Junior!

오늘부터 주니어가 아닌 진영으로 활동을
하게 되었습니다. 더 노력하는 진영이 되겠습니다. 많은 응원 부탁드릴게요! 감사합니다!!! pic.twitter.com/vXrgO5LEyp
— 박진영 (@jrjyp) August 16, 2016

BoBo101 • Monday, August 22, 2016

Wait what about JR? Why is that a mistake??

SomiKpop BoBo101 • Thursday, August 25, 2016

Because people were incorrectly pronouncing it as "Jay-Are" when 'Jr.' is short for "Junior." Personally I've always called him Jinyoung (he's my bias), so I'm glad he's going by that now.

minzeliron • Thursday, August 18, 2016

Aw, but Jr is much faster to write.

SomiKpop minzeliron • Thursday, August 25, 2016

But it hasn't been "Jr" since early 2015...

minzeliron SomiKpop • Saturday, August 27, 2016

lol you make early 2015 sound like 5 years ago girl that was last year

Evelyn_Lugo • Wednesday, August 17, 2016

That's okay we still love u!!

bobbatea • Wednesday, August 17, 2016

still junior. j is still jb and junior is still junior/jr. never break up the jj project names! xD i still call junsu junsu instead of jun.k, i knew them for that long and i'm sticking with it lol!

SomiKpop bobbatea • Thursday, August 25, 2016

Eww lmao. I've always called him Jinyoung bc I never cared for "Junior/Jr."

bobbatea SomiKpop • Wednesday, August 31, 2016

^_^ that's your opinion!! ^^

ilikeJB • Wednesday, August 17, 2016

The members themselves never calls him Junior. There was an interview with JJ Project where JB called him Jinyoung and he actually corrected it into Junior but JB didn't care and calls him Jinyoungie again. LOL. Plus the sunbaes LOVES calling him by his real name due to obvious reasons.

kpoploverr44 • Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Between members, it's rare that they call themselves by their stage names. GD calls Taeyang Youngbae. Same for members in BTS such as J-Hope

SomiKpop ilikeJB • Thursday, August 25, 2016

Yep! I was waiting on him to change it tbh lmao. Bc I've never called him Junior. He's always been Jinyoung to me.

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Fayolia • Wednesday, August 17, 2016

YAAAAAAAAAAS!

Got7_Red_Velvet • Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Ok, it might take a while because I got used to calling him Junior...and I like the name Junior. But Jinyoung, when will 'Snowflakes' come out? I miss seeing you on drama. And Got7 comeback!!