Bang Jae-min (; born March 26, 1999), is a South Korean actor and rapper. He debuted as an actor on Top Management (2018). He also participated in the first two seasons of Mnet's rap competition show, High School Rapper.
In 2018, Bang participated once again on High School Rapper franchise in its second season. Eventually, he finished for the second time at the semi-final round.
On April 23, 2018, Amoeba Culture revealed that Bang had signed an exclusive contract with them since last year, having previously turned down offers from major agencies such as SM Entertainment and YG Entertainment. Two days later, Bang was confirmed to have his acting debut on YouTube Premium's original series, Top Management. He also contributed to the series' OST by releasing "Me In (Feat. Chancellor)", which was a rearranged version of the song included in the EP of S.O.U.L, the series' fictional band.
On April 30, 2019, Bang terminated his exclusive contract with Amoeba Culture because of health reasons.
Bang signed an exclusive contract with PLVL Entertainment on December 17, 2021. He released the EP Shape: Alteration as his first work under the agency with "Dot" as the lead single on January 8, 2022.
Exactly a month later, on February 8, 2022, PLVL confirmed that Bang would appear on TVING's Dear X Who Doesn't Love Me as Kim Do-bin, one of the main role's love interests. On October 19, PLVL announced that he would play as a high school student named Heo Jae-hoon on Genie TV's Summer Strike. He also participated in the drama's OST as a feature to tearliner's song "We Swim in Dreams", which released on December 6.
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2022 | Summer Strike | Heo Jae-hoon | Support role | |
2018 | Top Management | Jang I-rip | Main role | |
2022 | Dear X Who Doesn't Love Me | Kim Do-bin | Support role | |
2017 | High School Rapper | Contestant | Eliminated at semi-final round | |
2018 | High School Rapper 2 | Eliminated at semi-final round |
2021 | "Your Song" | Piano Man | |
2023 | "Honestly" | LimeLight |
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