PENTAGON (펜타곤) Jinho Complete Profile, Facts, and TMI

Jinho Profile

Birth Name: 조진호 (Cho Jinho)
Stage Name: Jinho
Nationality: South Korean
Date of Birth: 1992.09.13
Zodiac Sign: Virgo
Chinese Zodiac: Monkey
Height: 168 cm (5’51”)
Weight: 52 kg (114.64 lbs)
Blood Type: A
Personal Social Media: N/A

Jinho Facts & TMI

Jinho is from Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province.
His family consists of mother, father, and a younger sister.
He is the main vocalist of PENTAGON.
He graduated from Chungryang High School in Seoul.
He was a trainee at SM Entertainment for 6 years prior to joining Cube Entertainment.
Jinho is also the eldest member of the group.
He is a Catholic, his baptismal name is Pio.
He joined SM Entertainment in 2008.
In November 2010, when he was in the second year of his training at SM Entertainment, he debuted as a member of S.M. THE BALLAD under the stage name JINO.
He is also active as a musical actor, participated in musicals such as ‘Summer Snow’, ‘All Shook Up’, ‘Iron Mask’, and ‘Goddess Is Watching’ (as the main character Ryu Sunho).
He is an acknowledged vocalist ever since he was still in SM Entertainment.
He also appeared as a cameo on jtbc drama ‘Hello, My Twenties! 2’ as Choi Jinho.
Since he’s been trained in SM for more than 6 years, he is naturally close with SM singers from Super Junior, Girls’ Generation, SHINee, f(x), EXO, Red Velvet, and NCT.
Before his debut with PENTAGON, he worked as a vocal trainer assistant at ModernK Practical Music Academy.
According to his students that attended the music academy, Jinho was a scary trainer although he doesn’t get angry often.
He’s also good at rapping, his rap name is MU$H.
When he was in high school, he was the vocalist of a band called Yeollakwon. As he came in, the band started to shift genre to modern rock genre. The band was even called Dongdaemun-gu’s Maroon5.
He has the same birthday as fellow team member Hongseok, it is said that they also have the same taste in foods.
When he was in the first grade of middle school, his family moved to Qingdao, China for a brief time because of his father’s business, so he can speak decent Chinese.
PENTAGON’s Chinese member Yanan even rated Jinho’s Chinese 8 out of 10 points.
He used to attend an international school in China, but he wanted to pursue a singing career so he came back to Korea alone in 2007 when he was in the senior year of middle school.
He is the shortest member of the group.
He is often mistaken for being the youngest in the group due to his baby face.
He is a straightforward and realistic person.
He doesn’t cry easily either.
His MBTI personality type is ISTP-T.
He used to raise a puppy called Chodanbi, but he is scared of big puppies.
He chose cats over puppies.
He has a strong punch and made a new record on the punching machine. Because of his strong punch, he got the nickname ‘Daejeon Rock-fist Cho Jinho’.
It is said that the reason why he liked singing and developed his dream of becoming a singer was that he received a grand prize in a children’s song contest when he was in the third grade of elementary school.
He was a samul nori (traditional percussion music) player in Jungrim Elementary School and Jungrim Middle School.
He is very sensitive to sound when he is sleeping.
He lived in the same apartment unit as the maknaes because they thought it would be dangerous to leave the maknaes by themselves.
Before leaving SM and debuting as Pentagon, he had an Instagram account with the ID jinho__jo, but the account has been deleted.
After leaving SM, he called his fans ‘sunshine’ on Instagram, which he used until his debut as a member of PENTAGON.
He practiced at SM for six years from 2008 to 2014.
He was the vocal trainer of his junior at Cube, Yoo Seonho.
Because he is a big eater, he mentioned ‘Delicious Guys’ as a variety show he wanted to appear at.
Jinho and Hongseok are the official big eaters of PENTAGON.
He dislikes pizza and doesn’t eat chocolate.
He also dislikes the chocolate mint flavor.
He can’t drink soju, alcohol beverages that he can drink are wine and beer.
His maximum alcohol tolerance is one bottle of wine.
Sometimes he speaks using sophisticated words.
He has a habit of covering his mouth or turning his head when he is laughing out loud.
He loves watching American dramas.
He wanted to be a singer after listening to Brian McKnight’s ‘One Last Cry’.
He is a fan of Tottenham Hotspurs.
He prepared for the college entrance examination at Seoul National University of Arts, majoring in practical music but eventually failed his test.
He advanced to the second round of ‘King of Masked Singer’ episode 190.
His favorite singer is Park Hyoshin.
He currently serves in the army since May 11, 2020.
His hobbies are watching American dramas and playing video games.
His shoe size is 255 mm.
His life motto is “Don’t live a day of regret when you lie down to sleep.”
Among his nicknames are Daejeon Rock-fist Cho Jinho, Joji, GodJinho, Jino, Daeromji, Awesome Singer Jinho, and Big Eater.