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jay (재) is a thai rapper, dancer, model, producer, and member of the duo sugar rush. he is a former member of the south korean boy group bts, who debuted on june 13th, 2013 under big hit entertainment. on february 11th, 2016, he terminated his exclusive contract with big hit and officially became the co-owner of starlite music. he made his solo debut on october 4th, 2016 with his single album 'hard to love'

fandom name | ━━
official fan colors | ━━ orange & green

official accounts ━━
website | jay.starlitemusic.com
instagram | jaewuu
tiktok | jaewuu
youtube | j.w
weibo | jaewuu

stage name ━━ jay (재), formerly j.w (재우)
birth name ━━ hiran saelim (หิรัญ ซาลิม) / im jae woo (임재우)
english name ━━ jay im
birthday ━━ june 17th, 1989
western zodiac sign ━━ gemini
chinese zodiac sign ━━ snake
height ━━ 190cm (6'3")
weight ━━ 88kg (195lbs)
blood type ━━ b negative
mbti type ━━ isfj
representative animal ━━ ferret
representative emoji ━━ 🦙/🥟
representative color ━━ orange

jay facts ━━
━ he was born in satuek district, buriram, thailand
━ family: mom (choi min ah, anchara saelim), dad (im jae hyuk, akarin saelim), older brother (im jae hyun), two older sisters (starlite's rin, sugar rush's chyun), two younger sisters (newjeans' chaeyeon, young posse's sana), and a younger brother (soobin)
━ he has three daughters, vcha's jade, sage im, and unis' yerin
━ jade was born when he was 16
━ in high school, he dated girls generation's emi
━ he is a former member of bts
━ on february 11th, 2016, he terminated his exclusive contract with big hit music, formerly big hit entertainment, so he could spend time with his daughter
━ big hit blacklisted him from performing on any music shows, meaning starlite couldn't promote in korea
━ in 2018, he was able to perform in korea due to his success with korean citizens
━ he speaks fluent thai, english, and korean
━ he lived in san francisco, california from 2002 to 2012 and since 2016
━ he trained for one year
━ he graduated from high school in 2007
━ he graduated from college in 2011 with a bachelor of fine arts degree
━ he is the first thai idol under big hit entertainment
━ he was adopted in 2000 and lived in seoul, south korea until 2002
━ he has a bad relationship with his birth and adoptive parents and doesn't keep contact with them
━ he is the co-owner of starlite music
━ he got married in january 2023 to eliana lee, a former jype backup dancer
━ he ranked second in vocals, first in dance, and first in rap (light up the sky ep. 421)
━ in 2021, he released a song with stray kids' bang chan
━ he's friends with got7's bambam, jessi, bigbang's g-dragon, and stray kids' bang chan & lee know
━ his favorite group is bigbang
━ he regularly listens to beastie boys
━ he has a strong immune system, rarely getting sick
━ his favorite beastie boys songs are sabotage and intergalactic
━ he enjoys watching full house
━ he's the host of sugar rush's reality show 'kick it'
━ his favorite starlite song is kick it
━ he still keeps in contact with bts' jin & jungkook, he hasn't spoken to the others since 2016
━ hard to love was nominated for song of the year at the 2017 grammys, but didn't win
━ he was nominated for best new artist at the 2017 grammys, but didn't win
━ on december 7th, 2023 his hiatus was announced
━ on april 1st, 2024 he officially returned from hiatus

how much do you like jay?
○ i love him, he's my ultimate bias
○ he's my bias in sugar rush/starlite
○ he's among my favorite members, but not my bias
○ he's okay
○ he's among my least favorite members

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