Jun Liu (simplified Chinese: 刘隽; traditional Chinese: 劉雋; pinyin: Liú Jùn; Jyutping: Lau4 Zeon3; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lâu Chùn; born 12 December 1997), or Liu Jun, is a Malaysian choreographer, dancer and singer. He has produced dance choreographies for Jackson Yee, GOT7, Rocket Girls 101, Nine Percent. In 2021, he participated in the Chinese male group survival show Youth With You 3, and debuted as a member of IXFORM.^[1][2]

Previously, he was a choreographer under 1MILLION Dance Studio.^[3]

Early life

Jun Liu is a local Malaysian Chinese, born and raised in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. He has an older brother. He started learning dance and Chinese martial arts since he was 7 years old.^[4] Jun Liu's father passed away in early April 2021 whilst he was participating in iQIYI's Chinese male group competition show Youth With You Season 3.^[5][6]

He studied in Chung Hua High School Seremban for his secondary education. He once represented Malaysia National Junior Team and participated in the Asian Junior Wushu Championship, and scored silver in the Changquan category. In 2015, after graduating from secondary school, Liu went abroad to South Korea, intending to further his studies.

Career

In 2016, Jun Liu joined the dance studio 1MILLION Dance Studio in South Korea as a student. He gradually worked his way up, becoming the studio's youngest dance instructor and choreographer. He was also the studio’s first dance instructor of ethnic Chinese descent.^[7]

In 2018, Liu headed to mainland China to work in the entertainment industry. In March 2018, he participated in the Chinese street dance competition show Hot Blood Dance Crew, as contestant from William Chan and Victoria Song's team. He also has collaboration stage with Luhan and Jackson Wang.

In July 2019, he served as dance mentor throughout the Chinese boy group Teen in Times (TNT)'s reality show, Typhoon Project. He also served as special mentor in the Taiwanese singing competition show Jungle Voice 2.

In September 2019, he participated with his street dance project teammates in the Chinese dancing competition show Dance Smash, and the team reached Top 16.

In June 2020, he joined as a mentor throughout the Youku's Chinese male group competition show We Are Young. He served as the special dance coach and main dance director for all the trainees.^[8]

Throughout these years, he has continued to work as a choreographer and dance instructor, travelling to many dance studios in China to give lessons. He based most of his work in China in recent years whilst still returning to Korea to produce choreography for 1MILLION Dance Studio.

In February 2021, he participated as a trainee in iQIYI's Chinese male group competition show Youth With You Season 3, competing to debut in the 9-member project boy group, where ranking is determined by global viewers' vote. He is the only trainee from Malaysia. He performed an original dance performance in the first performance ranking evaluation, achieving ranking in Class A.^[9] The dance mentor of the show, Lisa of Blackpink, praised his performance and stated she had no right to assess him and should instead learn from him. In the theme song "We Rock" assessment, he continued to rank in Class A.^[10] He was a popular trainee due his skills as a professional dancer and humble personality. He successfully reached the grand finale.

In July 2021, he officially debuted as a member in the show's project boy group IXFORM. In August 2021, he was chosen to be leader of the group by his fellow group members.

In November 2022, IXFORM has disbanded.

Shows

References

External links

• Jun Liu on Instagram
• Jun Liu Dance Studio on Bilibili