Trademarked for his simple stage name Y, he rose to fame as a member of the K-pop boy band Golden Child.
He first became a trainee in 2012 and would debut with Golden Child in 2017.
Golden Child debuted in August 2017 with the single "DamDaDi."
He was born in Gyeongsang, Changwon, South Korea.
He made a cameo as a member of the fictional boyband INFINITE Power alongside Hoya and L on the 2014 drama My Lovely Girl.
