In 2009, Jung left for Japan to study music with his bandmates. After taking his college entrance exam, he moved back to Seoul, where he joined music label FNC Music.
He moved to Busan in 1991 and lived there through high school, where he first began composing music. His family consists of his parents and a brother, who is four years older. Jung Yong-hwa was born on June 22, 1989, in Seoul, South Korea.
