ASC2NT · RAPPER · SUB-VOCALIST
Reon
Profile
| Stage name | Reon |
|---|---|
| Born | June 15, 1998 |
| Roles | Vocalist and performer |
| Group | ASC2NT |
| Group debut | 2024 |
| Agency | See official profile |
Reon is the bridge that keeps ASC2NT from feeling like a reunion project with accessories. He has his own musical references, his own camera eye and apparently no respect for the other side of the bed.
Profile
| Birth name | Cho Jae-yun (조재윤) |
|---|---|
| Stage name | Reon |
| Born | June 15, 1998 |
| From | Gwangju, South Korea |
| Western zodiac | Gemini · adaptable, curious and comfortable switching languages or lanes |
| Chinese zodiac | Earth Tiger · independent, bold and unwilling to disappear into somebody else’s history |
| Group | ASC2NT |
| Role | Rapper · sub-vocalist |
| ASC2NT debut | May 7, 2024 with Expecting Tomorrow |
| Agency | NEWWAYS Company |
| Status | Current member · 2024–present |
Before ASC2NT
Reon grew up between South Korea and the United States, attending an international elementary school, moving to the US in middle school and returning to Korea during his junior year of high school. He studied at Seokyeong University, completed military service and was announced for ASC2NT in January 2024. He entered a lineup with three veterans whose shared history could have swallowed any newcomer who arrived without a point of view.
Music, performance and work
Reon works as rapper and sub-vocalist, but his more important function is generational balance. He connects the DGNA veterans to Kyle and, later, Hyowon without pretending the group was assembled in one neat trainee class. Korean and English fluency also helps international schedules. His lower-key phrasing gives ASC2NT a different color from Jay’s sharper rhythmic attack, while “Sweet Devil” and “DON’T MOVE” show a performer becoming more comfortable claiming space beside men with fourteen years of stage history.
ASC2NT debut and lineup role
ASC2NT debuted in 2024 under NEWWAYS COMPANY with a lineup combining members with earlier idol experience and members beginning a new public chapter. Reon’s value is that he is not framed as a supporting extra to somebody else’s reunion. His rap and sub-vocal parts help establish the group as a present-tense team rather than a nostalgia project.
In performance, he brings a different generation of references and a sharper contemporary camera style. That contrast helps ASC2NT balance experience with movement forward, particularly when arrangements shift between melodic vocals and more rhythmic sections.
Member profile scope
Reon has songwriting interests and group credits, but no separately verified formal solo music debut is documented. He therefore belongs in the Member directory as a current ASC2NT member but not in the Solo Artist directory. Group releases and credits remain attached to ASC2NT unless an individually billed catalog is established.
The panda side quest
Photography, fashion and sports are Reon territory. He follows trends, reels and challenges, likes green and black, and cites G-Dragon as a performance model alongside a wonderfully scattered listening list that includes The 1975, Teddy Swims and Rascal Flatts. He also stretches his arms in his sleep and reportedly pushes the person beside him toward the wall. Karam sharing a room with him deserves hazard pay.
Fandom notes and things the fact box misses
- Languages: Korean, English and some Japanese.
- Citizenship: Korean and American.
- Military: completed before debut.
- Position: rapper and sub-vocalist, not “the new one beside DGNA.”
Official links and receipts
YouTube tracking history
Reon does not currently have a separately verified official solo-video catalog. ASC2NT releases remain attached to the ASC2NT group profile so group totals are not duplicated as individual activity.